Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy

Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy is an album by the American band the Refreshments, released in 1996.^[2][3] Many of the tracks are re-recordings of songs from their debut, Wheelie, which saw a limited release.^[4] The album title is an homage to the Who's Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy.^[5]

Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy
Studio album by The Refreshments
Released	February 27, 1996
Recorded	Winter 1995 - January 1996
Genre	Alternative rock, pop
Length	53:27
Label	Mercury[1]
Producer	Clif Norrell
The Refreshments chronology
Wheelie (1994) Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy (1996) The Bottle & Fresh Horses (1997)

The album sold more than 60,000 copies in its first four months of release.^[6] Its first single was "Banditos", which was a rock radio hit; the second single was "Down Together".^[7][8] The band supported the album by touring with Seven Mary Three.^[9]

Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy was issued on vinyl in 2015.^[10]

Production

This album was a re-recorded version of their 1995 release Wheelie. Only two tracks were cut, A cover of the song Come on, Come on by Cheap Trick. ^[11] and a track titled "Psychosis" and new tracks emerged, namely Blue Collar Suicide & Interstate, also what was initially B.O.B.A was now renamed Mexico.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[12]
Calgary Herald	[13]

The Vancouver Sun wrote: "Starchy, middle-of-the-road, radio-friendly, four-piece pop, Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy is entirely inoffensive—even fleetingly catchy."^[14] The Calgary Herald thought that "while Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy goes down a little flat in parts, most of it is a sparkling affair of songs whose melodies are delightfully down-home, electric geetar-driven and whose characters play out their feelings and lives in bars and beneath the stars in memorable fashion."^[13]

The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "truly mediocre bar band rock."^[9]

AllMusic wrote that "all the anguished grunge and post-grunge posing got old fast—and with clever lyrics, solidly melodic guitar work, and Roger Clyne's marketable voice, the Refreshments kept fun alive on the alternative scene throughout the decade's latter half."^[12]

Track listing

All songs written by Roger Clyne and Paul "P.H." Naffah, except where noted.

1. "Blue Collar Suicide" – 3:35
2. "European Swallow" – 4:32
3. "Down Together" – 4:23
4. "Mekong" – 4:34
5. "Don't Wanna Know" – 4:42
6. "Girly" – 3:58
7. "Banditos" – 4:17
8. "Mexico" (Clyne, Naffah, Edwards) – 4:00
9. "Interstate" (Clyne, Naffah, Edwards) – 5:39
10. "Suckerpunch" (Clyne, Naffah, Edwards) – 3:39
11. "Carefree" (Clyne, Naffah, Edwards) – 3:41
12. "Nada" (Clyne, Naffah, Edwards) – 6:27

Supporting Tour

The Refreshments began the promoting tour on March 15, 1996 at the Town Lake Stage in Austin, Texas as a part of the SXSW festival for music promotion.