Tracks

1. Gimme The Car

2. Blister In The Sun

3. Gone Daddy Gone / I Just Want To Make Love To You

4. Kiss Off

5. Add It Up

6. Black Girls

7. Jesus Walking On The Water

8. Children Of The Revolution

9. I Held Her In My Arms

10. Nightmares

11. American Music

12. Breakin' Up

13. Color Me Once

14. I Danced

15. Country Death Song (Live 1998)

16. Freak Magnet

Performer Notes

Composer: Violent Femmes.
Violent Femmes: Brian Ritchie (acoustic guitar); Gordon Gano, Victor de Lorenzo.
Personnel: Gordon Gano (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, violin, fiddle); Brian Ritchie (vocals, guitar, electric guitar, didjeridu, reed organ, xylophone, acoustic bass); Victor de Lorenzo (vocals, drums, bass drum, snare drum, tambourine, timpani, sleigh bell); Guy Hoffman (vocals, drums, snare drum, percussion); Michael Blair (vocals, drums); Cynthia Gayneau (vocals); Jerry Harrison (guitar, keyboards); Fred Frith (guitar); Christina Houghton (autoharp); John Zorn (clarinet, alto saxophone); Steve MacKay (saxophone); Peter Balestrieri (tenor saxophone); Drake Scott (cornett); Sigmund Snopek III (organ); Junior Brantley, Michael Ramos , Tommy Mandel (keyboards); Steve Scales (percussion); Shirley Simms, Lovelace Redmond, Arlene Holmes (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Daniel Lazerus; David Vartanian; Eric "ET" Thorngren; John Tanner.
Audio Remasterer: Daniel Hersch.
Liner Note Author: David Fricke.
Recording information: American Recording, Woodland Hills, CA; Big House, New York, NY; Carriage House, Stamford, CT; Castle Recording Company, Lake Geneva, WI; DV's Perversion Room, Milwaukee, WI; Joe's, Milwaukee, WI; Music Works, London, England; Secret Sound Studio, New York, NY; State Theatre, Eau Claire, WI.
Illustrator: Jack Hargreaves.
Photographers: Jim Herrington; Francis Ford ; Larry Busacca; Laura Levine.
Intense, wry, risque, and dependably quirky, the music of Violent Femmes helped define "college rock" in the 1980s. The Wisconsin trio's willfully primitive folk-punk emerged fully formed on the group's 1983
eponymous debut, unleashing such classic acoustic barnstormers as "Kiss Off," "Add It Up," and the dance-floor sing-along favorite "Blister in the Sun." These tracks are all present on PERMANENT RECORD, a
band retrospective that follows the Femmes through the fuller sound of HALLOWED GROUND and beyond, touching down on the Talking Heads-like rendition of T.Rex's "Children of the Revolution" (which features the Heads' Jerry Harrison) and the oddly uplifting, nostalgic "American Music."
Although this 16-song set overlaps somewhat with ADD IT UP: 1981-1993, it follows the Femmes catalog through 2000's FREAK MAGNET (including the melancholy, soul-tinged "Color Me Once" from the soundtrack to 1994's THE CROW), making for a more wide-ranging overview. Throughout the compilation, frontman Gordon
Gano's unmistakably whiny vocals, caustic lyrics, and fierce acoustic-guitar strumming are at the fore, embodying the skewed charm of this utterly unique ensemble.

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (p.130) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Singer Gordon Gano's oeuvre vacillates between extremes of rootsy, lyrical majesty and They Might Be Giants whimsy."

Album: Permanent Record: The Very Best Of [Remaster]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Gimme the Car
2)	Blister in the Sun
3)	Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want to Make Love to You
4)	Kiss Off
5)	Add It Up
6)	Black Girls
7)	Jesus Walking On the Water
8)	Children of the Revolution
9)	I Held Her in My Arms
10)	Nightmares
11)	American Music
12)	Breakin' Up
13)	Color Me Once
14)	I Danced
15)	Country Death Song
16)	Freak Magnet
17)	[Untitled Hidden Track]
18)	[Untitled Hidden Track]
19)	[Untitled Hidden Track]
20)	Good Feeling

Album: Permanent Record: The Very Best Of [Remaster]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Gimme the Car
2)	Blister in the Sun
3)	Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want to Make Love to You
4)	Kiss Off
5)	Add It Up
6)	Black Girls
7)	Jesus Walking On the Water
8)	Children of the Revolution
9)	I Held Her in My Arms
10)	Nightmares
11)	American Music
12)	Breakin' Up
13)	Color Me Once
14)	I Danced
15)	Country Death Song
16)	Freak Magnet
17)	[Untitled Hidden Track]
18)	[Untitled Hidden Track]
19)	[Untitled Hidden Track]
20)	Good Feeling