Electric Juices

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Electric Juices
Studio album by
Fuzzy
Released1996
StudioFort Apache Studios
GenreAlternative rock
LabelTAG Recordings/Atlantic Records[1]
ProducerTim O’Heir, Paul Q. Kolderie
Fuzzy chronology
Fuzzy
(1994) 		Electric Juices
(1996) 		Hurray for Everything
(1999)

Electric Juices is the second album by the American alternative rock band Fuzzy, released in 1996.[2][3]

The first single from the album was "Someday".[4] Fuzzy promoted Electric Juices by touring with Velocity Girl and the Posies.[5]

Production[]

Recorded at Fort Apache Studios, the album was produced by Paul Q. Kolderie and Tim O’Heir.[6][4] It contains a cover of the Beach Boys' "Girl Don't Tell Me".[7]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[9]
Vancouver Sun[10]

Trouser Press wrote: "Sweetly engaging and as freshly cut as a suburban lawn on Sunday afternoon, Electric Juices is Fuzzy perfection."[6] The Washington Post called the songs "buoyantly tuneful in the manner of '60s Top-40 fare," writing that "Fuzzy's melodic gifts dwarf those of most of its peers."[7] The Orlando Sentinel concluded that "the distorted guitars and heavy, post-punk rhythms make for an interesting contrast with the New Wave-y 'Drag', the power-poppy 'Sleeper' and the bouncy 'Girl Don't Tell Me'."[11]

The Intelligencer Journal deemed the album "guitar pop of a high order," writing that "what makes Fuzzy special is the harmony singing of [Chris] Toppin and [Hilken] Mancini, whose voices blend beautifully."[12] The Vancouver Sun opined: "Blasting open with zippy burst of harmonies and a driving beat, Fuzzy fills out more space than the cuddle-core movement and its diametric opposite: riot-grrl thrust."[10] The New York Daily News thought that Mancini "boasts an appealingly impish sound, while her band specializes in dinky alternative-pop."[13]

AllMusic wrote that "'Someday' and 'Christmas' are the only tracks that have the ambition to be more than just sunny mid-tempo rockers, but their impact is reduced by the sedated state of mindless comfort listeners are placed into over the course of the first nine songs."[8]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Glad Again" 
2."Drag" 
3."Throw Me a Bone" 
4."Girl Don't Tell Me" 
5."Miss the Mark" 
6."Sleeper" 
7."Flavor" 
8."It Started Today" 
9."One Request" 
10."Someday" 
11."Pop a Dime" 
12."Uncut" 
13."Christmas" 

Personnel[]

  • Winston Braman - bass
  • Hilken Mancini - vocals, guitar
  • David Ryan - drums
  • Chris Toppin - vocals, guitar

References[]

  1. ^ McLennan, Scott (17 Mar 1996). "Pop remains the genre that just wouldn't die". Telegram & Gazette. Datebook. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Fuzzy Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  3. ^ Clow, Aaron (Mar 1996). "Becoming Clearer". CMJ New Music Monthly (31): 10.
  4. ^ a b Borzillo, Carrie (Mar 23, 1996). "Juicy Follow-Up". Billboard. 108 (12): 20.
  5. ^ Gray, Michael (23 May 1996). "The Posies, Velocity Girl, Fuzzy". Nashville Banner. p. C4.
  6. ^ a b "Fuzzy". Trouser Press. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  7. ^ a b "FOCUSED FUZZY". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Electric Juices - Fuzzy | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17 – via www.allmusic.com.
  9. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. p. 649.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  10. ^ a b Monk, Katherine (20 June 1996). "FUZZY Electric Juices". Vancouver Sun. p. D8.
  11. ^ Gettelman, Parry (5 Apr 1996). "VELOCITY GIRL, FUZZY". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 10.
  12. ^ Ferguson, Jon (12 Apr 1996). "Fuzzy sharpened its skills the hard way". Intelligencer Journal. Happenings. p. 2.
  13. ^ Farber, Jim (March 24, 1996). "Fuzzy 'Electric Juices'". Daily News. Spotlight. p. 35.
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