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this reminded me why there is just a select few violent femmes songs I listen to. I cannot stand this style of singing
it’s a fine album, i’m sure if you’re into this kind of thing you’ll appreciate it more, but i’m unfortunately not. i did like add it up but after that everything merged into one
this clearly grew off of me.. i find it lyrically cringe at times. blister in the sun is sometimes pretty fun though!
I had this CD when I was a kid and I think even then I only ever listened to the first two songs and 'Add It Up' which I can no longer stomach. This gets same-y even at 35 minutes but it's fine .
Stand-out tracks: nothing really Wasn't impressed by this album at all and is one I wouldn't want to listen to again. There are no tracks to highlight here unfortunately. The intrumental side is very hit or miss with this blend of folk and punk. Weird to hear so much acoustic guitar in a punk context. The vocals were just annoying and turned me off immediately (they turned the singer on though : > ). All in all, a debatable 1, but I'm still not sure how harsh I should be, so it is a 2 for now.
Highlights: Blister in the Sun, Add It Up, Promise, Gone Daddy Gone One veeeery horny incel. The album left me wondering if this is some sort of emo parody. Half of the time it was hard to take the lyrics seriously because of the vocalist. I see why it could be considered important, but it didn't click with me. Given its ancient release date, I presume it was very influential on future incel music. It was very ahead of its time. I guess it deserves respect for that. But my distaste for the majority of its distant relatives applies to this album as well.
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4.5
blister in the sun!!!!!!!!!! gone daddy gone was fun! not really my style (like everything else I've listened to thus far, but I am having fun with it.
Great album. Folk punk. A few classic songs and others are solid.
At first I thought this was merely mediocre, but no, no; this, in fact, is asswipe
One of the best early alternative US albums; "Blister In The Sun", "Add It Up" and "Good Feeling" are songs for life. Perfect for this list as I believe this is deeply essential.
3.9 Killer name and cover tho
one of the best albums of all time genuinely.
Not a fan lyrically
This album should not be as good as it is. It has a xylophone solo. A snotty blast of teen angst. At least i hope it is snot. Frenetic and percussive. Stripped down acoustic punk.
Decent album, a little nostalgic.
A 3.5 for me. It's a fun album
The hold this album had on me in my early 20s… listening again is so nostalgic and reminds me of that angsty moment in life.
It was okay.
There were no femmes involved in the making of this album.
Na
This album sounds like ass. 80’s privileged white boy rock. Some songs are decent, likely will not listen to again
Forgettable, but good in some places.
I like this album. The instrumentation is sparse, but I love the sound, and they manage to make it very expressive.
I love this album and it got a lot of play during college. It was a breath of sarcastic air that cut through the sickly sweet synth pop crap of the time. Favorites are Kiss Off, Gone Daddy Gone, Promise and of course, the masterpiece that is Add It Up. ...and eight, eight, I forget what eight was for...
Great
Classic teenage angst. So many memories of singing this entire album on long car rides.
mhhh blister in the sun
mais um self titled :D FAVS (top 3): blister of the sun, add it up, gone daddy gone mençoes honrosas: kiss off, confessions, good feeling, gimme the car dahorinha até mas acho q podia ser melhor principalmente pq gostei bastante da track 1 nota final: 3/5
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Witzig
Beste Unterhaltung.
6/10
Darn good. Voice wears after a while.
oooohhh they are Blister In The Sun guys,,, ok i'm with it now. Add It Up and Gone Daddy Gone were my favs. The xylophone in GDG was so so good. But I also liked Ugly and Blister In The Sun. I ended up enjoying this a lot, it's not that different to some of the stuff I already listen to. Some songs were very eh but overall I really liked the album. 4 stars for me. The acoustic guitar and vocals were teetering on the edge of annoying for me, half the songs were just bad but a few good gems in there. Wouldnt listen agaain though. Fav song: gone daddy gone 2 stars
Feels like 90s despite being 80s which is honestly a plus for me. Pretty enjoyable, fun, kinda horny album
An interesting listen. Still trying to decide what I mean by interesting. It is unlike anything I have ever heard before but I don’t think I’m unhappy I haven’t heard anything like it before. A lot of tracks seem like they would sound good once fully realised, but it sounds like a record of demos. Favourite track- Good Feeling
Nothing particular, knew and liked 'Gone Daddy Gone' from before.
Many old songs that I recognize but not good imo
ahhhh …. this takes me straight back to highschool orchestra camp when we listened to this album on cassette tape non stop …. I like a few of the songs (blister, confessions, kiss off etc) but it’s not really a constant rotation album … and possibly I have given it an extra star for nostalgic memories!
Acoustic punk. WOW.... Didn't know such thing even existed. It's awesome. Very punchy.
Violent Femmes are the poster children for teenage angst bullsh*t. And I mean that in a good way. If you put "Blister in the Sun" and "Add It Up" on a 7-inch 45 rpm vinyl single, you could carry angst around, if not in your pocket, at least in your backpack. "Why can't I get just one kiss. Just one scr*w. Just one f*ck!" OMG. Rampant, unfettered sexuality. "When I'm out walking I strut my stuff and I'm so strung out I'm high as a kite..." OMG. This is your brain on drugs. But this is real life, gang. Get over it.
No skips. An absolute masterpiece.
definitely a lot of noise in the middle of this album but 'blister in the sun' and 'gone daddy gone' are the songs i heard and enjoyed. I loved the xylophone in 'gone daddy gone' and parts of 'confessions' was alright. I really did like 'good feeling' though, that's a really nice and sweet song. I think the songs I liked didn't take this to beyond a 2 though for me.
Knew 2 of the songs on here before listening to the album. I can tolerate "Blister In The Sun", but "Add It Up" still grates on me. The rest of the album was actively annoying. The only redeeming quality of this album is the acoustic bass guitar. Even though his vocabulary is somewhat limited and repetitive, his bass lines are interesting throughout. Still, not enough to save this album from getting 1 star.
Did not realize Blister in the Sun was a Violent Femmes song. Sounds more 90s than 80s.
Album starts with a bang!!! Blister in the Sun is a classic. Not an album I would go out of my way to listen to but I can appreciate its influence. I feel like this album is how it feels to be a teenage boy. Favourite songs are Blister in the Sun and Confessions.
1/10 - Favorite song: Add it up
When I was a music student my friends and I used to have folk music jam parties (to be fair I mostly listened or banged on a pot while my friends played music), but because I loved Blister in the Sun so much I learned to play it on accordion. It's pretty easy, but that doesn't change how great it--and this album--is.
Blister in the sun, and some other amazing tracks that I had heard before but never the whole album. Didn’t realize this came out in 1983 but you can’t even tell it’s timeless.
