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Released
  
19 June 1988 (UK)

Length
  
45:03(U.S. version)

Artist
  
Voice of the Beehive

Producer
  
Hugh Jones

Recorded
  
1987-1988

Let It Bee (1988)
  
Honey Lingers (1991)

Release date
  
19 June 1988

Label
  
London Records

Let It Bee httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen005VOT

Genres
  
Pop music, Alternative rock

Similar
  
Honey Lingers, Best Of, A Portrait

Beat of love voice of the beehive


Let It Bee is the debut album from alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive. Released in 1988 on London Records, the album earned positive reviews from music crititcs and was a success on U.S. college radio stations. In the UK, the album reached #13 on the album chart in its debut week ending 2 July 1988. The album peaked at #53 in Australia on the ARIA albums chart, and #40 in New Zealand.

Contents

The group had their first top 40 single in the UK with "Don't Call Me Baby" from the album, which reached #15. Let It Bee contained two bonus tracks on the U.S. edition (they were not listed on the CD cover, but were listed within the text on the CD).

Track listing

  1. "The Beat of Love" (Tracey Bryn, Brad Nack, temptation rap by Melissa Brooke) - 4:08
  2. "Sorrow Floats" (Bryn) - 4:23
  3. "Don't Call Me Baby" (Bryn, Mike Jones) - 3:11
  4. "Man in the Moon" (Bryn, Brooke) - 3:16
  5. "What You Have Is Enough" (Bryn) - 2:38
  6. "Oh Love" (Brooke, Jones) - 2:59
  7. "I Walk the Earth" (Nack) - 3:42
  8. "Trust Me" (Bryn) - 3:22
  9. "I Say Nothing" (Bryn, Jones) - 3:32
  10. "There's a Barbarian in the Back of My Car" (Bryn, Zodiac Mindwarp) - 2:38
  11. "Just a City" (Bryn, Jones) - 4:27
  12. "This Weak" (Bryn, Jones) (bonus track, U.S. only) - 3:14
  13. "Jesus" (Lou Reed) (bonus track, U.S. only) - 3:24

Singles

  • 1987 "Just a City"
  • 1987 "I Say Nothing" #45 UK, #73 AUS
  • 1988 "I Walk the Earth" #42 UK
  • 1988 "Don't Call Me Baby" #15 UK, #48 AUS, #25 NZ
  • 1988 "I Say Nothing" (re-issue) #22 UK, #11 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks
  • 1988 "I Walk the Earth" (re-issue) #46 UK
  • 1988 "Man in the Moon" #93 UK

    • The band

  • Tracey Bryn — Vocals and guitar
  • Melissa Brooke Belland — Vocals
  • Mike Jones — Guitars, vocals, keyboards, and keyboard programming
  • Martin Brett — Bass guitar and piano
  • D. M. Woodgate — Drums, percussion, triggers, and keyboard programming

    • Additional musicians

  • Henrick — Keyboards
  • Dave Swarbrick — Fiddle
  • The Kick — Horns, Ladbroke Grove Man on "The Beat of Love" intro
  • Marvin Etzioni — Mandolin, piano

    • Production

  • Pete Collins — "The Beat of Love", "Sorrow Floats", "Don't Call Me Baby", "Man in the Moon", "I Walk the Earth", "Trust Me", "I Say Nothing"
  • Hugh Jones — "Just a City", "There's a Barbarian in the Back of My Car", "What You Have Is Enough"
  • Marvin Etzioni — "Oh Love"
  • Mike Jones — "This Weak", "Jesus"

    • Songs

    1Beat of Love4:06
    2Sorrow Floats4:25
    3Don't Call Me Baby3:12

    References

    Let It Bee Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA