The Muffs (album)

The Muffs
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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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).^[2]

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) ^[3]
• "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) ^[4][5]
• "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) ^[6]

References

External links

• ASIN B000002MJM, The Muffs
• The Muffs at AllMusic
• The Muffs at Discogs
• The Muffs Discography from Billboard.com