Album
Hallowed Ground
1984 · Rock
25 collectors on Gatefold own this
Hallowed Ground is an Alt/Indie album by Violent Femmes, originally released in 1984. On Gatefold: 61 pressings tracked, owned by 25 collectors.
About
After the incredible artistic success of their debut album, the Violent Femmes were left with the difficult challenge of following up an album of such singular mystery with something that wouldn’t disappoint their ardent cult following. <i>Hallowed Ground</i> is an emotive record that takes the brilliant, threadbare arrangements of their first work and fills it in with a sense of gospel noble truths that only the son of a Baptist minister could successfully challenge. “Jesus Walking On the Water” hits the floorboards of Americana and the title track injects more accessible pop sounds into their pitchfork militia. “I Hear the Rain” rallies the voices for a dizzying warning. “Country Death Song” plays with banjos and death like they belong together. “Black Girls” adds John Zorn and the Horns of Dilemma for some uptown action. But it’s the brutal seven minutes of “Never Tell” and the accompanying five of “I Know It’s True But I’m Sorry To Say” that deliver the knockout punch. Each song builds around singer Gordon Gano’s existential woes until he can do nothing more than let it blurt.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Country Death Song5:02
- A2I Hear The Rain1:30
- A3Never Tell7:06
- A4Jesus Walking On The Water3:04
- A5I Know It's True But I'm Sorry To Say5:05
Side B
- B1Hallowed Ground4:12
- B2Sweet Misery Blues2:43
- B3Black Girls5:38
- B4It's Gonna Rain4:12
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- sparse
- dark
- groovy
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Brian RitchieBASS , CELESTA, MARIMBA, JEW'S HARP, VOCALS BASS , BASS, CELESTA, MARIMBA, JEW'S HARP, VOCALS BASS , BASS, BASS , CELESTA, MARIMBA, JEW'S HARP, VOCALS
- Christina HoughtonHARP
- Drake ScottPERFORMER , CORNETT , SACKBUT
- Gordon GanoLEAD VOCALS, ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, FIDDLE LEAD VOCALS, ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, FIDDLE, SONGWRITER LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, FIDDLE
- John TannerCLARINET PERFORMER , CLARINET
- John ZornALTO SAXOPHONE , WOODWIND ALTO SAXOPHONE, CALLER ALTO SAXOPHONE, PERFORMER
- Mark Van HeckePIANO, ORGAN
- Peter BalestrieriPERFORMER , TENOR SAXOPHONE , HARMONICA PERFORMER , TENOR SAXOPHONE, HARMONICA TENOR SAXOPHONE , HARMONICA
- The Horns Of DilemmaHORNS
- Tony TrischkaBANJO
- Victor DeLorenzoDRUMS , ELECTRONIC DRUMS , PERCUSSION , PERCUSSION, VOCALS DRUMS, ELECTRONIC DRUMS , PERCUSSION , PERCUSSION, VOCALS DRUMS, ELECTRONIC DRUMS, PERCUSSION , PERCUSSION, VOCALS
- Cynthia Gano LewisVOCALS
- Peter BalistrieriVOCALS
25 collectors on Gatefold own this · 61 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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