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Electric Juices

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Electric Juices
Studio album by
Released1996
StudioFort Apache Studios
GenreAlternative pop
LabelTAG/Atlantic[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 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

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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

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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."[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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ McLennan, Scott (17 Mar 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 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  3. ^ Clow, Aaron (Mar 1996). "Becoming Clearer". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 31. p. 10.
  4. ^ a b Borzillo, Carrie (Mar 23, 1996). "Juicy Follow-Up". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 12. p. 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. ^ Sullivan, Jim (23 Apr 1996). "Pop goes Velocity Girl, and it soothes as it stings". Arts & Film. The Boston Globe. p. 55.
  8. ^ a b "Electric Juices". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  9. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 649.
  10. ^ a b Monk, Katherine (20 June 1996). "Fuzzy Electric Juices". Vancouver Sun. p. D8.
  11. ^ "Focused Fuzzy". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  12. ^ Gettelman, Parry (5 Apr 1996). "Velocity Girl, Fuzzy". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 10.
  13. ^ Ferguson, Jon (12 Apr 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 (20 Dec 1996). "Critics' Favorites on Disc". Boston Herald. p. S24.