Teeming with teenage angst, punk sensibilities, and Violent Femmes’ own special brand of jittery folk-rock, the trio’s self-titled 1981 debut Violent Femmes became a cult favorite. Featuring the anthems “Blister in the Sun,” “Please Do Not Go,” “Gone Daddy Gone,” and “Add It Up.” This expanded 40th anniversary edition features a trove of previously unreleased demos, live tracks, and more.

Tracklist

LP1 - Side A
Blister In The Sun
Kiss Off
Please Do Not Go
Add It Up
Confessions

LP1 - Side B
Prove My Love
Promise
To The Kill
Gone Daddy Gone
Good Feeling

LP2 - Side C
Girl Trouble (Demo)
Breakin' Up (Demo)
Waiting For The Bus (Demo)
Blister In The Sun (Demo)
Kiss Off (Demo)

LP2 - Side D
Please Do Not Go (Demo)
Add It Up (Demo)
Confessions (Demo)
Prove My Love (Demo)

LP3 - Side E
Special (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
Country Death Song (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
To The Kill (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
Never Tell (Live At Beneath-It-All Café, Milwaukee, WI - 9/12/1981)
Break Song (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
Her Television (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)

LP3 - Side F
How Do You Say Goodbye (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
Theme and Variations (Live At The Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI - 12/8/1981)
Prove My Love (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
Gone Daddy Gone (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
Promise (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
In Style (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)
Add It Up (Live At Folk City, New York, NY - 1/26/1983)

7" Single - Side A
Ugly

7" Single - Side B
Gimme the Car