# Let It Bee

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{{About|the Voice of the Beehive album||Let It Be (disambiguation){{!}}Let It Be}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name         = Let It Bee
| type         = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist       = [Voice of the Beehive](/source/Voice_of_the_Beehive)
| cover        = VOTB Let It Bee.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 20 June 1988<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Albums|magazine=[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)|page=8|date=18 June 1988}}</ref>
| recorded     = 1987–1988
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = {{hlist|[Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock)|[pop](/source/Pop_music)}}
| length       = 45:03 (U.S. version)
| label        = [London](/source/London_Records)
| producer     = {{hlist|Pete Collins|[Marvin Etzioni](/source/Marvin_Etzioni)|[Hugh Jones](/source/Hugh_Jones_(producer))}}
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = [Honey Lingers](/source/Honey_Lingers)
| next_year    = 1991
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Let It Bee
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Just a City
 | single1date = 1987
 | single2     = I Say Nothing
 | single2date = 1987
 | single3     = I Walk the Earth
 | single3date = 1988
 | single4     = [Don't Call Me Baby](/source/Don't_Call_Me_Baby_(Voice_of_the_Beehive_song))
 | single4date = 1988
 | single5     = I Say Nothing (reissue)
 | single5date = 1988
 | single6     = I Walk the Earth (reissue)
 | single6date = 1988
 | single7     = Man in the Moon
 | single7date = 1988
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r21318}}</ref>
| rev2      =''[Record Collector](/source/Record_Collector)''
| rev2Score ={{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Staunton |first=Terry |date=October 2022 |title=From The Vaults |journal=[Record Collector](/source/Record_Collector) |issue=536 |page=118}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)''
| rev3Score = A−<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=March 14, 1989|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv289-89.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)|location=New York|accessdate=April 29, 2013}}</ref>
}}

'''''Let It Bee''''' is the debut album by American [alternative](/source/alternative_rock) [pop rock](/source/pop_rock) band [Voice of the Beehive](/source/Voice_of_the_Beehive). Released in 1988 on [London Records](/source/London_Records), the album earned positive reviews from music critics and was a success on U.S. [college radio](/source/Campus_radio) stations. In the UK, the album reached No. 13 on the albums chart in its debut week ending 2 July 1988.<ref name=OCC>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24564/voice-of-the-beehive/|title=Official Charts > Voice of the Beehive|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|accessdate=2015-10-07}}</ref> The album peaked at No. 53 in Australia on the [ARIA](/source/ARIA_Charts) albums chart,<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716153430/http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg|url=http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg|archivedate=2015-07-16|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15|accessdate=2015-10-07|publisher=[Imgur](/source/Imgur)}}</ref> and No. 40 in New Zealand.<ref name=nz>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Voice+of+the+Beehive|title=charts.nz > Voice of the Beehive|publisher=charts.nz Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-10-07}}</ref>

The group had their first top 40 hit single in the UK with "[Don't Call Me Baby](/source/Don't_Call_Me_Baby_(Voice_of_the_Beehive_song))" from the album, which reached No. 15.<ref name=OCC/>  ''Let It Bee'' contained two bonus tracks on the U.S. edition (they were not listed on the CD cover, but were listed within the text on the disc).

==Track listing==
#"The Beat of Love" <small>(Tracey Bryn, Brad Nack, temptation rap by Melissa Brooke)</small> – 4:08
#"Sorrow Floats" <small>(Bryn)</small> – 4:23
#"[Don't Call Me Baby](/source/Don't_Call_Me_Baby_(Voice_of_the_Beehive_song))" <small>(Bryn, Mike Jones)</small> – 3:11
#"Man in the Moon" <small>(Bryn, Brooke)</small> – 3:16
#"What You Have Is Enough" <small>(Bryn)</small> – 2:38
#"Oh Love" <small>(Brooke, Jones)</small> – 2:59
#"I Walk the Earth" <small>(Nack)</small> – 3:42
#"Trust Me" <small>(Bryn)</small> – 3:22
#"I Say Nothing" <small>(Bryn, Jones)</small> – 3:32
#"There's a Barbarian in the Back of My Car" <small>(Bryn, [Zodiac Mindwarp](/source/Zodiac_Mindwarp))</small> – 2:38
#"Just a City" <small>(Bryn, Jones)</small> – 4:27
#"This Weak" <small>(Bryn, Jones)</small> (bonus track, U.S. only) – 3:14
#"Jesus" <small>([Lou Reed](/source/Lou_Reed))</small> (bonus track, U.S. only) – 3:24

