Electric Honey (Luscious Jackson album)

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Electric Honey
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 29, 1999 (1999-06-29)
Recorded1998–1999
Studio
  • Space Lounge
  • Greene Street (New York City)
  • Secret (NYC)
  • Soho Music (NYC)
  • Magic Shop (NYC)
Genre Alternative rock
Length50:01
Label Grand Royal, Capitol Records
Producer Jill Cunniff, Gabrielle Glaser, Tony Mangurian, Mickey Petralia, 25 Ton, Tony Visconti, Alex Young
Luscious Jackson chronology
Fever In Fever Out
(1996)
Electric Honey
(1999)
Greatest Hits
(2007)
Singles from Electric Honey
  1. "Ladyfingers"
    Released: June 14, 1999 (1999-06-14)
  2. "Nervous Breakthrough"
    Released: June 17, 1999 (1999-06-17)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Electric Honey is the third studio album by Luscious Jackson, released on June 29, 1999, by Grand Royal. It peaked at number 102 on the Billboard 200 chart, [5] as well as number 99 on the UK Albums Chart. [6]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Jill Cunniff, except tracks 5, 7, 10, 12 and 14, by Gabrielle Glaser.

  1. "Nervous Breakthrough" – 3:47
  2. "Ladyfingers" – 3:27
  3. "Christine" – 3:30
  4. "Alien Lover" – 3:50
  5. "Summer Daze" – 3:31
  6. "Sexy Hypnotist" – 3:14
  7. "Friends" – 3:30
  8. "Devotion" – 3:14
  9. "Fantastic Fabulous" (featuring Deborah Harry) – 3:14
  10. "Gypsy" – 3:01
  11. "Beloved" – 2:58
  12. "Country's a Callin'" – 3:10
  13. "Space Diva" – 3:25
  14. "Fly" – 4:17
  15. "Lover's Moon" – 1:53

Personnel

Luscious Jackson

Additional musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 69
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 42
UK Albums (OCC) [6] 99
US Billboard 200 [5] 102

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