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Famous in the Last Century [Import]
Decadance Hard House [Box set]
Dancemania 20: Non Stop Mixed by Thunderpuss [Import]
Du Chant a La Une [Original recording remastered] [Import]
Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records
Drugstore's Rockin V.1 [Import]
Datapanik in the Year Zero [Box set] [Original recording remastered]
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The Violent Femmes came out swinging in 1983, and with an all-star, generation-spanning cast of characters tackling an array of new tunes, frontman Gordon Gano proves he hasn't lost his punch decades later. While the likes of PJ Harvey, Mary Lou Lord, John Cale, and Lou Reed contribute as performers, Gano the songwriter holds center ring. And at times he takes to the mike, howling out on the title cut ("Make It Happen") and a duet with Martha Wainwright ("It's Money"), proving at every opportunity that he's still got it. --Andrew Bartlett