Innocence (band)
| Company type | Music group |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | Anna Jolley, Mark Jolley, Brian Harris |
| Defunct | 1992 |
| Headquarters | London , United Kingdom |
| Products | Music albums and singles |
| Owner | Cooltempo Records |
Innocence was a London-based British R&B ensemble led by Gee Morris, active between 1990 and 1992. The group was formed by producers Anna Jolley, Mark Jolley, and Brian Harris, combining elements of R&B with downtempo and chill-out styles. They were signed to Cooltempo Records, and their initial single "Natural Thing" reached number 16 on the UK singles chart in 1990. The 12" release notably included a guitar solo by David Gilmour, originally from Pink Floyd’s "Shine On You Crazy Diamond."
Their first album, Belief, entered the UK Top 30 and yielded four additional singles that reached the UK Top 40. The American edition featured a cover of The Doors' "Riders on the Storm," absent from the UK version. Although the album and singles achieved moderate positions on the US Billboard R&B chart, they did not match the success experienced in the UK.
In 1992, Innocence released their sophomore album, Build, which was not distributed in the United States and saw reduced commercial performance. Nonetheless, two singles—"I'll Be There" (peaking at No. 26) and a rendition of Diana Ross’s "One Love In My Lifetime" (reaching No. 40)—secured spots within the UK Top 40. The band dissolved soon after this release. Gee Morris embarked on a solo career, releasing a self-titled album in 1994 that failed to achieve commercial success.
Albums
| Title | Album information | Highest chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | US R&B | ||
| Belief |
|
24 | — | 54 |
| Build |
|
66 | 217 | — |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | GER | NED | US R&B | US Dance | |||
| 1990 | "Natural Thing" | 16 | 116 | 14 | 30 | — | 27 | Belief |
| "Silent Voice" | 37 | — | 38 | — | — | — | ||
| "Let's Push It" | 25 | 153 | 37 | — | 39 | 21 | ||
| "A Matter of Fact" | 37 | 175 | 57 | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "Remember the Day" | 56 | 187 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | "I'll Be There" | 26 | 174 | — | — | — | — | Build |
| "One Love In My Lifetime" | 40 | 168 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Build" | 72 | 161 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" indicates singles that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||