9 ⭐
One of my favorite artists growing up was this Christian pop-punk band named Hawk Nelson. Their final LP with founding member Jason Dunn (Crazy Love) was released alongside a companion album called The Light Sides, which was essentially comprised of acoustic takes on their hits from the early-mid 2000s. I played the absolute heck out of it in middle/high school. That said, the concept of an acoustic punk album isn't entirely foreign to me and I was looking forward to hearing what Violent Femmes' debut LP would bring to the table! The two albums honestly aren't very comparable – both use acoustic instruments, have a sense of adolescence in the lyrics and are vaguely pop-punk, but that's pretty much as far as their similarities go. Violent Femmes' self-titled album skips right over the fun/nostalgic bits of adolescence and gets straight to the parts we'd rather forget: the sweaty, sticky, horny and toxic parts. The album makes me look back on the worst versions of myself, but in a relatively fun way that doesn't lead to complete self-loathing. "Add It Up" was probably my favorite on the entire album for that exact reason. While I appreciate how uncomfortable this LP can get and how unique of a sound it went for (especially in the early '80s), I just don't think it quite reaches the heights of my other four star albums and I can't really see myself revisiting the full thing. Maybe I'll check out Hallowed Ground someday if I'm ever feeling particularly angsty! Highlights: Kiss Off, Add It Up, Confessions, Promise, Gone Daddy Gone
I honestly was expecting women singers when seeing the album, but even so I thought the music was very good.
5/5. This is one of those albums that’s been with me essentially my entire life, it is part of my musical DNA. so I am definitely a bit biased. But still what a great album, it’s insane that it came out in 1983 because everything about this album sounds like the 90’s. from the rougher/unpolished vocals to the “horny in a depressing way” lyrics. Also some of the best bass playing you’ll hear on any rock album. I got to see the Violent Femmes live in 2021 and getting to hear some of these songs live was great and made me appreciate Gordon as a vocalist even more.
I liked them until the last few, the last song was so bad.
Sorti en 82, quel exploit!! 3-/5
i recognized the first song
Oh, hello! In the age of DX7 and Prophet 5's genesis, even in the realm of Rock, it's definitely refreshing to hear some 'roots' arrangements (acoustic guitar, occasional double bass, drums, sometimes a piano). Lyrics sound like a angsty teenaged Jonathan Richman, which isn't bad. Definite Mahit-Core imo, if only for the cheesy lyrics that will make him cum and shid his pants out of pure ecstasy.
It may be sacrilegious for me to say as a Wisconsinite, but I absolutely despise "Blister in the Sun." It's this twee, commercial-core garbage sung horribly and overplayed to death since its release 40 years ago. The rest of the album was all new to me, and it was fine, I guess. Like a lot of one-hit wonder bands, the other stuff is better than their one hit. Super lo-fi which is not usually my sound, but overall it reminded me of Neutral Milk Hotel, but not as good. Would not listen again, but defo not in "Incredible String Band" tier.
Know the words to almost all the songs, so kinda love it, but struggle these days with the incel angst of some of the lyrics.
ok
I can't remember the last time I've had such mixed feelings on here. I think it's kinda shitty, but I kinda like it anyway; I guess that's punk in a nutshell when it works. It's mostly simplistic outside of a xylophone appearance (which was fun), and the vocals are just plain bad. And yet...I couldn't help tapping my toes at points. It's...enigmatic. (Have I ever used the word enigmatic before? The over/under on that is 1.5, and I think I'd take the under, but that's how I feel about this album.) Any rating on here is justified. I'm gonna lean towards a 4 even though part of me wants to give it a 1. Points for evoking a strong response even if the music might be bad. 3.9
Great
I quite liked this. It’s basically acoustic guitar punk which was cool. The best part was definitely the acoustic guitars and how clean they sound and the slap bass to go along with it. Most of the songs were catchy as well. This feels ahead of its time considering this is from 1983, it’s got the kind of attitude and lyrics you would find in 90’s stuff. This feels very Pixies as well mostly with the harmonies like you would hear in surfer rosa plus also the themes in the lyrics which I mentioned. The vocalist could get a bit annoying at times at first I thought but I got used to his voice. Again, very punky in his style. Favourites: Blister in the sun, Add it up, prove my love and promise. Overall, 7/10.
“Let me go wild.” I love the raw, acoustic energy here. I can hear the influence of bands such as The Velvet Underground, The Modern Lovers, and The Clash, and yet the Violent Femmes have a distinct vibe. In part it’s the “now I need to spend more money on guitar strings” vibe. Although I was a late adopter in the 80s to VF’s attitude and posture, I was eventually sold on the music. Four decades later the musical energy still holds up, unlike so much from this era. Round up to 5.
Much more enjoyable and disturbing than I originally thought. The upside is that you can hear this album and feel as if you are right back in your friend's garage with friends while the band just kicks out these tight jams. The downside is that you're convinced that many of the band members will be on a very bad list and hopefully not living in your neighborhood 20 years down the line.
1/12
I missed this album in 1983. You couldn't hear it on local radio. I found it in college in 1990 and instantly fell in love. The recording is crisp. It's like they're in the room with you. The lyrics are in-your-face. It's acoustic punk. This is a gem. I love everything about this record..."Everything! Everything! Everything! Everything!".
I was pretty good, I understand what they were going for and why people were inspired by them People did make better versions of this overtime so it has dropped because of that.
its like if the Ramones and Rolling Stones were more lonely and even more horny... someone else said when radio head sings about loneliness, its like "awe, there there buddy!" but when the Violent Femmes sing about loneliness, someone need to cal HR, and I feel like that's so valid lol. I will say, I can see how it was a precursor for a lot of the alt-rock/pop stuff to come, like I think the Violent Femmes and CAKE are probably spiritually cousins, or even Beck. I appreciate a lot of The Beach Boys-type guitar and rhythms and even some vocals, like in "Prove my love", so it feels less easy to pinpoint in a decade if I didn't know it came out in the 80s.
Favorite Tracks: Blister in the Sun / Kiss Off / Prove My Love / Promise / Gone Daddy Gone Rating: 4.3 As a bass player I love Brian Ritchie's thrashy, thumpy acoustic bass riffing on this album. Haven't listened to this in a few years and enjoyed it beginning to end yet again. Its unpolished rawness just works perfectly for this ramshackle set of brash, twisted, angsty yet hilarious and catchy tunes. The treasure of this may that they self-funded it before even meeting their record label; who knows what we would have gotten with some coked-out 80's A&R guy overseeing it, but it wouldn't have been this brilliant.
Nja, det här var inte speciellt bra. Jag gillade Good Feeling, som var fin, men resten av albumet kommer inte ens i närheten av ”värda att lyssna på”.
You’re telling me this hot garbage isn’t an Adam Sandler parody
Stone cold classic
- already knew blister in the sun (que j’adore) mais plonger dans l’album complet c’est vrm chouette - la voix du chanteur est tellement unique, c’est raw et authentique - pov: angry teenagers experiencing rejection for the first time - fun alt rock but not my absolute favorite - meilleure chanson: gone daddy gone, ugly
Reminiscent of The Clash and Patti Smith at times, this angsty post-punk album really slaps in places, and really doesn't in others. I find the songs to be hit or miss, and while Blister in the Sun is an all-time classic, I found many other tracks (especially in the back half) to be lacking depth. 5/10
Every song feels like it was written by a nervous teenager who accidentally discovered folk punk and never emotionally recovered. Annoying? Yes. Perfect? Also yes.
this is basically a perfect record
Great spin, lots of memories herenof college and the Gold Mine lol
Scrappy folk punk. Pretty decent.
