| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/capitol | | UPC: 00724349608429 | | Release Date: 6/29/1999 | | Buy.com Sku: 60314349 | | Item#: MPFGGY | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 48419 | Format:  CD |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info | | Luscious Jackson: Gabrielle Glaser (vocals, guitar, piano, Mellotron, keyboards, bass, drum programming); Jill Cunniff (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); Kate Schellenbach (drums, percussion). | | Additional personnel includes: Deborah Harry, Emmylou Harris, N'Dea Davenport (vocals); Tony Mangurian (guitar, piano, keyboards, drums, programming, background vocals); Daniel Lanois (slide guitar); Petra Haden (violin); Josephine Wiggs (cello, acoustic bass); Lisa Haney (strings); Robert Aaron (flute, horns); Roger Manning (keyboards); Tia Sprocket (percussion, background vocals); Vincent Louis (percussion); Mickey Petralia, 25 Ton (programming); Alex Young (scratches); G. Wise (talkbox); Kym Hampton, Diane Friedwald, Irene Bremis, Sean Raynor (background vocals). | | Producers include: Tony Visconti, Jill Cunniff, Gabrielle Glaser, Tony Mangurian, Mickey Petralla. | | Engineers include: Serge Tsai, Tony Mangurian, Jamie Staub. | | Principally recorded at Greene Street Studios, Secret Studios and Magic Shop Studio, New York, New York. | | In the six years since 1992's audacious IN SEARCH OF MANNY, Luscious Jackson has produced three records of groovy, hip-hop-infused music with a distinctly New York City flavor. While they have always shown proficiency with a groove, ELECTRIC HONEY sees the group serving up its most consistently winning set of songs as well as stretching out a bit stylistically. "Alien Lover" and "Sexy Hypnotist," for example, have a vignette-like quality that recalls an era when it was cool to walk like an Egyptian. | | Principal songwriter Jill Cunniff seems to have stumbled upon a huge bag of riffs. When she sings "baby I got heart" on the smoldering "Ladyfingers," you can tell she really means it. With heavenly backup vocals by Emmylou Harris and a churning bassline, this ranks among Luscious Jackson's finest songs yet. Other guest stars include Deborah Harry, whose ultra-cool vocal style sounds right at home over the crunching chords of "Fantastic Fabulous," produced by the legendary Tony Visconti. The opening "Nervous Breakthrough" features a rollicking, party-hearty groove, a nifty horn section, and groovy, nonchalant vocals. Like most of the songs here, it has nothing but fun on its mind. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/29/1999 | | Original Release Date : 1999 | | Catalog ID : 96084 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724349608429 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (7/8-22, p.144)
- 3 Stars (out of 5)
- "...Luscious Jackson avoid gravity or grandeur like the plague, longing instead for states of pop lightheadedness informed by semiobscure fanzines and trends..."Entertainment Weekly (7/9/99, pp.73,76)
- "...like a loud party-ready friend who bursts through the door, inviting all to foin in....[ELECTRIC HONEY] branches out confidently..." - Rating: A- Q (7/99, p.120)
- 3 stars (out of 5)
- "...their most succinct, focussed record, opening with a fantastic opening salvo of half-a-dozen ingeniously crafted pop songs..." CMJ (6/28/99, p.5)
- "...[an] eclectic mix of hip-hop, pop and rock sounds wrapped around sensual vocals....maintains an organic groove and style that lures listeners into the band's ever-changing musical moods..." Vibe (6,7/99, p.184)
- "[ELECTRIC HONEY]'s songs sound more open and seem more at ease with their pop sensibility....'Nervous Breakthrough'...puts a house beat underneath lead singer Jill Cunniff's airy vocals....[Luscious Jackson]'s song structures have grown increasingly complex." Mojo (Publisher)
(7/99, p.97)
- "...[Luscious Jackson] surpass themselves. ELECTRIC HONEY boasts 15 tracks of sparkling diversity, taking in punk, funk, disco and a touch of New Wave....Fabulous, that's just what it is." |
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