Various Artists - The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience (1993)

The Beavis and Butt-head Experience is a compilation album, released in 1993 by Geffen Records. The name is a reference to Jimi Hendrix's original band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience The album features a variety of musical genres, mostly hard rock and heavy metal bands. Many of the songs are intercut with commentary by Beavis and Butt-head.

The album also contains a hidden track. After a period of silence following "I've Got You Babe", there is a reprise of "Come to Butt-head" in which Beavis and Butt-head are joined by rapper Positive K.

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.

 

01.  "Nirvana - I Hate Myself And I Want To Die"  (Kurt Cobain)  - 4:02  

02.  "Anthrax - Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun"  (Horovitz, Yauch, King, Dike, Diamond, Simpson  - 7:43  

03.  "Beavis And Butt-Head - Come To Butt-Head"  (Mike Judge)  - 3:51  

04.  "Megadeth - 99 Ways To Die"  (Dave Mustaine)  - 4:11  

05.  "Run DMC - Bounce"  (Darryl McDaniels, Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons)  - 6:40  

06.  "Aerosmith - Deuces Are Wild"  (Jim Vallance, Steven Tyler)  - 3:50  

07.  "White Zombie - I Am Hell"  (Rob Zombie, White Zombie)  - 5:00  

08.  "Primus - Poetry And Prose"  (Claypool)  - 3:48  

09.  "Sir Mix-A-Lot - Monsta Mack"   (Sir Mix-A-Lot)  - 4:22  

10.  "Red Hot Chili Peppers - Search And Destroy"  (Iggy Pop)  - 4:12  

11.  "Jackyl - Mental *@%#!"  (Jesse James Dupree)  - 2:38  

12.  "Cher With Beavis And Butt-Head - I Got You Babe"  (Sonny Bono)  - 4:51  

13.  "Beavis And Butt-Head - Come To Butt-Head" (Remix) Vocals [Uncredited] – Positive K   - 4:12 

Released:  November 3, 1993

Genre:  Alternative Rock, Heavy Metal, Hip-Hop, Funk

Label:  Geffen Records

Length:  60.00