Hallowed Ground (Violent Femmes album)

Hallowed Ground
Studio album by Violent Femmes
Released June 1984
Recorded Secret Sound Studio, NYC, January, 1984
Genre Folk punk
Alternative rock
Length 38:57
Label Slash Records/Rhino
Producer Mark Van Hecke
Violent Femmes chronology

Violent Femmes
(1983)		 Hallowed Ground
(1984)		 The Blind Leading the Naked
(1986)
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Hallowed Ground is the second album by Violent Femmes, released in June 1984. Like the band's first album, the songs were mostly written by singer/guitarist/lyricist Gordon Gano when he was in high school. "Country Death Song", for example, was based on a true story from an 1862 news article about a man who intentionally threw his daughter into a well and then hanged himself in his barn. It was written by Gano during his 10th grade study hall. The Christian-related lyrics on Hallowed Ground were thought by some to be sarcastic, but Gano is a devout Christian. The other two members of Violent Femmes were atheists, and initially refused to perform those songs, but after their debut had been recorded, they relented and several of Gano's religion-themed songs were recorded for Hallowed Ground.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gordon Gano. 

No. Title Length
1. "Country Death Song"   5:02
2. "I Hear the Rain"   1:32
3. "Never Tell"   7:10
4. "Jesus Walking on the Water"   3:07
5. "I Know It’s True but I’m Sorry to Say"   5:05
6. "Hallowed Ground"   4:18
7. "Sweet Misery Blues"   2:51
8. "Black Girls"   5:41
9. "It’s Gonna Rain"   4:11

Personnel

Violent Femmes

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Charts

Album

Chart Entry
date		 Peak
position		 Weeks charted
ARIA Charts[1] June 4, 1984 56 11

References

  1. ↑ Kent, David (compiler); Australian Chart Book 1970-1992: 23 Years of Hit Singles and Albums from the Top 100 Charts; p. 330 ISBN 9780646119175