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in 1994. It is the first album to not feature original drummer

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on drums, who had been replaced by

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. "Breakin' Up," a song lead singer

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had written years before, was the lead single. Its video received minor airplay on

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and appears on the band's

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, ''

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''. 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 ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

;Violent Femmes *

– vocals (1-13), electric and acoustic guitars (1-5, 7–12), violin (8, 10), organ (13), baglama (12) *

Brian Ritchie Brian Ritchie (born November 21, 1960) is the bass guitarist for the alternative rock band Violent Femmes. Ritchie was born and raised in the United States and is currently a dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia, with his full-time residence i ...

– 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 The pump organ is a type of free-reed organ that generates sound as air flows past a vibrating piece of thin metal in a frame. The piece of metal is called a reed. Specific types of pump organ include the reed organ, harmonium, and melodeon. T ...

(3, 12),

electric sitar An electric sitar is a type of electric guitar designed to mimic the sound of the sitar, a traditional musical instrument of India. Depending on the manufacturer and model, these instruments bear varying degrees of resemblance to the traditional ...

(2, 10),

nose flute The nose flute is a musical instrument often played in Polynesia and the Pacific Rim countries. Other versions are found in Africa. Hawaii In the North Pacific, in the Hawaiian islands the nose flute was a common courting instrument. In Haw ...

(4),

theremin The theremin (; originally known as the ætherphone/etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (who is known as a thereminist). It is named afte ...

(6), keyboards (2, 6), electronics (6), baglama (12), vocals (1-5, 9, 12) *

– drums and percussion (1-5, 8–13), vocals (1-5, 8, 9, 11, 12) * Luisa Mann – vocals (10)

Charts

References

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