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Ren Höek (character)

Marlin T. Höek, or mainly known as Ren Höek, is a fictional character from the Nickelodeon series The Ren & Stimpy Show, and Spike series Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon". He is one of the main title characters and serves as the main protagonist/antagonist in the series...

! is a compilation of music featured in the landmark Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...

 cartoon series The Ren and Stimpy Show

The Ren and Stimpy Show

The Ren & Stimpy Show, often simply referred to as Ren & Stimpy, is an American animated television series, created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi for Nickelodeon. The series focuses on the titular characters: Ren Höek, a psychotic chihuahua, and Stimpson J. Cat, a good-natured, dimwitted cat...

that was released on August 31, 1993. The album featured several popular songs from the series, including the single "Kilted Yaksmen Anthem" (from the episode "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen") and "Happy Happy Joy Joy" (from "Stimpy's Invention"). A promotional CD single with the tracks "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy," "Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen Anthem," "Don't Whiz On The Electric Fence," and "I'm Gonna Be A Monkey" was sent out to radio stations across the country that September for play on the air. The album peaked at #156 on the Billboard 200

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 in October 1993.

Because the album was released a year after the departure of creator John Kricfalusi

John Kricfalusi

Michael John Kricfalusi , better known as John K., is a Canadian animator. He is creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show, its adults-only spin-off Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", The Ripping Friends animated series, and Weekend Pussy Hunt, which was billed as "the world's first interactive web-based...

, his vocals were re-recorded by Billy West

Billy West

William Richard "Billy" West is an American voice actor. Born in Detroit but raised in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, Billy launched his career in the early 1980s performing daily comedic routines on Boston's WBCN. He left the radio station to work on the short-lived revival...

 (who had replaced him as the voice of Ren Höek in the series).

You Eediot! was originally released on audio cassette and compact disc

Compact Disc

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 by Nickelodeon/Sony Wonder

Sony Wonder

Sony Wonder is a children and family's music and home video arm of Sony Music Entertainment, founded in 1991. The division once distributed material from Sesame Workshop and Classic Media...

 in 1993, and then reissued on compact disc

Compact Disc

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 in 1998 by Kid Rhino Records.

The album cover is a parody of The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 album Abbey Road, showing Mr. Horse, Muddy Mudskipper, Stimpy, and Ren walking across the street in the place of the Beatles.

Track listing

1. "The Whistler/Overture" - :42
2. "Dog Pound Hop" - 2:27
3. "Muddy Mudskipper Theme" - :42
4. "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy" - 1:46
5. "Fire Dogs" - 3:38
6. "Better Than No One" - 4:38
7. "Nose Goblins" - 4:20
8. "Smokin'" - 3:03
9. "Log Blues/Log Theme" - 1:23
10. "Captain's Log/Space Madness" - 5:04
11. "Sven Theme" - 3:03
12. "Sven Blues" - :47
13. "Don't Whiz On The Electric Fence" - 1:19
14. "Ren's Pecs" - 2:52
15. "I'm Gonna Be A Monkey" - 1:28
16. "Filthy's Dance" - :24
17. "Jungle Boogie" - :18
18. "Dizzy Monkees" - :29
19. "Kilted Yaksmen Anthem" - 2:47
20. "The Whistler/Underture" - :41
21. "Big House Blues (Closing Theme)" - 3:00