New Times (album)

New Times
Studio album by Violent Femmes
Released	May 17, 1994 (1994-05-17)
Recorded	DV's Perversion Room, Milwaukee, WI
Genre	Rock
Length	50:20
Label	Elektra
Producer	Brian Ritchie and Gordon Gano
Violent Femmes chronology
Add It Up (1981-1993) (1993) New Times (1994) Rock!!!!! (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
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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 It was the first Femmes' record not to feature original drummer Victor DeLorenzo on drums, who had been replaced by Guy Hoffman.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.

1. "Don't Start Me on the Liquor" – 4:08
2. "New Times" – 4:07
3. "Breakin' Up" – 4:00
4. "Key of 2" – 3:31
5. "4 Seasons" – 3:06
6. "Machine" – 4:39
7. "I'm Nothing" – 2:35
8. "When Everybody's Happy" – 3:35
9. "Agamemnon" – 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

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

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1994	The Billboard 200	90

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1994	"Breakin' Up"	Modern Rock Tracks	12

References

1. ^ New Times (album) at Allmusic