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| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
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| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000621825|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience - Various Artists|publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref>
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| rev2 = ''[[Calgary Herald]]''
| rev2score = B<ref>Muretich, James (November 28, 1993). "Recent Releases". ''[[Calgary Herald]]''.</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Music Week]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Andy|last=Martin|title=Market Preview: Rock|work=[[Music Week]]|date=November 27, 1993|page=19|accessdate=February 3, 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-11-27.pdf}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]''
| rev4score = 3/10<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Danny|last=Frost|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53036263187/|title=Long Play|work=[[New Musical Express|NME]]|date=December 4, 1993|page=27|access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev5score = {{rating|1|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Cavanagh|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/07/albums43.jpg|title=New Albums|work=[[Select (magazine)|Select]]|date=January 1994|page=78|access-date=December 15, 2024|author-link=David Cavanagh}}</ref>
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'''''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]]. It is one of the best selling comedy albums and has sold 1,610,000 units as of May 2014. It was certified double platinum by the [[RIAA]] in the United States.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/6091947/top-20-best-selling-comedy-albums-nielsen-soundscan-era Top 20 Best Selling Comedy Albums (Nielsen SoundScan Era)] billboard.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/07/weird-al-gets-finally-first-no-1-album.html Weird Al Finally Gets First No. 1 Album with Mandatory Fun] pastemagazine.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.</ref>
'''''The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience''''' is a compilation album released in 1993 by [[Geffen Records]] and related to the animated television series ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]''. The name is a reference to [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s original band, [[the Jimi Hendrix Experience]]. It is one of the best selling comedy albums and has sold 1,610,000 units as of May 2014. It was certified double platinum by the [[RIAA]] in the United States.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/6091947/top-20-best-selling-comedy-albums-nielsen-soundscan-era Top 20 Best Selling Comedy Albums (Nielsen SoundScan Era)] billboard.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/07/weird-al-gets-finally-first-no-1-album.html Weird Al Finally Gets First No. 1 Album with Mandatory Fun] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223164802/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/07/weird-al-gets-finally-first-no-1-album.html |date=2014-12-23 }} pastemagazine.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==
The album features genres of hard rock, heavy metal, and hip-hop. Many of the songs are intercut with commentary by [[Beavis]] and [[Butt-Head]]. They are joined by [[Cher]] on a cover of "[[I Got You Babe]]", the [[music video]] which featured Beavis and Butt-Head meeting a live-action Cher via [[computer-generated imagery]]. Beavis and Butt-Head also performed the [[slow jam]] "Come to Butt-Head".
The album features genres of hard rock, heavy metal, and hip-hop.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 4, 1993 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-12-04.pdf |title=New Releases - Albums |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |page=6 |access-date=March 19, 2023}}</ref> Many of the songs are intercut with commentary by [[Beavis]] and [[Butt-Head]]. They are joined by [[Cher]] on a cover of "[[I Got You Babe]]", the [[music video]] which featured Beavis and Butt-Head meeting a live-action Cher via [[computer-generated imagery]]. Beavis and Butt-Head also performed the [[slow jam]] "Come to Butt-Head". "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" (a [[Beastie Boys]] cover performed by [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]) starts with a skit in which Beavis and Butt-Head meet the members of Anthrax in their tour bus.


The album contains a [[hidden track]]. After a period of silence following "I've Got You Babe", a [[reprise]] of "Come to Butt-Head" starts at 5:08, in which Beavis and Butt-Head are joined by rapper [[Positive K]].
The album contains a [[hidden track]]. After a period of silence following "I Got You Babe", a [[reprise]] of "Come to Butt-Head" starts at 5:08, in which Beavis and Butt-Head are joined by rapper [[Positive K]].

"[[I_Got_You_Babe#Charts_3|I Got You Babe]]" with [[Cher]] was released as a single internationally and had chart success in Australia,<ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref> Belgium,<ref>{{cite web |title=Cher with Beavis and Butt-Head – I Got You Babe |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/187f2/Cher-with-Beavis-and-Butt-head-I-Got-You-Babe |website=ultratop |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> Denmark,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-11-28.pdf|title=Hits of the World|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref> Europe,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-01-29.pdf|title=Hits of the World|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref> Netherlands,<ref>{{cite web |title="Nederlandse Top 40 – week 4, 1994 |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40/1994/week-4 |website=top40.nl |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=her with Beavis and Butt-Head - I Got You Babe |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Cher+with+Beavis+and+Butt-head&titel=I+Got+You+Babe&cat=s |website=dutchcharts.nl |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> Sweden,<ref>{{cite web |title=CHER WITH BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD - I GOT YOU BABE (SONG) |url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cher+with+Beavis+and+Butt-head&titel=I+Got+You+Babe&cat=s |website=swedishcharts.com |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> US<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Cher Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cher/chart-history/hbu/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> and the UK<ref>{{cite web |title=CHER WITH BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29720/cher-with-beavis-and-butthead/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> and featured a music video which would rotate on [[MTV]] and [[MTV Europe]]. The song "Come to Butt-Head" was also released as a single in Germany.