== Personnel ==

=== The band ===
* Tracey Bryn – vocals and guitar
* Melissa Brooke Belland – vocals
* Mike Jones – guitars, vocals, keyboards, and keyboard programming
* Martin Brett – bass guitar and piano
* [D. M. Woodgate](/source/Daniel_Woodgate) – drums, percussion, triggers, and keyboard programming

=== Additional musicians ===
* Henrick – keyboards
* [Dave Swarbrick](/source/Dave_Swarbrick) – fiddle
* The Kick – horns, Ladbroke Grove Man on "The Beat of Love" intro
* [Marvin Etzioni](/source/Marvin_Etzioni) – mandolin, piano

=== Production ===
* Pete Collins – "The Beat of Love", "Sorrow Floats", "Don't Call Me Baby", "Man in the Moon", "I Walk the Earth", "Trust Me" and "I Say Nothing"
* [Hugh Jones](/source/Hugh_Jones_(producer)) – "Just a City", "There's a Barbarian in the Back of My Car" and "What You Have Is Enough"
* Marvin Etzioni – "Oh Love"
* Mike Jones – "This Weak" and "Jesus"

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Chart (1988)
!Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia ([ARIA Charts](/source/ARIA_Charts))<ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|53
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand ([RIANZ](/source/RIANZ))
| style="text-align:center;"|40
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom ([Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company))
| style="text-align:center;"|13
|-
! scope="row"| [European Albums](/source/European_Top_100_Albums) (''[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-07-09.pdff |title=European Top 100 Albums |magazine=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media) |volume=5 |issue=28 |date=9 July 1988 |page=18 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 42
|}

===2022 deluxe edition===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col"|Chart (2022)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|52|date=20221216|rowheader=true|access-date=December 21, 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|[UK Album Sales Chart](/source/UK_Albums_Chart) (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-sales-chart/20221216/7511/|title=Official Album Sales Chart Top 100|publisher=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|date=16 December 2022|access-date=21 December 2022}}</ref>
|53
|-
{{album chart|UKIndependent|15|date=20221216|rowheader=true|access-date=May 5, 2024}}
|}

==Singles==
* 1987 "Just a City" No.154 UK
* 1987 "I Say Nothing" No. 45 UK,<ref name=OCC/> No. 73 [AUS](/source/Kent_Music_Report)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location = Sydney|year=1993|edition=Illustrated|pages=330|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. This chart was licensed by [ARIA](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association) until they commenced producing the chart in-house from 26 June 1988.</ref>
* 1988 "I Walk the Earth" No. 42 UK<ref name=OCC/>
* 1988 "[Don't Call Me Baby](/source/Don't_Call_Me_Baby_(Voice_of_the_Beehive_song))" No. 15 UK,<ref name=OCC/> No. 48 [AUS](/source/ARIA_Charts),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Voice+of+the+Beehive|title=Australian Charts > Voice of the Beehive|publisher=australian-charts.com Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-10-07}}</ref> No. 25 NZ<ref name=nz/>
* 1988 "I Say Nothing" ''(re-issue)'' No. 22 UK,<ref name=OCC/> No. 11 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431052/voice-of-the-beehive/chart?f=377|title=Billboard Artists / Voice of the Beehive: Alternative Songs|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=2015-10-07}}</ref>
* 1988 "I Walk the Earth" ''(re-issue)'' No. 46 UK<ref name=OCC/>
* 1988 "Man in the Moon" No. 93 UK<ref name=OCC/>

== References ==
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