The impending release of Katy B's third album was announced with an image that displayed the names of all the collaborators.
So extensive that it was divided into columns, the listing looked like a poster for an all-day, three-stage dance music festival hosted by the singer and songwriter.
Old colleague Geeneus excepted, none of Katy B's collaborators here is involved with more than one track.
The roster of producers and guest artists is deep and eye-popping indeed, a mix of underground progressives and mainstream-level fusionists that includes veteran grime MCs, younger house producers, and upcoming vocalists.
Somewhat surprisingly, the album doesn't play out like a bundle of 13 disconnected songs with platinum aspirations.
Instead, also unexpectedly, much of it congeals into a mass of skillfully voiced, sturdily constructed material that is ultimately plain.
A handful of tracks does stick out.
At the top in running order and quality is "Honey," a lustful slow jam produced by Kaytranada that rides a bobbing two-note bassline.
Just under it is "Calm Down," scuffed-up, strings-enhanced neo-garridge made with Four Tet and Floating Points, and an uncharacteristically smoothed-out production from Chris Lorenzo.
Slotted into the album's latter half is a Tinie Tempah-less version of the breakbeat belter "Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)," the original of which, billed as KDA featuring Katy B, was released six months prior to the album and topped the U.K.
pop chart.
Katy, whose almost regal quality now seems to be on the brink of being as visible as her everywoman traits, continues to evolve as a writer and vocalist.
Honey nonetheless comes across as an attention-grabbing experiment more than it does a third proper full-length.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HoneyKathleen Brien, Louis Kevin Celestin | Katy B, Kaytranada | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 2 | Who Am IKathleen Brien, Craig David, Philip Meckseper, Thomas Wesley Pentz | Katy B, Craig David, Major Lazer | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 3 | So Far AwayKathleen Brien, Geeneus, Wilkinson | Katy B, Stamina MC, Wilkinson | Play | 04:28 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | Chase MeKathleen Brien, Jordan Reid | Katy B, Sasha Keable, JD. Reid | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 5 | Lose Your HeadKathleen Brien, Darren Dixon, Momodou Jallow, Kofi Kouassi, Teddy Samba, Rasi Wellington | Katy B, D Double E, The Heavytrackerz, J Hus | Play | 03:32 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 6 | I Wanna BeKathleen Brien, Geeneus, Kerli Koiv, Chris Lawrence | Katy B, Chris Lorenzo | Play | 05:00 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | Calm DownKathleen Brien, Kieran Hebden | Katy B, Floating Points, Four Tet | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 8 | HeavyKathleen Brien, Miles Mitchell | Katy B, Mr. Mitch | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 9 | Dark DeliriumKathleen Brien, Jamie Jones, Valeria Kurbatova, Kate Simko | Katy B, Jamie Jones, Kate Simko | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 10 | Water RisingKathleen Brien, Geeneus, David John | Katy B, Geeneus, Mssingno | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 11 | DreamersKathleen Brien, Hannah Wants | Katy B, Hannah Wants | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 12 | Honey (Outro)Kathleen Brien, Geeneus, Kwadwo Kankam | Katy B, Geeneus, Novelist | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 13 | Turn The Music Louder | Katy B, KDA | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 53 mins | 123 MB | |||||
| 53 mins | 356 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Allen | Guitar |
| 2 | Joe Ashworth | Engineer |
| 3 | Katy B | Liner Notes, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 4 | Kathleen Brien | Composer |
| 5 | Louis Kevin Celestin | Composer |
| 6 | Wez Clarke | Mixing |
| 7 | D Double E | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 8 | Craig David | Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 9 | Kris Di Angelis | Composer |
| 10 | Darren Dixon | Composer |
| 11 | Floating Points | Primary Artist |
| 12 | Four Tet | Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 13 | Geeneus | A&R, Additional Production, Arranger, Composer, Executive Producer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocal Producer |
| 14 | Oliver Hackett | Inlay Photography |
| 15 | Stuart Hawkes | Mastering |
| 16 | Jarrad Hearman | Mastering, Mixing, Vocal Engineer |
| 17 | The Heavytrackerz | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 18 | Kieran Hebden | Composer |
| 19 | J Hus | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 20 | Momodou Jallow | Composer |
| 21 | David John | Composer |
| 22 | Jamie Jones | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 23 | Kwadwo Kankam | Composer |
| 24 | Kaytranada | Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals |
| 25 | KDA | Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 26 | Sasha Keable | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 27 | Kerli Koiv | Composer, Vocals |
| 28 | Kofi Kouassi | Composer |
| 29 | Valeria Kurbatova | Composer |
| 30 | Chris Lawrence | Composer |
| 31 | London Electronic Orchestra | Strings |
| 32 | Chris Lorenzo | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 33 | Major Lazer | Primary Artist |
| 34 | Philip Meckseper | Composer, Producer |
| 35 | Miles Mitchell | Composer |
| 36 | Mr. Mitch | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 37 | Mssingno | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 38 | Novelist | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 39 | Dipesh Parmar | Arranger, Editing |
| 40 | Thomas Wesley Pentz | Composer, Producer |
| 41 | JD. Reid | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 42 | Jordan Reid | Composer |
| 43 | Teddy Samba | Composer |
| 44 | Shadow Child | Editing |
| 45 | Sam Shepherd | Flute Arrangement, String Arrangements |
| 46 | Kate Simko | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer, String Arrangements |
| 47 | Stamina MC | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 48 | Neil Tollitt | String Engineer |
| 49 | Hannah Wants | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 50 | Rasi Wellington | Composer |
| 51 | Wilkinson | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |