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Allmusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA–[3]
The Village Voice(choice cut)[4]

New Times is the sixth studio album released by Violent Femmes in 1994. It is the first album to not feature original drummer Victor DeLorenzo on drums, who had been replaced by Guy Hoffman.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 are written by Gordon Gano, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Start Me on the Liquor" 4:08
2."New Times"Walter Mehring, tr. Henry Marx, Gano4:07
3."Breakin' Up" 4:00
4."Key of 2" 3:31
5."4 Seasons" 3:06
6."Machine"Gano, Brian Ritchie4:39
7."I'm Nothing" 2:35
8."When Everybody's Happy"Gano, Ritchie3:35
9."Agamemnon"Walter Mehring, tr. Henry Marx, Gano2:56
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

  1. ^ New Times at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2000. ISBN 9780857125958.
  3. ^ Gordinier, Jeff (1994-05-20). "New Times". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1994-09-13). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
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