The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience

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.[2][3]

The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	November 23, 1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	Alternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, hip-hop, funk rock, grunge
Length	59:27
Label	Geffen
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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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 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'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.

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

Track listing

No.	Title	Performed by	Length
1.	"I Hate Myself and Want to Die"	Nirvana	4:02
2.	"Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" (Originally performed by Beastie Boys)	Anthrax	7:43
3.	"Come to Butt-Head"	Beavis and Butt-Head (Mike Judge)	3:52
4.	"99 Ways to Die"	Megadeth	4:11
5.	"Bounce"	Run–D.M.C.	6:48
6.	"Deuces Are Wild"	Aerosmith	3:50
7.	"I Am Hell"	White Zombie	5:01
8.	"Poetry and Prose"	Primus	3:48
9.	"Monsta Mack"	Sir Mix-a-Lot	4:05
10.	"Search and Destroy" (Originally performed by The Stooges)	Red Hot Chili Peppers	4:12
11.	"Mental Masturbation"	Jackyl	2:38
12.	"I Got You Babe*"	Cher with Beavis and Butt-Head	9:23
Total length:			60:00

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

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[4]	Platinum	100,000^^
United States (RIAA)[5]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience - Various Artists". Allmusic.
2. Top 20 Best Selling Comedy Albums (Nielsen SoundScan Era) billboard.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
3. Weird Al Finally Gets First No. 1 Album with Mandatory Fun pastemagazine.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
4. "User must do a search for "Beavis"". Music Canada. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
5. "User must do a search for "Beavis"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2015-06-05.