GIVE HIM THE FUCKING CAR
Lowkey scrappy.
Apart from "Blister in the Sun" I don't think i know any of this album surprisingly. Never dug into Violent Femmes but here we go. listened to it at work. not my favorite but a few tracks i liked. definately a respectable album and important piece of indie rock history. 3.5
W: 3/5 P: -/5
Between a 4 and 5 for me but feeling generous
If this came out today it would have an absolute chokehold on Gen Z indieheads
Very “woman, wo-man, whoaaaaaaaaaaa MAN!” energy
I love this album!
O começo do álbum me pegou muito! Depois deu uma desandada, mas acredito que seja o caos de estar apaixonado e não dar certo kkkk Fora as letras um pouco contra mulheres, mas anos 80 né
bored during
Something very different! Not the kind of thing I would usually listen to. Not a huge fan of the repetitiveness of the lyrics and the scratchy folkish music but I liked the raw experimental vibe of it all. A very passionate and angry album with lots of interesting sounds that leap and clash into each other. I can see how this album’s unique style has inspired many artists since. Favourite song: Good Feeling- this song was a lot more chilled out compared to some of the others.
I liked it, not amazing not great it was a solid album
gritty, full of energy and emotion. And nostalgic from the listening to it from youth. big love. some lyrics not it anymore though
Commendable first album boys.
Come for “Gone Daddy Gone,” stay for the rest of the album. I never liked it that much until right now.
Huge favorite of mine from high school that received a ton of repeat plays in the my car from 1988-1992 ish. I loved the simplicity and rawness of the recording - I hadn’t really heard acoustic guitars sounding as “bass-y” as this before. All of that love and admiration remains today. This was a fun revisit. All day long 5/5.
"I hope you know this will go down on your permanent record." So great to listen to this album again. I met it in 1992 in a fringe play about a couple of kids romance over the 80's decade. One of the actors brought in this album, her angst, heartbreak and anger dance music from her teens, Kiss Off became the theme song. Love the singing/screeching, the bass is amazing, and the over the top feelings that manage to be deeply ironic and hilarious without ignoring the teen passion all at the same. The last two songs, Ugly and Gimmie the Car are added bonus tracks added to the CD release 5 years later - to me they're both a huge on the nose intrusion on the tone of the rest of the album, it'll always end at Good Feeling for me.
I’m concerned about some of the lyrics but I like the sound. I always thought they would be women though tbh.
“First song is good. It’s sort of well known” - Kerri Lyrics lean into SA territory and caught me cringing a few times. So hard to give it a strong review as a result. Musically otherwise it was decent.
I feel like blister on the sun is by far the best song on this album. The deeper tracks did not feel as polished
Not the best album to listen to while you have a raging headache lol. Listened to this one fairly recently by the recommendation of Gnarly-Owl. I think at the time Wild Gift by X was the album of the day and we got on the topic of the punk-esque genre. Which I think the Violent Femmes is adjacent to. The guitar on here is way better than any of the other punk albums that have popped up on this list thus far. First song is one I have known for years, although not sure from where. Will have to revisit in the future when I do not have strep throat. Some of the lyrics on this were weird and very thirsty... "But I look at your pants and I need a kiss Why can't I get just one screw? Why can't I get just one screw? Believe me, I know what to do But something won't let me make love to you Why can't I get just one fuck? Why can't I get just one fuck? I guess it's got something to do with luck But I waited my whole life for just one..." Dudes gotta download tinder... jeese...
A strong 4, better than I expected. Sounds like Pixies in a really good way.
Album Review 041 Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes (1983) Rating 4/5 How had I never heard this album? Yeah, sure everybody knows Blister In the Sun, and maybe I thought it was a bit of a novelty one-off and didn’t think they were a band who had much else to offer so didn’t have the inspiration to dig further into their work?? I was wrong, Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes is an excellent record; it’s stripped-down low-fi alt-rock without any pretence (if that’s the right word??) and reminded me of early Modern Lovers - which certainly isn’t a bad thing.
I was surprised to learn that the Violent Femmes are men. Blister in the sun is very catchy. The rest of the album isn't bad and is kind of fun and flirty at times. Not bad.
Honestly I don’t think there’s much more to this band than being a one-hit-wonder.
Some fun songs on here! Blister in the sun and kiss off are classics. I was surprises that this was early 80s, it sounds late 80s or early 90s even. Definitely trail blazing!
So that’s what this band sounds like
キャッチーで聞きやすく、生々しくてかっこいい。シンプルながら過不足がない演奏とボーカル、アレンジ。
Sounds unserious.
Great energy and angst. Blister is a classic banger.
boom, adolescente, rebelde
siroba. shua gzashi mivatove da blocked them
wish white boys still made music like this!! overall really enjoyed this album & the sound very much.
It was nice. It started off well then just tethered a bit
I love this album. My moms used to listen to it on CD when I was a kid
jan 4, 2026, first listen [before listening] i dont think ive heard anything by these guys outside of "blister in the sun." i still find it hard to believe that its from the 80s as it has the brand of off-kilter angst id associate with the alternative music coming out in the 90s. then again, there are a fair amount of 80s albums that feel more like they belong in the 90s. im interested in hearing what the instrumentation on this sounds like [on kiss off] DUDE listen to that bass. i feel like the fact that the lead guitar is acoustic gives the bass so much opportunity to shine. this song rules [on add it up] im trying not to start every one of these notes with "dude" and then my thoughts but DUDE that slow build of the vocals to the main portion of the song. God Damn. [on confessions] i like the vocal inflection on those repeated lines ("hurry, hurry, hurry"). the vocals remind me of cameron winter a little bit here. Sorry for being gen z [on gone daddy gone] i kind of forgot this was by violent femmes. i havent heard this on the radio nearly as much as "blister in the sun" but i do like this song! listen to that xylophone solo. that fucking rules
LEMME GO OOOOOON!!! 5/5
A conflicting album for me. On one hand, it's eclectic while also lacking in variety in the midsection (the xylophone solo in Gone Daddy Gone was an unexpected thing to hear and I appreciate them putting that in there to shake the track up), with Gano's vocals whining over instrumentals that leave more to be desired from a four person band. On the other hand, it makes sense, and it makes this album experience better. For an album about the angst and heartbreak of growing up, played by a band of young musicians experiencing that angst, it wouldn't make sense for this album to be 'perfect'. Angst is not pleasant, so why should this album always be pleasant? Getting in your face with an acoustic guitar while shoddy vocals shout at you is what the tone this album needs to be. As well, for every moment in the album that's 'unpleasant', it's followed up by something more enjoyable. For example, I think the vocals in Please Do Not Go are not good, but the a capella opening in Add It Up was really cool and well done, and hearing the ballad of Good Feeling after listening to a very weak second half was a good way to wrap up the album. Brian Ritchie shines in this, using an acoustic bass tone and letting him go crazy on each song was a good idea.
