Honey to the B

Infobox Album
Name = Honey To The B
Type = Studio Album
Longtype =
Artist = Billie


Released = Oct 19 1998
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Pop
Length = 51:04
Label = Virgin
Producer = Jim Marr and Wendy Page
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lif8zfd1eh7k~T1 link]
Last album =
This album = "Honey To The B"
(1998)
Next album = "Walk of Life"
(2000)

"Honey To The B" is the debut album by pop singer Billie Piper, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). Billie (she was known at the time only by her first name) was the first British female artist to have a first single debut at #1 on the UK pop charts.

The album spawned a number of hits singles including "Girlfriend, "She Wants You", the anthemic "Because We Want To", and the title track "Honey to the Bee". "Honey to the Bee" was later covered by Swedish girl group Play for their 2003 album Replay. The American version of the album differs in that it contains the radio mix of "Girlfriend", while the Japanese version includes a bonus track. According to Piper's autobiography, the album went on to sell over 500,000 copies in the UK alone. Fact|date=August 2008

The single Honey To The Bee re-entered at number 17 in the official UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007, 8 years after initial release, thanks to efforts by BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles.

UK track listing

# "Because We Want To" (Marr/Page/Rambo/Richmond) - 3:48
# "Girlfriend" (Rambo/Richmond) - 3:50
# "Officially Yours" (Mitra) - 3:26
# "She Wants You" (Laws/Sheyne) - 3:38
# "Love Groove" (Marr/Page/Piper) - 4:29
# "Party on the Phone" (Marr/Page) - 4:14
# "Saying I'm Sorry Now" (Rambo/Richmond) - 4:00
# "You've Got It" (Green/McLaughlin) - 3:43
# "I Dream" (Marr/Page) - 5:33
# "Honey To The Bee" (Marr/Page) - 5:03
# "Whatcha Gonna Do" (Rambo/Richmond) - 4:33
# "Don't Forget to Remember" (Marr/Page) - 4:47

US track listing

# "Honey to the Bee" (Marr/Page) - 5:03
# "I Dream" (Marr/Page) - 5:33
# "She Wants You" (Laws/Sheyne) - 3:38
# "Love Groove" (Marr/Page/Piper) - 4:29
# "Party on the Phone" (Marr/Page) - 4:14
# "Officially Yours" (Mitra) - 3:26
# "You've Got It" (Green/McLaughlin) - 3:43
# "Saying I'm Sorry Now" (Rambo/Richmond) - 4:00
# "Girlfriend" [Radio mix] (Rambo/Richmond) - 3:50
# "What'cha Gonna Do?" (Rambo/Richmond) - 4:33
# "Don't Forget to Remember" (Marr/Page) - 4:47
# "Because We Want To" (Marr/Page/Rambo/Richmond) - 3:48

Japan track listing

# "Because We Want To" (Marr/Page/Rambo/Richmond) - 3:48
# "Girlfriend" (Rambo/Richmond) - 3:50
# "Officially Yours" (Mitra) - 3:26
# "She Wants You" (Laws/Sheyne) - 3:38
# "Love Groove" (Marr/Page/Piper) - 4:29
# "Party on the Phone" (Marr/Page) - 4:14
# "Saying I'm Sorry Now" (Rambo/Richmond) - 4:00
# "You've Got It" (Green/McLaughlin) - 3:43
# "I Dream" (Marr/Page) - 5:33
# "Honey To The Bee" (Marr/Page) - 5:03
# "Whatcha Gonna Do" (Rambo/Richmond) - 4:33
# "Don't Forget to Remember" (Marr/Page) - 4:47
# "So Deep" (Marr/Page) - 4:54
# "She Wants You (The Almighty Mix)" (Laws/Sheyne) - 6:47

Personnel

* Billie Piper - vocals
* Jim Marr - producer, mixing, programming, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar
*Wendy Page - producer, mixing, backing vocals, vocal arrangement
*Cutfather - producer, remixing
*Yak Bondy - backing vocals, keyboards, piano, vocoder, programming
*Roger Jackson - guitar, keyboards, programming
*Mark James - acoustic guitar
*Nick Lacey - flute, strings
*London Community Gospel Choir - backing vocals
*Sweet-P - vocals
*Pete Craigie - engineer, mixing
*Michelle Barry - assistant engineer
*Matt Tait - assistant engineer

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - ARIA (Australia)

External links

* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IWUG Amazon.com review]
* [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,847002,00.html Artist Direct review]
* [http://www.epinions.com/musc-review-21CD-BEB9C43-38E71C4F-prod2 Epinions.com review]
* [http://rateyourmusic.com/view_album_details/album_id_is_77633 Rate Your Music review]