Alison Moyet – Albums Collection (1984-2013) [FLAC]
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Collection includes: Alf (1984); Raindancing (1987); Hoodoo (1991); Essex (1994); Hometime (2002); Voice (2004); The Minutes (2013)
Alison Moyet, a British pop singer with a remarkably bluesy voice, began her professional career with synth pop duo Yazoo (Yaz in the U.S.) in the early ’80s. In 1983, Moyet began a solo career, releasing her debut album, Alf, the following year. Alf was a major success in Britain, hitting number one on the charts and launching the hit singles “Invisible,” “All Cried Out,” and “Love Resurrection”; it was a minor hit in the U.S., with “Invisible” cracking the Top 40. In 1985, Moyet toured with a jazz band led by John Altman; the group recorded a version of Billie Holiday’s “That Ole Devil Called Love,” which became her biggest British hit, even though the group received poor reviews.
In 1986, Moyet had another major U.K. hit with “Is This Love?,” which was released while she was recording her second soloalbum. Raindancing appeared in 1987 and it was another big British hit, peaking at number two and featuring the Top Ten hits “Weak in the Presence of Beauty” and “Love Letters.” The record wasn’t quite as successful in the U.S., peaking at number 94. In 1991, she released her third album, Hoodoo, which was her most musically ambitious collection to date. However, it didn’t match the commercial success of her previous albums, failing to chart in America. Essex, her fourth album, appeared in 1994 and she released a greatest-hits collection, Singles, the following year. After a near-nine-year layoff, she returned with Hometime produced by the production team the Insects. Two years later and filled with standards, Voice arrived. In 2005, the album was reissued in America with her version of “Alfie” as a bonus track. After signing with the W14 Music label in late 2006, Moyet released The Turn in October 2007. In wouldn’t be until 2013 that she returned. Signing a new worldwide deal with London-based label Cooking Vinyl, Moyet returned to a more electronic sound with her eighth studio album, The Minutes.
Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com
Alf (1984)
Alison Moyet’s solo debut moves away from the all-electronic backing of her two-album partnership with Vince Clarke in Yaz, but ironically, those two albums sound much less dated in retrospect than Alf itself. Hooking up with Bananarama’s producers, Tony Swain and Steve Jolley, Moyet delivers an enormous, walloping mid-’80s pop sound that constantly threatens to overwhelm both the songs, which are a mixed bag, and occasionally even the formidably voiced singer herself. Several tracks make it through the production mill unscathed, notably the singles “All Cried Out” and “Love Resurrection,” but the album’s pinnacle is the remarkable “Invisible,” a soulful shouter penned by Motown great Lamont Dozier that’s among the great R&B pop singles of the ’80s. Moyet tears into the song’s emotional chorus with more ferocity than on the rest of the album, and the song is as melodically sturdy as any of Dozier’s previous hits. Some of the other tracks would benefit from less-overbearing production, most notably the chilling “Where Hides Sleep,” making Alf one of those albums that sounds better once the listener has mentally undressed the songs a bit.
Review by Stewart Mason, Allmusic.com
Tracklist:
01. Love resurrection (03:53)
02. Honey for the bees (04:12)
03. For you only (04:06)
04. Invisible (04:00)
05. Steal me blind (03:16)
06. All cried out (06:50)
07. Money mile (03:44)
08. Twisting the knife (03:28)
09. Where hides sleep (04:20)
Raindancing (1987)
Raindancing is the second studio album by singer/songwriter Alison Moyet. The album includes four single releases; “Is This Love?” (co-written by the Eurythmics’ David A. Stewart under his ‘Jean/Manu Guiot’ pseudonym), “Weak in the Presence of Beauty”, “Ordinary Girl” and “Sleep Like Breathing”, a duet with David Freeman of the band The Lover Speaks. The US version of Raindancing was released with a different cover and the tracks in re-arranged order.
