Debacle: The First Decade

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Debacle: The First Decade
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Compilation album by
Released1990
StudioMusic Works, London
Genre Rock
Length47:53
Label Slash
Producer Warren A. Bruleigh
Violent Femmes chronology
3
(1988)
Debacle: The First Decade
(1990)
Why Do Birds Sing?
(1991)
Professional ratings
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Debacle: The First Decade is a compilation released by Violent Femmes in 1990.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gordon Gano, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Gimme the Car"5:06
2."Nightmares"3:34
3."Black Girls"5:43
4."Add It Up"4:44
5."Children of the Revolution" (Marc Bolan)4:20
6."Good Feeling"3:52
7."Gone Daddy Gone"3:06
8."Fat"1:49
9."Old Mother Reagan"0:32
10."Blister in the Sun"2:26
11."Country Death Song"5:04
12."Ugly"2:21
13."World We're Living In"5:16

Personnel

Violent Femmes

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] 39
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [3] 41

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