''Electric Honey'' is the third studio album by

Luscious Jackson Luscious Jackson is an alternative rock/ rap-rock group formed in 1991. The band's name is a reference to former American basketball player Lucious Jackson. The original band consisted of Jill Cunniff (vocals, bass), Gabby Glaser (vocals, guit ...

, released on June 29, 1999, by

Grand Royal Grand Royal was the Los Angeles, California-based vanity record label set up in 1992 by rap group Beastie Boys in conjunction with Capitol Records after the group left Def Jam Recordings. ''Grand Royal'' was also the name of a magazine written ...

. It peaked at number 102 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, as well as number 99 on the

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Track listing

All songs written by Jill Cunniff, except tracks 5, 7, 10, 12 and 14, by Gabrielle Glaser. #"Nervous Breakthrough" – 3:47 #" Ladyfingers" – 3:27 #"Christine" – 3:30 #"Alien Lover" – 3:50 #"Summer Daze" – 3:31 #"Sexy Hypnotist" – 3:14 #"Friends" – 3:30 #"Devotion" – 3:14 #"Fantastic Fabulous" (featuring

Deborah Harry Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981. Born in ...

) – 3:14 #"Gypsy" – 3:01 #"Beloved" – 2:58 #"Country's a Callin'" – 3:10 #"Space Diva" – 3:25 #"Fly" – 4:17 #"Lover's Moon" – 1:53

Personnel

;Luscious Jackson *

Jill Cunniff Jill Cunniff (born August 17, 1966) is an American musician and artist, best known as the lead singer of the band Luscious Jackson. Cunniff was born in New York City and attended college in San Francisco. After returning to New York in 1991, she ...

– vocals (tracks 1–4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15), guitar (1–3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15), bass guitar (1–9, 11, 13), keyboards (4, 6), backing vocals (10, 12), space opera (13) *Gabrielle Glaser –

rap vocals Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

(1, 4), keyboards (1, 7, 10), guitar (4, 5, 7, 10, 12–14), vocals (5, 7, 10, 12, 14), keyboard strings (5), piano (7, 10), lead guitar (9), backing vocals (9, 13), bass guitar (10, 12),

drum programming Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices and computer software, such as sequencers and workstations or hardware synthesizers, sampler and sequencers, to generate sounds of musical instruments. These mus ...

(12),

mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

(14) *

Kate Schellenbach Kate Schellenbach (born January 5, 1966) is an American musician and television producer. She is the drummer of Luscious Jackson and was a founding drummer of the Beastie Boys. Born in New York City, she played with the Beastie Boys from 1981 to ...

– percussion (1), drums (3, 4, 6–14) ;Additional musicians *Tia Sprocket – percussion (1), backing vocals (5, 7, 14), finger snaps (14) *

Robert Aaron Robert Aaron (born Robert Arron Vineberg; November 13, 1955) is a Canadian jazz musician. According to John Leland of the New York Times "Mr. Aaron played flute, saxophone, clarinet and piano, then taught himself guitar, trumpet, bassoon, Fren ...

– horns (1, 6), flute (5, 6) *Tony Mangurian – programming (1–3, 6, 11), vocals (2), backing vocals (5, 7), drum programming (5), additional drums (7), guitar (11), piano (11), keyboards (2), "Jalfrazi guy" (10) *

Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including ...

– backing vocals (2, 12) *G. Wise –

talkbox A talk box (also spelled talkbox and talk-box) is an effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument by shaping the frequency content of the sound and to apply speech sounds (in the same way as singing) onto the so ...

(2) *

N'Dea Davenport N'Dea Davenport (born September 22, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and producer. She was the lead vocalist in the UK acid jazz band the Brand New Heavies and made pioneering contributions to the genre of acid jazz. Career He ...

– ghost vocals (3) *

Daniel Lanois Daniel Roland Lanois ( , ; born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has produced albums by artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willie ...

–

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...

(3) *Alex Young – DJ (3, 9) *

Mickey Petralia Mickey Petralia is an American producer, engineer, and mixer. Petralia produced all of the music on ''Flight of the Conchords''. Discography *2014 - ''Muppets Most Wanted: Original Soundtrack'' *2011 - ''The Muppets: Original Soundtrack'' *200 ...

– programming (4, 8) *

Roger Manning Roger Manning is a New York City based singer-songwriter who plays an aggressive acoustic style of music. Manning, along with a small handful of other artists, composed the original New York City anti-folk scene. On February 6, 1985, Manning w ...

– additional keyboards (4, 8) *Danny Frankel – percussion (4, 8) *Kym Hampton – backing vocals (7) *Diane Friedewald – backing vocals (7) *Irene Bremis – backing vocals (7) *Sean Raynor – backing vocals (7) *

– guest vocals (9) *Lisa Haney – strings (9) *25 Ton – programming (13) *

Petra Haden Petra Haden (born October 11, 1971) is an American musician and singer. She is the daughter of the jazz bassist Charlie Haden, and is the triplet sister of bassist Rachel Haden (her bandmate in That Dog) and cellist Tanya Haden (married to ...

– violin (13, 15) *

Josephine Wiggs Miranda Cordelia Susan Josephine Wiggs (born 26 February 1963) is an English multi-instrumentalist rock musician, best known for her work as bassist in the alternative rock bands The Breeders and The Perfect Disaster. She has also formed mult ...

– cello (13),

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(14) *Vincent Louis – percussion (14) ;Technical * Andy Wallace – mixing *Jamey Staub – mixing (4, 8, 13–15) *Steve Sisco – assistant engineer *Tony Mangurian – co-producer (1, 2, 5–7, 10–12), engineer (2) *Jill Cunniff – co-producer (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15) *Serge Tsai – engineer (1, 3, 5–7, 10–12) *Mickey Petralia – co-producer (4, 8) *Phil Painson – assistant engineer (4, 8, 13) *Danny Madorsky – assistant engineer (4, 8, 13) *

Robert Carranza Robert Carranza is an American recording engineer, mixer and record producer. Selected discography *2017 – Heaven Upside Down – Marilyn Manson *2016 – ''Dont Go She Gone'' – ''Mangchi'' *2015 – ''The Pale Emperor'' – Marilyn Man ...

– additional engineering (4) *Gabrielle Glaser – co-producer (5, 7, 10, 12, 14) *Jaime Candiloro – additional engineering (7) *

Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...

– co-producer (9), engineer (9) *Juan Garcia – additional engineering (9), assistant engineer (14) *25 Ton – co-producer (13, 14) *Prince Strickland III – assistant engineer (13, 15) *Alex Kyriazsis – additional engineering (13) *

Howie Weinberg Howie Weinberg is an American audio mastering engineer with over 2,257 mastering credits, three TEC Awards, 21 Grammy Awards, two Juno Awards, and one Mercury Prize. Career Weinberg mastered Herbie Hancock's 1983 album ''Future Shock''. Other m ...

– mastering *

Danny Clinch Danny Clinch (born 1964) is an American photographer and film director. Biography Born in Toms River, New Jersey, Clinch graduated from Toms River High School East in 1982. After attending Ocean County College, he attended the New England S ...

– cover, back cover and equipment photography *Susan Alzner – Kate drum photo *Jeremy Creamer – Jill bass photo *Tommy Grimm – Gabby live guitar photo *Parents – kid photos *Orb Acton – country photo *Gabriel Trujillo – hair, make-up *Jeffrey Fernandez – styling *Bill McMullen – art direction, design

Charts

References

External links

* 1999 albums Albums produced by Mickey Petralia Albums produced by Tony Visconti Grand Royal albums Luscious Jackson albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub