Discography
Browse the archive by release type. Use the section links below to jump between albums, singles, bootlegs, solo work, videos, and compilations.
Full Length
Violent Femmes Self Titled
Hallowed Ground
Blind Leading The Naked
3
Debacle: the First Decade
In Concert 519
Why Do Birds Sing?
Why Do Birds Sing?
Add It Up (1981 - 1993)
Add It Up (1981-1993)
New Times
Rock!!!!!
Freak Magnet
Live Acoustic
Viva Wisconsin
Viva Wisconsin
Freak Magnet
Something's Wrong
The Best of Freak Magnet And Rock!!!
20th Anniversary
20th Anniversary Reissue
archive series no. 1
Freak Magnet (Shout!)
Permanent Record: The Very Best Of
Permanent Record: The Very Best Of
Freak Magnet Club Version
archive series no. 2
BBC Live
Archive Series nos. 1 & 2
Original Album Series
We Can Do Anything
2 Mics & The Truth: Unplugged & Unhinged In America
Hotel Last Resort
Why Do Birds Sing? Deluxe
Violent Femmes 40th Anniversary
Violent Femmes 40th Anniversary (Deluxe)
Singles
Singles are grouped by release format for easier browsing.
Compact Disc
Nightmares
American Music
American Music
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
Used To Be
I Held Her In My Arms
I Held Her In My Arms
Breakin' Up EP
Breakin' Up
Don't Start Me On The Liquor
Machine
She Went To Germany
Tonight
Blister In The Sun
Blister In The Sun
All I Want
Blister In The Sun (Live)
Sleepwalkin'
All I Want
All I Want
All I Want
Sleepwalkin'
Sleepwalkin'
Crazy
Happy New Year
Love Love Love Love Love
Memory
12"
7"
Gone Daddy Gone
Gone Daddy Gone
Gone Daddy Gone
Hallowed Ground
It's Gonna Rain
It's Gonna Rain
It's Gonna Rain
Children Of The Revolution
Children Of The Revolution
Children Of The Revolution
Children Of The Revolution
I Held Her In My Arms
World We're Living In
Nightmares
American Music
American Music
Special (Live)
American Music
Memory
Ugly / Gimmie The Car
Bootlegs
Solo Work
Solo and side-project releases grouped by artist.
Gordon Gano
Brian Ritchie
Victor DeLorenzo
Video
Compilations
Slash The Early Sessions
1983Slash9-23937-1YBlister In The Sun
3rd Compilation Rough Trade
1984Nuevos Medios43-091Ugly
Rough Trade... A Compilation
1984Rough Trade062-VG 50079Ugly
George Washington & The Cherry Trees
1985Tokuma Japan25RTL-3006Ugly / Gimmie The Car
Slash Cuts
1985Slash820 289-1Gimmie The Car
Rough Trade Various
1986Roughtrade (Portragul)LP0001Ugly/Gimmie The Car
The Great 1¢ Cassette Sampler
1986WEASAMC53Children Of The Revolution
I Was A Teenage Zombie
1987Enigma RecordsSJ-73296Good Feeling
Third Wave - The Final Chapter
1988Mercury816-878Gone Daddy Gone
Follow Our Tracks vol 9
1989Warner Bros.PRO-A-3503Fat
Tune Up 28
1989The Album Network28Nightmares
A Different Sound
1991Warner CanadaCD 654Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
All Roads Lead To Burbank
1991Warner Bros. RecordsPRO-CD-4960American Music
Certain Damage! Vol. 34
1991CMJ entertainment groupCmj cd034American Music
Follow Our Trax 6
1991Warner, SirePRO-CD-4557American Music
The Best Of MTV's 120 Minutes Vol. 2
1991WarnerOPCD-1606Gone Daddy Gone
Triple J Live At The Wireless
1991White Label RecordsD 30669Kiss Off
Big Hat Inamorata
1992March RecordsMAR 003Country Death Song (Live)
Acoustic Affairs - The Best Of Unplugged Music
1993EdeltonEDL 2629-2It's Gonna Rain
Heck On Wheels Volume 3
1993Warner Bros.PRO-CD-6457Held Her In My Arms
Powerhaus Classix
1993RPM RecordsCDRPM 1367American Music
TM Century GoldDisc 1802
1993TM Century1802Add It Up
Collision II
1994White Label RecordsTVD 93395I Held Her In My Arms
Generation Rock
