Violent Femmes (album)

Violent Femmes
Studio album by
Violent Femmes
ReleasedApril 13, 1983
RecordedJuly 1982
StudioCastle Recording Studios, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Genre
Length36:15
LabelSlash
ProducerMark Van Hecke
Violent Femmes chronology
Violent Femmes
(1983) 		Hallowed Ground
(1984)
Singles from Violent Femmes
  1. "Gone Daddy Gone"
    Released: 1983

Violent Femmes is the debut album by Violent Femmes. Mostly recorded in July 1982, the album was released by Slash Records on vinyl and on cassette in April 1983,[4][5][6] and on CD in 1987,[7] with two extra tracks, "Ugly" and "Gimme the Car".

In 2002, Rhino Records remastered the album, filled out the disc's length with demos and added another disc of live tracks and a radio interview for a 20th anniversary special edition, with liner notes by Michael Azerrad.

Violent Femmes is the band's most successful album to date. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album gold four years after its release and platinum four years after that, despite it never having appeared on the Billboard 200 albums chart. After achieving platinum certification on February 1, 1991, the album finally charted on the Billboard 200 for the first time on August 3, 1991, and peaked at number 171. Since Nielsen Music began electronically tracking sales in 1991, the album has sold 1.8 million copies. Blending RIAA certifications and Nielsen Music sales data, the record's American sales were estimated at three million as of 2016.[8]

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