After scoring their first #1 single, a1’s sights were set on pop music’s A-list, and ‘Same Old Brand New You’ proved that’s precisely where they deserved to be.
a1 – Ready Or Not
a1’s third single adopted a reliable formula, with the retro-inspired uptempo ‘Ready Or Not’ forming one half of a double-A side…just in time for Christmas.
a1 – Summertime Of Our Lives
a1’s sun-drenched second single, ‘Summertime Of Our Lives’, is a perfect snapshot of pop music in mid-1999.
a1 – Take On Me
a1’s second album was optimistically titled ‘The A List’ and what better way to put them there than covering ‘Take On Me’ as the lead single?
a1 – No More
‘No More’ provides a weirdly unnecessary glimpse at what would have happened if a1 were marketed with the image of a major US boyband.
a1 – Everytime
‘Everytime’ set the stage nicely for a1’s debut album, showcasing some credible musicianship behind the boyband fodder façade.
a1 – Be The First To Believe
As debut singles go, ‘Be The First To Believe’ was an intriguing premise, with a title that sounds more like a promotional tagline for a1 than a song lyric.
a1 – Caught In The Middle
If ever there was a glimmer of hope that a1 could pull off a reinvention as an adult contemporary act, then ‘Caught In The Middle’ was it.