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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]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.killrockstars.com/artists/free-kitten|title=Free Kitten|website=Kill Rock Stars}}</ref>
| producer   = "Kenny"
| prev_title = [[Unboxed (Free Kitten album)|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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Free Kitten |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/free-kitten/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=5 August 2020}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| rev2= ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev2score={{rating-Christgau|neither}}<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev3score = 7/10<ref>{{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 (magazine)|Spin]]|language=en |publisher=[[SPIN Media LLC]] |page=100}}</ref>
}}
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.'"<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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."<ref name="guardian">{{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}}</ref>
==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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[[Category:1995 debut albums]]
[[Category:Free Kitten albums]]
[[Category:Kill Rock Stars albums]]