[.ca] Love Is a Slug: Complete BBC Sessions

Fuzzbox bothers John Peel:
This is a good disc. It's a historical document and worth owning IF you are a fan of this group called Fuzzbox. It's SAD that their first album never was issued on CD. It came out in 1986 at a time when some borderline acts were still getting only cassette and vinyl treatment. Fuzzbox's "Big Bang!" was on CD but by that time the band was working in a different direction (not that I didn't like it) and sounded nothing like they do here. Yes, one can buy Fuzz & Nonsense or the 2-CD Rules and Regulations disc but I wish their debut would see the light of day on compact disc. OH I DO Digress. These BBC sessions are good for the Fuzzbox fan or someone who's curious. While I can't recommend the cover of Bohemian Rhapsody I do play tracks 6 and 9 quite a bit.

BBC Sessions:
I just received this album, and its great. Most of the songs were recorded for the BBC around 1986 when Bostin' Steve Austin came out. The songs are great, with slightly different touches on some of them from the Bostin' album, but it has a more spirited and looser feel. The sound quality is very good, almost like right off the Bostin' album. The extra touches (they goof up on the first take of the awesome "She", so they do it again) make it feel more personal. These are some of their best songs. I wish "Do I Want To?" had been on it and the version I got from HMV didn't have the Fuzzbox comic in it, but other than that its an awesome CD. Great songs from one of the best and most unique bands ever. Geniuses at writing songs and they play them utterly perfectly - Stephen Cox

• Aaarrrrggghhh!!!
• Fever
• Rules & Regulations
• Justine
• Aaarrrggghhh!!!
• Love Is the Slug
• Hollow Girl
• Console Me
• Spirit in the Sky
• You Got Me
• Preconceptions
• Jackie
• She
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• Wait and See
• Self
• What's the Point
• High Hopes