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Olive

The London trip hop and breakbeat group of Ruth-Ann Boyle, Tim Kellett and Robin Taylor-Firth, whose "You're Not Alone" reached number 1 in Britain in 1997.

London

Olive was a British trip hop, breakbeat and electronic group from London on RCA, then Maverick; MusicBrainz gives a life span of 1994 to 2001. The members were Ruth-Ann Boyle on vocals, Tim Kellett, who produced and played keyboards, trumpet and flugelhorn, and Robin Taylor-Firth, who produced and played keyboards and programming.

Extra Virgin (RCA, 1996, reissued 1997) was produced by Taylor-Firth and Kellett, recorded between 1994 and January 1996 and runs 57:06. Trickle (Maverick, May 30, 2000) was produced by Kellett, Roger Lyons and Peter John Vettese.

Albums

  • Extra Virgin 1996 · RCA

    The debut album, built partly on 1994 cellar demos.

  • Trickle 2000

    A 2000 album.

Songs

  • You're Not Alone Extra Virgin · 1996

    Issued in 1996 and again in 1997 as a remix, which took it to number 1 in Britain.

Sources

  1. Olive (band), Wikipedia
  2. You're Not Alone (Olive song), Wikipedia
  3. You're Not Alone, Songfacts
  4. Olive, MusicBrainz