Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy

Refreshments | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 1996)
• Original Release Date: February 27, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B000001EID
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,186 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of Life and Energy, May 10, 2002

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Mad Dog "maddog6969" (TimbuckThree, Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy (Audio CD)

Back in '96, I heard "Banditos" on the radio and immediately went out and bought this disc. On first listen, I liked it all. Since then, it's become an essential part of my collection. A true desert island selection. I have my favorites, including Down Together, Mekong, Girly, Banditos and Nada, but the beauty of this album is the flow. The whole album works together beautifully, conjuring up very realistic images - images of the southwest, of Mexico, of real people living their lives during the good times and the harsh. You can almost smell the dust in the air while listening to Nada, feel the pain of lost love in Girly and taste the beer in Mekong.

This was an incredible rock band and I'm still bummed out that they are gone. Great recorded sound, excellent, cohesive musicianship, the whole nine yards. Essential stuff.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Unerrated Album EVER?, August 5, 2006

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Ronald Riley "PageMonkey" (Fort Smith, AR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy (Audio CD)

I think it's certainly possible that FFBB (as we in the "know" like to call it) is, at the very least, the most underrated album of the 90s. The songs on FFBB sound as fresh and real and often brilliant as they did a decade ago.

Much is made in some of the Amazon reviews about the "humor" of the Refreshments' lyrics, and while it's true that there are some laugh out loud moments if you really listen to the words ("European Swallow" surely has its moments), the Refreshments are more genuinely clever than just "funny" when they keep it light, and downright contemplative when they dig a little deeper, as they do with "Nada."

FFBB also contains what I consider one of the best love songs ever. "Down Together" is another of those clever songs, but its so much more than that. It's truly a rare example of a pop song that actually gets love right. It's not sappy, and the sentimental turns ("Your breath, it smells like wine, I like that a lot, especially when I kiss you") feel so genuine that it seems almost like eavesdropping on a slightly tipsy conversation between to people who are deeply in love. Honestly, I could deconstruct this one song for hours, and never begin to touch the heart of it.

Just buy this album, go out and see Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (pretty much The Refreshments V2.0) if they come to your town, and consider that this is what rock and roll should always feel like.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BUY THIS NOW!, June 8, 2006

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Republichick "music fiend" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy (Audio CD)

I'm mostly a punk and metal fan, and yet I have only two things to say about this album: 1.) It should be issued at birth. 2.) Buy two copies in case one ever gets lost or ruined.