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{{Infobox album
!align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|''Wholesale Meats and Fish''
| name = Wholesale Meats and Fish
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| type = [[Album]]
|align="center" colspan="3"|<!-- covered needed; please add one here -->
| artist = [[Letters to Cleo]]
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| cover = Letters_to_Cleo_-_Wholesale_Meats_and_Fish.jpg
!align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|[[vinyl record|LP]] by [[Letters To Cleo]]
| alt =
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| released = August 1, 1995
!align="left" valign="top"|Released
| recorded =
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[August 1]], [[1995]]
| venue =
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| studio =
!align="left" valign="top"|Recorded
|colspan="2" valigngenre ="top"| [[Alternative rock]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|???
| length = 44:41
|-
| label = [[Giant Records (Warner)|Giant]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bostonphoenix.com/archive/music/00/06/29/CELLARS_BY_STARLIGHT1.html|title=Cellars by Starlight - Part 1|website=bostonphoenix.com}}</ref>
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Musical genre|Genre]]
| producer = Mike Denneen<ref name=TP/>
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Alternative rock]]
| prev_title = [[Aurora Gory Alice]]
|-
| prev_year = 1993
!align="left" valign="top"|Length
| next_title = [[Go! (Letters to Cleo album)|Go!]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|44 [[minute|min]] 41 [[second|sec]]
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Wholesale Meats and Fish
| type = studio
| single1 = Awake
| single1date = 1994
|}}
}}
'''''Wholesale Meats and Fish''''' is the second album by the alternative rock band [[Letters to Cleo]], released in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/letters-to-cleo-mn0000821544/biography|title=Letters to Cleo Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2578495/letters-to-cleo-video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512181637/http://www.mtv.com/news/2578495/letters-to-cleo-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2018|title=Letters To Cleo Play Themselves Out: Wake-Up Video|website=MTV News}}</ref> The first single was "Awake".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/noisetrade/music/letterstocleo|title=Letters to Cleo Albums :: NoiseTrade :: Paste Magazine|website=www.pastemagazine.com}}</ref>
 
==Critical reception==
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{{Music ratings
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record label]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Warner Music Group|Warner]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wholesale-meats-and-fish-mw0000644970|title=Letters to Cleo - Wholesale Meats and Fish Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|-
|rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record producer|Producer]]
|rev2score = B−<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/08/11/wholesale-meats-and-fish/|title=Wholesale Meats and Fish|website=EW.com}}</ref>
|colspan="2" valign="top"|???
}}
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''[[Trouser Press]]'' wrote that "'Little Rosa', the album's highlight, is '60s-influenced jangle-pop genius."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Letters to Cleo |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/letters-to-cleo/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref>
!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews
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!align="left" valign="top"|<small>Allmusic.com</small>
|valign="top"|2.5 stars out of 5
|valign="top"|<small>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB020403281735342992&sql=Awlf1zfj8eh2k link]</small>
|-
!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Letters To Cleo Chronology
|-align="center"
|valign="top"|<small>''[[Aurora Gory Alice]]''<br />([[1994]])</small>
|valign="top"|<small>''Wholesale Meats and Fish''<br />([[1995]])</small>
|valign="top"|<small>''[[Go!]]''<br />([[1997]])</small>
|}
 
''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' opined that "too often singer Kay Hanley sounds like a petulant Juliana Hatfield on their soapy, overdramatic love songs."<ref name="auto"/>
 
''[[The New York Times]]'' compared the album to its predecessor, calling it "the same alt-rock in a different package". It said that, while Hanley's "bright, clear delivery often lifts Letters to Cleo above college-band status, her happiness can become wearing".<ref>Sherr, Sara (August 25, 1995). "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/627659691/ Letters to Cleo: 'Wholesale Meats and Fish']". ''New York Times News Service''. The Charlotte Observer. p. 7F.</ref>
'''''Wholesale Meats and Fish''''' is the second album by the alternative rock band [[Letters To Cleo]]. It was released on August 1, 1995.
 
==Track listing==
All songs by [[Kay Hanley]] and Letters to Cleo.
#"Demon Rock" - 3:24
 
#"Fast Way" - 3:59
#"JenniferDemon Rock" - 53:1024
#"AwakeFast Way" - 3:5559
#"LaudanumJennifer" - 45:0010
#"Acid JedAwake" - 3:0255
#"Pizza CutterLaudanum" - 4:0200
#"St.Acid PeterJed" - 43:1302
#"LittlePizza RosaCutter" - 34:0702
#"St. Peter" – 4:13
#"Do What You Want, Yeah" - 2:51
#"He'sLittle Got an AnswerRosa" - 3:4907
#"IDo CouldWhat SleepYou (TheWant, Wuss Song)Yeah" - 32:0951
#"He's Got an Answer" – 3:49
#"I Could Sleep (The Wuss Song)" – 3:09
 
==Chart positions==
===Album===
*1995 Wholesale Meats Andand FishesFish The Billboard 200 No. 188<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rosen |first1=Craig |title=Letters To Cleo 'Go!' for a breakthrough |magazine=Billboard |date=Sep 6, 1997 |volume=109 |issue=36 |pages=13, 118}}</ref>
*1995 Wholesale Meats Andand FishesFish Heatseekers No. 11
 
===Singles===
*1995 Awake The Billboard Hot 100 No. 88
*1995 Awake Awake Modern Rock Tracks No. 17
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Letters to Cleo albums]]