The Very Best of Ugly Kid Joe: As Ugly as It Gets

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As Ugly as It Gets: The Very Best of Ugly Kid Joe
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Released1998
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock
Length65:03
Label Mercury
Ugly Kid Joe chronology
Motel California
(1996)
As Ugly as It Gets: The Very Best of Ugly Kid Joe
(1998)
The Collection
(2002)
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As Ugly as It Gets: The Very Best of Ugly Kid Joe is a 1998 compilation album by Ugly Kid Joe. It included select songs from the band's first two releases as well as a cover of the Black Sabbath song "N.I.B." (previously included on the tribute album Nativity in Black ). Although this compilation album was released after Motel California , it contains none of the singles from that album as Ugly Kid Joe had switched record labels by that time.

Track listing

  1. "Madman" – 3:37
  2. "Neighbor" – 4:43
  3. "Cat's in the Cradle" – 4:01
  4. "Everything About You" – 4:20
  5. "Tomorrow's World" – 4:18
  6. "God" – 2:54
  7. "Busy Bee" – 4:08
  8. "C.U.S.T." – 2:59
  9. "Milkman's Son" – 3:51
  10. "N.I.B." – 5:24
  11. "Goddamn Devil" – 4:53
  12. "Slower Than Nowhere" – 4:58
  13. "Funky Fresh Country Club" – 5:16
  14. "Panhandlin' Prince" - 5:43
  15. "Jesus Rode A Harley" - 3:15

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