Violent Femmes - Why Do Birds Sing?

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	American Music Written-By – Gordon Gano	3:49
2	Out The Window Written-By – Gordon Gano	2:52
3	Look Like That Written-By – Gordon Gano	2:45
4	Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? Written-By – Culture Club	4:50
5	Hey Nonny Nonny Written-By [Additional], Composed By – Gordon Gano	4:34
6	Used To Be Written-By – Gordon Gano	3:36
7	Girl Trouble Written-By – Gordon Gano	2:58
8	He Likes Me Written-By – Gordon Gano	3:07
9	Life Is A Scream Written-By – Gordon Gano	1:54
10	Flamingo Baby Written-By – Gordon Gano	2:37
11	Lack Of Knowledge Written-By – Gordon Gano	1:54
12	More Money Tonight Written-By – Gordon Gano	3:58
13	I'm Free Written-By – Gordon Gano	3:25

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Slash Records
• Copyright (c) – Slash Records
• Made By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe

Credits

• Harmonium, Mellotron, Arranged By [Strings] – Michael Beinhorn (tracks: 6)
• Keyboards – Tom Mandell* (tracks: 1)
• Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
• Mixed By – David Vartanian (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 13), Eric "ET" Thorngren* (tracks: 1, 4, 6)
• Organ [Hammond] – Michael Beinhorn (tracks: 1)
• Photography By – Mary Jones
• Piano – Michael Beinhorn (tracks: 13)
• Piano, Mellotron – Michael Beinhorn (tracks: 4)
• Producer – Michael Beinhorn
• Producer, Bass – Brian Ritchie
• Producer, Drums – Victor DeLorenzo
• Producer, Vocals, Guitar – Gordon Gano
• Recorded By – Susan Rogers
• Strings – Larry Corbett (tracks: 6), Ilene Novog* (tracks: 6), Sid Page (tracks: 6), Suzie Katayama (tracks: 6)
• Technician [Drums] – Ross Garfield
• Technician [Guitar] – Alex Alvarez

Notes

This version was released some time after 2000 when the London Records catalogue was moved to Warner Music but before the London Records was replaced with the Warner Bros. Records logo.

'Hey Nonny Nonny' adapted from 16th Century poem 'Colin' by the Shepard Tonie.

Studios: Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, Larrabee Sound, Los Angeles, CA, Hit Factory, NY, D.V.'s Perversion Room Mach II, Milwaukee, WI, American Recording, Woodland Hill, CA, One By One, North Hollywood, CA, Masterdisk, NY

Previously available as 828 239-2

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 6 85738 19592 3
• Barcode (Scanned): 685738195923
• Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM (EUROPE)
• Rights Society: GEMA/MCPS (UK)
• Other (Distribution code): EW 835
• Label Code: LC 02775
• Matrix / Runout: 857381959-2 02/00

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
9 26476-2	Violent Femmes	Why Do Birds Sing? ‎(CD, Album)	Slash, Reprise Records	9 26476-2	US	1991
92 64764	Violent Femmes	Why Do Birds Sing? ‎(Cass, Album, Dol)	Slash, Reprise Records	92 64764	Canada	1991
L30551	Violent Femmes	Why Do Birds Sing ‎(LP, Album)	Slash, Liberation Records	L30551	Australia	1991
CD 26476	Violent Femmes	Why Do Birds Sing? ‎(CD, Album)	Slash, Reprise Records	CD 26476	Canada	1991
D 30551	Violent Femmes	Why Do Birds Sing? ‎(CD, Album)	Liberation Records	D 30551	Australia	1991

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