[2] While the recording went generally smoothly, singer Ken Chinn's struggles with health and mental problems affected his productivity.

The band took the album's initial title, Fuck You Up Like a Bad Accident, from the American outsider artist and musician, Wesley Willis.

[5] Included in the pregap of the CD release is an audio recording of a heated argument between the band's road crew and owners of a club in Kelowna, British Columbia on November 2, 1995.

Club reviewer described the band's sound as a hybrid between the Dead Kennedys and "Weird Al" Yankovic, and ultimately assessed FYULABA as "an enjoyable album.

"[7] Similarly, AllMusic critic Vincent Jeffries praised the record's musicality in a retrospective review as "some of the fastest punk attempted by the band in years," but worried that "goofy lyrics prevent FYULABA from being a triumphant return to form.

"[1] Jeffries also compared the band to "Weird Al" Yankovic and concluded that "[l]isteners willing to ignore the bad lyrics should get a charge out of the music, but this rather imposing condition should keep FYULABA off any must-have punk lists.

Writing for Drop-D Magazine, critic Paul Watkin gave the album a favorable review, describing it as "straight out, rapid fire punk, with the boys laying back into the crunchy guitars to highlight the choruses and screaming out back-up vocals.