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. It was released in the UK on 2 May 1994 and entered the national charts at No.4. It features an eclectic, incendiary cross over of hip hop, rock and

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Background

was formed in the late eighties, originally with Kerstin Haigh on lead vocals and, from 1991,

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as the drummer. Al-Sayed moved onto vocal duties when the band covered Public Enemy's "She Watch Channel Zero?!", from that groups influential ''

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'' album. The band's first two singles, "The Key", released in September 1993, and "Switch", released in March 1994, made the

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Top 50, and garnered rave reviews from both

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and

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reviewers. The political background in Britain, and the impending passing of the

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into

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paved the way for a series of politically influenced artists such as

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, and

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, and

fit into that group with a blend of aggressive hip-hop,

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and psychedelic ambience. Buoyed by the success of their singles and live performances, Senser released ''Stacked Up'' on 2 May 1994.

Track listing

All songs written by

unless otherwise indicated # "States of Mind" – 5:10 # "The Key" – 5:22 # "Switch" – 4:33 # "Age of Panic" – 4:08 # "What's Going On" – 5:07 # "One Touch One Bounce" – 3:24 # "Stubborn" – 5:46 # "Door Game" – 6:39 # "Peanut Head" – 5:40 # "Peace" (Senser, Tim Morton) – 5:50 # "Eject" – 5:19 # "No Comply" – 2:37 # "Worth" – 3:04

Personnel

*Alan 'Haggis/Hagos' Haggarty — programming, production, mixing *

— vocals * Kerstin Haigh — vocals * Nick Michaelson — guitar * James Barrett — bass * John Morgan — Drums * Andy "Awe" Clinton — DJ

Singles

Chart performance

''Stacked Up'' was released in the UK on 2 May 1994. In its first week it entered the

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at number 4. It gradually dropped down the charts and was last seen at number 64 on 7 September, a total of five weeks altogether. ''Stacked Up'' achieved sales in excess of 400,000 copies.

References

{{Authority control 1994 debut albums Senser albums