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Track List
01) Back in My Life
02) Better Off Alone (radio edit)
03) Celebrate Our Love
04) I Can See (See It in Your Eyes)
05) The Lonely One
06) Elements of Life
07) Who Needs Guitars Anyway?
08) Will I Ever
09) Waiting for Your Love
10) No More Lies
11) Fairytales
12) Everything Begins With an E
13) Got to Get Away
14) Alice DeeJay
01) Back in My Life
02) Better Off Alone (radio edit)
03) Celebrate Our Love
04) I Can See (See It in Your Eyes)
05) The Lonely One
06) Elements of Life
07) Who Needs Guitars Anyway?
08) Will I Ever
09) Waiting for Your Love
10) No More Lies
11) Fairytales
12) Everything Begins With an E
13) Got to Get Away
14) Alice DeeJay
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Alice DeeJay launched their career in July 1999 with the single, "Better Off Alone", credited to DJ Jurgen presents Alice DeeJay. In the UK, the song went platinum and reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 3 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, also reaching number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Alice Deejay achieved success with the follow-up single "Back In My Life" in November of the same year. The group's first and only album was Who Needs Guitars Anyway?, which was released on April 11, 2000. It entered the Top Ten of the UK Albums Chart.
Alice DeeJay made the UK Top 20 with three more tracks: "Will I Ever", "The Lonely One" and "Celebrate Our Love", although each single's chart position was lower than its predecessors
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This is the 2000 debut CD album by Dutch group Alice Deejay, called Who Needs Guitars Anyway?.
This is certainly a europop/dance album that unashamedly relies on vocals, a computer, and a synth. DJ Jurgen was behind this.
The album eventually spawned 5 singles. Starting with Better Off Alone, through Back In My Life, Will I Ever, The Lonely One, and Celebrate Our Love (which I don’t remember).
It’s easy to see that Alice Deejay preceded acts like Basshunter. That hard beat is there, but the latter managed to take it further. And it’s clear to see that Alice Deejay’s contemporaries were the likes of fellow countrymen The Vengaboys, and Belgian group Lasgo – as they all compete for bouncy, bleepy, pumping, europop, accompanied by exotic looking videos drowing in sunshine. What could you possibly dislike about that combination?
This was my first ever listening to this album, although I’m very familiar with the singles that it spawned – having spent many hours dancing like a fiend to them in various dark and dubious clubs.
With 14 tracks in all, of which 9 weren’t singles, it’s interesting to see just how original their sound can be – and whilst it doesn’t stray from the style you hear in the singles, there are some tracks that are inevitably weaker than others. Fairytales, Got To Get Away, the dubiously titled Everything Starts With An E, and the fairly lyrically dull (but musically nice) eponymous song Alice DeeJay are probably my least favourite here. Fortunately they’re consecutive and at the end of the album. If it had stopped short at a 10 or 11 track album, then I’d be hard pushed to find anything wrong with it.
I often wonder whether big dance tracks with repetitive lyrics and synth hooks will turn up in years to come, being played by singer songwriters at acoustic gigs. I guess not. And it may be that which means that unless re-releases, samples, and attempts at comebacks occur, then this great sound will die.
I’m pleased to say however, that it stands up pretty well at 14yrs old. Sure, this kind of music doesn’t threaten what’s left of the pop charts any more, but it has enough roots that reach into dance and remixes, that it doesn’t feel too out of place.
WHERE ARE ALICE DEEJAY NOW?
What became of Alice Deejay? Well, after a switch of vocal, the group are back and making new music again, and with a slightly altered name – now Alice DJ.
To be honest, none of them look old enough to have made pop records in 2000, but they’re smiling about something – so maybe they have a plan, and still no guitars.
SOURCE: https://poprescue.com/2014/07/12/pop-rescue-who-needs-guitars-anyway-by-alice-deejay-cd-2000/
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Alice DeeJay launched their career in July 1999 with the single, "Better Off Alone", credited to DJ Jurgen presents Alice DeeJay. In the UK, the song went platinum and reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 3 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, also reaching number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Alice Deejay achieved success with the follow-up single "Back In My Life" in November of the same year. The group's first and only album was Who Needs Guitars Anyway?, which was released on April 11, 2000. It entered the Top Ten of the UK Albums Chart.
Alice DeeJay made the UK Top 20 with three more tracks: "Will I Ever", "The Lonely One" and "Celebrate Our Love", although each single's chart position was lower than its predecessors
User Album Review
This is the 2000 debut CD album by Dutch group Alice Deejay, called Who Needs Guitars Anyway?.
This is certainly a europop/dance album that unashamedly relies on vocals, a computer, and a synth. DJ Jurgen was behind this.
The album eventually spawned 5 singles. Starting with Better Off Alone, through Back In My Life, Will I Ever, The Lonely One, and Celebrate Our Love (which I don’t remember).
It’s easy to see that Alice Deejay preceded acts like Basshunter. That hard beat is there, but the latter managed to take it further. And it’s clear to see that Alice Deejay’s contemporaries were the likes of fellow countrymen The Vengaboys, and Belgian group Lasgo – as they all compete for bouncy, bleepy, pumping, europop, accompanied by exotic looking videos drowing in sunshine. What could you possibly dislike about that combination?
This was my first ever listening to this album, although I’m very familiar with the singles that it spawned – having spent many hours dancing like a fiend to them in various dark and dubious clubs.
With 14 tracks in all, of which 9 weren’t singles, it’s interesting to see just how original their sound can be – and whilst it doesn’t stray from the style you hear in the singles, there are some tracks that are inevitably weaker than others. Fairytales, Got To Get Away, the dubiously titled Everything Starts With An E, and the fairly lyrically dull (but musically nice) eponymous song Alice DeeJay are probably my least favourite here. Fortunately they’re consecutive and at the end of the album. If it had stopped short at a 10 or 11 track album, then I’d be hard pushed to find anything wrong with it.
I often wonder whether big dance tracks with repetitive lyrics and synth hooks will turn up in years to come, being played by singer songwriters at acoustic gigs. I guess not. And it may be that which means that unless re-releases, samples, and attempts at comebacks occur, then this great sound will die.
I’m pleased to say however, that it stands up pretty well at 14yrs old. Sure, this kind of music doesn’t threaten what’s left of the pop charts any more, but it has enough roots that reach into dance and remixes, that it doesn’t feel too out of place.
WHERE ARE ALICE DEEJAY NOW?
What became of Alice Deejay? Well, after a switch of vocal, the group are back and making new music again, and with a slightly altered name – now Alice DJ.
To be honest, none of them look old enough to have made pop records in 2000, but they’re smiling about something – so maybe they have a plan, and still no guitars.
SOURCE: https://poprescue.com/2014/07/12/pop-rescue-who-needs-guitars-anyway-by-alice-deejay-cd-2000/
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