Legal e interessante. Inesperado, na verdade. Alguns lugares classificam esse álbum como um exemplo de “Folk Punk” e eu consigo ver o porquê. Uma combinação fascinante, você tem toda a energia do punk mas com a pureza da instrumentalização acústica do folk, verdadeiramente algo bem único e isso sozinho já eleva bastante minha percepção do álbum. Também é surpreendente a data de lançamento do álbum. Qualquer pessoa iria chutar que o disco foi lançado na década de 90, mas na realidade ele foi lançado na primeira metade da década de 1980! Fascinante a forma com que os artistas aqui escapam da hiper-produção tão comum no período, optando por um estilo minimalista. O minimalismo aqui exposto é sempre acompanhado de uma maior rigorosidade na avaliação dos instrumentos e principalmente nos vocais. Por sorte, tudo aqui é magistralmente tocado. Impossível não mencionar o solo absurdo de Xilofone em uma das faixas. Menção honrosa para o baixista, com seu tom absurdamente gordo e parrudo. Os vocais me parecem uma combinação de Lou Reed com Black Francis, e são incrivelmente satisfatórios, com as clássicas colocações do gênero Punk. Uma surpresa boa. Capa bonita, disco agradável, mistureba de gêneros e canções adolescentes divertidas e animadas. Não tenho nada a reclamar aqui. 5/5
A mix of some good songs and some real boring ones.
Definitely not an album I would have ever listened to on my own! Not mad just kinda waiting for a song to really jump out at me, Love the band in the back. The band is probably my favorite part
I really enjoy this type of music, glad to have found this amazing app!
best album ever
Some funky rock idk how I feel about it
I really enjoyed this. Standout tracks: - Kiss Off - Add It Up - Confessions
Really great, absolutly love the vocals and how they are delivered.
My first album review!!! Violent Femmes identity as an American punk album is shown to the listener front and center; the overdriven guitar that drives the songs on the album has an amazing tone, this alongside the oftentimes coarse vocals solidifying the feel. Whilst there were a few standout tracks on this album for me (‘Add it up’ and ‘Gimme the Car’), this album is crazy consistent in terms of the general sound of the album (punky and loud). Whilst I would have preferred a little more variety in the sound of some of the songs (they tend to get a bit samey after a while), this album is insanely solid and catchy. Would relisten!!!! Standout track: Gimme the Car Precise rating for nerds: 72/100
bad
not horrid to listen to actually quite enjoyable to listen to VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYY WEIRD LYRICS. Nice beat and intro quite slower for me however the guitar riffs make it interesting. some lyrics are too repetitive for me but I really like the build up (Track-Gimme The Car) . I've never heard of this so it gives me a variety to listen to in the future. What I find amusing, is the intro in the track ( Prove my love) its really upbeat and it has energy. What I like about the album is that there's a mix of slow and some kind of fast beats. In the track (Gone Daddy Gone) I quite like the rhyming scheme its creates a smooth transition which seems poetic and delightful to listen. Overall I do like some of the songs on this album but some can be quite slow(not catchy) and repetitive at bits, which are a bit boring to me whereas, I really liked the intros and build up to the chorus. My favourite tracks- Blister in the sun/ or / Add It Up
Little too "dark" for my taste in terms of lyrics, however the instrumental of the songs are quite enjoyable while having a very interesting theme across the ablum. My favorite song in the album would be Add it up.
Blister in the sun - Boring repeated riff throughout, lacks unique instrumentation, repulsive lyrics, uninteresting bridge - 1/5 Kiss off - Riff is pleasant and not too overused, minimal instrumentation but still decent, uninteresting/weird lyrics, good guitar sound - 3/5 Please do not go - Bassline is obnoxious, instrumentation boring and uninteresting, Annoying vocals and bitchy lyrics, too whiney - 2/5 Add it up - Sick instrumental sections, instrumentation is basic but works well, decent vocals but lyrics are a little annoying but funny, really love the intro guitar section 6/5 Confessions - Decent instrumental sections, instrumentation is surprisingly cohesive but basic, vocals are extremely annoying but lyrics are fine, so slow i wanted off myself (joke) 2/5 Prove my love - Fun guitar and bass sections, instrumentation basic but works well together (basically most of this album - from now on I'll refer to it as BI), vocals are decent but lyrics little pretentious, catchy 4/5 Promise - Decent guitar sections, BI, vocals are fine but too atonal and lyrics are weird, nothing unique about it 2/5 To the kill - some really annoying sections, instrumentation is basic and it is incoherent, vocals are least obnoxious so far but its still not great and lyrics are weird, really repetitive 3/5 Gone daddy gone - decent instrumentals, MARIMBA!!!, vocals are annoying and lyrics are annoying (very annoying chorus), marimba = fire 3/5 (would be 2 without marimba) Good feeling - very pleasant piano sections, fiddle and piano! varied instruments, vocals are pleasant and lyrics are humorous, dont like the lalala (but i dont mind it as it is only for minimal amount of time) 5/5 Overall - some decent instrumental sections but far and few inbetween, there is some variation of instrumentation but i think its too basic and too incoherent for it to be called decent, vocals are mostly annoying and lyrics are mostly gross or weird, inconsistent in quality - 3.1/5 statistically and due to personal dislike ill round it down to 3/5 and because I really hate the lyrics and the message of the album so I'll put it down to a 2/5 as it ruins the good that there is in the album with only two standout good songs being - add it up and good feeling with blister in the sun being a repulsive song. (by instrumentation I mean the instruments used, im not sure thats a correct use of the word but thats how i used it and if it has minimal instrument if it would be well mixed I'd be fine with it) Score: 2/5
A really really good album. The first 4 songs are by far the best on the album but unlike a lot of albums this doesn't take away from how good the rest of the album is. I normally really don't like folk/country/music that generally sounds like this however this album was really nice and i genuinely enjoyed listening to it. A light to decent 8
Blister in the sun - bangin' Kiss Off - Bass line sounds similar to blister in the sun, hope this doesn't become a pattern otherwise its fine, picks up in the middle, with the one one then numbers exceterersia Please Do Not Go - Thought the singing was a bit grating at first but it started to grow on my, very slightly still sounded a bit off at times Add It up - bangin' Confessions - nothing wrong with it Prove my love - vocals were happier than the rest, at least sounded happier not sure about the lyrics as the lkyrics are usually pretty fucked for violent femmes, fine Promise - fine, noticing the instruments play very well together and seem to work with one another in this album To The Kill - fine, instrumental breakdown sect is lackluster, along with the rest of the song, given how good the other songs were Gone Daddy Gone - Not sure about the xylobone in the middle of it, ruins the song for me as the rest of the instruments work better with one another Good feeling - Fine, slow, acceptable Im not reviewing the rough trade ones Overall this is a favourite in the Robinson house hold so I am giving a very biased 5/5 as I grew up with this album otherwise this album would've landed at a 4/5
Expected female singers at first with the name being violent femmes. The song was alright, Folk Punk is a decent genre. I particularly liked "Kiss Off" but I didn't like the last two songs all that much, they leaned a little more punky than the rest. Overall not an awful album but nothing too interesting either. 61/100 (This does not fit well with my other scorings)
Blister in the sun is such a classic riff. One of the reasons I play the guitar. Other than blister in the sun I'm going into this without having heard most of these. High expectations for the Femmes Bass coming in on Kiss Off is amazing. Works so well. Big fan of the percussion/bass/vocals. Good voice. Exceptional bass once again on the next. Liked the vocal harmonies as well. Can't say I like the vocal intro in Add it Up, but when everything comes in its very good. One of the best things listening to this one is I randomly pick up on bits they've written that have influenced other alt rock that I regularly listen to, it's cool to see their impact. Gone Daddy Gone - amazing vocals once again. Really a fan, I don't usually care much for singing, but Gano is really impressive and quite powerful. I loved this album. Not often you see bass be FAR more important and guitar, and when it is done so well, it just results in quality. Certainly lived up to my expectations.
