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| | Honey to the B | | | Music Artist : | | Billie | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Virgin Records Us | | Release Date : | | 1999-05-18 | | Store Price : | | $16.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $16.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Honey to the Bee
2. I Dream
3. She Wants You
4. Love Groove
5. Party on the Phone
6. Officially Yours
7. You've Got It
8. Saying I'm Sorry Now
9. Girlfriend [Radio Mix]
10. What'cha Gonna Do?
11. Don't Forget to Remember
12. Because We Want To
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Britney is good, but this is WAY better in music and voice!!!
Submitted on: 2008-12-20 |
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My friend gave me a copy of Billie's 2nd album: Walk of Life (this album is Billie's debut). I thought of Britney with a nice vioce. The music on this CD is better, and Billie's voice is so beutifal. And it is more well presented. I later got this album and noticed the difference in the music and Billie sings more naturally, showing off a working-class accent. Mostly in the songs "Party On The Phone" and "Because We Want To". The albums are both brilliant and I like Billie WAY more than Britney Spears (and that's saying something)
1. Honey To The Bee - 5 Stars (out of 5) - Appearantly Play covered this song. This song is pleasant, catchy, simple and beutifal.
2. I Dream - 5 Stars - A song about Billie dreaming about her secret love. Beutifal, sad and has a lot of Music Value.
3. She Wants You - 5 Stars - A Brilliant light-dance song. You could call it unbeatable. Billie sings to her boyfriend saying to forget her. That girl over there needs you!
4. Love Groove - 5 Stars - At first, I didn't like this song. Then I had a dream about it and now I love it.
5. Party On The Phone - 5 Stars - Billie is encouraging the bored teens to have a "Party On The Phone". I don't really see how you can have a Party On The Phone, but a brilliant song. I Mean A Really Brilliant Song!
B R I L L I A N T.
6. OFficially Yours - 4 Stars - A fine song, but nothing new.
7. You've Got It - 5 Stars - Billie is saying to her boyfriend that he's got what she wants. B R I L L I A N T.
8. Saying I'm Sorry Know - Sounds a bit strange at times, but in a good way. Billie is crossing singing with speaking. This song shows a Brilliant Result!
9. Girlfriend (Radio Mix) - So brilliantly sung and sounding but the overall song is nothing new. Still, the song is something to celebrate about when you listen to it.
10. Whatcha Gonna Do - 3 Stars - Pretty junk, but it's catchy.
11. Don't Forget To Remember - 5 Stars - Like "Saying I'm Sorry Now", but neater and more pleasant.
12. Becuase We Want To - 5 Stars - A BRILLIANT SONG. Billie and the teens are on the rebel! Nothing more catchy. When you feel like singing it, you should try to sing it louder than the Sydney Highway! Note how Billie sings with a working-class accent. |
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 Decent CD
Submitted on: 2007-06-19 |
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| Yes, some call her the British Brittany Spears, but I think that's just wrong. While the entire CD is relatively bland, she does have a great voice and good lyrics. The problem is that nothing just reaches up and grabs me. She's hot as hell though and who wouldn't root for Rose! |
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Pretty good for a 16-year-old
Submitted on: 2007-01-17 |
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| One of the more fun and innocent teen pop confections of the Britney era (the term "Britney era" used for demonstrative purposes only), Billie had a couple of decent hits here, but didn't quite get thrust into the stratosphere. It would have been nice to see that happen, because she does pack some likeable appeal as well as respectable if not extraordinary musical talent. |
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Rose Tyler Sings!
Submitted on: 2006-12-20 |
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Given Billie Piper's recent success as an actress in the UK, it's hard to believe she was once a teenage pop princess, comparable to American Britney Spears. Their lives and careers have had an oddly similar trajectory: an explosion onto their respective music scenes as teenagers, almost immediate success, a highly prefabricated image, romance with boy-band singers, interest in acting, and young marriage that many considered highly unsuitable. The difference is that Piper somehow escaped the pitfalls of teenage pop stardom (including a brush with anorexia) and has forged an eminently respectable second career for herself as a serious actress. Check out the first two seasons' DVDs of the new Doctor Who series for proof of that.
In a sense it's almost a shame that Piper will likely never return to music, because her first CD, Honey to the B (1998), is a remarkably infectious pop concoction. The songs were written by a team of professional writers and mostly consist of boy-girl love songs and anthems to teenage independence; the lyrics range from trite to simplistic to cliche-laden and back again, the music is synth-heavy and multitracked up to the moon... but oddly, that's part of the CD's appeal. You don't pop this into your CD player (or burn it into your iPod library) for its intellectual appeal. You listen to it because it's kicky and fun. What makes the songs work is mostly Piper's fearless delivery--she may not have the greatest range, but she croons and chants and belts out each number with a sassy verve and confidence that's hard not to admire (and remarkable, given that she was only fifteen at the time). She makes the listener believe she's a great singer mostly because she acts like one. You can use a lot of words to describe Billie Piper, but "apologetic" isn't one of them.
The strongest song in the collection--and her strongest song, period--is the title track, the deliciously sexy "Honey to the Bee," a sultry, mid-tempo number whose blatantly erotic imagery might seem hokey without Piper's fifteen-going-on-thirty-five delivery. Other standouts include the equally come-hither "Love Groove," the wonderfully low-key, funky "Don't Forget to Remember," and the ode to teen independence, "Because We Want To" (Piper's first single, which entered the UK charts at #1--she's still the youngest British artist to hold this distinction).
Other solid outings include the highly danceable, "She Wants You," "Party on the Phone," and "Girlfriend." The balance of the tracks, "I Dream," "Officially Yours," "You've Got It," "Saying I'm Sorry Now," and "Whatcha Gonna Do?" are all filler, but above-average filler--there's not one stinker among them, remarkable for such a prefabricated product.
In short, fans of Piper's acting really shouldn't miss out on this fun, thoroughly enjoyable memento of her first career. American fans of Doctor Who will probably be amused to learn that Piper was the "UK Britney" long before she became Rose Tyler. |
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Great First CD
Submitted on: 2006-07-05 |
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| As a huge fan of pop/rock I love this CD. Because We Want To and Party on the Phone show that she was young when she released this CD. But they are fun songs that you can't help but dance to. I love this CD because it's got a mixture of the different type of pop. Fans of Mandy Moore should really check this CD out. |
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