| Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | July 12, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 64:16 | |||
| Label | Rhino/Slash | |||
| Producer | various | |||
| Violent Femmes chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Blender | |
| Pitchfork |    [2] |
Permanent Record: The Very Best Of is a greatest hits album by the band Violent Femmes. [1] It was released on July 12, 2005.
All tracks are written by Gordon Gano except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gimme the Car" | 5:08 | |
| 2. | "Blister in the Sun" | 2:24 | |
| 3. | "Gone Daddy Gone"/"I Just Want to Make Love to You" | Gano, Willie Dixon | 3:06 |
| 4. | "Kiss Off" | 2:56 | |
| 5. | "Add It Up" | 4:45 | |
| 6. | "Black Girls" | 5:42 | |
| 7. | "Jesus Walking On the Water" | 3:08 | |
| 8. | "Children of the Revolution" | Marc Bolan | 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, Brian Ritchie | 4:12 |
| 14. | "I Danced" | Gano, Max Dunn | 2:12 |
| 15. | "Country Death Song" (Live) | 4:55 | |
| 16. | "Freak Magnet" | 2:35 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 17. | "Good Feeling" (Live at Rhino, 2002) | 4:37 |
Additional musicians
Violent Femmes are an American folk punk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The band consists of founding members Gordon Gano and Brian Ritchie, joined by multi-instrumentalist Blaise Garza, and drummer John Sparrow. Former members of the band include drummers Victor DeLorenzo, Guy Hoffman (1993–2002), and Brian Viglione (2013–2016). Violent Femmes are considered to be an integral part of the then-underground folk punk and alternative rock scenes of the 1980s, and remain influential or inspirational to the subsequent movements, particularly on folk rock, indie rock, grunge, pop punk, emo, and the late 1980s and 1990s alternative rock scene.
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Happy New Year is an EP released by the Violent Femmes for Record Store Day on April 18, 2015. It was the first recording of original songs by the band in 15 years. The EP was released on 12-inch, 180-gram, champagne-colored vinyl, and later made available for digital download on June 2, 2015
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