Tää oli hyvä. Puhdasta muokkaamatonta ääntä ja kovaa soitantaa
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ei kyllä uponnut
The end does drag a little but I love so many songs on this. There are far too few albums on this list where I sing along. This is one where I find myself singing to everyone I hear it. That deserves a 5.
Was never a big Violent Femmes guy until I caught them live with Flogging Molly a few years back. Such a great show. Dude played the biggest fucking saxophone I ever saw, and then to top that, the teeniest tiniest saxophone I ever saw. These fucking lunatics even busted out Webber BBQ grill and played that thing too. Wild shit. 3.5⭐️
The first four songs had me doing the Vince McMahon 'escalating reaction' meme....but unfortunately it can't keep going at that clip. A lot of classics here though: can't believe "Gone Daddy Gone" was the only single. Some of the songs sound very similar, but I guess that's to be expected for this genre and it being a debut album. 4.5 stars.
Some songs I loved some I did not. A bit too much talking singing in some parts but also loved the upbeat guitar parts
More than one hit? I never knew
Indie divertido, probablemente este fue precursor de muchas otras bandas indie 3.5
jfc
Fun as fuck and way, way ahead of it's time
01) Blister in the Sun - 10,0 02) Kiss Off - 7,5 03) Please Do Not Go - 7,5 04) Add It Up - 7,5 05) Confessions - 7,0 06) Prove My Love - 7,5 07) Promise - 7,0 08) To the Kill - 7,0 09) Gone Daddy Gone - 10,0 10) Good Feeling - 7,0 TOTAL: 7,80 (78/100) Current ranking: 276/781
really fun; i can just picture people in the 80s dancing to this at a party or something favorite tracks: add it up confessions
Pretty timeless, this would rock if it came out today
cool grungy vibes, honestly didn’t get real interesting til the second half of the album, favs: blister in the sun, prove my love (fav on whole album), promise, gives suburb garage rock band
Fue una experiencia de escucha sencilla, es un proyecto solido a mi parecer
Absolutely not my style, not a single song I enjoyed
Raw, fun, surprisingly sexy
Review Score: 1/5 Some catchy lyrics and instrumentals ruined by a horrible voice and horn dog lyrics. All of these songs would be used a serial killer movie and not in a good way. Get this guy some cooch and maybe he'd make better music.
Name the band and album Violent Femmes, and then be a bunch of juvenile dudes. Reasonable. Not a fan of this. Can't shake the string rattle of the first two songs off my head. Overall the whole album just sounded bad and raw. Very amateurish. The lyrics were also... while witty at times, mostly annoying and dude-ish. I guess the only applause I can give them is sounding fairly modern and fresh for being recorded '82. Sounds like something from the early 2000's.
I was surprised that acoustic music could sound so punk! Releasing an acoustic punk album in the early ’80s is surprising, to say the least—they must have really gone against the mainstream. I would have guessed this album was released in at least the ’90s. I only knew “Blister in the Sun,” which is a good track, but it didn’t prepare me for the rest of the album. Although I didn’t find all the tracks equally strong, they were at least enjoyable. I mean, the xylophone solo on “Gone Daddy Gone” is so much fun. Mid 3.
It has all the sounds and style I like from that music period, but for some reason I didn't like it.
it sounds so good hello it reminds me of the front bottoms
Fun listen, I think I’m not the biggest violent femmes fan so wasn’t my fave. But I’m glad it exists!!!
Really enjoy the unique sounds, at times I’m taken aback(in a good way) on how oddly satisfying they are (e.g. Gone Daddy Gone).
sweet
I did not like this album
A classic. Kiss off into the air.
It did get better after the first track
I know Michael will enjoy this one if/when he ever reaches this point in the challenge
Wait, this album is from 1982? For my entire existence, I've walked the Earth thinking the Violent Femmes were a 90s band. There's some pretty solid stuff on this album, but it feels like they have one trick and just keep doing it over and over again. At least it's a pretty decent trick
One of college favorites, have cooled on it in the intervening years. Gano was definitely eighteen when he wrote this! I like their next album, Hallowed Ground, a fair bit more than this one but I do love how novice this feels. Simple, simple arrangements that are incredibly catchy. Gano's voice is strange and feels like it's made of straw. The instrumentation bend to meet him where he can go & he can hit some really odd registers. There are yips and yelps here that almost extend out to full yodels. Always like the bridge on Kiss Off "one, one, one cause you left me and two, two, two for my family" and of course Prove My Love's "third verse, same as the first!" Cheeky Ramones reference, perfectly allusion to the bands elemental strengths. Favorite Tracks: Blister in the Sun, Kiss Off, Prove My Love, Gone Daddy Gone
not my fav…
Love it, great album!
Very ahead of its time, even if I prefer the alternative rock that came towards the end of the decade.
Not too bad, instruments sound good. If possible I‘d given 2.5 stars.
Acoustic punk is probably my favourite type of punk...but that's not saying much
i want to love the violent femmes but i really just like them, the album drags a little sometimes in being repetitive. hopefully future albums will be different.
Definitely got Midwest emo vibes with a heavy mix of rock. I think this album may have inspired modern Midwest emo (since it’s from the 80s). Add It Up and Confessions were my favorite songs from the album, with other notable tracks being Prove My Love and Promise. Whoever played the guitar was doing a great job, one of the more excellent features of th album. Lowkey I heard a lot of yb in Confessions. Ooh also the cover is tough.
