Illumina (Alisha's Attic album)

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Illumina
Alisha's Attic Illumina album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 5, 1998
StudioThe Looking Glass Studios, New York City; Platinum Studios, New York City; The Church, London; Metropolitan Studios, Chiswick, London; Matrix Studios, Little Russell Street, London
Genre
  • Pop
  • alternative
Length49:57
Label Mercury
Producer
Alisha's Attic chronology
Japanese Dream
(1997)
Illumina
(1998)
The House We Built
(2001)

Illumina is the third album by Alisha's Attic, and the second to be released internationally. It was released on October 5, 1998, and peaked at #15 on the UK album chart. [1] Three of its tracks were released as singles: "The Incidentals" (which reached #13 in the UK charts), "Wish I Were You" and "Barbarella".

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Alisha's Attic (Karen Poole, Shelly Poole and Terry Martin)

  1. "The Incidentals" – 3:10
  2. "Going Down" – 4:32
  3. "Shameless" – 1:27
  4. "Resistor" – 3:34
  5. "Air and Angels" – 3:36
  6. "Wish I Were You" – 3:49
  7. "Me and the Dolphins" – 1:30
  8. "Barbarella" – 3:58
  9. "Are You Jealous?" – 3:56
  10. "Lazy Head" – 3:47
  11. "Do I Lie?" – 3:28
  12. "Karmically Close" – 3:34
  13. "Dive In" – 3:57
  14. "Lay Low" – 2:51
  15. "Outta These Clouds" – 2:39

Personnel

Alisha's Attic

with:

Technical

Singles and track listings

CD 1:

  1. The Incidentals
  2. The Pulse
  3. Valentines '98

CD 2:

  1. The Incidentals
  2. Lay Low (Demo)
  3. Not My Muse

CD 1:

  1. Wish I Were You (edit)
  2. Late Again
  3. Little Shotgun

CD 2:

  1. Wish I Were You (edit)
  2. Never Enough
  3. Dare You to Kill Me

CD 1:

  1. Barbarella
  2. Affected By You Not
  3. Breathe in

CD 2:

  1. Barbarella (radio version)
  2. Strange
  3. 5 Big Letters

Singles' chart listings

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References

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