Viva Wisconsin

Viva Wisconsin
Live album by Violent Femmes
Released	November 23, 1999 (1999-11-23)
Recorded	October 25–31, 1998
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	72:46
Label	Beyond
Producer	David Vartanian
Violent Femmes chronology
Rock!!!!! (1995) Viva Wisconsin (1999) Freak Magnet (2000)

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Viva Wisconsin is a live album by Violent Femmes. It was released in the November of 1999. The songs were recorded on a six-date acoustic concert tour of their home state of Wisconsin in October 1998. The album was reissued by Shout! Factory on May 24, 2005. The back of the CD states “October 25-31, 1998 Violent Femmes did an acoustic tour of their home state of Wisconsin. Two guitars, two drums and three voices. Femmes back to the basics, no overdubbing, no electronics, no crap. They’re best songs, raw and intimate. This is the ultimate Violent Femmes recording.”

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gordon Gano unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Prove My Love"		2:54
2.	"I'm Nothing"		2:27
3.	"Country Death Song"		4:50
4.	"Blister in the Sun"		2:32
5.	"Gimme the Car"		5:44
6.	"Don't Talk About My Music"	Donn Adams, Dominic Placco, Brian Ritchie	2:13
7.	"Confessions"		7:32
8.	"Hallowed Ground"		3:44
9.	"Life Is an Adventure"		2:29
10.	"Old Mother Reagan"		0:30
11.	"Ugly"		2:54
12.	"Good Feeling"		4:25
13.	"Dahmer Is Dead"		0:53
14.	"American Music"		4:03
15.	"Special"		2:14
16.	"Sweet Worlds of Angels"		5:17
17.	"Black Girls"		4:30
18.	"Gone Daddy Gone"	Gano, Willie Dixon	3:08
19.	"Add It Up"		5:59
20.	"Kiss Off"		4:28

Reissue bonus track

No.	Title	Length
21.	"Outside the Palace"	2:45

Personnel

Violent Femmes

• Gordon Gano – vocals, guitar
• Guy Hoffman – drums, vocals, bugle
• Brian Ritchie – bass guitar, vocals, shakuhachi, xylophone, soprano saxophone, harmonica, conch shell, theremin

The Horns of Dilemma

• Ray Cribb – trombone, bass guitar
• Shane Gerstl – saxophone
• Mike Koch – tenor saxophone
• Eric Markstrum – trombone
• Sigmund Snopek III – piano, vocals, oboe, flutes, bass clarinet, trombone

Production

• Dave Vartanian – production