New Times (album)

New Times is the album released in 1994 by Violent Femmes. It was the first Femmes' record not to feature original drummer Victor DeLorenzo on drums, who had been replaced by Guy Hoffman.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.

Track listing

All songs written by Gordon Gano except where noted.

1. "Don't Start Me on the Liquor" – 4:08
2. "New Times" – 4:07 (Walter Mehring, tr. Henry Marx / Gano)
3. "Breakin' Up" – 4:00
4. "Key of 2" – 3:31
5. "4 Seasons" – 3:06
6. "Machine" – 4:39 (Gano / Ritchie)
7. "I'm Nothing" – 2:35
8. "When Everybody's Happy" – 3:35 (Gano / Ritchie)
9. "Agamemnon" – 2:56 (Walter Mehring, tr. Henry Marx / Gano)
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

• Gordon Gano: Vocal, Guitar
• Brian Ritchie: Bass, Vocal
• Guy Hoffman: Drums, Vocal

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

References