Wholesale Meats and Fish

Template:Use mdy dates {{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |{{#if: August 1, 1995 | Template:Short description}}}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=Aurora Gory Alice1993Go!1997AlbumWholesale Meats and FishLetters_to_Cleo_-_Wholesale_Meats_and_Fish.jpgLetters to CleoAugust 1, 1995Alternative rock44:41Giant<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Mike Denneen<ref name=TP/>x|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Wholesale Meats and Fish is the second album by the alternative rock band Letters to Cleo, released in 1995.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first single was "Awake".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Critical reception

Template:Music ratings Trouser Press wrote that "'Little Rosa', the album's highlight, is '60s-influenced jangle-pop genius."<ref name="TP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Entertainment Weekly opined that "too often singer Kay Hanley sounds like a petulant Juliana Hatfield on their soapy, overdramatic love songs."<ref name="auto"/>

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".<ref>Sherr, Sara (August 25, 1995). "Letters to Cleo: 'Wholesale Meats and Fish'". New York Times News Service. The Charlotte Observer. p. 7F.</ref>

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<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1995 Wholesale Meats and Fish Heatseekers No. 11

Singles

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