After the Rain was the first album by Irish girl group

Girl group

A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

 Bellefire

Bellefire

Bellefire was an Irish girl group, best known for their 2002 cover of the U2 song "All I Want Is You". They originally consisted of Kelly Kilfeather , Tara Lee , Cathy Newell and Ciara Newell and a fifth-member named Paula O'Neill. They mostly performed pop and adult contemporary music...

, recorded in 2001. It was prevented from being widely released in 2002 by Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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' sudden decision to axe the group. This was in spite of the recent success of their single "All I Want Is You". By that time, the album had only been released in Japan

Japan

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.

The album achieved some success in Japan and spawned the 3 singles, "Perfect Bliss

Perfect Bliss

"Perfect Bliss" was the Irish girl group Bellefire's debut single, taken from their album After the Rain. It peaked at #2 in Ireland.-Track listing:#"Perfect Bliss"#"Don't Let Me Down"#"Dancing Inside"...

", "Buzzstyle (Find My Way)

Buzzstyle (Find My Way)

"Buzzstyle " is a single by the Irish girl group Bellefire. It was released in 2001 in Japan only and was never intended for wider release. It is included on their debut album After the Rain....

" and "All I Want Is You".

Although not received outside Japan, the European version of the album was to include new tracks.

Track listing

1. "Perfect Bliss
   Perfect Bliss
   "Perfect Bliss" was the Irish girl group Bellefire's debut single, taken from their album After the Rain. It peaked at #2 in Ireland.-Track listing:#"Perfect Bliss"#"Don't Let Me Down"#"Dancing Inside"...
   
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2. "I Wish I Could But I Cant"
3. "Anywhere Anytime"
4. "Buzzstyle (Find My Way)
   Buzzstyle (Find My Way)
   "Buzzstyle " is a single by the Irish girl group Bellefire. It was released in 2001 in Japan only and was never intended for wider release. It is included on their debut album After the Rain....
   
   "
5. "Surrender"
6. "Get You Out Of My Mind"
7. "I Can Make You Fall In Love Again"
8. "All The Money In The World"
9. "Don't Let Me Down"
10. "The Flame"
11. "If Living Is Without You"
12. "Each Step That I Take"
13. "Tell Me Now"
14. "All I Want Is You"

Other

Bellefire co-wrote 3 of the tracks on the album: "Find My Way", "Surrender" and "Don't Let Me Down". The album booklet credits Bellefire as co-writing the song "If Living Is Without You" although it has been confirmed by the band that they did not write this song.

Upon European promotion, Bellefire would regularly perform the track "Surrender". It was heavily speculated that "Surrender" would be the 3rd or 4th single but due to being dropped, this never happened.

Several songs were recorded for the European release of the album. Confirmed songs:

1. "Got Me by the Heart"
2. "I Hope You Dance"
3. "Light My Fire"
4. "Turnaround"
5. "Don't Leave the Light On"
6. "For You" (rumoured)

"I Hope You Dance" is a cover of the Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....

 song. The band stated that the song was very uptempo and included wah-wah guitars. The song was later recorded by Ronan Keating.

"Light My Fire" is not a cover. Both "Light My Fire" and "I Hope You Dance" were both performed live at Leicester Square

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 in April 2002. "Turnaround" was recorded by Westlife

Westlife

Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...

and is the title track of their album.