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] 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"
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

  1. ^ "Madviolet". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
  2. ^ Dingwall, John (19 September 2001), "OTR - OFF THE RECORD", Scottish Daily Record
  3. ^ Cochrane, Lynn (30 September 2001), "On a country road to fame - Interview - Amy Lindop", The Sunday Times
  4. ^ All Music[dead link‍], database.
  5. ^ Dingwall, John (9 January 2002), "OTR - OFF THE RECORD", Scottish Daily Record
  6. ^ Hyland, Ian (5 May 2002), "Reviews - Hyland's verdict", The Sunday Mirror
  7. ^ Pattenden, Mike (27 April 2002), "Pop albums - Music.", The Times
  8. ^ "New releases", The Express on Sunday, 5 May 2002
  9. ^ Majekodunmi, Tinu (26 April 2002), "CD ROUND-UP", The Express
  10. ^ McGee, Matthew (26 April 2002), "POP & ROCK", Sunday Tribune
  11. ^ Cole, Paul (12 May 2002), "Play - CD REVIEWS", Sunday Mercury
  12. ^ "Review - Music - Pop", The Observer, 5 May 2002
  13. ^ Amy Belle, Myspace webpage.
  14. ^ Red Sky July website