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Reversing course from the kaleidoscopic pop of Fever in Fever Out, Electric Honey finds Luscious Jackson narrowing their focus, concentrating more on groove and texture than full-fledged songs. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, since their albums always had strong rhythm, but Electric Honey tends to float away. Somewhere along the way, Luscious Jackson smoothed out all their quirks and grit, shaping their sound into an appealingly funky, multilayered, post-alternative pop groove. On the surface, or as background music, it's quite pleasing, but it's never really compelling, especially since many of the songs are never really about anything -- which is especially frustrating since the opening pair of "Nervous Breakthrough" and "Ladyfingers" are terrific continuations of Fever In. After that opening, Electric Honey doesn't begin to unravel as much as it settles into its own mire, recycling sounds familiar from its two predecessors, while offering slight songs about "Summer Daze," "Sexy Hypnotist"s, "Friends," "Alien Lover"s, and "Space Diva"s. The fluffiness of the songs wouldn't matter if each song had its own distinct feel. Instead, the entire album is variations on a groove -- breezy and enjoyable, to be sure, but nevertheless a little too lightweight to really take hold. Lightweight songwriting also suggests that Luscious Jackson may be running out of ideas, and it's hard to shake the impression that no matter how enjoyable certain parts of Electric Honey are, it finds the band treading water, not breaking new ground.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Tony Mangurian, Producer, Programmer - Serge Tsai, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Aaron, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Jill Cunniff, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gabrielle Glaser, Keyboards, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Schellenbach, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tia Sprocket, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Mangurian, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Emmylou Harris, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jill Cunniff, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - G. Wise, Musician, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Mangurian, Producer, Programmer - N'Dea Davenport, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Lanois, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Serge Tsai, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Young, AssociatedPerformer, Turntablist - Jill Cunniff, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kate Schellenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MICKEY PETRALIA, Producer, Programmer - Jamey Staub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Frankel, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Carranza, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jill Cunniff, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gabrielle Glaser, Guitar, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Schellenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Painson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Madorsky, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Mangurian, Producer, Drum Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Serge Tsai, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Aaron, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Jill Cunniff, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gabrielle Glaser, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tia Sprocket, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Mangurian, Producer, Programmer - Serge Tsai, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Aaron, Flute, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Jill Cunniff, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kate Schellenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Mangurian, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Serge Tsai, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jill Cunniff, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gabrielle Glaser, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Schellenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tia Sprocket, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jaime Candiloro, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kym Hampton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Diane Friedewald, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Irene Bremis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Raynor, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MICKEY PETRALIA, Producer, Programmer - Jamey Staub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Frankel, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jill Cunniff, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kate Schellenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Painson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Madorsky, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Deborah Harry, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Visconti, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Juan Garcia, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Young, AssociatedPerformer, Turntablist - Jill Cunniff, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gabrielle Glaser, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Schellenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Haney, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Mangurian, Producer - Serge Tsai, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jill Cunniff, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gabrielle Glaser, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kate Schellenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Mangurian, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Serge Tsai, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jill Cunniff, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kate Schellenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Tony Mangurian, Producer - Emmylou Harris, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Serge Tsai, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jill Cunniff, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gabrielle Glaser, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kate Schellenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jamey Staub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josephine Wiggs, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jill Cunniff, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gabrielle Glaser, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Schellenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Painson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Madorsky, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 25 Ton, Producer, Programmer - Prince Strickland III, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Kyriazsis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Petra Hayden, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Juan Garcia, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jamey Staub, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josephine Wiggs, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Gabrielle Glaser, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer - Kate Schellenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tia Sprocket, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - 25 Ton, Producer - Vincent Louis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jamey Staub, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jill Cunniff, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Prince Strickland III, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Petra Hayden, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Luscious Jackson, MainArtist
(C) 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Reversing course from the kaleidoscopic pop of Fever in Fever Out, Electric Honey finds Luscious Jackson narrowing their focus, concentrating more on groove and texture than full-fledged songs. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, since their albums always had strong rhythm, but Electric Honey tends to float away. Somewhere along the way, Luscious Jackson smoothed out all their quirks and grit, shaping their sound into an appealingly funky, multilayered, post-alternative pop groove. On the surface, or as background music, it's quite pleasing, but it's never really compelling, especially since many of the songs are never really about anything -- which is especially frustrating since the opening pair of "Nervous Breakthrough" and "Ladyfingers" are terrific continuations of Fever In. After that opening, Electric Honey doesn't begin to unravel as much as it settles into its own mire, recycling sounds familiar from its two predecessors, while offering slight songs about "Summer Daze," "Sexy Hypnotist"s, "Friends," "Alien Lover"s, and "Space Diva"s. The fluffiness of the songs wouldn't matter if each song had its own distinct feel. Instead, the entire album is variations on a groove -- breezy and enjoyable, to be sure, but nevertheless a little too lightweight to really take hold. Lightweight songwriting also suggests that Luscious Jackson may be running out of ideas, and it's hard to shake the impression that no matter how enjoyable certain parts of Electric Honey are, it finds the band treading water, not breaking new ground.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:55
- Main artists: Luscious Jackson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1999 Grand Royal ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
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