Alisha's Attic
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Alisha's Attic were an English pop duo of the 1990s and early 2000s. The two members were sisters Shelly and Karen Poole, born in Barking and Chadwell Heath respectively.[1][2] Their father is Brian Poole of 1960s group Brian Poole and the Tremeloes.[3]
History
1988: Karen and Shelly
Karen and Shelly released their first single, "Sugar Daddy", as Keren & Chelle [sic] in 1988,[4] reaching No.167.
1996: Alisha's Attic
In July 1996, Alisha's Attic released their debut single "I Am, I Feel", which quickly became a radio and chart hit in the UK. This was followed in November 1996 by their debut album Alisha Rules the World.[3], produced by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, and it spawned four top 15 UK hits. They were nominated for Brit Award for Best New Artist at the Brit Awards 1997[5] In July 1997, the band played at the first Lilith Fair festival.[6]
In October 1998, Alisha's Attic released their second album Illumina, which produced the singles "The Incidentals", "Wish I Were You" and "Barbarella".
A third album The House We Built was released in 2001.[7] The two singles from this album were "Pretender Got My Heart" (which was featured in the film Bridget Jones's Diary) and "Push It All Aside". Alisha's Attic split in 2001.
Both members went on to become successful songwriters, writing for artists such as Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, Will Young, and Sugababes.[8] Shelly is also in the band Red Sky July.
Discography
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Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| UK [9] |
AUS [10] |
GER [11] |
SCO [12] | |||||||||||
| Alisha Rules the World |
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14 | 54 | 58 | 29 | |||||||||
| Illumina |
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15 | — | — | 31 |
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| The House We Built |
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55 | — | — | 90 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Collection |
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| The Attic Vaults I |
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details |
|---|---|
| Japanese Dream |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] |
AUS [10] |
FRA [14] |
GER [11] |
IRE [15] |
SCO [16] |
SWE [17] | ||||||||
| 1996 | "I Am, I Feel" | 14 | 18 | 40 | 69 | 13 | 14 | 23 | Alisha Rules the World | |||||
| "Alisha Rules the World" | 12 | 26 | — | 69 | 24 | 16 | 60 | |||||||
| 1997 | "Indestructible" | 12 | 128 | — | — | — | 13 | — | ||||||
| "Air We Breathe" | 12 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | |||||||
| 1998 | "The Incidentals" | 13 | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | Illumina | |||||
| "Wish I Were You" | 29 | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | |||||||
| 1999 | "Barbarella" | 34 | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | ||||||
| 2001 | "Push It All Aside" | 24 | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | The House We Built | |||||
| "Pretender Got My Heart" | 43 | — | — | — | — | 51 | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Other songs
- A cover version of Suede's "Still Life" for the 1996 charity album by ChildLine.
- A cover of The Crystals' "He's a Rebel" for the 1997 film Bean.
References
External links
- Official Alisha's Attic website (offline)
- Template:MusicBrainz meta discography at MusicBrainzTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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- Sibling musical duos
- English pop music duos
- English pop girl groups
- Female musical duos
- Musical groups established in 1996
- Musical groups disestablished in 2001
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- Universal Records artists
- Mercury Records artists
- 1996 establishments in England
- 2001 disestablishments in England