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]
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]
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]
