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)

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. 1 2 "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.
  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. 1 2 "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.
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