Honey to the Bee

Billie Piper, Billie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 1999)
• Original Release Date: May 18, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B00000IWUG
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (105 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,484 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For those who love pop, July 2, 2005

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Danielle (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Honey to the Bee (Audio CD)

I found out about Billie in 1999 when I saw her on TV and when out and bought her cd Honey to B and it has been a regular in my cd player ever since. Here are my thoughts on the songs:

1.Honey to the bee-a fantastic way to start the cd. I love this song and it is one of four that I play the most

2.I Dream-the 2nd of my faves. A beautiful ballad, Billie's voice sounds great on this one.

3. She wants you- the 3rd of my faves and the first up-tempo song of the cd. Very pop sounding.

4.Love groove-a song that took me awhile to like but I like it now. It's a mid-tempo song.

5.Party on the phone-kind of a silly song and is most likely an album filler but it's still fun to listen to. Mid-tempo

6.Officially yours- I like this song. It's about a girl who is reassuring her boyfriend that she is his. Mid-tempo

7.You've got it- good song,very poppy. Up-tempo

8. Saying I'm sorry now- I really like this song, it's a low-tempo slower song.

9.Girlfriend-another kind of silly song but I like this one. Upper-tempo

10.Whatcha gonna do-good song about a girl leaving her boyfriend. mid-tempo

11.Don't forget to remember-the fourth song that I listen to the most. The song starts with the sounds of a diner. upper-tempo.

12.Because we want to- a very Girl Power song. You can tell this cd came out when the Spice Girls were hot because this is a very Girl Power attitude song. A little cheesy but I like it. Up-tempo

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great ALbum...., May 8, 2003

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mypetconcubine (Waianae, Hawaii U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Honey to the Bee (Audio CD)

In england she is the british britney spears ...but she is much better...i have no idea why this album never caught on here i the states..but i think this album rocks...
the song " Because we want to " was a battle cry in britian...it was an athemn...it's one of my favorite all time tracks...Honey to the bee is also a great track as well as she wants you..

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rose Tyler Sings!, December 20, 2006

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E.A. Week "reviewer-at-large" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Honey to the Bee (Audio CD)

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.