BBC Live [LIVE]

Violent Femmes

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 2, 2005)
• Original Release Date: June 21, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Hux Records
• ASIN: B00092MIJ0
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #351,691 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
14 tracks recorded live in concert by BBC Radio 1 at The Town & Country Club, London, July 7th 1991. Includes a great version of their classic 'Blister In The Sun'. The accompanying 12-page booklet includes comprehensive liner notes, rare photographs and full recording details. Hux Records. 2005.

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0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original formula in full force fourteen years ago., October 26, 2005

By	epsteinsmutha "epsteinsmutha" (At the bottom of Juan Epstein's excuse note) - See all my reviews

With Victor Delorenzo back in the fold, the proliferation of archival Violent Femmes material seems to be coming out quite fast lately. Witness their third (if you count Debacle) best of, the DVD of their performance off the same tour this CD is drawn from, and this.

Two albums into their reformation comes this BBC recording which hits the ground running with "Look Like That," off the Why Do Birds Sing? album (aka first album part II in that it sounded like the next progression from their first album). The concert relies heavily on that album as it was the one they were touring in support of, but just about every album up to that point (except The Blind Leading the Naked) gets its day in the sun on this sonically superior to Viva Wisconsin recording.

Look, this release is going to appeal to two different age groups. Those who spent their teen years in the 1990s and are now in their late 20s/early 30s for whom WDBS? has a nostalgiac air to it, and the latest generation of geeks and misfits whose anxieties over why they can't get just one f**k have been voiced by a tiny Baptist guitarist/singer from Wisconsin for a quarter of a century now. If you don't fit into either one, you probably just know them because of the drunken singalong to "Blister in the Sun" that happened at the kegger you went to last weekend. If you fit either of the aforementioned categories, buy this album. If you fit into the last category, do us all a favor and kill or sterilize yourself so you don't breed.

A top gear release. Thanks boys. I love it when you're mean. Don't you know it's BORING when it's quiet and serene?

Signed,
epsteinsmutha

1 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars After Long Awaiting This CD...It SUCKS, August 12, 2005

By	Pixies Fan "Christian" (Purcellville VA, USA) - See all my reviews

Dont get me wrong, I LOVE the violent femmes , but waiting for this album to come out for about three months. When I listened to it and wasted my money on it I was very dissapointed. First of all most of it is recorded around the time of Why Do Birds Sing which is the femmes' worst album. Songs like Flamango Boy and Life Is A Scream are very sad.

The only reason I gave this album a three is because of the very impressive version of Blister In The Sun. It is a great version and is the highlight of the cd. If you want a good live experiance from this terrific folk-rock band...go and see them live. Because even Viva Wisconsin, which has Guy Hoffman on drums sucks. The only reson is because Guy lacks energy and enthusiasm when playing drums. Hes boring and I still wander why Violent Femmes used him as a replacement for Victor. So actually dont buy anything with Guy drumming in it.
Once again this album sucks dont buy it.