Alisha's Attic

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风格: #英伦摇滚
地区: 欧美

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Alishas Attic由姐妹俩Shelly McErlaine和Karen Poole组成。在十几岁时寄了一个Demo给Mercury Records的经理后给签下，不过她们却为她们的第一张专辑的问世而等待了9年。96年她们的单曲I AM I FELL在英国走红后，唱片公司马上为她们出版了第一张专辑Alisha Rules the World ，随后几年又发行了2张专辑，但当唱片公司决定不再为她们出版第四张专辑后，在2000年乐队解散。来自Essex的两姐妹Karen和Shellie Poole在97年发行了首张专辑Alisha Rules the World，她们杰出的嗓音、默契、创作天赋和放松的情绪给人们带来了惊艳的听觉体验。其中的I Am I Feel作为单曲发行的时候，在英国便获得了销售量60万张的好成绩，并俘获了大量歌迷。98年发行更为成熟的第二张Illumina，受到歌迷的拥护，但却并没有在排行榜上留下显著的印记。其中的单曲The Incidentals只在UK榜上上升到13位。2001年的第三张The House We Built的风格更加富有深度也更加内敛，获得评论界和歌迷的一致好评，好像还获得了水星的提名。但是姐妹俩很快决定各自单飞发展。Karen继续走songwriter路线，为Kylie Minogue，Sugarbabes和the Shapeshifters写过大量的热门歌曲。Shellie改名为Shelly后继续事业，并在2001年嫁给了Texas乐队的McErlaine。2005年推出个人专辑Hard Time for the Dreamer。

by David Jeffries

Sisters Karen and Shellie Poole grew up in England's Essex County loving music. With aspirations to join the world of pop, the sisters began writing quirky, playful music and dubbed themselves Alisha's Attic, a reference to a fictional character they had imagined that was one-part Karen, one-part Shellie. A homemade demo of their Prince-meets-Kate Bush music was sent to the Mercury label and soon their dreams were becoming reality. Sessions with various producers were abandoned, but the talented duo marched on, writing and programming the foundation of their debut on their own. Dave Stewart was brought in as producer and with the finishing touches finished, Alisha Rules the World debuted the band in 1996. Promotional tours, opening for INXS, a slot on the Lilith Fair tour in America, and the successful "I Am, I Feel" single brought the sisters 600,000 in sales in the U.K. and an instant loyal fan base in the U.S. Released in 1998, their sophomore effort, Illumina, was more mature and supported by the faithful but failed to make much a dent in the charts minus the kickoff single, "The Incidentals," which reached a U.K. high of 13. The House We Built from 2001 saw the sisters getting deeper and more introspective with their writing. While it was a well-regarded release with critics and fans, Alisha's Attic soon fell victim to a large purge of Mercury's roster. The sisters decided to dissolve the band and carry on with solo careers. Karen went on to be a songwriter, writing hits for Kylie Minogue, Sugarbabes, and the Shapeshifters. Shellie changed the spelling of her name to Shelly to mark change and carried on as a solo act. She married Ally McErlaine from the Scottish band Texas in 2001 and released the album Hard Time for the Dreamer in 2005. Also in 2005 was a brief, live reunion of Alisha's Attic when Karen joined Shelly for two songs during a gig in Shepherd's Bush Green.

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