Very interesting
Heard of Blister In The Sun but had no idea! Not my kind of style but a fun listen. Top song: Blister In The Sun
Not my fav. Whiny white boy sound
I really liked the lyrics, not a big fan of the melody or the singer voice tho. Addictions and girls. Rock atw
A classic album. An amazing debut. Listened many times before. That bass on Please Do Not Go though, I was hooked.
instrumental ótimo, mas vocalista mid + cadê as femmes + me lembra sex pistols e buzzcocks que eu amo, mas falta rock, tá misturado com um folk que não sou a maior fã
Seminal right of passage album. One of the few albums that you discovered listening to on a Walkman while riding the bus in 8th grade while also being able to put it on years later as a freshman in college at a frat party. Kids will be discovering the violent femmes in 2050 and beyond.
Not nearly a new album for me, I have been carrying a VF poster between my last 3 apartments, but a welcome listen anyways. Even so its been a while since I actually sat through the full album and I am reminded how much I like it.
Surprisingly good!
This record came out when I was fifteen. I didn't discover it then, which is too bad, as it really expressed exactly the angst of being of the age where you are coming of age but no one understands what you are going through. I did come across it shortly after, though, which was good. It's a testament to the beginning of real adult sexual awakening, with a serious dollop of late puberty sexual confusion. I can't imagine a more important entry in the 1001, honestly. It's heartfelt, unique, powerful. The songwriting and musicianship are top notch as well. It contains several anthems for disaffected youth, and stands as an anchor for alternative music as it stood at the time it was released. I have the vinyl in my garage as well as a cassette I made so I could listen to it in my car.
Blister In The Sun is kinda charming until you hear a whole album of it.
Oh man, I've listened to this album so many times. every song on here is a banger!
I enjoy discovering this album.
Escuchable. Ya conocía canción “Blister in the sun” “Gone daddy gone” Cancion sorpresa: “gimme the car”
folk is not my thing
God I'm tired... This has nothing to do with the album. I'm just tired as hell.
i see the vision they’re quite nice, it gives big thief but i listened to like the first 3 songs so i cant pin point an overall judgement.
I have listened to two of this album's songs. the rest is also good, aligns with my taste.
good, i liked it, classic 80s rock
thought it would be a woman singing lol. idk if it’s my personal cup of tea tbh
I can definitely understand the appeal but it definitely has just a bit of repetitiveness that i probably need a bit more time to get used to. Imma hear this album just a bit more and then expand more on ehat i brlieve because other than what it probably influenced i believe it just lacks an it factor
It was chilll
Just another alt rock teenage angst album. Me imagino que es de los primeros y más icónicos de este tipo que ha inspirado a sus sucesores
If I could give 0 starts, I would.
I liked the first song on this album and then the rest became pretty repetitive, so I turned it off. This either isn't my style or I was just in the mood to relax.
four, four, four for my headaches
I was annoyed.
Pleasantly surprised. I love it. It’s messy, raw. 3.5/5
everything was unexpected. riascolterei volentieri quasi tutto.
Pretty good
Great record, probably hits the nostalgia button hard! End to end bangers
it sounds like 2000s white boy garage band music. take it as you will
Hmmm interessant, men ikke det beste jeg har hørt til nå
I’ve listened to about half of this album before, as I thought I was going with somebody to see them live (we didn’t end up going, sadly). From what I remember, it was pretty good. The opening build of Blister in the Sun is a perfect way to start the album. The song is immediately catchy, despite not being blatantly melodic. It’s a short track that does a lot. It feels almost like it was recorded from a live performance. Kiss Off continues the raw style, and I get the sense that Against Me! was heavily influenced by this song/album. And then there’s the “This will go down on your permanent record!” which is something my mom quoted daily, so it’s part of my daily vocabulary at this point—alongside “I can pop you—like a pimple!” and “it’s a beautiful day for a barbequeeeeee!” Anyway, the build up with counting in Kiss Off is amazing. I’ve never heard anything like it. I’m not sure what made it feel so special, but it did. Please Do Not Go takes things in a slightly more folk direction, with a perfect flattening of energy and also a great little solo part. Add It Up starts with isolated vocals that are almost creepy, but the song quickly launches into being the most upbeat of the album so far. I also see similarities between this song and Radiohead—specifically Paranoid Android. The builds, raw vocals and lyrics, and acoustic guitar are all pretty similar. When he says “Take a look now, look what your boy has done/He's walking around like he’s number one” it also sounds exactly like the vocals/melody from a Sonic Youth song, too—particularly reminding me of Cinderella’s Big Score. Confessions has a sing-song-y quality to it. It sounds like something drunk sailors would sing. The vocals are incredibly emotional and moving. It also feels like it inspired Sonic Youth. And those drums that enter around the 3:20 mark are great. This whole track is amazingly dynamic and cathartic. Prove My Love is then amazingly lighthearted, somehow glueing an upbeat folk tune to the end of a deeply emotional and disturbing song without making either sound out of place. It evens uses clichés—I’d climb a mountain, I’d cross an ocean—with such purpose it twists the irony into its own complete thing. The opening of Promise sounds like the opening of a Green Day song. A lot of this also feels like it inspired The Pixies, with the raw, unfiltered lyrics and vocals and the mix of punk energy and folk instrumentation. It also sounds like it was inspired by Patti Smith. Recap: Favorite songs: Blister in the Sun, Kiss Off, Add It Up, Confessions Least favorite songs: N/A Comparisons: Reinventing Axl Rose, OK Computer, Goo, Surfer Rosa, Horses, Dookie Rating: 5/5
Great instrumentals, but most of the songs were kind of disturbing.
(96/100)
3.75/5 is perfect Its smart and musical Favourites kiss off please do not go and good feeling
por qué cuatro hombres se llaman violent femmes? not bad, not good... sin más
Couple good tunes
Hell, yeah. This album rocks I love the Violent Femmes. Reminds me of Tony Hawk underground too soundtrack. Every song is super good and most of them are funny. I like the unique instrumentals. I think there’s an upright bass and I heard a violin at some point. so cool in this punk genre. 5/5
Gone Daddy Gone is fun with the xylophone, CeeLo Green did a good one on that! It’s the only redeeming factor though, rest is too washed and underproduced for my taste
Surprisingly modern sounding for 1983 - you can definitely hear the influence this had on late 80s, 90s alternative rock. Low 4. Good Feeling is such a beautiful song. Easily the best song on the album.
pleasantly suprised by this. obviously i know the first track, and going off of this, i wasnt expecting to like it. but! it is so much better. like everyone else has said, it does not sound like its from the early 80s. i listened to so many crappy albums growing up that were knock offs of this, its like the other side of the coin to the meat puppets
I knew this album before it was recommended here and I have never listened to it from tip to tail before and it was amazing! So many songs I already knew and loved and heard some new ones that I genuinely enjoyed.
The album gets better as it goes
I see the vision
Big hands I know you’re the one is an all time fav lyric of mine ❤️🔥 Such angsty 20 yr old white boy music but that’s ok, they need a way to feel too!
