Dub star

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Dubstar was a three-piece British musical band from Newcastle-upon-Tyne that existed from 1993 to 2000.

Their music mixed pop , independent and danceable electronic sounds , which is why critics put them close to the band Saint Etienne . Dubstar released three regular albums, plus a remix album and, after their separation, a best-of album.

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Disgraceful
  UK 30th 
gold
gold
10/21/1995 (23 weeks)
Goodbye
  UK 18th 04/10/1997 (2 weeks)
Singles
Stars
  UK 40 07/08/1995 (3 weeks)
  UK 15th 03/30/1996 (6 weeks)
Anywhere
  UK 37 09/30/1995 (3 weeks)
Not So Manic Now
  UK 19th 01/06/1996 (5 weeks)
Elevator song
  UK 25th 08/03/1996 (2 weeks)
No more talk
  UK 20th 07/19/1997 (3 weeks)
Cathedral Park
  UK 41 09/20/1997 (1 week)
I will be your girlfriend
  UK 28 02/07/1998 (2 weeks)
I (Friday Night)
  UK 37 May 27, 2000 (3 weeks)

Band members

Band history

Dubstar emerged in the summer of 1993 when Hillier and Wilkie, who then formed the duo The Joans , became aware of Blackwood's voice. Within six months they were able to sign a record deal with the independent label Food Records . After two singles had reached the British Top 40, the debut album Disgraceful was released in autumn 1995 . The song Stars now has cult status; it reached number 54 in the Top 6000 of Radio KIA's Countdown Internet Charts.

After Dubstar broke up, Blackwood became a founding member of the Electroclash band Client . Hillier works as a composer and producer in his own recording studio (e.g. with and for Keane , Bebel Gilberto , Mark Owen ).

Discography

Albums

  • 1995: Disgraceful
  • 1996: Disgraceful: The Remix Album
  • 1997: Goodbye
  • 2000: Make It Better
  • 2004: Stars: The Best of Dubstar

Singles

  • 1995: Stars ; Anywhere ; Not So Manic Now
  • 1996: Elevator Song
  • 1997: No More Talk , Cathedral Park
  • 1998: I Will Be Your Girlfriend
  • 2000: I (Friday Night) , The Self Same Thing

swell

  1. ↑ Charts UK

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