In 2016, the album was reissued as a vinyl [[picture disc]].

==Liner notes==


The album's [[liner notes]] featured drawings of Beavis and Butt-Head adapted as a variety of other characters, including [[hippie]]s, old women, [[Hasidic Jews]], and [[Jean-Luc Picard|Captain Picard]] and [[William Riker|Commander Riker]] of the television series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
The album's [[liner notes]] featured drawings of Beavis and Butt-Head adapted as a variety of other characters, including [[hippie]]s, old women, [[Hasidic Jews]], and [[Jean-Luc Picard|Captain Picard]] and [[William Riker|Commander Riker]] of the television series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
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The title of the track "Mental Masturbation" by [[Jackyl]] is [[censorship|censored]] on the track listing, appearing as "Mental *@%#!" on the inner liner notes and "Mental ★@%#!" on the back cover.
"[[I_Got_You_Babe#Charts_3|I Got You Babe]]" with [[Cher]] was released as a single internationally and had chart success in Australia<ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref>, Belgium<ref>{{cite web |title=Cher with Beavis and Butt-Head – I Got You Babe |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/187f2/Cher-with-Beavis-and-Butt-head-I-Got-You-Babe |website=ultratop |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref>, Denmark<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-11-28.pdf|title=Hits of the World|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref>, Europe<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-01-29.pdf|title=Hits of the World|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref>, Netherlands<ref>{{cite web |title="Nederlandse Top 40 – week 4, 1994 |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40/1994/week-4 |website=top40.nl |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=her with Beavis and Butt-Head - I Got You Babe |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Cher+with+Beavis+and+Butt-head&titel=I+Got+You+Babe&cat=s |website=dutchcharts.nl |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref>, Sweden<ref>{{cite web |title=CHER WITH BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD - I GOT YOU BABE (SONG) |url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cher+with+Beavis+and+Butt-head&titel=I+Got+You+Babe&cat=s |website=swedishcharts.com |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref>, US<ref>{{cite web |title=Cher Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cher/chart-history/hbu/ |website=Billboard |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> and the UK<ref>{{cite web |title=CHER WITH BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29720/cher-with-beavis-and-butthead/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> and featured a music video which would rotate on [[MTV]] and [[MTV Europe]]. The song "Come to Butt-Head" was also released as a single in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beavis & Butt-Head – Come To Butt-Head |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1526351-Beavis-Butt-Head-Come-To-Butt-Head |website=Discogs |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref>

In 2016, the album was reissued as a vinyl picture disc.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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| title4 = 99 Ways to Die
| title4 = [[99 Ways to Die (song)|99 Ways to Die]]
| extra4 = [[Megadeth]]
| extra4 = [[Megadeth]]
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[*] Contains the hidden track "Come to Butt-Head (Reprise)" by Beavis and Butt-Head featuring [[Positive K]] at 5:08.
[*] Contains the hidden track "Come to Butt-Head (Reprise)" by Beavis and Butt-Head featuring [[Positive K]] at 5:08.

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (1993-94)
! Peak<br />position
|-
|Australian Hit Seekers Albums (''[[ARIA Charts|ARIA]]'')<ref>{{cite news |date=January 23, 1994 |title=ARIA Hit Seekers |url=https://postimg.cc/56TvYPn3 |work=[[ARIA Report]] |page=18 |access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|11
|-
{{Album chart|Austria|17|artist=Beavis and Butt-head|album=The Beavis and Butt-head Experience|access-date=July 3, 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|40|chartid=2353|access-date=July 3, 2022}}
|-
|[[European Top 100 Albums]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |date=February 19, 1994 |title=European Top 100 Albums |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-02-19.pdf |magazine=[[Music & Media]]| page=16 |access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|67
|-
{{Album chart|Germany4|35|id=1744|artist=Beavis and Butt-head|album=The Beavis and Butt-head Experience|access-date=July 3, 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Switzerland|36|artist=Beavis and Butt-head|album=The Beavis and Butt-head Experience|access-date=July 3, 2022}}
|-
|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 11, 1993 |title=Billboard 200 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1993/1993-12-11-Billboard-Page-0136.pdf |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=144 |access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|US Top 100 Pop Albums (''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'')<ref>{{cite news |date=December 11, 1993 |title=US Top 100 Pop Albums |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/90s/1993/CB-1993-12-11-OCR-Page-0012.pdf |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] |page=12|access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=December 18, 1993 |title=US Top 100 Pop Albums |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/90s/1993/CB-1993-12-18-OCR-Page-0012.pdf |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] |page=12|access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|}


==Certifications==
==Certifications==
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[[Category:Hard rock compilation albums]]
[[Category:Hard rock compilation albums]]
[[Category:Heavy metal compilation albums]]
[[Category:Heavy metal compilation albums]]
[[Category:Soundtracks by media franchise]]
[[Category:Television soundtracks]]

Latest revision as of 22:52, 16 December 2024

The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience
Compilation album by
Various Artists
ReleasedNovember 23, 1993
Recorded1993
GenreAlternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, hip-hop, funk rock, grunge, comedy
Length59:27
LabelGeffen
ProducerVarious
Beavis and Butt-Head chronology
The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience
(1993)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Calgary HeraldB[2]
Music Week[3]
NME3/10[4]
Select[5]

