Wholesale Meats and Fish

Wholesale Meats and Fish
Studio album by
Letters to Cleo
ReleasedAugust 1, 1995
GenreAlternative rock
Length44:41
LabelGiant[1]
ProducerMike Denneen[2]
Letters to Cleo chronology
Aurora Gory Alice
(1993) 		Wholesale Meats and Fish
(1995) 		Go!
(1997)
Singles from Wholesale Meats and Fish
  1. "Awake"
    Released: 1994

Wholesale Meats and Fish is the second album by the alternative rock band Letters to Cleo, released in 1995.[3][4] The first single was "Awake".[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[7]

Trouser Press wrote that "'Little Rosa', the album's highlight, is '60s-influenced jangle-pop genius."[2]

Entertainment Weekly opined that "too often singer Kay Hanley sounds like a petulant Juliana Hatfield on their soapy, overdramatic love songs."[7]

The New York Times compared the album to its predecessor, calling it "the same alt-rock in a different package". It said that, while Hanley's "bright, clear delivery often lifts Letters to Cleo above college-band status, her happiness can become wearing".[8]

Track listing

All songs by Kay Hanley and Letters to Cleo.

  1. "Demon Rock" – 3:24
  2. "Fast Way" – 3:59
  3. "Jennifer" – 5:10
  4. "Awake" – 3:55
  5. "Laudanum" – 4:00
  6. "Acid Jed" – 3:02
  7. "Pizza Cutter" – 4:02
  8. "St. Peter" – 4:13
  9. "Little Rosa" – 3:07
  10. "Do What You Want, Yeah" – 2:51
  11. "He's Got an Answer" – 3:49
  12. "I Could Sleep (The Wuss Song)" – 3:09

Chart positions

Album

  • 1995 Wholesale Meats and Fish The Billboard 200 No. 188[9]
  • 1995 Wholesale Meats and Fish Heatseekers No. 11

Singles

  • 1995 Awake The Billboard Hot 100 No. 88
  • 1995 Awake Modern Rock Tracks No. 17

References

  1. ^ "Cellars by Starlight - Part 1". bostonphoenix.com.
  2. ^ a b "Letters to Cleo". Trouser Press. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Letters to Cleo Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Letters To Cleo Play Themselves Out: Wake-Up Video". MTV News. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018.
  5. ^ "Letters to Cleo Albums :: NoiseTrade :: Paste Magazine". www.pastemagazine.com.
  6. ^ "Letters to Cleo - Wholesale Meats and Fish Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  7. ^ a b "Wholesale Meats and Fish". EW.com.
  8. ^ Sherr, Sara (August 25, 1995). "Letters to Cleo: 'Wholesale Meats and Fish'". New York Times News Service. The Charlotte Observer. p. 7F.
  9. ^ Rosen, Craig (Sep 6, 1997). "Letters To Cleo 'Go!' for a breakthrough". Billboard. 109 (36): 13, 118.