Editing Violent Femmes (album) (section)

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/violent-femmes-mw0000192210 |title=Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 19, 2013 |last=Huey |first=Steve |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209072650/http://www.allmusic.com/album/violent-femmes-mw0000192210 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=727 |title=Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes (Deluxe Edition) |magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |access-date=July 20, 2019 |last=Kemp |first=Rob |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103132323/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=727 |archive-date=November 3, 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev3score = 9.1/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23130-violent-femmes/ |title=Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=May 21, 2017 |access-date=May 21, 2017 |last=Hyden |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Hyden |archive-date=May 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521070932/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23130-violent-femmes/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=194 |date=September 2002 |page=130}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/violentfemmes/albums/album/99584/review/6068109/violent_femmes |title=Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=June 23, 1983 |access-date=September 9, 2012 |last=Considine |first=J. D. |author-link=J. D. Considine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211211102/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/violentfemmes/albums/album/99584/review/6068109/violent_femmes |archive-date=February 11, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Violent Femmes |last1=Coleman |first1=Mark |last2=Sisario |first2=Ben |author2-link=Ben Sisario |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/852 852]}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Sacramento Bee]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet the 'Press,' shadow fans |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |date=June 30, 2002 |last=Macias |first=Chris}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev8score = 10/10<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Violent Femmes |last=Wyman |first=Bill |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=427–428}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=64 |date=September 2002 |pages=122–123}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10score = B+<ref name="VV">{{cite news |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv5-83.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=May 31, 1983 |access-date=November 3, 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141632/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv5-83.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

In a contemporary review for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', [[J. D. Considine]] wrote that ''Violent Femmes'' was precocious yet dynamic, with a good balance between Gano's direct lyrics and the full sound of the music.<ref name="RS"/> [[Robert Christgau]] of ''[[the Village Voice]]'' compared Gano to [[Jonathan Richman]] of [[the Modern Lovers]].<ref name="VV"/> Gano himself grew tired of comparisons to Richman, as by his own account he was actually trying to sound like [[Steve Wynn (songwriter)|Steve Wynn]] of [[the Dream Syndicate]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.violentfemmesrecords.com/articles/noise.html |title=Violent Femmes: Big Noise From Wisconsin |newspaper=[[LA Weekly]] |date=May 20–26, 1983 |access-date=September 9, 2012 |last=Lloyd |first=Robert |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021083926/http://www.violentfemmesrecords.com/articles/noise.html |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In a retrospective write-up for [[AllMusic]], Steve Huey called ''Violent Femmes'' "one of the most distinctive records of the early [[alternative rock|alternative]] movement and an enduring cult classic," noting that "the music also owes something to the Modern Lovers' minimalism, but powered by [[Brian Ritchie]]'s busy acoustic bass riffing and the urgency and wild abandon of [[punk rock]], the Femmes forged a sound all their own," while crediting Gano for keeping "the music engaging and compelling without overindulging in his seemingly willful naiveté."<ref name="AM"/>

''Violent Femmes'' has been included in lists of [[List of 1980s albums considered the best|the best albums of the 1980s]] by publications such as ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', who in a 2002 list ranked it 36th,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-top-100-albums-of-the-1980s/?page=7 |title=The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=November 21, 2002 |access-date=November 30, 2021 |page=7 |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130133208/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-top-100-albums-of-the-1980s/?page=7 |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Slant Magazine]]'', who in a 2012 list ranked it 21st.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/best-albums-of-the-1980s/ |title=The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s |website=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=March 5, 2012 |access-date=October 20, 2013 |archive-date=March 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326211745/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/best-albums-of-the-1980s/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, ''[[PopMatters]]'' listed ''Violent Femmes'' as an essential alternative rock album of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/184696-184696-hope-despite-the-times-12-essential-alternative-rock-albums-f-2495629508.html |title=Hope Despite the Times: 12 Essential Alternative Rock Albums from the 1980s |website=[[PopMatters]] |date=August 27, 2014 |access-date=October 27, 2015 |page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130125416/https://www.popmatters.com/184696-184696-hope-despite-the-times-12-essential-alternative-rock-albums-f-2495629508.html |archive-date=November 30, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It also placed at number 974 in the 2000 edition of the book ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'',<ref>{{cite book |title=All Time Top 1000 Albums |title-link=All Time Top 1000 Albums |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |edition=3rd |year=2000 |isbn=0-7535-0493-6}}</ref> and was included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes |last=Jacobson |first=Seth |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |title-link=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |editor-last=Dimery |editor-first=Robert |publisher=[[Universe Publishing]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7893-1371-3 |page=503}}</ref>