| Wholesale Meats and Fish | ||||
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| Released | August 1, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 44:41 | |||
| Label | Giant [1] | |||
| Producer | Mike Denneen [2] | |||
| Letters to Cleo chronology | ||||
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Wholesale Meats and Fish is the second album by the alternative rock band Letters to Cleo, released in 1995. [3] [4] The first single was "Awake". [5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [6] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− [7] |
Trouser Press wrote that "'Little Rosa', the album's highlight, is '60s-influenced jangle-pop genius." [2]
Entertainment Weekly opined that "too often singer Kay Hanley sounds like a petulant Juliana Hatfield on their soapy, overdramatic love songs." [7]
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". [8]
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