This came out in 2000 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Think The Fifth Dimension crossed with the Cocktail Revolution. Or maybe The Nylons on nitrous oxide.
Toronto vocal quartet The Beehive Singers pour some wild honey in your ear on this debut disc featuring 40 minutes of luscious sweet four-part harmony delivered with just the right mix of sincerity and kitsch. Executive produced by lounge legend Jaymz Bee and backed by a swank and swinging lounge-jazz combo, these voices of the Beehive flit back and forth between classic sophisticate croonfests (Burt Bacharach’s Wishin’ & Hopin’, Johnny Mercer’s Clear Out This World) and oddball selections (John Southworth’s Girl On The Moon, Donald Fagan’s Maxine and a version of Neil Young’s Only Love Can Break Your Heart unlike any you’ve heard before) that take you up, up and away in their beautifully silly balloon. Sweeeeeet.
