 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,"the billboard book of gold & platinum records," 1989 and on cd in 1987 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 and went platinum eight years after its release. the album achieved what is believed to be a unique feat by going gold, four years after its release, without having yet made an appearance on billboard's top 200 album chart. slant magazine listed the album at #21 on its list of "best albums of the 1980s". ==album== most of the songs on both this album and its follow-up were written when the songwriter, gordon gano, was still in high school in milwaukee, wisconsin. violent femmes peaked at #171 on [[
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