The Alice Band
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][3] All three artists were vocalists and played guitar.[4][5]
Discography
Album
The Alice Band's only album release was The Love Junk Store (2002).[6] The album was produced by Giles Martin[7] 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[8] and Mike Pattenden of The Times gave it 3*.[9] The Express on Sunday called the music "catchy country pop tunes"[10] whilst it was received negatively by The Express, "unexceptional and lightweight";[11] Sunday Tribune, "Soulless stuff";[12] and Sunday Mercury's Paul Cole wrote that most of the album is "blandly forgettable".[13] The Observer wrote that the "trio reeks of commercial calculation" and the album had "catchy if cliched songs".[14]
- The Love Junk Store (2002)
Track | Name |
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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 |
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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 |
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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,[15] and Audrey Nugent are solo artists. Charity Hair is the lead singer for The Ailerons and singer for Red Sky July.[16]
References
- Pattenden, Mike (14 April 2002), "New releases", Mail on Sunday
- 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
- Thrills, Adrian (15 June 2001), "Alice in guitarland", Daily Mail
- 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