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Discography
ALBUMS!

The debut album: "Here We Come"
Released on 22nd November 1999, it went platinum. The album contained the hit singles "Be The First To Believe", "Summertime Of Our Lives", "Everytime / Ready Or Not" and "Like A Rose" and was mostly written by a1 who also played on the tracks.
1. Forever in Love (3.1)
2. Be The First To Believe (3.19)
3. Summertime Of Our Lives (3.21)
4. Ready Or Not (3.54)
5. Everytime (4.3)
6. If Only (4.13)
7. Hey You (It's Alright) (4.08)
8. Like A Rose (4.13)
9. Walking In The Rain (4.01)
10. Still Around (4.2)
11. I Still Believe (4.58)
12. Heaven By Your Side (4.26)


The second album: "The A-List"
Released on 20th November 2000, it went platinum in the UK and double platinum internationally. The album contained the hit singles "Take On Me", "Same Old Brand New You" and "No More" and once again, was mostly written by a1 who also played on the tracks.
1. Take On Me (3.32)
2. Same Old Brand New You (4.14)
3. No more (3.39)
4. One More Try (3.28)
5. The Things We Never Did (4.06)
6. Too Bad Baby (3.03)
7. Nothing But Trouble (3.2)
8. Tomorrow (3.5)
9. She Doesn't See Me (4.27)
10. Scared (3.28)
11. Celebrate Our Love (3.19)
12. Living The Dream (3.54)
13. I Wonder Why (3.44)
14. Take The Tears (4.24)
15. One In Love (4.13)

SINGLES!

The first single: "Be The First To Believe"
Released on 21st June 1999, it hit number 6 in the UK charts This is where it all started for a1, though the slogan "Be the first to believe in a1" actually came before the song! With an amazing video shot in Mexico, it really put a1 on the map!
CD 1
1.  Be The First To Believe
2. Miracle
3. a1 Chat Exclusively To You

CD 2
1. Be The First To Believe
2. Be The First To Believe (Phats and Small Mutant Disco Mix)
3. Be The First To Believe (Amen Club Mix)


CASSETTE
1. Be The First To Believe
2. Miracle


The second single: "Summertime Of Our Lives"
Released on 30th August 1999, it hit number 5 in the UK charts. The second single from the guys, it was written with D:ReamÕs Peter Cunnah and came with a video, shot in the Bahamas, which saw a1 swimming with dolphins.
CD 1
1. Summertime Of Our Lives
2. If You Were My Girl
3. Summertime Of Our Lives (Metro Club Mix)

CD 2
1. Summertime Of Our Lives
2. Summertime Of Our Lives (Almighty Club Mix)
3. Be The First To Believe (K-Klass Reprise)

CASSETTE
1. Summertime Of Our Lives
2. If You Were My Girl


The third single: "Everytime/ Ready Or Not"
Released on 8th November 1999, it hit number 3 in the UK charts. A double A-sided single from Here We Come. The video for Everytime saw the guys lovelorn in Morocco while the one for Ready Or Not saw them going back in time to relive the classic Motown era.
CD 1
1. Everytime
2. Ready Or Not (Metro Club Mix) (5:31)
3. Ready Or Not (Almighty Club Mix) (5:31)

CD 2
1. Everytime (4:30)
2. Ready Or Not (Metro Club Mix) (5:31)
3. Ready Or Not (Almighty Club Mix) (5:31)

CASSETTE
1. Everytime
2. Ready Or Not


The fourth single: "Like A Rose"
Released on 21st February 2000, it hit number 6 in the UK charts The fourth track to be taken from the guys debut album, Here We Come, it was written by Ben when he was only 16! Chosen by you guys via a1-online.com, it coincided with Valentines Day and saw the guys in real romantic territory with an especially smoochy video.
CD 1
1. Like A Rose (Valentine Mix) 4.13
2. If Only (Almighty Club Mix) 7.38
3. Everytime (Instrumental) 4.30

CD 2
1. Like A Rose (Hearts Mix)
2. Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution (Live)
3. a1 Medley (Be The First Believe / Ready Or Not)

CASSETTE
1. Like A Rose (Valentine Mix)
2. If Only (Almighty Club Mix)


The fifth single: "Take On Me"
Released on 28th August 2001, it gave a1 their first UK Number One! The song was originally a hit for Norwegian trio, A-Ha, in November 1985, but a1s 21st century version went one better than the original which only got to Number 2 and was a massive smash all over Europe! It came with one cool video, which saw the guys astride futuristic motorbikes and flying through space. Wicked.
CD 1
1. Take On Me
2. Beatles Medley (previously unreleased)
3. I Got Sunshine (previously unreleased)
4. x 2 cd multi media trailers a) a1 tour b) a1 website

CD 2
1. Take On Me (video version)
2. Take On Me (Metro Extended Mix)
3. Take On Me (D-Bop Mix)
4. Take On Me (video cd extra)

CASSETTE
1. Take On Me
2. I Got Sunshine (previously unreleased)


The sixth single: "Same Old Brand New You"
Released on 6th November 2001, it gave a1 their second UK Number One! a1 wrote the song with Eric Foster White whos also worked with Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys while the video saw the guys rained on and trying out their mechanical skills in Dungeoness in Kent.
CD 1
1. Same Old Brand New You
2. One In Love
3. Funkin' Up
4. CD Extra interview Clips

CD 2
1. Same Old Brand New You (Radio edit)
2. Funkin' It (Extended Mix)
3. Same Old Brand New You (12" Definitive Mix)
4. Enhanced CD

CASSETTE
1. Same Old Brand New You
2. Funkin' Up


The seventh single: "No More"
Released on February 19th 2001, it hit number 6 in the UK charts. The third single from The A-List, it was recorded in LA while the video saw the guys jetting off to Singapore to take part in a martial arts extravaganza. The CD single also featured tracks from the guys UK 2K Tour, including Paul's version of 'Livin' La Vida Loca'!
CD 1
1. No More
2. Three Times A Lady
3. I'll Take The Tears (Live from the a1 UK 2K Tour)

CD 2 (Limited with poster)
1. No More - Rip Rock N Alex Mix
2. No More - E Smooove Mix
3. Livin' La Vida Loca (Live from the a1 UK 2K Tour)

CASSETTE
1. No More
2. Three Times A Lady


The eight single: "Caught In The Middle"
Released on January 21st 2002.

CD1
1. Caught In The Middle
2. You're Not In Love
3. Power Of Desire
4. Caught In The Middle Video plus photo and video clip gallery

CD2
1. Caught In The Middle (acoustic)
2. One More Try (acoustic)
3. 2:59
4. One More Try (acoustic) video plus photo and video clip gallery

CASSETTE
1. Caught In The Middle
2. Caught In The Middle (Almighty Mix)