The Muffs (album)

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The Muffs
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ReleasedMay 11, 1993
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Length41:05
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Rob Cavallo, David Katznelson, The Muffs
The Muffs chronology
The Muffs
(1993)
Blonder and Blonder
(1995)
Professional ratings
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The Muffs is the debut album by American 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).

Contents

Reception

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" (Mike 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

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