Mutilation Makes Identification Difficult is the first studio album by the self-described "acid punk" band Brutal Juice.

The album features "Nationwide" and "The Vaginals," two tracks which received airplay (primarily on college radio stations).

"The Vaginals" was retitled "Ugly on the Inside" (after the song's chorus) due to the label's choice to promote it as the album's single.

[2] The final title was chosen when the band found decaying human remains in the woods near the recording studio and later read "Mutilation Makes Identification Difficult" as a headline in the local newspaper.

[3] The Washington Post wrote that "those of the band's lyrics that can be discerned do indeed seem brutal, but they're tempered by a surprising pop savvy.