Wholesale Meats and Fish

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox album Wholesale Meats and Fish is the second album by the alternative rock band Letters to Cleo, released in 1995.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The first single was "Awake".<ref>Template:Cite 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">Template:Cite 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