New Times (album)
New Times is the sixth studio album released by Violent Femmes in 1994, and the first to not feature original drummer Victor DeLorenzo on drums, who'd been replaced by Guy Hoffman. "Breakin' Up," a song lead singer Gordon Gano had written years before, was the lead single. Its video received minor airplay on MTV and appears on the band's DVD, Permanent Record - Live & Otherwise. The album did not sell well, but featured many of the Femmes' most musically complex and lyrically inventive songs, including "4 Seasons," and concert staple "I'm Nothing." "I'm Nothing" appeared in the movie Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas.
| New Times | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 17, 1994 | |||
| Studio | DV's Perversion Room, Milwaukee, WI | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 50:20 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Brian Ritchie, Gordon Gano | |||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Gordon Gano, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Start Me on the Liquor" | 4:08 | |
| 2. | "New Times" | Walter Mehring, tr. Henry Marx, Gano | 4:07 |
| 3. | "Breakin' Up" | 4:00 | |
| 4. | "Key of 2" | 3:31 | |
| 5. | "4 Seasons" | 3:06 | |
| 6. | "Machine" | Gano, Brian Ritchie | 4:39 |
| 7. | "I'm Nothing" | 2:35 | |
| 8. | "When Everybody's Happy" | Gano, Ritchie | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Agamemnon" | Walter Mehring, tr. Henry Marx, Gano | 2:56 |
| 10. | "This Island Life" | 5:31 | |
| 11. | "I Saw You in the Crowd" | 4:07 | |
| 12. | "Mirror Mirror (I See a Damsel)" | 4:30 | |
| 13. | "Jesus of Rio" | 3:35 |
Personnel
- Violent Femmes
- Gordon Gano – vocals (1-13), electric and acoustic guitars (1-5, 7–12), violin (8, 10), organ (13), baglama (12)
- Brian Ritchie – electric bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 9, 11), acoustic bass guitar (3, 5), upright bass (6, 8, 10, 12, 13), electric guitar (3), acoustic piano (4), electric piano (11), organ (9), reed organ (3, 12), electric sitar (2, 10), nose flute (4), theremin (6), keyboards (2, 6), electronics (6), baglama (12), vocals (1-5, 9, 12)
- Guy Hoffman – drums and percussion (1-5, 8–13), vocals (1-5, 8, 9, 11, 12)
- Luisa Mann – vocals (10)
Charts
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] | 60 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] | 95 |
| US Billboard 200[7] | 90 |
References
- New Times at AllMusic
- Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2000. ISBN 9780857125958.
- Gordinier, Jeff (1994-05-20). "New Times". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
- Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). "Violent Femmes". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
- Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 295.
- "Offiziellecharts.de – Violent Femmes – New Times" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
- Whitburn, Joel; Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955–1996; p. 819. ISBN 0898201179
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