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| Released | May 2, 2000 (United States) | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
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| Length | 40:34 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
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Hoku is the eponymous debut album by Hoku, released on May 2, 2000.[2] The album attained modest commercial success, peaking at number 151 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and within the top 10 of the Heatseekers Albums chart. The album had sold more than 230,000 copies in the United States within three years of its release. The album elicited generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised the album's lightheartedness and compared Hoku's music to that of Jewel and Liz Phair, although some took issue with the lyrics.
The album spawned two singles. The lead single, "Another Dumb Blonde", was featured in the motion picture Snow Day and became a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Follow-up single "How Do I Feel (The Burrito Song)" was less successful, failing to chart but yielding positive feedback from critics. Hoku remains Hoku's only full-length, major label album to date, and one of only two releases (the other being her 2008 EP Listen Up).
- ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul. Hal Leonard. p. 531. ISBN 9780879306533. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "Billboard". 29 April 2000.