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Violent Femmes - Viva Wisconsin Audio CD

A fair review of the Violent Femmes "Viva Wisconsin" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Violent Femmes reviews here, or go back to the Violent Femmes tabs.

Violent Femmes Band: Violent Femmes
Title: Viva Wisconsin
Rating:
Release Date: 2005-05-24
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Prove My Love 2: I�m Nothing 3: Country Death Song 4: Blister In The Sun 5: Gimme The Car 6: Don�t Talk About My Music 7: Confessions 8: Hallowed Ground 9: Live Is An Adventure 10: Old Mother Reagan 11: Ugly 12: Good Feeling 13: Dahmer Is Dead 14: American Music 15: Special 16: Sweet Worlds Of Angels 17: Black Girls 18: Gone Daddy Gone 19: Add It Up 20: Kiss Off 21: Outside The Palace (bonus track)

A must have for Femmes fans
No studio, no fancy equipment, just Gordon and the boys playing their songs--pretty much the same as when they were originally "discovered" outside a Pretenders concert venue. For a Violent Femmes fan, there can be no greater joy than inserting this CD into your CD player. Guy Hoffman has replaced Victor Delorenzo on drums, but the Violent Femmes are basically unchanged over the years. They remain fiercely independent, and they sing their older songs with as much feeling now as they did when they were younger. This live concert (which does sound great for a live performance, by the way) is truly my favorite VF album because it basically incorporates all of their best songs, from Blister In the Sun, Add it Up, and Kiss Off to American Music and I'm Nothing. This CD also features more from Hallowed Ground than does the Add it Up compilation; the title track from Hallowed Ground is a soulful, powerful song too often overlooked. There are eight classic songs from the band's career-defining first album, and they sound as fresh and defiant now as they ever did. Slower songs such as Sweet World of Angels, Good Feeling, and Hallowed Ground reveal the depths of Gano's vocal talents, while short cuts such as Old Mother Reagan and Dahmer's Dead exude the band's unique take on life and music and the obvious fun they still have performing. I saw the Violent Femmes live way back in 1989, and this live CD is the next best thing to seeing them perform in person (although there is nothing quite like dancing to Country Death Song among thousands of fellow Femmes fans).


(Album Version)
I am rating this album a 1, rather than what it truly deserves, due to Amazon's ridiculous track naming convention.


Great LIVE Album !! My Favorite Femmes CD
BUT THIS IS A LIVE ALBUM !!! THE SONGS SOUND TOTALLY DIFFERENT. I don't know what the other reviewer is talking about -- he obviously has an axe to grind-- he must have gotten screwed somewhere along the line. You don't know the femmes until you get this CD -- it flat out rocks. Go get this and you'll see what I mean.


Bonus Track Piss Off
Screw this new label, and this "re-issue" with one bonus track. I'm so sick of new labels buying up old label scraps, and issuing a "re-issue" to try and make money. Tell record companies your sick of this. Let them reissue an album as is, and make a whole new bonus tracks EP. you want to know why the music audience is stealing tunes off the internet? Because you record labels are pulling lame-o tactics like this. You deserve to go under!!!!!.


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