Electric Juices
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{{Infobox album
| name = Electric Juices
| type = studio
| artist = Fuzzy
| cover = Electric Juices.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1996
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Fort Apache Studios
| genre = Alternative pop
| length =
| label = TAG/Atlantic{{cite news |last1=McLennan |first1=Scott |title=Pop remains the genre that just wouldn't die |work=Telegram & Gazette |date=17 Mar 1996 |department=Datebook |page=10}}
| producer = Tim O’Heir, Paul Q. Kolderie
| prev_title = Fuzzy
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Hurray for Everything
| next_year = 1999
}}
Electric Juices is the second album by the American band Fuzzy, released in 1996.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fuzzy-mn0000187007/biography|title=Fuzzy Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic|access-date=2021-10-17|archive-date=2021-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017144743/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fuzzy-mn0000187007/biography|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last1=Clow |first1=Aaron |title=Becoming Clearer |magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly |date=Mar 1996 |issue=31 |page=10}}
The first single from the album was "Someday". Fuzzy promoted Electric Juices by touring with Velocity Girl and the Posies.{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Michael |title=The Posies, Velocity Girl, Fuzzy |work=Nashville Banner |date=23 May 1996 |page=C4}}
Production
Recorded at Fort Apache Studios, the album was produced by Paul Q. Kolderie and Tim O’Heir.{{cite web |title=Fuzzy |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/fuzzy/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=17 October 2021 |archive-date=17 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017144743/https://trouserpress.com/reviews/fuzzy/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last1=Borzillo |first1=Carrie |title=Juicy Follow-Up |magazine=Billboard |date=Mar 23, 1996 |volume=108 |issue=12 |page=20}} It contains a cover of the Beach Boys' "Girl Don't Tell Me", which was released as a single.{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Jim |title=Pop goes Velocity Girl, and it soothes as it stings |work=The Boston Globe |date=23 Apr 1996 |department=Arts & Film |page=55}}
Critical reception
{{music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=649}}
|rev4 = Vancouver Sun
|rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news |last1=Monk |first1=Katherine |title=Fuzzy Electric Juices |work=Vancouver Sun |date=20 June 1996 |page=D8}}
}}
Trouser Press wrote: "Sweetly engaging and as freshly cut as a suburban lawn on Sunday afternoon, Electric Juices is Fuzzy perfection." 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."{{cite news |title=Focused Fuzzy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/05/10/focused-fuzzy/8ae069a9-c91c-4999-8caa-09c8ab668d9e/ |work=The Washington Post |access-date=17 October 2021 |archive-date=15 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115070536/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/05/10/focused-fuzzy/8ae069a9-c91c-4999-8caa-09c8ab668d9e/ |url-status=live }} 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'."{{cite news |last1=Gettelman |first1=Parry |title=Velocity Girl, Fuzzy |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=5 Apr 1996 |department=Calendar |page=10}}
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."{{cite news |last1=Ferguson |first1=Jon |title=Fuzzy sharpened its skills the hard way |work=Intelligencer Journal |date=12 Apr 1996 |department=Happenings |page=2}} 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." The New York Daily News thought that Mancini "boasts an appealingly impish sound, while her band specializes in dinky alternative-pop."{{cite news |last1=Farber |first1=Jim |title=Fuzzy 'Electric Juices' |work=Daily News |date=March 24, 1996 |department=Spotlight |page=35}} The Boston Herald included Electric Juices on its list of the 10 best albums of 1996.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Dean |title=Critics' Favorites on Disc |work=Boston Herald |date=20 Dec 1996 |page=S24}}
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."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Glad Again
| length1 =
| title2 = Drag
| length2 =
| title3 = Throw Me a Bone
| length3 =
| title4 = Girl Don't Tell Me
| length4 =
| title5 = Miss the Mark
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| title6 = Sleeper
| length6 =
| title7 = Flavor
| length7 =
| title8 = It Started Today
| length8 =
| title9 = One Request
| length9 =
| title10 = Someday
| length10 =
| title11 = Pop a Dime
| length11 =
| title12 = Uncut
| length12 =
| title13 = Christmas
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| total_length =
}}
Personnel
- Winston Braman – bass
- Hilken Mancini – vocals, guitar
- David Ryan – drums
- Chris Toppin – vocals, guitar