Black Eye is the only full-length studio album by the English punk rock band Fluffy, released in 1996 by The Enclave.

To promote the album, the band embarked on a major tour in Europe and both coasts of the United States, including a performance at CBGB in New York City.

[5] Musically, Black Eye was described by Carrie Borzillo of Billboard as "pure hardcore punk delivered with a raunchy, abrasive vocal assault from [Rootes].

"[3] Aaron Axelsen, music director at modern rock KITS, opined that the band is "a real indie, edgy version of Elastica, but not Britpop.

"[6] The lyrics of Black Eye deal with sexual and abuse topics: "Nothing you will likely hear on the radio", Rootes explained.

[11] The songs "I Wanna Be Your Lush" and "Too Famous" use satire to criticise the superior attitudes of male musicians, while "Husband" disapproves "gruff and pushy" boyfriends.

"[13] Zutaut also admitted that the band's punk attitude "may scare radio and MTV a little bit", but he believed that their melodic music and lyrical statements "would pave the way for its success.

In Europe, the band also toured in Ireland with Foo Fighters, appeared at major summer festivals, and played with the Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, and the Buzzcocks at Finsbury Park in London on 23 June 1996.

Tom Sinclair, writing for Entertainment Weekly, stated that the album "barrels forward with such high-spirited hookiness that it's possible to forgive the shameless pandering of lyrics like 'I wanna be your kitten/Caress my fur.

'"[17] In a very positive review, prominent music critic Robert Christgau felt that most of the songs "live up to the underlining" and considered the album to be the best punk debut since the ones by the Ramones, Sex Pistols, the Clash, and Wire.

[19] AllMusic reviewer Tom Demalon praised the loud guitar playing of both Rootes and Jones and opined that "the lack of dynamic diversity makes Black Eye somewhat of a one-trick pony, but it's a trick that makes the album's strongest tracks a joy.

And despite boasting the musical dexterity of Status Quo, it's a short, sharp shock that dispatches its venom with a tireless guile.

"[18] Similarly, critic Roy Wilkinson of Select compared some songs favourably to the Stooges and early-Siouxsie and the Banshees.

When was the last time you heard the Yeovil delta blues sound enlivened by such Carry On Riffing-isms as 'I've rocketed to Uranus' ('Nothing') and 'When the kids scream, there is a racket/You've got a magnificent packet' ('Too Famous')?

"[4] In a negative review, Darren Gawle of Drop-D magazine criticised the lyrics for their vague observations about obvious truths, stating: "The only shocking thing about Black Eye lies in a band trying to pass themselves off as Riot Grrls when in fact they pack as much 'Grrr' as a slightly vexed Yorkshire Terrier.

"[10] Although Black Eye was not ranked in the Top 40 of The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll for 1996,[20] Christgau placed it at number 3 in his own "Dean's List".