To be "buggin' out" is to be visibly obsessing and prone to exaggerated emotional displays. That is, when someone is "buggin' out," it is as if their eyes are about to "bug out" of their heads. Critters Buggin' freely "bug out" over a simple idea on this album of heavy rock-based electronica. The lineup of Critters is an impressive roster of traveled and experienced musicians who have, at various times, been part of Pearl Jam, John Doe's band, Spin Doctors, Edie Brickell's New Bohemians, Wayne Horvitz' group, and more. The opening cut is a tough, "funkoid" bassline that careens wildly (as an out of control truck) around a tirade against the evils of water fluoridation. The fluoride concerned monologist could be the young voice of Negativland's David Wills. The piece dissipated like evaporating tap water into a free jazz horn solo. That free jazz melody takes on teeth as more funk tonnage drops in with long-noted, descending keyboard lines and brooding cellos in Brozo the Clone. The most interesting rhythms are a jerky floor tom and tom-tom upholding what sounds to be a cocky baritone sax in call-and-answer with a maudlin tenor saxophone. This mind-bending trio takes a Dadaist (Zappa, Beefheart, etc.) approach to integrating horns and a funk-rock rhythm section à la Soul Coughing. [Also available as a Japanese import.] ~ Tom Schulte, Rovi

1		Fluoride
2		Brozo the Clone
3		I Ate Lucy
4		Chimp & Ape
5		Senjara
6		Raimondi
7		Bomb Ass Tick
8		Joe Sard
9		Trucker Beak
10		Fast Johnson
11		Pedro Lovin'
12		33:
13		One, Two, Three, Four
14		Joe Sard [Reprise]
15		New Luck Poodle Store