Why Do Birds Sing?
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The album featured the single "American Music," which rose to number 2 on BillboardTemplate:'s Modern Rock chart during the week of May 18, 1991,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and became a staple of the band's live shows.
Track listingEdit
PersonnelEdit
Violent FemmesEdit
- Gordon Gano – vocals, guitar
- Brian Ritchie – bass, guitar, bouzouki, banjo, ukulele, mouth harp, didgeridoo, xylophone, glockenspiel, vocals
- Victor DeLorenzo – drums, percussion, tranceaphone, vocals
Additional musiciansEdit
- Michael Beinhorn – Hammond organ on "American Music", Mellotron on "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" and "Used To Be", piano on "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" and "I'm Free", harmonium on "Used To Be"
- Sid Page, Suzie Katayama, Ilene Novog, Larry Corbett – strings on "Used To Be"
- Tommy Mandel – keyboards on "American Music"
ProductionEdit
- Violent Femmes – Producer
- Eric "ET" Thorngren – Engineer, mixing
- David Vartanian – Mixing
- Susan Rogers – Engineer
- Tom Fritze – Assistant engineer
- Lori Fumar – Assistant engineer
- Mike Kloster – Assistant engineer
- Howie Weinberg – Mastering
- Mary Jones – Photography
ChartsEdit
Template:Album chartTemplate:Album chartTemplate:Album chart| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200<ref>Whitburn, Joel; Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955–1996; p. 819. Template:ISBN</ref> | 141 |
CertificationsEdit
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