Really liked this one! Always hated ‘Blister in the Sun’ (still don’t like it) and always liked ‘Please Do Not Go’ and found that I really liked every other song. It felt nostalgic in a weird way like I had actually listened to the whole album from beginning to end like this at some point.
This album wasn't my vibe at all. The singing, the guitar, the talking. Nothing really worked for me.
I did not like it it was not my vibe
vind vooral t eereste nummer, add it up, promise en gone daddy gone tot nu toe het leukste
The first song is the best because it's used in quirky indie films, the rest of the album is hot trash. 1/10
Not my favorite, I’m neutral on it
When the first song started playing I immediately suspected this is going to be another front-heavy album where all the good stuff is at the start and the rest is filler. Many albums on the list are like that. Not this one! The album is peppered throughout with songs I'd like to relisten to. The lyrics are consistently great, the music is creative and original, the whole thing sounds way fresher than early 80's, and it's a debut album no less. Incredibly impressive piece of work. I've always liked punk, yet never "got" folk-punk, but now I get it. This is one of these albums where I feel like I should've known this way way earlier. Exactly the kind of album I'm hoping to discover through this project.
fun
I expected a woman's voice for some reason. I like the bass a lot, not sure on the voice yet. On some songs it fits, some are bit too whiny for me.
Good Feeling is definitely my favorite on this album, “Dear Lady, just a little longer.” Overall, I can’t say I was surprised; this is exactly what I would expect from a 1983 album called Violent Femmes. Not the most danceable album, but certainly a fun one. I did shed some tears. This album was also a little filthy, but in a fun way. This album is multi-faceted but fun. LOTS OF GOOD DRUMS! Not something I would listen to on any day, but still so good and fun, I love that people make music!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ .9 stars
acc quite vibey!! got a little funky, dance-around-my-room kinda thing going on, great background for cleaning my room or something!!
very midwest emo vocals but also reminds me of jack white and oddly enough the pixies lol
The music is funky, was great for a busy morning. Not my favorite though, the last song gave me an ick, dunno. It was okay, but not gonna listen again. 5/10
Didn’t enjoy but was good
Reminds me of my high school best friend- he looked ¨Blister in the Sun.¨ Worth it for the nostalgia factor alone. Can't say an album's worth of that voice does it for me, but I can respect it.
Another unhesitatingly 5* album. Very formative album for me that arrived at just the right time in my musical development. Nothing sounds quite like this album.
1 star. Not for me. 1 star doesnt mean 1 star out of all albums but its a rating put in the context of what is supposed to be the best 1001 albums.
Siempre me ha hecho gracia que un grupo llamado “chicas violentas” fuésen un campo de nabos. Dicho esto, buen album de punk mezclando rock y folk. Muchos grupos de post hardcore no existirían sin ellos
Brings back childhood memories. The raw emotion is amazing here, even though they might not sound the best. I could have done without the extra tracks.
Veldig bra album kommer til å høre på det igjen.
Not for me.
When you don't like a band, or even a whole genre of music, one of the initial responses can be "this all sounds the same". My dad has written off James Brown's post-1968 Live at the Apollo Vol. 2 career thusly. Anyway, this whole album sounds the same. Not for me, but not as "not for me" as the Boss or something. Oh dip, how many Springsteen albums are going to be part of this 1001? I bet there are going to be more Springsteen albums than Grant Green albums. OK I'm giving myself this out, now that I realize I've hypothetically got 998 days to go. When the second Springsteen album comes up before a single Grant Green album, I'm out. Is this list 1001 different artists? I am almost excited to find out and will avoid doing any research.
Album #9: Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes Genre (according to Wikipedia): Folk punk, post-punk, college rock, alternative rock Singles?: Gone Daddy Gone Have you heard any songs from this album or group before?: Only “Blister in the Sun.” Thoughts?: I’ve never heard music like this before. It’s always interesting to listen to new genres, especially with a genre like folk punk. Gano writes quite the lyrics, I’m impressed at how he was eighteen when he wrote the lyrics. Unfortunately, besides some of the lyrics, I fear I may not be able to get into this genre of music. Maybe it’s not my style. My opinion is changing with each subsequent song. In the end, this genre is interesting, but I have mixed feelings about how this album sounds, that’s all. The later songs changed my initial opinion. Favorite songs: Blister in the Sun, Add It Up*, Confessions, Promise, Gone Daddy Gone, Good Feeling As a writer, what can you use this music for to hone your craft?: If I had to, some scenes at a college. Only select songs however. No file correlations.
The hits are hits, but this whole album was very enjoyable.
Great album. Enjoyed it.
Thought it was okay, a few songs I enjoyed. Overall not for me
I'm on the last song as I'm writing this. I don't mind it. It's good for background play. I was jotting some stuff down while listening to it. It sounds familiar to the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtracks, probably cause its from the same era.
In March of 1992 I went on my high school's "Senior Spring Break Trip" to Cocoa Beach, FL. It was unchaperoned, which looking back was absurd and dangerous. While there, my best friend's brother (a college freshman at Northwestern) and his college friends drove through Cocoa on their way to Key West and my buddy and I decided to join them. We were in a Subaru station wagon (where I slept for the entire Key West interlude) that had a cassette player and we had two cassettes: THIS album, with which I was not yet familiar, and a cassingle of Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" (the back side was the same song in Spanish.) Over the coming days I got to know both cassettes EXTREMELY well. Every song on this album takes me right back to that station wagon. It is a classic and deserves every star I can give it. And I think 17 years old was the perfect age to discover and fall in love with it.
Quite courteous of them to open with the "what would I know you from?" track "Blister in the Sun." "Blister" is really, really good; in the right commercial I bet it could really move a ton of hamburgers. The rest of the album's reasonably good. The folk punk sound works pretty well for me. Low 4.
Siempre me hace sentir como en un viaje a la playa o montaña con amigos.
Personal favorite record. They rock with acoustic instruments. Expanded what punk can be.
Not my style, not bad. I can see why other people would like it, but meh.
Add It Up alone is worth five stars
Maybe like 3.3. Not really my thing, but enjoyed more than expected -- could be right if looking for offbeat angst. Would listen to more by them
Not my fave indie rock but not bad
I surprisingly liked some of ridiculous lyrics and beats
some great songs on here.
So many good songs. Singing along to the whole album, twice. Add this to the list of great debut albums I’ve discovered here.
When it came out this album was just a year or two early for me to access its angsty, nerdy, horny charms. I now feel like it's a party that sounds fun if nervy in a flat two floors up that I would feel ridiculous trying to gate crash.
норм, но не впечатлен.
Now i dont belive in perfection. Things may well get close but nothing is actually perfect. This gets within a hair to that. Ive always like this but I never sat down and listened to the whole thing. But im sure ive heard every song on its own over the years cause they are all so damn good. Sure if you want in for blister in the sun that's fine. Thats a good song but there are a handful of better tracks here. Just give em a go. They all rock. Its just a unique sound and it has some balls too. Full of passion and killer playing. I love it so much and will always always be happy to spin this again
(5) Even has xylophone, this album does not have a weak track, they are all solid, yet they pushed the limits of music for their day.