1994Chart RecordsBSW 9548 33443-1Breakin' Up
Generation X: An Alternative Point Of View
1994WarnerOPCD-1652American Music
Holidays In The Sun
1994Polygram516 849-1Blister In The Sun
Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits Of The '80s
1994Rhino RecordsR2 71702Blister In The Sun
Powerhaus Classix Volume 2
1994RPM RecordsCDRPM 1413Add It Up
Powerhaus: Modern Rock Of The Nineties
1994RPMCDRPM 1386I Held Her In My Arms
Sedated In The Eighties 2
1994The Right Stuff7243 8 28996 2 4Kiss Off
The Best Of Mountain Stage Volume Seven
1994Blue Plate MusicBPM-007CDAmerican Music
The Crow Soundtrack
1994Columbia, Atlantic82519-2Color Me Once (Live)
toys
1994ElektraPRCD-9016-2Don't Start Me On The Liquor
Triple J Hottest 100
1994Australian Broadcasting4797462I Held Her In My Arms
Warner Music Canada Vol 216
1994Warner MusicPRO 94216Don't Start Me On The Liquor
Wea News #5/94
1994WEAPRO 879Don't Start Me On The Liquor
Alternative Nation 1995
1995MushroomD80609Life Is An Adventure
Going Underground: The Alternative Sound
1995Polydor525 830-2Add It Up
Saturday Morning - Cartoons' Greatest Hits
1995MCA RecordingsMCAD-11348Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah
Step Right Up: The Songs Of Tom Waits
1995ManifestoPT3 41101-2Step Right Up
Fox Hunt Soundtrack
1996Rhino RecordsR2 72248Life Is An Adventure
Modern Rock Live Vol. 1
1996Sony Electronics Inc.She Went To Germany
New Archive Of Insanity - Chadbourne Barber Shop
1996Airline 61AR-4Why Kids Go To School
Beating Up The Campus
1997PolyGram553429-2Gone Daddy Gone
Choose 80's
1997Mercury314 553 535-2Blister In The Sun
Focus - April 1997
1997MercuryPCD 500Blister 2000
Grosse Pointe Blank Soundtrack
1997London Records422-828 867-2Blister In The Sun
CMJ New Music June '98 - Issue No. 58
1998College Music JournalCMJ-NMM058Freak Magnet
Frosh
1998Polygram565 014-2Blister In The Sun
MTV's 120 Minutes Live
1998Atlantic83052-2Kiss Off (Live)
Collected
1999London RecordsCOLCD 1Blister In The Sun
End Sessions - Live On The End 107.7
1999The End 107.7kndd 0699-1Fat (Live)
Joyful Noise Sampler
1999Beyond39-7091-119Sleepwalkin'
KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas
1999Time Bomb Recordings70930-43531-2Blister In The Sun
Musikexpress 33 - Bungalow / City Slang
1999MusikexpressMusikexpress 33Gone Daddy Gone
Mystery Men Soundtrack
1999Interscope RecordsINTD-90345No More Heroes
South Park: Bigger,Longer & Uncut
1999Atlantic, Warner83199-2I Can Change (I Swear)
Unconditionally Guaranteed Volume 11
1999Uncut MagazineUNCUT UG-12 18Blister In The Sun
Cooking Vinyl In Rockdelux
2000Sinedín MusicSM-027Requiem For Nico
Delicatessen Two
2000Cooking VinylGRILL CD 017Sleepwalkin'
Frosh 3
2000Mercury731456034324Add It Up
Live From The Mix Lounge
2000Mix 98-5Blister In The Sun
Maynard's Rewind Volume 2
2000Columbia498274.2Blister In The Sun
Rough Cuts 2
2000Rough TradeRcuts2cdAmerican Music
Shout! Factory Sampler
2000Shout! FactoryPRO-00021Blister In The Sun (Live)
Y-100 Sonic Sessions 4
2000WPLY Radio One Inc6603558470Add It Up (Live Acoustic)
Delicatessen 3
2001Cooking VinylGRILL CD 18Tonight
History In 3 Chords
2001SplungeCD014To The Kill
Big Day Out Discrespective
2002ShockBDO2002CDGirl Trouble
CMJ New Music Monthly Volume 106 October 2002
2002College Music JournalCMJ-NMM106Gone Daddy Gone (Live)
For The Record Volume 4
2002ShockFTRCD4Blister In The Sun
Never Mind The Originals, Here's The Covers
2002Sony Music5034522000Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
The Best Alternative Album Ever!
