| Fuzzy Little Piece of the World | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Studio | The Sound Factory | |||
| Label | Frontier [1] | |||
| Producer | Paul du Gré, The Pontiac Brothers | |||
| The Pontiac Brothers chronology | ||||
| ||||
Fuzzy Little Piece of the World is an album by the American band the Pontiac Brothers, released in 1992. [2] [3] A one-time reunion album, the band recorded it because they missed playing together. [4] [5] They supported the album with a North American tour. [6]
The album was produced by Paul du Gré and the band. [7] Fuzzy Little Piece of the World was put together in a month, with recording taking place over six days in July 1992. [8] [9] "Liberace's Dead" is a tribute to Liberace. [10]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [12] |
Trouser Press wrote that, "though apparently conceived as a casual one-off, the album retains the balance of beery abandon and wounded introspection that originally made the band special, while maintaining the requisite level of tunefulness on numbers like 'Cry' and 'Clowns Join the Circus'." [13] Rolling Stone called Fuzzy Little Piece of the World "an album of bittersweet celebration, one that evinces an absurdist's sense of camaraderie through minor gems such as 'Suicide Note' and 'Clowns Join the Circus'." [14]
The Los Angeles Times concluded that the album "comes across as a now-raucous, now-sentimental Irish wake for a dead rock band, in which the four guys who are supposed to be in the coffin get to enjoy the delicious privilege of popping out of the box to drain a few drams and lead the festivities of mourning"; the paper later deemed it one of the 25 best Orange County albums of the 1990s. [12] [15] The St. Petersburg Times determined that "the unit is not as Stonesy or bluesy as before." [16]
AllMusic wrote that "the overall tone is, surprisingly enough, sentimental—friendship is a recurring theme on this album, and on the closing I-miss-my-buddies number, 'Being With You', you almost imagine someone would burst into tears if not for being all drunk and giggly." [11]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cry" | |
| 2. | "Clowns Join the Circus" | |
| 3. | "Hard to Tell" | |
| 4. | "Rock Music" | |
| 5. | "Suicide Note" | |
| 6. | "Rockabilly Revolution #9" | |
| 7. | "Feelgood" | |
| 8. | "Fuzzy Little Piece of the World" | |
| 9. | "Little Big Man" | |
| 10. | "Last Saturday" | |
| 11. | "Liberace's Dead" | |
| 12. | "Little by Little" | |
| 13. | "Being with You" |
Supertones Strike Back is the second studio album released by the O.C. Supertones. One reviewer described the album as a "no-hold-barred modern day revival meeting".
Sacred City is the seventh full-length album by Shriekback. Released in 1992, after the failure of 1988's Go Bang!, the album was much more experimental, returning to the original Shriekback sound. Barry Andrews was again joined by founder, Dave Allen, and longtime collaborator Martyn Barker, as well as Karl Hyde. With little commercial success, the band dissolved shortly after the album's release.
Musical Monkey is the fourth album by the Huntington Beach, California, punk rock band Guttermouth, released in 1997 by Nitro Records.
Son of the Wind is an album by the American folk singer Arlo Guthrie, released in 1992. It is an album of cowboy songs recorded with Guthrie's band, Shenandoah. Guthrie had wanted to make such an album since he was a child.
War Birth is an album by the punk rock band U.S. Bombs, released in 1997.
The Casbah Recording Studio or simply Casbah is a recording studio in the Orange County suburb of Fullerton, California that helped to spawn several highly successful acts, including Berlin, Stacey Q, and Social Distortion.
Red Heaven is a studio album by the American band Throwing Muses, released in 1992. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart. Throwing Muses promoted the album by touring with the Flaming Lips. "Firepile" was released as a single.
Freddie Brooks is an American singer-songwriter and blues harmonica player. A native of Wichita, Kansas, he started performing on the Southern California blues scene in 1989. He played West Coast blues.
American Highway Flower is the second album by the American band dada, released in 1994. "All I Am" peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album sold more than 50,000 copies during its first year of release.
Museum of Heart is an album by the American musician Dave Alvin, released in 1993. Alvin considered the album to be mainly in the soul blues style. He promoted Museum of Heart by touring with his band, the Guilty Men.
Will Glover a.k.a. Willie Glover is a musician and songwriter from Southern California. He was a member of the surf group The Pyramids. He has the distinction of being one of the very few or possibly the only black musician in surf music.
Kill Tunes is the second album by the American indie rock band Leaving Trains. It was released in 1986 via SST Records. The band supported the album with a North American tour.
The Old New Me is the debut album by the American musician and former Replacement Slim Dunlap, released in 1993.
Dragstrip Riot is an album by the American band the Flesh Eaters, released in 1991. It was their first studio album since 1983's A Hard Road to Follow. They supported the album with a North American tour.
Heart and Mind is an album by the American alternative rock band Sister Double Happiness, released in 1991. It was their major label debut.
Contenders is the debut album by the English indie rock band Easterhouse, released in 1986.
Smoking in the Fields is an album by the American rock band the Del Fuegos, released in 1989. It was the band's final studio album.
The Mekons Honky Tonkin' is an album by the British band the Mekons, released in 1987. It was their first album to be released in the United States and the band's third country music-influenced album. The band supported the album with a North American tour.
Surprise is the debut solo album by the American musician Syd Straw, released in 1989. The first single was "Future 40's ". Straw supported the album with a North American tour, backed by a band that included D.J. Bonebrake and Dave Alvin. Surprise was a commercial disappointment.
