Freak Magnet

Studio album by Violent Femmes

Released

February 22, 2000

Recorded

Big House, Soundtrack, Odin, Son/Re, DV's Perversion Room, Milwaukee, WI, Nine Lives

Genre

Rock

Length

44:49

Label

Beyond

Producer

Warren Bruleigh, Violent Femmes, Pierre Henry, Tom Grimley

Violent Femmes chronology

Viva Wisconsin
(1999)

Freak Magnet
(2000)

Something's Wrong
(2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Austin Chronicle	^[2]

Freak Magnet is the eighth studio album by Violent Femmes. It was released on February 22, 2000,^[1] and the featured single was "Sleepwalkin'."

Originally scheduled for a 1998 release on Interscope Records, Freak Magnet was pulled when the band was dropped from the label, although promo copies with a different track list were released and still circulate. Due to the poor performance of the album both critically and commercially, the band did not record any new music until releasing a cover of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" in 2008. The UK edition was released via Cooking Vinyl in 2000, whilst a reissue complete with live bonus tracks were released via Shout! Factory on May 24, 2005.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Gordon Gano, except where noted.

2000 Cooking Vinyl album track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hollywood Is High"	2:22
2.	"Freak Magnet"	2:35
3.	"Sleepwalkin'"	2:21
4.	"All I Want"	3:32
5.	"New Generation" (Rose Marie McCoy, Albert Ayler, Mary Parks)	2:38
6.	"In the Dark"	3:50
7.	"Rejoice and Be Happy"	2:11
8.	"Mosh Pit" (Gano, Brian Ritchie)	2:13
9.	"Forbidden" (William Carlos Williams, Gano)	2:59
10.	"When You Died"	2:34
11.	"At Your Feet"	2:51
12.	"I Danced" (Max Dunn, Gano)	2:43
13.	"I'm Bad"	2:42
14.	"Happiness Is"	4:18
15.	"A Story" (Gano, Ritchie)	5:00

2005 Shout! Factory reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Rejoice And Be Happy" (live)	2:24
17.	"Freak Magnet" (live)	2:34
18.	"Positively 4th Street" (live) (Bob Dylan)	3:56

1998 Interscope promo CD track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I'm Bad"	2:42
2.	"Freak Magnet"	2:37
3.	"All I Want"	4:09
4.	"Rejoice and Be Happy"	2:11
5.	"I Wanna See You Again"	2:43
6.	"I'm Nothing"	2:24
7.	"Positively 4th Street" (Bob Dylan)	2:52
8.	"A Story" (featuring Pierre Henry) (Gano, Brian Ritchie)	4:58
9.	"Happiness Is"	4:20
10.	"Forbidden" (William Carlos Williams, Gano)	2:55
11.	"Mosh Pit" (Gano, Ritchie)	2:13
12.	"Yes Oh Yes"	3:22
13.	"When You Died"	2:34
14.	"Requiem"	3:48
15.	"Reckless Stones" (Special bonus composition featuring Pierre Henry)	4:41

Personnel

Violent Femmes

Gordon Gano – vocal, guitar
Brian Ritchie – bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, shakuhachi, vocal, additional recording, cover design
Guy Hoffman – drums, percussion, vocal

Technical personnel

Violent Femmes – co-producer
Warren Bruleigh – co-producer, mixing, additional recording
Pierre Henry – co-producer, additional recording
Tom Grimley – co-producer, additional recording
Martin Brass – recording, mixing
David Vartanian – mixing, cover design
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Roger Lian – mastering
Bill Emmons – additional recording
Mark Mason – assistant engineer
Ken Feldman – assistant engineer
Rich Tapper – assistant engineer
Nicola Stemmer – assistant engineer

References

1 2 Huey, Steve. "Review: Freak Magnet". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
↑ Lieck, Ken (March 31, 2000). "Review: Freak Magnet". Nick Barbaro. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
↑ Huey, Steve. "Review: Freak Magnet Bonus Tracks". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 June 2009.

Violent Femmes

Gordon Gano Brian Ritchie John Sparrow Victor DeLorenzo Guy Hoffman Brian Viglione

Studio albums	Violent Femmes Hallowed Ground The Blind Leading the Naked 3 Why Do Birds Sing? New Times Rock!!!!! Freak Magnet We Can Do Anything

Live albums	Viva Wisconsin BBC Live Archive Series No. 1: Live in Iceland Archive Series No. 2: Live in Chicago Q101

Compilations	Debacle: The First Decade Add It Up (1981–1993) Something's Wrong Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes

Extended plays	Happy New Year

Video albums	Permanent Record: Live & Otherwise No, Let's Start Over Live at the Hacienda

Songs	"Add It Up" "Blister in the Sun" "Children of the Revolution" "Crazy" "Gone Daddy Gone"

Related articles	Discography

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