2002EMI MusicCDBest SWFD 37Kiss Off
The World's Absolute Best Ever Beer Songs
2002EMI Music7243 5 43955 2 9Blister In The Sun
All That Rock
2003Warner2564607872Add It Up
East Coast Blues & Roots Festival 2003
2003Warner2564600602Blister In The Sun
Frosh U - The Best Of Frosh
2003Universal Canada0249809349Blister In The Sun
Future Vintage
2003Warner Music UK5050466368829Blister In The Sun
Herr Lehmann Soundtrack
2003Mute7243 592622 0 8Blister In The Sun
Newbury Comics - The Early Years Vol. 2
2003Rhino Recordsopcd-7618Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want To Make Love To You
Rokkland 2003
2003SkífanPCD0305Blister In The Sun
Rough Trade Shops
2003Mute Records LtdCD STUMM 226Country Death Song
Salute This Vol. 1
2003Slash WarnerSBM 001-2Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want To Make Love To You
The Falls
2003Universal9813640Add It Up
Triple J's Hottest 100
2003Australia Broadcasting12952I Held Her In My Arms
Chelsea presents... DJ Ant's 80's
2004Universal Music982 395-4Blister In The Sun
Crash! Indie Anthems
2004Telstar TVTTVCD3389Blister In The Sun
I Want My New Wave
2004Razor & Tie6983681092-2Blister In The Sun
Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The 80's
2004Rhino RecordsPRCD 400124Blister In The Sun
Sex
2004Sony MusicTVK 24175Blister In The Sun
Super Size Me
2004Normal RecordsPACM-1005Fat
All That Punk
2005Warner5046784202Blister In The Sun
In The Zone 101.5 Vol 13
2005KZON4297351342Kiss Off
Lab Mix NYC2005
2005RhinoOPCD-7810Blister In The Sun
Moldover - Live Remashing
2005No LabelNo Cat #Blister In The Sun
Office Party
2005Warner (NZ)5101-11511-2Blister In The Sun
Sound Of The Underground: 18 Alternative Hits
2005Time Life, WarnerOPCD-775Blister In The Sun
Süddeutsche Zeitung Diskothek 1983
2005Süddeutsche Zeitung1983Blister In The Sun
The Absolute Very Best Of The World's Beer Songs
2005EMI (AUS)0946 3 48662Blister In The Sun
Floorfillers II
2006EMI094637715420Blister In The Sun
Sweet Fifteen
2006Rough TradeRTP15Blister In The Sun
Süddeutsche Zeitung Diskothek Zwanzig Aus
2006Süddeutsche Zeitung4018492240770Blister In The Sun
The 90's Movie Album
2006CrimsonCRIMCD449Blister In The Sun
100 Hits Rock
2007Demon Music GroupDMG 100 009Blister In The Sun
Live At The Wireless
2007ABC Music5101187272Blister In The Sun
Rock N Roll Cafe
2007EMI50999 52012020Blister In The Sun
Rocket Science Soundtrack
2007Lakeshore Recordings33926Kiss Off
The Smack! Down
2007WEA InternationalINDIE07Gone Daddy Gone
Totally Awesome 80s Mix Tape
2007RhinoOPCD-8118MBlister In The Sun
Fabriclive .39
2008Fabric (London)FABRIC 78PBlister In The Sun
Mannen Som Elsket Yngve
2008Oh No! RecordingsRomertall femBlister In The Sun
Revolutions In Sound: Warner Bros. Records The First Fifty Years
2008Warner Bros.431612-2Gone Daddy Gone
TV AD Songs
2008EMIVTDCD 914Blister In The Sun
101 Beer Songs
2009EMI (Aus)50999 685412Blister In The Sun
80s New Wave
2009Rhino Records48195Blister In The Sun
Rock Evolution 2
2009Sony Music5186547402Blister In The Sun
Simply The Best New Wave
2009Rhino Records5186539862Blister In The Sun
Triple J: Hottest 100 Of All Time
2009ABC Music5318795Blister In The Sun
100 Hits Summer
2010Demon Music GroupDMG 100 057Blister In The Sun
101 Floorfillers
2010EMI (AUS)50999 919860 2 3Blister In The Sun
Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll: The Soundtrack To Scandal
2010Universal Music5326294Gimme The Car
Triple M's 30 Years Of Rock
2010Sony Music88697722822Blister In The Sun
100 Hits Rock Anthems
2011Demon Music GroupDMG 100 078Blister In The Sun
80s Alternative
2011RhinoOPCD-8616MBlister In The Sun
Alternative Nation - 100 Alternative Classics
2011Sony Music88697634122Blister In The Sun
Drivetime
2011Rhino RecordsCRIM 360 009Blister In The Sun
All The... 80s
2012Warner5310516132Blister In The Sun
The Old Grey Whistle Test: Punk and New Wave
2013Rhino Records5310573732Blister In The Sun
80s Dancefloor - The Collection
2014Rhino Records82546305353Blister In The Sun
Driving Songs - The Collection
2014Rhino Records825646282173Blister In The Sun
Massive Hits - Punk & New Wave
2014Rhino UK825646214341Blister In The Sun
Original New Wave
2014Rhino UK825646315987Blister In The Sun
Classic Summer
2015UniversalUWCLA002Blister In The Sun
ME-CD Nr. 0316
2016MusikexpressNr. 0316Issues
Penny Royal Tea (New Noises Vol. 129)
2016Rolling Stone129Memory
The Infiltrator Soundtrack
2016Lakeshore Records34704Kiss Off
The Other Side Of The 80s
2016Rhino Records0190295984250Blister In The Sun
I, Tonya
2017MilanMLN2 36927-2Gone Daddy Gone
Smash Hits 80s Mixtape
2017Rhino UK0190295746209Blister In The Sun
The Glamour & The Squalor Soundtrack
2017Lakeshore RecordsLKS349052Kiss Off (Live)
The Paste Sampler: Spring 2017
2017Paste MagazinePM1I'm Nothing
Wisconsin Vinyl Collective – Volume Two
2018Stone After Stone RecordsSD 4576I'm Not Done (Live)
Amazing Journey
2019UncutTAKE 268Not OK
Kevin Hearn and Friends Superhero Suite
2019Celery MusicCM 860293Batman
Musikexpress 08/19
2019Musikexpress08/19Another Chorus