Trickle Explained

Trickle
Type:studio
Artist:Olive
Cover:Trickle.jpg
Released:30 May 2000
Studio:
Genre:Trip hop
Length:59:05
Label:Maverick
Producer:
  • Tim Kellett
  • Roger Lyons
  • Peter John Vettesse
Prev Title:Extra Virgin
Prev Year:1996

Trickle is the second studio album by English trip hop band Olive, released on 30 May 2000 by Maverick Records.

History

Following the band's debut album Extra Virgin and a subsequent promotional tour, keyboard programmer Robin Taylor-Firth left the band. Also during this time the UK arm of record label RCA lost interest in supporting the band; as a result, Olive was dropped from the RCA roster.[1]

By this time, the follow-up album had been completed, including a cover of the 1975 UK number-one single "I'm Not in Love" by 10cc (chosen partially as an attempt to obtain better favour with RCA). However, Olive then signed with Maverick Records, after reportedly being discovered by label founder Madonna when she attended one of their concerts in Germany; initially, the band were recruited for a contribution to the soundtrack to the Madonna film The Next Best Thing, and a recording contract resulted from the contact.[2]

"I'm Not in Love" became the band's contribution to the February 2000-released soundtrack, and Trickle was subsequently released in May; "I'm Not in Love" then also became the lead single (and only single) released from the album in June.

Personnel

Olive

Other musicians

Ian Kirkham was a member of Simply Red alongside Kellett (and remains a member to date). Vini Reilly is the leader of The Durutti Column, which Kellett played in during the 1980s.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jung, Fred . A Fireside Chat with Olive . Jazz Weekly . 2006-08-18 .
  2. Web site: Ball, Joann D. . Olive, Trickle . Consumable Online . 2006-08-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010531012104/http://www.westnet.com/consumable/2000/06.01/revolive.html . 2001-05-31 .