Freak Magnet

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