The Alice Band were a pop group formed in 2000 by Rob Dickins[1] and featured the artists Charity Hair from Florida, Amy Lindop from Glasgow and Audrey Nugent from Dublin.[2] All three artists were vocalists and played guitar.[3]
Discography
Album
The Alice Band's only album release was The Love Junk Store (2002).[4] The album was produced by Giles Martin[5] and released by Instant Karma. It featured the singles "One Day at a Time", "Nothin’ On But the Radio" and "Now That You Love Me". "Nothin' On But the Radio" also featured on Disc 1 of the Pepsi Chart 2002 album.
The album received mixed reviews. Ian Hyland of The Sunday Mirror gave it 7/10[6] and Mike Pattenden of The Times gave it 3*.[7] The Express on Sunday called the music "catchy country pop tunes"[8] whilst it was received negatively by The Express, "unexceptional and lightweight";[9] Sunday Tribune, "Soulless stuff";[10] and Sunday Mercury's Paul Cole wrote that most of the album is "blandly forgettable".[11] The Observer wrote that the "trio reeks of commercial calculation" and the album had "catchy if clichéd songs".[12]
- The Love Junk Store (2002)
Track | Name |
---|---|
1. | "Ten Year Night" |
2. | "One Day at a Time" |
3. | "January's Child" |
4. | "Angel" |
5. | "Now That You Love Me" |
6. | "Everything I'm Looking For" |
7. | "One Good Thing" |
8. | "Nothing On But the Radio" |
9. | "Tambourine Song" |
10. | "Annie" |
11. | "Lights Are Changing" |
12. | "Is This All" |
Singles
- "One Day at a Time" (2001)
Track | Name |
---|---|
1. | "One Day at a Time" |
2. | "Your Eyes" |
3. | "After the Goldrush" |
4. | "One Day at a Time" (Video) |
- "Nothing On But the Radio" (2002)
- "Now That You Love Me" (2002)
Track | Name |
---|---|
1. | "Now That You Love Me" |
2. | "Inside of You" |
3. | "Lucky One" |
4. | "Now That You Love Me" |
- "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (2002) (Blue Öyster Cult cover)
Track | Name |
---|---|
1. | "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" |
2. | "Your Eyes Undressed Me" |
3. | "Everything I'm Looking For" |
4. | "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (enhanced video) |
After the band
Amy Lindop, now known as Amy Belle,[13] and Audrey Nugent are solo artists. Charity Hair is the lead singer for The Ailerons and singer for Red Sky July.[14]
References
- ↑ "Madviolet". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
- ↑ Dingwall, John (19 September 2001), "OTR - OFF THE RECORD", Scottish Daily Record
- ↑ Cochrane, Lynn (30 September 2001), "On a country road to fame - Interview - Amy Lindop", The Sunday Times
- ↑ All Music, database.
- ↑ Dingwall, John (9 January 2002), "OTR - OFF THE RECORD", Scottish Daily Record
- ↑ Hyland, Ian (5 May 2002), "Reviews - Hyland's verdict", The Sunday Mirror
- ↑ Pattenden, Mike (27 April 2002), "Pop albums - Music.", The Times
- ↑ "New releases", The Express on Sunday, 5 May 2002
- ↑ Majekodunmi, Tinu (26 April 2002), "CD ROUND-UP", The Express
- ↑ McGee, Matthew (26 April 2002), "POP & ROCK", Sunday Tribune
- ↑ Cole, Paul (12 May 2002), "Play - CD REVIEWS", Sunday Mercury
- ↑ "Review - Music - Pop", The Observer, 5 May 2002
- ↑ Amy Belle, Myspace webpage.
- ↑ Red Sky July website