Stripped-down acoustic folk-punk; I like how the sound of the fret buzz on the bass and the slightly wonky vocal harmonies add to the aesthetic. It's a remarkably strong collection of songs - which may have lost their charm if another band had written and recorded them with more complicated arrangements. Unique vocal style. Strong 4.
I didn't realize how much of this album had permeated my mind over the years despite not owning it. A uni best friend loved it and obviously played it & added it to mixtapes enough! It's an enjoyable blast all the way through and has such irrepressible energy.
6/10 - sounds much more modern than 1983. quietly impressed but they start off with their best song which is hard to beat further into the album
Okay, this was actually really bad. The music wasn't terrible, but definitely nto great. But the singing was awful. They sounded false, and the lyrics were dumb.
It started a little off, i wish i didn't focus so much on the lyrics but can't help they make no sense. confessions is a good song
This style came to be called folk punk which is a decent enough categorisation. the vocal delivery has punk attitude and there’s folkiness in the acoustic instrumentation. On the other hand there’s a level of artistry and variety to many of the arrangements and a level of skill to the playing (the bass player’s a demon!) which was uncommon in 1970s/80s punk. Folk/new wave might be a better description. The truth is they are sui generis. Odd therefore but very good.
Thoughts before listening: I love the Violent Femmes. I believe that I only ever owned their greatest hits album, but this is their record that gets all the praise. I also believe that most of these songs are on the greatest hits. I'm excited to see this show up today. Review: This what I love about the 80s college/indie rock scene. This doesn't play by any rules of what should work for a rock band yet it's full of catchy and iconic songs. This has a punk rock vibe but played with acoustic and minimalist instrumentation where the most prominent sound is the bass. Yet it totally works. This being popular (largely thanks to "Blister in the Sun") is a big reason that many of my favorite weirdo bands from the 90s were able to exist and thrive. I'll give this 5-stars.
A band called "Violent Femmes", recorded in 1982 and in the Genre Punk. I was prepared for the first... and pleasantly surprised. Someone mentioned "acoustic punk", and that's exactly what this is. Very nice. Unsure whether I should look into their other albums... I'm not ready to be disappointed.
It has such a 90s vibe to it
Sick, cathartic, acoustic work of art
Joda, greit nok på en torsdag...
solid uh... 3?
Not my thing, but nice
If you've never been a horny 17 year old boy you'll probably not gonna understand this album. There's banger after after banger, it's absolutely relatable and that last song I've been playing pretty much every time I was getting back home from a party when I was a teenage boy.
Has a pretty unique sound, but so does a jackhammer on granite
Hooky songs that sound like they could have come out yesterday, because there's still nothing quite like it
Like a lot of people, I'd only ever heard Blister in the Sun before hearing the album in full now. Everything else on the album is good, but not nearly as catchy. Except for maybe Gone Daddy Gone despite its repetitiveness.
it was fine
Energetic and earnest
I’ve loved a lot of bands that were influenced by these guys, and presumably by this record. On paper, I admire this one too: punk attitude and songs by a decidedly non-punk-sounding combo, scrappy production, raw performances. But I straight up do not enjoy listening to this. First offense is the lyrics. Some of these songs sound like incel anthems. I’m so mad because nobody’s having sex with me, etc. Second offense is the vocal tone and melodies get really repetitive and grating after a while. Third offense is how many of the songs go on way too long. Takes away some of the punk points tbh. Make your songs shorter!
A bunch of songs that I've heard but never knew the artist. Unique voice and fun music. Really enjoyed it.
No thank you.
Gross Pointe Blank is a movie I have seen maybe 100 times and for some reason in my mind was one of the great movies ever made. If you have not seen it, John Cusak plays a hired killer and decides to go back to his 10 year HS reunion, where he strikes up an old fling with his ex-gf Mini Driver. As the years went on I realized the rest of the world did not hold this movie in the same regard. I now realize one of the reasons I loved this movie was the music andddd Blister in The Sun is one of those songs (along with many other classics). All this to say - great song, way to go Violent Femmes. The rest of the album was pretty whiny. I like the idea of folk punk and it works here and there, overall they didnt really land the plane on most of these songs. Nailed the first track though!
Cool aesthetic, unusual arrangements. Odd instrumentation makes it standout but also limit the upside. While I’m banging out these reviews I’m At a children’s playground listening to two dads have the most brutal conversation. One guy is telling the other about his boring software job and the other guy is just really politely taking it and clearly would rather be anywhere but here. He wants to be 21 again, screaming about girls breaking up with him. He wants to bleed. To feel. He doesn’t want to endure polite society. He wants violence. He wants punk. WHY CANT I GET JUST ONE FUCK. That’s what he’s thinking and the other guys is just standing with a weird power stance saying Yeah, I’ve been there for a year dude. Little more. They treat us well can’t complain dude can’t complain. Hey nice talking to you. WHY CANT I GET JUST ONE FUUUUUCK.
Stands out from the crowd of other 1983 albums. I loved the stripped down sound and weird vocals Big fan of Good Feeling.
My dad's cousin is a small-time music producer in Milwaukee - has worked with Phil Collins, Live, Sean Lennon, AND Violent Femmes, amongst a few others. I got to go to his studio a couple of times growing up as an early teen, right around the time I was starting to learn guitar, and got to mess around in the same space that those guys once recorded. One of the most serendipitous random generations so far - happen to be in Milwaukee for less than 24 hours this weekend while I was listening to this.
Good
I am surprised at how much I like this album. I’ve known the hits since they came out, but there is something about the economy of the music and the immediacy of the vocals that is really pleasing. It sounds like you are in a small room with the band. And the singers nasally high voice somehow absolutely works.
Wonderful and weird
Difficult one this. For a start I thought they were a Riot Grrl band which was quickly put to bed when Blister in the Sun, a song it turns out I knew, came on. I liked a fair bit of this but it was a bit like pink without overdrive at times. And other times it was - as ever - too American. Lots of Velvet Underground in there. Some good bass too. But not all I loved.
i thought i didn’t know them but turns out i did know a good feeling (which is fine) and add it up (which i love). starts incredibly strong with blister in the sun, other than that only add it up lives up to that track for me. but overall good fun and i enjoyed it enough for a 4.
Blister in the sun is incredible. I was really looking forward to this album. But the rest of it is like a teenage boys fantasy or something. The bass parts sound cool, very attacky, but the guitar parts on all the other songs were fairly generic, blister in the sun has a cool riff, nothing similar is elsewhere. It's not like I hated this, I just had higher hopes considering how interesting and unique the big single was.
Love their sound
Not my cup of tea, don't like the voice
Love this, one of my favorites. So much energy and angst. I've never found anything quite like it. What acoustic punk album has a marimba solo?
Another "fine" album...I'm giving a lot of 3s here