''Cherry Marmalade'' is the first solo album by Kay Hanley, released in 2002 (see

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Critical reception

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'' considered "Cherry Marmalade" one of the top ten CDs released in 2002.Katz, Larry; Rodman, Sarah; Tedrek, T.J.; Johnson, Dean; Young, Bob; Gewertz, Daniel; Convey, Kevin; Wedge, Dave; Milano, Brett; Powers, Keith; Laban, Linda.
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. ''Boston Herald''. December 20, 2002. p. S3. Laban described it as "sexy, clever, catchy pop". John Wirt of ''

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'' said, "Hanley's versatile voice runs from reedy and tough to airy and vulnerable. Her singing's fully exploited through multi-tracking. Hanley's music and lyrics, either written by her alone or with Eisenstein, are as fetching and varied as anything Letters to Cleo did.""Wirt, John.
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. ''The Advocate'' (Baton Rouge, Louisiana). August 30, 2002. Wirt described "Cherry Marmalade" as "one of the more pleasing pop-rock CDs of 2002. Craig S. Simon of the Worcester Telegram and Gazette described "Cherry Marmalade" a "joyous collection of the kind of smart and spunky pop tunes that seem to be few and far between these days." Chuck Campbell of the ''

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'' said the album "often sounds like it's lacking a focal point" and "that Hanley struggles for a sense of purpose as she works her way through the enervating muddiness". Elysa Gardner of ''

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'' called ''Cherry Marmalade'', "insubstantial and bland". After "Cherry Marmalade" did not make a large commercial impact, Hanley said, "I have to remind people all the time (especially my mom) that my goal is not to reach a mass audience but to consistently put out my own version of good pop music to as many, or few, people who want to hear it. Letters to Cleo never made massively popular records, and I probably never will either, but I'll always make music, so if you want to hear it, I'll keep making it."'Grounded for Life' makes move to new home
. ''Herald and Review'' (Decatur, Illinois). December 13, 2002.

Track listing

#"Fall" (Hanley) – 4:57 #"This Dreadful Life" (Eisenstein, Hanley) – 4:32 #"Satellite" (Hanley) – 4:19 #"Chady Saves the Day" (Eisenstein, Hanley) – 4:06 #"Sheltering Sky" (Eisenstein, Hanley) – 4:34 #"Princely Ghetto" (Eisenstein, Hanley) – 4:27 #"Made in the Shade" (Eisenstein, Hanley) – 4:48 #"Faded Dress" (Hanley) – 5:11 #"Happy to Be Here" (Hanley) – 2:38 #"Galapagos" (Hanley) – 6:25 #"Mean Streak" (Eisenstein, Hanley) – 2:50 #"Trans-Neptunian Object #1" (Hanley) – 5:00

Personnel

*Kay Hanley –

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

*Peter Adams – keyboards *Paul Buckley –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

*Michael Eisenstein –

*Tim Obetz –

pedal steel The pedal steel guitar is a console steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings, enabling more varied and complex music to be played than with other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play ...

*Carl Plaster – drums *Steve Scully –

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

, brushes *Jennifer Trynin – guitar *Ed Valauskas –

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Production

*Producer: Mike Denneen *Engineer: Mike Denneen *Assistant engineer: Fred Archambault *Mastering: Greg Calbi *Mixing: Tom Polce, Scott Riebling

References

{{Authority control Kay Hanley albums 2002 albums Zoë Records albums