Reviews
Included in Wire Magazine's "50 Records of the Year '99", "...Dead Bees on a Cake Is the Bittersweet Treat Its Title Suggests.", "...The record is a sophisticated, contented collection, but also the hard won result of a musical struggle....there's no more eyeliner and adolescent squirming, but there's still sex in that grainy voice, and this new glam R&B will do just fine...", "...this is a record to stir hopes that an artist who has fallen off the map of fashion and commerciality can at least do well enough to get his music out there once again...", "...Sylvian isn't just another New Age somnambulist; his chill-out aesthetic also finds a place for knotty jazz arrangements that echo BITCHES BREW-era Miles as well as some tantric trance beats from Talvin Singh. Sylvian may ride a mellow vibe, but he's not asleep at the wheel." - Rating: B+, "...shows Sylvaian in a more organic mood than usual, with the increased intimacy suiting the poetic, spiritual mysticism of his lyrics..."