Hihoney

Artist: Gentle Readers Label: Flat Earth Category: Music Average customer rating: Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 707824012126 EAN: 0707824012126 ASIN: B00004SZTU Release Date: 2000-08-15

Hihoney

Tracks:

1. Lunchhour
2. Center Of The Universe
3. Nothing You Can Do
4. Difficult
5. Fiction
6. California
7. Last Day At The Office
8. Sweetest Taboo
9. Separate
10. Turn Up The Sound
11. California Pt.2

Customer Reviews:

A review from popmatters.com.......2000-09-13

In the pre-Lilith Fair days, modern rock radio stations gave their fair share of space to such musicians and Juliana Hatfield and Liz Phair, and groups like Belly. Little significance was placed on the fact that these were all women. Instead, the wave of independently minded rock gave them a place to be heard. They were just musicians, first and foremost.

But after Lilith Fair and the Spice Girls, the concept of women in music had changed dramatically, and the interest given to women who played straightforward rock faded, despite the fact their talent never diminished. Their fans continued to pay attention, but few others did.

Gentle Readers' third album, HiHoney will unfortunately go unheard by most, but it joyfully recalls the days when women musicians were simply admired, and no attention was paid to their gender.

Lead singer Susan Fitzsimmons (who also plays guitar and percussion for the band) has a slightly sultry but sweet voice that exudes self-confidence while simultaneously aching with longing. She sings boldly over crunchy guitar riffs and hard-hitting percussion. While it is her voice that carries HiHoney, it barely seems to matter that she's a woman. She's just the lead singer of a band.

From the dreamily taut "Lunchhour" to the vulnerable "Sweetest Taboo," Gentle Readers deal with the conflict in everyday relationships. Witty and fun while still acknowledging the darker moments of life, Gentle Readers have written intelligent and perceptive songs. "Are you telling me there's nothing you can do? This time I'm really asking" Fitzsimmons sighs on "Nothing You Can Do." In "California Pt. 2," she declares "You were never that gifted. I was never that dumb" in a call to a lost lover. Each one of the songs on HiHoney is filled with such insights.

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2. Mary Jean & 9 Others ~ Marshall Crenshaw
3. The Dawn Anthology ~ Various Artists
4. Dim Stars Bright Sky ~ John Doe
5. Autosalvage ~ Autosalvage
6. Pure ~ 3 Colours Red
7. Back to Back Hits ~ Canned Heat & Quicksilver Messenger Service
8. Vivir ~ Enrique Iglesias
9. All Things Small Produce A Spark ~ Westside Daredevils
10. Maxis and Remixes ~ Nena

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Tsuki No Uta ~ Saki Imozuki

Mulheres Do Brasil, Vol. 2 ~ Various Artists

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