To the untrained eye there was perhaps a hint of novelty around Voice Of The Beehive, a British quintet fronted by Californian sisters Tracey and Melissa Belland, joined by Daniel ‘Woody’ Woodgate (formerly of Madness), along with Mike Jones and Martin Brett. The entire album is brimmed with bright, sugary melodies that almost rot your teeth with their saccharine goodness. Playful, witty lyrics keep the album interesting at all levels, and help keep the "weaker," songs at a high quality. The singers put so much life and energy behind every lyric, it makes the album incredibly catchy.

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Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.588. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. I cant believe this album isn't more popular. It's totally perplexing. I'm the first person to review it in over 7 years. Mind-boggling. Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term. Christgau, Robert (14 March 1989). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York . Retrieved 29 April 2013.

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The duo arrived as LA refugees in 1986, primarily to escape what they described as the ‘sleazy politics’ of the West Coast music business, and would eventually stay on for a decade. Australian Charts > Voice of the Beehive". australian-charts.com Hung Medien . Retrieved 7 October 2015. The band had five Top 40 singles from two albums in the UK. [2] Their biggest commercial success came with the singles "I Say Nothing", " Don't Call Me Baby", "Monsters and Angels" and " I Think I Love You", taken from albums Let It Bee and Honey Lingers. Sex & Misery, a third album, was released in 1996; [3] by this point sisters Tracey and Melissa were the sole group members. The band reformed in 2003 to play a two-week UK tour. Elsewhere, the two additional versions of I Walk The Earth are proof of its durability, but it’s easy to understand why the rest was excluded from the original version. Official Album Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 16 December 2022 . Retrieved 21 December 2022.

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Melissa Brooke Belland or "Missy Beehive" – vocals – (born 17 February 1966, Los Angeles, California)

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a b "charts.org.nz > Voice of the Beehive in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien . Retrieved 18 November 2019. Success came almost immediately. Let It Bee was a hit album and featured quite a few singles, including ‘I Say Nothing’, ‘I Walk The Earth’ and the band’s best known 45, ‘Don’t Call Me Baby’. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrateded.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p.330. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. This chart was licensed by ARIA until they commenced producing the chart in-house from 26 June 1988. Gimme Shelter" (ARIA) peak: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 28 April 2017". Imgur.com . Retrieved 29 April 2017. Melissa and Tracey contributed a cover of " Five Feet High and Rising" to the Johnny Cash tribute album Til Things Are Brighter (1988), credited as Tracey & Melissa Beehive.

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It's consistent the entire way through, without a drop in quality anywhere on the album. It's a shame this band hasn't received much of the acclaim it deserves. Some may turn their nose up at the fun, playful pop and assume it's not worthy of praise, but those people are dead inside and probably had their father tear up their stuffed animal as a child. Their music came as a breath of fresh air among a heap of designer pop, acidhouse music and blandness.

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Great sleeve too, well printed with vibrant colours and clear fonts - not just a straight scan like some reissues (has been cleaned up very well). Voice Of The Beehive are both a band and a duo of 2 Petticoat Girls from California who are the daughter and step daughter of a 4 Prep. The members of Voice of the Beehive have gone their separate ways. Tracey Bryn is a teacher in Laguna Beach, California. Melissa Belland runs her own company Made in Heaven, also in Laguna Beach. Martin Brett runs Brett Dempsey Music Productions in London and joined I, Ludicrous on bass guitar in 2008. In 2011, he released his first solo single "Lover's Lane" under his original punk name Brett Martini. He also trained to become a facial hair specialist for film, theatre, and television in 2010. Daniel "Woody" Woodgate still plays drums, together with Mark Bedford on bass, in Madness. Mike Jones lives in Norwich, England and still plays guitar. The 80s were the finest decade in pop to my mind but few of the greatest stars ever charted: Virginia Astley is obvious.