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1991 studio album by Violent Femmes
Why Do Birds Sing? Violent Femmes , released on April 30, 1991. It was the band's last album with original drummer Victor DeLorenzo , who left two years later to devote his time to acting, and was produced by Michael Beinhorn , best-known then for his work with Red Hot Chili Peppers on Mother's Milk The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
The album featured the single "American Music," which rose to number 2 on Billboard ' s Modern Rock chart during the week of May 18, 1991,[ 5]
All tracks are written by Gordon Gano , except where noted
Title Writer(s) 1. "American Music" 3:49 2. "Out the Window" 2:52 3. "Look Like That" 2:45 4. "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? " George O'Dowd , Mikey Craig , Roy Hay , Jon Moss , Gano4:50 5. "Hey Nonny Nonny" Shepard Tonie, Gano 4:34 6. "Used to Be" 3:38 7. "Girl Trouble" 2:57 8. "He Likes Me" 3:07 9. "Life is a Scream" 1:54 10. "Flamingo Baby" 2:37 11. "Lack of Knowledge" 1:54 12. "More Money Tonight" 3:58 13. "I'm Free" 3:25
Vinyl version (side one) Title Writer(s) 1. "American Music" 3:49 2. "Out the Window" 2:52 3. "Look Like That" 2:45 4. "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" O'Dowd, Craig, Hay, Moss, Gano 4:50 5. "Hey Nonny Nonny" Tonie, Gano 4:34 6. "Used to Be" 3:38
Vinyl version (side two) Title 1. "Girl Trouble" 2:57 2. "He Likes Me" 3:07 3. "Life is a Scream" 1:54 4. "Flamingo Baby" 2:37 5. "Lack of Knowledge" 1:54 6. "More Money Tonight" 3:58
Deluxe expanded edition (disc 1) Title 14. "Me and You" 3:06 15. "Color Me Once" (Early version) 4:46 16. "4 Seasons" (Early version) 3:06 17. "Breaking Up" (Early version) 4:23 18. "American Made" (Alternate version) 3:41 19. "Dance, M.F., Dance!" 3:16
Deluxe expanded edition (disc 2) – Live at The Boat House 1991 Title 1. "Look Like That" 2:47 2. "Out the Window" 3:09 3. "Fat" 1:56 4. "Prove My Love" 2:45 5. "Country Death Song" 4:40 6. "Old Mother Reagan" 0:38 7. "Confessions" 8:46 8. "Girl Trouble" 3:33 9. "Add It Up " 5:56 10. "Kiss It Off" 4:16 11. "Good Feeling" 4:00 12. "More Money Tonight" 4:07
Gordon Gano – vocals , guitar Brian Ritchie – bass , guitar , bouzouki , banjo , ukulele , mouth harp , didgeridoo , xylophone , glockenspiel , vocalsVictor DeLorenzo – drums , percussion , tranceaphone, vocalsAdditional musicians [ edit ] Violent Femmes – ProducerEric "ET" Thorngren – Engineer, mixing
David Vartanian – Mixing
Susan Rogers – Engineer
Tom Fritze – Assistant engineer
Lori Fumar – Assistant engineer
Mike Kloster – Assistant engineer
Howie Weinberg – MasteringMary Jones – Photography
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