Sub Sub

{{Short description|English musical group}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

{{Refimprove|date=September 2009}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Sub Sub

| image =

| caption =

| background = group_or_band

| origin = Handforth, Cheshire, England

| genre = House, EDM, alternative dance, Madchester

| years_active = 1991–1996

| label = Rob's Records

| spinoffs = Doves

| past_members = Jez Williams
Jimi Goodwin
Andy Williams

}}

Sub Sub were an English dance act from Handforth, Cheshire composed of Jimi Goodwin and twin brothers Andy and Jez Williams.

The threesome met at school in 1985 and became regulars at The Haçienda while composing their own material together. They had an underground 12" single ("Space Face" in 1991) and moderate commercial success in the early 1990s on Rob Gretton's label Rob's Records, including the single "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" (featuring guest vocalist Melanie Williams) which reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 538}} The trio's only album, Full Fathom Five, was released in September 1994.

After a fire destroyed their recording studio on Blossom Street in the Ancoats area of Manchester on the Williams twins' birthday in 1996, they started as the more indie-oriented act Doves in 1998. An unreleased collection of tracks meant to be featured on the band's second album was issued in 1998 as Delta Tapes.

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"

|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart
positions

scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | AUS
{{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/ewOmpuu | title= Sub Sub ARIA chart history to 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=26 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
scope="row" | Full Fathom Five

|

| 159

scope="row" | Delta Tapes

|

  • Released: February 1998
  • Label: Cortex Records

| —

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

width="35"| UK
{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/sub%20sub/|title=Sub Sub - UK Chart |publisher=The Official Charts Company |accessdate=15 October 2014}}

! width="35"| AUS
{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=sub+sub&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Sub Sub - Australian chart |website=Australian-charts.com |accessdate=15 October 2014}}

! width="35"| BEL
(FL)

{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?lang=nl&cat=s&artist=sub+sub&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Sub Sub - Belgian Chart |website=Ultratop.be |accessdate=15 October 2014}}

! width="35"| IRE
{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=Search Sub Sub in Artist|website=irishcharts.ie|access-date=19 October 2022}}

! width="35"| NED
{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=s&artist=sub+sub&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Sub Sub - Dutch chart |date=15 October 2014|website=Dutchcharts.nl}}

1991

! scope="row"| "Space Face"

| —

| align="left"|Single only

1992

! scope="row"| Coast EP

| —

| align="left" rowspan="5"| Full Fathom Five

1993

! scope="row"| "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" (feat. Melanie Williams)

| 3

11471318
rowspan="2"|1994

! scope="row"| "Respect"

| 49

104
scope="row"| "Angel"

| 88 || 198 || — || — || —

1995

! scope="row"| "Southern Trees"

| —

1996

! scope="row"| "Smoking Beagles" (with Tricky)

| —

| align="left" rowspan="2"| Delta Tapes

1997

! scope="row"| "This Time I'm Not Wrong" (with Bernard Sumner)

| 78

align="center" colspan="16" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

References

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