Violent Femmes United States

The best album credited to Violent Femmes is Violent Femmes which is ranked number 195 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 8,025.

Violent Femmes is ranked number 221 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 9,231.

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Violent Femmes best albums

The following albums by Violent Femmes are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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1983
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1984
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799
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1986
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122
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1989
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99
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1991
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87
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1993
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56
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2000
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13
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1994
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11
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1999
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8
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2019
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4
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Total albums: 13. Page 1 of 2

This may not be a complete discography for Violent Femmes.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

Violent Femmes bestography composition

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1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 0 0%
1970s 0 0%
1980s 4 0%
1990s 5 0%
2000s 2 0%
2010s 2 0%
2020s 0 0%
Compilation? Albums %
No 11 85%
Yes 2 15%
Live? Albums %
No 12 92%
Yes 1 8%

Violent Femmes best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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1.
Rating: 90 (336 votes)Comments: 7
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2.
Rating: 88 (236 votes)Comments: 2
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(from the album Violent Femmes)
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Rating: 87 (242 votes)Comments: 5
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(from the album Violent Femmes)
4.
Rating: 86 (201 votes)Comments: 5
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(from the album Violent Femmes)
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Rating: 86 (220 votes)Comments: 4
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(from the album Violent Femmes)
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Rating: 85 (44 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Hallowed Ground)
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Rating: 84 (46 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Hallowed Ground)
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Rating: 84 (218 votes)Comments: 3
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(from the album Violent Femmes)
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Rating: 84 (192 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Violent Femmes)
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Rating: 82 (18 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Why Do Birds Sing?)
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Rating: 81 (186 votes)Comments: 2
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(from the album Violent Femmes)
12.
Rating: 80 (178 votes)Comments: 2
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(from the album Violent Femmes)
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Rating: 80 (12 votes)Comments: 0
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Rating: 79 (31 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Hallowed Ground)
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Rating: 79 (178 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Violent Femmes)
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Rating: 78 (11 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Why Do Birds Sing?)
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Rating: 78 (10 votes)Comments: 0
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Rating: 78 (9 votes)Comments: 0
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Rating: 78 (35 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Hallowed Ground)
N.B. Tracks must have received at least 3 ratings to appear in the above list.

Violent Femmes ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 43 votes)
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This artist is rated in the top 4% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 13.9.

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95/100
From 08/13/2016 06:24
Excellent artists, I love pretty much all but their new work. Violent Femmes is by far their best work and as such it is in my top 10 albums of all time. ALso worth checking out are 3 and Hollowed Ground.
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From 11/15/2015 04:42
...not one album wonders but at least 3 album wonders:
Violent Femmes, Hollowed Ground, Viva Wisconsin (OK mostly songs of the two former albums...).
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From 10/11/2013 02:39
Some good stuff, but unable to maintain the momentum.
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From 09/06/2012 17:40
Is it harsh to label these guys one album wonders? Violent Femmes is a fantastic album, full of perceptions on growing up and cutting humour that's smarter than people realize. Further, these guys are pretty strong instrumentally - who else can rock out on a xylophone? Too bad they couldn't be consistently strong from album to album.
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