The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience is a compilation album released in 1993 by Geffen Records and related to the animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head. The name is a reference to Jimi Hendrix's original band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It is one of the best selling comedy albums and has sold 1,610,000 units as of May 2014. It was certified double platinum by the RIAA in the United States.[6][7]

Overview

[edit]

The album features genres of hard rock, heavy metal, and hip-hop.[8] Many of the songs are intercut with commentary by Beavis and Butt-Head. They are joined by Cher on a cover of "I Got You Babe", the music video which featured Beavis and Butt-Head meeting a live-action Cher via computer-generated imagery. Beavis and Butt-Head also performed the slow jam "Come to Butt-Head". "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" (a Beastie Boys cover performed by Anthrax) starts with a skit in which Beavis and Butt-Head meet the members of Anthrax in their tour bus.

The album contains a hidden track. After a period of silence following "I Got You Babe", a reprise of "Come to Butt-Head" starts at 5:08, in which Beavis and Butt-Head are joined by rapper Positive K.

"I Got You Babe" with Cher was released as a single internationally and had chart success in Australia,[9] Belgium,[10] Denmark,[11] Europe,[12] Netherlands,[13][14] Sweden,[15] US[16] and the UK[17] and featured a music video which would rotate on MTV and MTV Europe. The song "Come to Butt-Head" was also released as a single in Germany.

In 2016, the album was reissued as a vinyl picture disc.

Liner notes

[edit]

The album's liner notes featured drawings of Beavis and Butt-Head adapted as a variety of other characters, including hippies, old women, Hasidic Jews, and Captain Picard and Commander Riker of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The title of the track "Mental Masturbation" by Jackyl is censored on the track listing, appearing as "Mental *@%#!" on the inner liner notes and "Mental ★@%#!" on the back cover.

Track listing

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No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."I Hate Myself and Want to Die"Nirvana4:02
2."Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" (Originally performed by Beastie Boys)Anthrax7:43
3."Come to Butt-Head"Beavis and Butt-Head (Mike Judge)3:52
4."99 Ways to Die"Megadeth4:11
5."Bounce"Run–D.M.C.6:48
6."Deuces Are Wild"Aerosmith3:50
7."I Am Hell"White Zombie5:01
8."Poetry and Prose"Primus3:48
9."Monsta Mack"Sir Mix-a-Lot4:05
10."Search and Destroy" (Originally performed by The Stooges)Red Hot Chili Peppers4:12
11."Mental Masturbation"Jackyl2:38
12."I Got You Babe*"Cher with Beavis and Butt-Head9:23
Total length:60:00

[*] Contains the hidden track "Come to Butt-Head (Reprise)" by Beavis and Butt-Head featuring Positive K at 5:08.

Charts

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Chart (1993-94) Peak
position
Australian Hit Seekers Albums (ARIA)[18] 11
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[19] 17
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[20] 40
European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)[21] 67
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 35
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 36
US Billboard 200[24] 5
US Top 100 Pop Albums (Cashbox)[25][26] 8

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[27] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[28] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience - Various Artists". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Muretich, James (November 28, 1993). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
  3. ^ Martin, Andy (November 27, 1993). "Market Preview: Rock" (PDF). Music Week. p. 19. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  4. ^ Frost, Danny (December 4, 1993). "Long Play". NME. p. 27. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  5. ^ Cavanagh, David (January 1994). "New Albums". Select. p. 78. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  6. ^ Top 20 Best Selling Comedy Albums (Nielsen SoundScan Era) billboard.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  7. ^ Weird Al Finally Gets First No. 1 Album with Mandatory Fun Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine pastemagazine.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  8. ^ "New Releases - Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. December 4, 1993. p. 6. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  9. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  10. ^ "Cher with Beavis and Butt-Head – I Got You Babe". ultratop. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  12. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  13. ^ ""Nederlandse Top 40 – week 4, 1994". top40.nl. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  14. ^ "her with Beavis and Butt-Head - I Got You Babe". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  15. ^ "CHER WITH BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD - I GOT YOU BABE (SONG)". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Cher Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  17. ^ "CHER WITH BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD". Official Charts. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  18. ^ "ARIA Hit Seekers". ARIA Report. January 23, 1994. p. 18. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  19. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Beavis and Butt-head – The Beavis and Butt-head Experience" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  20. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 2353". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  21. ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. February 19, 1994. p. 16. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  22. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Beavis and Butt-head – The Beavis and Butt-head Experience" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  23. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Beavis and Butt-head – The Beavis and Butt-head Experience". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  24. ^ "Billboard 200" (PDF). Billboard. December 11, 1993. p. 144. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  25. ^ "US Top 100 Pop Albums" (PDF). Cashbox. December 11, 1993. p. 12. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  26. ^ "US Top 100 Pop Albums" (PDF). Cashbox. December 18, 1993. p. 12. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  27. ^ "User must do a search for "Beavis"". Music Canada. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  28. ^ "User must do a search for "Beavis"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2015-06-05.