| Violent Femmes / We Can Do Anything |
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| Album: | We Can Do Anything | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Violent Femmes | Added: | May 2016 | |
| Label: | Pias America | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-05-23 | Pull Date: | 2016-07-24 |
| Week Ending: | Jul 24 | Jul 17 | Jul 10 | Jul 3 | Jun 26 | Jun 12 | Jun 5 | May 29 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 13, 2018: | The Library Big Car | 4. | Jul 09, 2016: | Music Casserole Memory | |
| 2. | Jul 21, 2016: | The Library I Could Be Anything | 5. | Jul 07, 2016: | a strange pursuit Holy Ghost | |
| 3. | Jul 13, 2016: | The Library I Could Be Anything | 6. | Jul 06, 2016: | The Library I Could Be Anything |
| Album Review |
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| Wallace Brontoon Reviewed 2016-05-17 | ||
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Immature, dorky+whiny+sweet acoustic guitar punk. It's the "Violent Femmes" sound. Violent Femmes have been around for more than 35 years; this is their first in 15. And at least in my opinion, this is fresher, younger-sounding than all but their earliest releases. Surely it doesn't compare to the greatness of the first two albums, and there's something that inherently doesn't age well about the Violent Femmes' sound, which is so deeply tied to youth. It's a slightly depressing echo of teenaged anthems, but there's still good stuff here. And, for old times' sake-- (better than most oldies acts, anyway). FCC on 3. 1. (3:03) **** Heavy guitar strumming, rebellious. "Don't remember..." Plaintive, whining, some good hooks. 2. (3:42) **** Jaunty folksy polka-y childrens-music-type song. "I can be anything." Fun little story about a dragon named Bongo. Whooping and hollering throughout. Plenty of funny voices. 3. (3:05) *** [FCC: 'FUCK' at 2:30 in] Slinky honking sax in loping rhythm. Whining. 4. (2:35) *** Classic VF punk-acoustic guitar sound. Anxious, rapid, "In the Holy Ghost..." Minor key chanting, whining. 5. (3:51) ** Softer-edged ballad. Builds and builds... 6. (2:43) **** Snarly, whiny hooky, Buddy Hollyish to an extent. This could slide into their early work and feel quite right. 7. (2:58) **** "Drive drive drive". Punkier, darker (primus-y), but also hoedowny and dorky. 8. (2:55) **** Another song that can only be described as "Violent Femmes" song. Fast, strummy, punky, antic, whiny. 9. (3:16) *** Walking-paced, angry-voiced (and also whiny). 10. (2:12) *** Twangy, fast, country brisk and lively, into a soft coda. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Memory | 6. | Foothills | |||
| 2. | I Could Be Anything | 7. | Traveling Solves Everything | |||
| 3. | Issues | 8. | Big Car | |||
| 4. | Holy Ghost | 9. | Untrue Love | |||
| 5. | What You Really Mean | 10. | I'm Not Done |