The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience

Performer: Various Artists
Engineer: Steve Albini
Producer: Dave Jerden; Max Norman; Nellee Hooper; Nile Rodgers; Primus; Rick Rubin; Run-DMC; Sir Mix-A-Lot; White Zombie; Brendan O'Brien; Bruce Fairbairn; Bryan Carlstrom
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: "99 Ways To Die" was nominated for Best Metal Performance in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards. Recording information: 1991-1993. MTV hit pay dirt in the mid-'90s with one of the freshest and funniest shows of the era, Beavis and Butt-Head. Because of the music-heavy format of the show, an album was one of the logical steps for creator Mike Judge. And The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience is one of the few cases where the hilarious formula of the show translates well to album. The skits in between songs are all very funny, featuring Judge's characters bumbling their way through run-ins with Anthrax, Run-D.M.C., and Cher, and rating the other songs. And Judge is fortunate that these skits work as well as they do because at times they are necessary to carry the listener's attention. Songs by Jackyl, Sir Mix-A-Lot, and even Run-D.M.C. are dull and drag the album down. Even an appearance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers only leads to a limp and hollow cover of the Stooges' classic "Search and Destroy." Still, the album features a fantastic track by Nirvana, one of the last songs released before Kurt Cobain's suicide. Anthrax, Primus, and White Zombie also add solid contributions that do the show's testosterone-worshipping vibe justice. But most interesting is Cher's duet with the cartoon pair, a reworking of "I Got You Babe." Throughout the song, the duo decide they need a "chick who's older, who's done it a bunch of times," then proposition Cher by making fun of her ex-husband Sonny Bono. Any fan of the series will probably enjoy the album, and most of the tracks are not the typical B-sides fare. Just be warned that the album has a few duds, and anyone not familiar with the show may be lost on some of the humor. ~ Bradley Torreano Tied together by a non-linear ideology dreamt up by two dim-witted cartoon characters, THE BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD EXPERIENCE is a study in extremist pop music tastes, so you either like it or you don't. Beavis and Butt-head like their music hard ("Yeah! Yeah!"), and they like their music loud ("Yes! Yes!"); and unlike the average fan they don't discriminate. So punk (Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers covering the Stooges) comfortably rubs shoulders with arena metal (Aerosmith, Jackyl) and hip-hop (Run DMC, and the too funky Sir Mix-A-Lot), while the hosts engage in between-song patter and dirty jokes. Most tracks can be found only on this compilation, and some of them wouldn't make sense anywhere else. Can you imagine that somebody actually got Cher to sing "cause you got me and Butt-head I've got you?" It's all priceless...if you're into this sort of thing.

Rolling Stone (12/9/93, p.66) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "...Amazingly, the tunes on THE BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD EXPERIENCE are far from barrel scrapings...It doesn't suck...." Spin (1/94, p.73) - Highly Recommended - "...BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD includes rowdy breakin'-the-law trash...`I Am Hell' and `I Hate Myself And Want To Die' are goofy fun..." Entertainment Weekly (11/26/93, p.66) - "...Whoa. An album that cashes in on the greatest show currently on TV. Cool...." - Rating: B- Stereo Review (3/94, p.96) - Performance: Cool When It Doesn't Suck / Recording: Sucks When It Isn't Cool - "...The steady rocking petulance of Nirvana and the staccato, metaloid psychological confusion of Megadeath are a perfect match for the desperate identity crises of the two young protagonists..."

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