Nice Ass
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{{Infobox album
| name = Nice Ass
| type = album
| artist = Free Kitten
| cover = Freekittenniceass.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 30, 1995
| recorded = 1994–1995
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock
| length = 32:38
| label = Kill Rock Stars{{Cite web|url=https://www.killrockstars.com/artists/free-kitten|title=Free Kitten|website=Kill Rock Stars}}
| producer = "Kenny"
| prev_title = Unboxed
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Punks Suing Punks
| next_year = 1996
}}
Nice Ass is the first studio album by the band Free Kitten, released in 1995 on Kill Rock Stars.{{cite web |title=Free Kitten |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/free-kitten/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=5 August 2020}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/nice-ass-mw0000125795 |title=Nice Ass - Free Kitten |last=Grimshaw |first=Chris |website=AllMusic |access-date=2018-01-04}}
| rev2= Christgau's Consumer Guide
| rev2score={{rating-Christgau|neither}}{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=Free Kitten |chapter-url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=free+kitten |date=2000-10-15 |publisher=Macmillan Publishing |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0 }}
| rev3 = Spin
| rev3score = 7/10{{Cite magazine |last=Weisbard |first=Eric |author-link=Eric Weisbard|date=June 1995 |title=Free Kitten: Nice Ass (Kill Rock Stars) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1BJTsbRdMEC |magazine=Spin|language=en |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |page=100}}
}}
The Dallas Observer called the album a "sloppy pastiche of punk and funk [that] operates on the sort of wit that rhymes 'split ends' with 'Michael Jackson and his little friends.'"{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/punk-polka-and-puke-6404484|title=Punk, polka, and puke|first=Robert|last=Wilonsky|date=March 2, 1995|website=Dallas Observer}} Caroline Sullivan reviewed the album unfavorably in The Guardian, writing, "The 15 songs, all of which were previously on singles or EPs, range from mildly amusing to not very (the gosh-this-is-fun screeching on the manic Secret Sex Friend). You can't imagine wanting to play this twice."{{cite news |newspaper=The Guardian|title=Your Essential Guide to the New CDs: Pop|date=January 20, 1995 |issn=0261-3077|last=Sullivan|first=Caroline}}
Track listing
- "Harvest Spoon" - 2:42
- "Rock of Ages" - 1:58
- "Proper Band" - 1:45
- "What's Fair" - 2:53
- "Kissing Well" - 3:22
- "Call Back (Episode XXI)" - 3:00
- "Blindfold Test" - 2:29
- "Greener Pastures" - 2:37
- "Revlon Liberation Orchestra" - 2:46
- "The Boasta" - 1:31
- "Scratch tha DJ" - 1:59
- "Secret Sex Friend" - 0:41
- "Royal Flush" - 3:39
- "Feelin'" - 0:58
- "Alan Licked Has Ruined Music for an Entire Generation" - 0:07
Personnel
- Kim Gordon - Vocals, Guitar, Drums on "The Boasta"
- Julie Cafritz - Vocals, Guitar
- Yoshimi P-We - Drums, Vocals, Trumpet, Harmonica, Guitar on "The Boasta"
- Mark Ibold - Bass
References
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{{Free Kitten}}
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