The Blind Leading the Naked

Rock · 1986 · 12 tracks

The Blind Leading the Naked

1986 · London Records

A high-strung, electric expansion of their nervous energy that feels both more professional and more paranoid.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks

02

No Killing

5:14

03

Faith

4:15

04

Breakin’ Hearts

2:16

05

Special

2:18

06

Love & Me Make Three

2:53

07

Candlelight Song

3:12

08

I Held Her in My Arms

2:52

09

Children of the Revolution

4:19

10

Good Friend

3:29

11

Heartache

2:02

12

Cold Canyon

3:23

13

Two People

0:58

Moments Worth Listening For

The sudden, brassy blast of horns on I Held Her in My Arms that transforms their nervous folk into a soul-inflected stomp.

The heavy, distorted groove of their Children of the Revolution cover that feels far more menacing than the original.

The eerie, skeletal atmosphere of Cold Canyon where the space between the notes feels as heavy as the instruments themselves.

Where This Album Departs

How does The Blind Leading the Naked sound next to the rest of Violent Femmes's catalogue?

Spirituality+2.6σ

The writing leans far further into spirituality than the rest of the catalogue.

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