Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes
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Permanent Record: The Very Best Of is a greatest hits album by the band Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes were an American alternative rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, initially active between 1980 and 1987 and again from 1988 to 2009...

. It was released on July 12, 2005 (see 2005 in music
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...

).

Track listing

All songs by Gordon Gano unless otherwise noted.
  1. "Gimme the Car" – 5:08
  2. "Blister in the Sun
    Blister in the Sun
    "Blister in the Sun" is a song by the American alternative rock band Violent Femmes, originally released on their 1983 self-titled debut album. It has also been covered by Nouvelle Vague, on their 2009 album 3. This version was used in an episode Gossip Girl.In August 2007, Gordon Gano was the...

    " – 2:24
  3. "Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want to Make Love to You
    Gone Daddy Gone
    "Gone Daddy Gone" is a song written by Gordon Gano and originally recorded by his group Violent Femmes for their 1983 eponymous debut album....

    " – 3:06
  4. "Kiss Off" – 2:56
  5. "Add It Up
    Add It Up
    "Add It Up" is a song by American rock band Violent Femmes, released on their 1983 debut album Violent Femmes.It contains the lyrics:Some radio stations substitute a guitar note for the swear word for airplay.-Use in film:...

    " – 4:45
  6. "Black Girls" – 5:42
  7. "Jesus Walking On the Water" – 3:08
  8. "Children of the Revolution" (Marc Bolan
    Marc Bolan
    Marc Bolan was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet. He is best known as the founder, frontman, lead singer & guitarist for T. Rex, but also a successful solo artist...

    ) – 4:19
  9. "I Held Her in My Arms" – 2:53
  10. "Nightmares" – 3:33
  11. "American Music" – 3:50
  12. "Breakin' Up" – 4:01
  13. "Color Me Once" (Gano/Ritchie) – 4:12
  14. "I Danced" (Gano, Max Dunn) – 2:12
  15. "Country Death Song (Live)" – 4:55
  16. "Freak Magnet" – 2:35
  17. "Good Feeling (Live)" – 4:37

Personnel

  • Gordon Gano
    Gordon Gano
    Gordon James Gano is an American musician. He is best known for being the singer, guitarist and songwriter of American alternative rock band Violent Femmes.-Early life:...

    : Lead vocals, guitar
  • Brian Ritchie
    Brian Ritchie
    Brian Ritchie was the bass guitarist for the alternative rock band Violent Femmes.In addition to his bass playing, Ritchie is proficient at the shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo flute...

    : Bass, vocals
  • Victor DeLorenzo
    Victor DeLorenzo
    Victor DeLorenzo was born on October 25, 1954, and is best known as the drummer for the folk-punk band the Violent Femmes.He grew up in Racine, Wisconsin and has lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since. He has been a drummer since the age of sixteen, but an actor since the age of five...

    : Drums, vocals (tracks 1-11, 13, 17)
  • Guy Hoffman
    Guy Hoffman
    Guy Hoffman is a drummer and vocalist, formerly of such bands as Oil Tasters, BoDeans, Violent Femmes and Absinthe. He is a composer for such films as Field Day and a founding member of Radio Romeo.-Life:...

    : Drums, vocals (tracks 12, 14, 15, 16)

Additional musicians

  • Michael Blair: Percussion (track 11, 13)
  • Steve Mackay
    Steve MacKay
    Steve Mackay is an American tenor saxophone player, best known for his participation on The Stooges' second album Fun House.-The Stooges:Mackay was familiar to The Stooges from his work in Detroit's avant-rock pioneers, Carnal Kitchen...

    : Saxophone (track 9)


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