Why Do Birds Sing?

~ Release by Violent Femmes (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Original Album
2▼CD: Live at the Boathouse Norfolk, VA (7/21/1991)
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1Look Like That (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
Look Like That (on 1991-07-21)
composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Gorno Music (in 1991)
2:47
2Out the Window (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
Out the Window (on 1991-07-21)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Gorno Music (in 1990, in 1991)
3:09
3Fat (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
Fat (on 1991-07-21)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Gorno Music
1:56
4Blister in the Sun (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
Blister in the Sun (on 1991-07-21)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Gorno Music Publishing, Gorno Music (in 1980) and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (in 1982)
2:27
5Prove My Love (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
Prove My Love (on 1991-07-21)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Gorno Music, Gorno Music Publishing and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (in 1982)
2:46
6Country Death Song (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
Country Death Song (on 1991-07-21)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Gorno Music (in 1986)
4:40
7Old Mother Reagan (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
Old Mother Reagan (on 1991-07-21)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Gorno Music (in 1985)
0:38
8Confessions (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
Confessions (on 1991-07-21)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Gorno Music, Gorno Music Publishing and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (in 1982)
8:46
9Girl Trouble (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
Girl Trouble (on 1991-07-21)
composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Gorno Music (in 1991)
3:34
10Add It Up (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
Add It Up (on 1991-07-21)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Gorno Music Publishing, Gorno Music (in 1980) and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (in 1982)
5:57
11Kiss Off (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
Kiss Off (on 1991-07-21)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Gorno Music Publishing, Gorno Music (in 1978) and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (in 1982)
4:16
12Good Feeling (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
Good Feeling (on 1991-07-21)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Gorno Music, Gorno Music Publishing and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (in 1982)
4:00
13More Money Tonight (live at the Boathouse, Norfolk, VA, 1991‐07‐21)
recorded at:
The Boathouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States (on 1991-07-21)
live recording of:
More Money Tonight (on 1991-07-21)
composer:
Gordon Gano
publisher:
Gorno Music (in 1991)
4:08

Credits

Release

additional photography:Melodie Gimple
liner notes:Jeff Slate (in 2021-04)
producer:Bill Inglot (archival music producer/remastering engineer)
Mason Williams (Rhino Records)
mastering:Dan Hersch (mastering engineer)
Bill Inglot (archival music producer/remastering engineer)
design:Florian Mihr
recorded at:American Recording Studios in Woodland Hills, California, United States
DV's Perversion Room in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Larrabee Sound Studios (present day location in North Hollywood, since 1991) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Masterdisk (American mastering studio located in Peekskill, New York, operating under this name since 1973. Previously known as Mercury Records Mastering.) in New York, New York, United States
One on One Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
mastered at:d2 Mastering in Los Angeles, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/20517157 [info]