Electric Juices

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Electric Juices
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Studio album by
Fuzzy
Released1996
Studio Fort Apache Studios
Genre Alternative pop
Label TAG/Atlantic [1]
Producer Tim 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 band Fuzzy, released in 1996. [2] [3]

Contents

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", which was released as a single. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Vancouver Sun Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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." [11] 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'." [12]

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." [13] 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." [14] The Boston Herald included Electric Juices on its list of the 10 best albums of 1996. [15]

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

References

  1. ↑ McLennan, Scott (March 17, 1996). "Pop remains the genre that just wouldn't die". Datebook. Telegram & Gazette. p. 10.
  2. ↑ "Fuzzy Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  3. ↑ Clow, Aaron (March 1996). "Becoming Clearer". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 31. p. 10.
  4. 1 2 Borzillo, Carrie (March 23, 1996). "Juicy Follow-Up". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 12. p. 20.
  5. ↑ Gray, Michael (May 23, 1996). "The Posies, Velocity Girl, Fuzzy". Nashville Banner. p. C4.
  6. 1 2 "Fuzzy". Trouser Press. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  7. ↑ Sullivan, Jim (April 23, 1996). "Pop goes Velocity Girl, and it soothes as it stings". Arts & Film. The Boston Globe. p. 55.
  8. 1 2 "Electric Juices". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  9. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 649.
  10. 1 2 Monk, Katherine (June 20, 1996). "Fuzzy Electric Juices". Vancouver Sun. p. D8.
  11. ↑ "Focused Fuzzy". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 15, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  12. ↑ Gettelman, Parry (April 5, 1996). "Velocity Girl, Fuzzy". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 10.
  13. ↑ Ferguson, Jon (April 12, 1996). "Fuzzy sharpened its skills the hard way". Happenings. Intelligencer Journal. p. 2.
  14. ↑ Farber, Jim (March 24, 1996). "Fuzzy 'Electric Juices'". Spotlight. Daily News. p. 35.
  15. ↑ Johnson, Dean (December 20, 1996). "Critics' Favorites on Disc". Boston Herald. p. S24.
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