La Mia Vita Violenta

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La Mia Vita Violenta
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 4, 1995 (1995-09-04)
RecordedMay – June 1995
Studio
  • Magic Shop, New York City
  • Water Music, New York City
  • Random Falls, New York City
Genre
Length38:19
Label Smells Like
Producer Blonde Redhead
Blonde Redhead chronology
Blonde Redhead
(1995)
La Mia Vita Violenta
(1995)
Fake Can Be Just as Good
(1997)
Singles from La Mia Vita Violenta
  1. "Flying Douglas" / "Harmony"
    Released: February 1995 [4]
  2. "10 Feet High" / "Valentine"
    Released: June 1995 [5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Spin 7/10 [6]

La Mia Vita Violenta (Italian for "My Violent Life") is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead. It was released in September 4, 1995 by Smells Like Records. [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kazu Makino, Amedeo Pace and Simone Pace, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."(I Am Taking Out My Eurotrash) I Still Get Rocks Off"3:40
2."Violent Life"3:51
3."U.F.O."5:38
4."I Am There While You Choke on Me"1:56
5."Harmony"5:16
6."Down Under"4:09
7."Bean"4:37
8."Young Neil"4:38
9."10 Feet High" (Makino, A. Pace, S. Pace, Maki Takahashi)3:22
10."Jewel"1:12
Total length:38:19

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of La Mia Vita Violenta and the 2016 compilation album Masculin Féminin. [7] [8]

Blonde Redhead

Additional musicians

Production

Design

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