New Times (album)

New Times

Studio album by Violent Femmes

Released

May 17, 1994

Recorded

DV's Perversion Room, Milwaukee, WI

Genre

Rock

Length

50:20

Label

Elektra

Producer

Brian Ritchie and Gordon Gano

Violent Femmes chronology

Add It Up (1981-1993)
(1993)

New Times
(1994)

Rock!!!!!
(1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

New Times is the album released by Violent Femmes in 1994. It was the Femmes' sixth studio album, and the first one not to feature original drummer Victor DeLorenzo on drums, who had been replaced by Guy Hoffman. "Breakin' Up," a song lead singer Gordon Gano had written years before, was the lead single. Its video received minor airplay on MTV and appears on the band's DVD, Permanent Record - Live & Otherwise. The album did not sell well, but featured many of the Femmes' most musically complex and lyrically inventive songs, including "4 Seasons," and concert staple "I'm Nothing." "I'm Nothing" appeared in the movie Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas.

Track listing

All tracks written by Gordon Gano, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Don't Start Me on the Liquor"	4:08
2.	"New Times" (Walter Mehring, tr. Henry Marx, Gano)	4:07
3.	"Breakin' Up"	4:00
4.	"Key of 2"	3:31
5.	"4 Seasons"	3:06
6.	"Machine" (Gano, Brian Ritchie)	4:39
7.	"I'm Nothing"	2:35
8.	"When Everybody's Happy" (Gano, Ritchie)	3:35
9.	"Agamemnon"	2:56
10.	"This Island Life"	5:31
11.	"I Saw You in the Crowd"	4:07
12.	"Mirror Mirror (I See a Damsel)"	4:30
13.	"Jesus of Rio"	3:35

Personnel

Gordon Gano: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, violin, organ, baglama
Brian Ritchie: electric bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar, upright bass, electric guitar, acoustic piano, electric piano, organ, reed organ, electric sitar, nose flute, theremin, keyboards, electronics, baglama, vocals
Guy Hoffman: drums, snare drum, percussion, tranceaphone, puili sticks, vocals
Luisa Mann: vocals

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1994	The Billboard 200	90

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1994	"Breakin' Up"	Modern Rock Tracks	12

References

↑ New Times at AllMusic

Violent Femmes

Gordon Gano Brian Ritchie John Sparrow Victor DeLorenzo Guy Hoffman Brian Viglione

Studio albums	Violent Femmes Hallowed Ground The Blind Leading the Naked 3 Why Do Birds Sing? New Times Rock!!!!! Freak Magnet We Can Do Anything

Live albums	Viva Wisconsin BBC Live Archive Series No. 1: Live in Iceland Archive Series No. 2: Live in Chicago Q101

Compilations	Debacle: The First Decade Add It Up (1981–1993) Something's Wrong Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes

Extended plays	Happy New Year

Video albums	Permanent Record: Live & Otherwise No, Let's Start Over Live at the Hacienda

Songs	"Add It Up" "Blister in the Sun" "Children of the Revolution" "Crazy" "Gone Daddy Gone"

Related articles	Discography

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.