The Muffs (album)

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The Muffs
File:The-Muffs-album.jpg
Studio album by The Muffs
Released May 11, 1993
Genre Punk rock, pop punk
Length 41:05
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Rob Cavallo, David Katznelson, The Muffs
The Muffs chronology
The Muffs
(1993)		 Blonder and Blonder
(1995)Blonder and Blonder1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Punknews.org 4.5/5 stars[2]

The Muffs is the debut album by the pop punk band The Muffs, released on May 11, 1993 on Warner Bros. Records. The album contains the single "Big Mouth". "Everywhere I Go" was later used in a popular Fruitopia television commercial (the cassette version of the track is actually the demo; the band was torn between which version to release and ended up splitting the difference).[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Kim Shattuck, except where noted

  1. "Lucky Guy" – 2:46
  2. "Saying Goodbye" – 2:16
  3. "Everywhere I Go" – 3:12
  4. "Better Than Me" – 2:48
  5. "From Your Girl" – 3:27
  6. "Not Like Me" – 3:08
  7. "Baby Go Round" – 2:47
  8. "North Pole" (Barnett) – 0:35
  9. "Big Mouth" – 1:51
  10. "Every Single Thing" – 2:22
  11. "Don't Waste Another Day" – 2:35
  12. "Stupid Jerk" (Saunders) – 0:31
  13. "Another Day" – 2:16
  14. "Eye to Eye" (Shattuck, Vammen) – 3:30
  15. "I Need You" (Barnett, Shattuck) – 3:41
  16. "All for Nothing" – 3:20

Personnel

  • Kim Shattuck – Lead Guitar, Vocals
  • Ronnie Barnett – Bass
  • Melanie Vammen – Rhythm Guitar
  • Criss Crass – Drums
  • Korla Pandit – Organ
  • Rob Cavallo – Producer
  • David Katznelson – Producer
  • The Muffs – Producer

Reception

  • "There's a certain charm to the group's 3-chord riffing and primitive rhythms that seems to have most appeal when driving a vehicle beyond the posted speed limit on a hot, sunny day. But stretched over 16 tracks, the forced minimalism begins to wane in appeal." (Roch Parisien, Allmusic)[1]
  • "The Muffs is a powerful pop-punk album that has Ramones-styled power-chord rockers in addition to more laidback and soothing numbers. " (Matt Carlson, Billboard/Allmusic)[4]
  • "You'd have to reach all the way back to Blondie's Plastic Letters to find punkish power pop this endearing." (Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun-Times)[5][6]
  • "PERHAPS it's post-punk integrity that makes "The Muffs" such an uneven affair, but it's probably just incompetence. The debut album from this half-female, half-male LA quartet has its bristly moments - notably the 31-second "Stupid Jerk," a cover of an Angry Samoans rant." (Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post)[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Parisien, Roch. The Muffs at AllMusic. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
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  6. ↑ ASIN B000002MJM, The Muffs
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