Tracklist:
01. Week in the presence of beauty (03:48)
02. Ordinary girl (03:28)
03. You got me wrong (04:06)
04. Without you (03:29)
05. Sleep like breating (04:25)
06. Is this love? (04:02)
07. Bow wind bow (05:49)
08. Glorious love (04:23)
09. When i say (02:57)
10. Stay (03:27)
Hoodoo (1991)
On her third post-Yaz release, songstress Alison Moyet puts her bluesy vocal abilities to good use on possibly her most soulfulcollection yet. She hasn’t lost her knack for breezy, adult pop, evident on the lilting, melodic “Wishing You Were Here” (with Kirsty MacColl lending some assistance on backing vocals) and “It Won’t Be Long,” but tracks like the horn-driven “Footsteps” and high-energy title song form the core of Hoodoo. With the lyrics squarely focused on relationships, Moyet is often brassy and assertive as on “Back Where I Belong,” which features a catchy electro-reggae beat and contributions from ex-Fine Young Cannibals Andy Cox and David Steele. She’s still more than capable of expressing heart-aching vulnerability, though, especially on the gorgeous “This House,” where a split-second pause gives way to her passionately imploring, “Who will take your place?” Other highlights include a pair of gospel-flavored numbers, the jumpy “Rise” (on which she adds harmonica) and the anthemic closer, “Find Me.” It all makes Hoodoo another strong offering from the distinctive Moyet.
Review by Tom Demalon, Allmusic.com
Tracklist:
01. Footsteps (05:00)
02. It Won’t Be Long (04:14)
03. This House (03:56)
04. Rise (03:46)
05. Wishing You Were Here (03:57)
06. Hoodoo (04:43)
07. (Meeting With My) Main Man (04:40)
08. Back Where I Belong (03:51)
09. My Right A.R.M. (04:47)
10. Never Too Late (03:29)
11. Find Me (05:25)
Essex (1994)
On her fourth solo album, Essex, named after her home county, Alison Moyet continues to search for valid alternatives to her natural gifts. A singer with a remarkably forceful voice and emotional delivery, she had succeeded both as a jazz and blues interpreter and when her singing was inventively contrasted with Vince Clarke’s synthesizer tracks in Yaz. While her solo work at first showed promise of combining those styles with contemporary Brit-pop and produced some hits, by this point she is struggling to sound distinctive against the overeager production style of Ian Broudie, whose work is somewhat offset by the more sedate tracks produced by Pete Glenister. “Whispering Your Name,” the first single, written by Jules Shear, with a lyric intended to be sung by one man to another, sounds curious coming out of Moyet’s mouth, but at least the words are about something definite, which is more than you can say for Moyet’s own elliptical expressions of anger and romantic discord. Musically, thealbum veers from the Revolver-era Beatles sound of the second single, “Falling,” to the Motown rhythm of “So Am I” and an unnecessary remake of Yaz’s “Ode to Boy” arranged to sound like “Pinball Wizard.” The best song, the Glenister-produced ballad “Satellite,” is buried in the middle of the record — what makes it the best is that the arrangement actually allows Moyet the space to sing and to be as moving as she can be.
Review by William Ruhlmann, Allmusic.com
Tracklist:
01. Falling (03:40)
02. And I Know (03:49)
03. Whispering Your Name (03:28)
04. Getting Into Something (04:16)
05. So Am I (03:46)
06. Satellite (04:17)
07. Ode To Boy (02:53)
08. Dorothy (03:27)
09. Another Living Day (03:45)
10. Boys Own (04:05)
11. Take Of Me (04:10)
12. Ode To Boy II (02:58)
13. Whispering Your Name (Single mix) (03:47)
Hometime (2002)
After a near-nine-year layoff, Alison Moyet’s fifth solo album is a posh, lavish, elegant affair that shows she’s lost none of her chops throughout the long layoff. Production by the Insects, best known for their soundtrack work, adds a torchy, dreamy quality to these tunes, all but two of which were co-written by the singer. Between the intricately crafted songs, the ornate production, and Moyet’s soulful voice, this is arguably her most fully realized and cohesive work. Strings, keyboards, and multiple guitars layer into a big, lush, sophisticated sound perfect for Moyet’s husky voice. While there is nothing that reminds the listener of Yaz, the synths, drum programming, and loops recall the more techno aspects of her old band, while adding an organic, if not quite rootsy, feel. If Dusty Springfield still made records in the millennium, it’s likely they would be similar to Hometime. Personal yet expansive with just the right touch of ghostly R&B, this is a remarkably moving collection of European-style ballads. Somewhat reminiscent of Portishead’s live work, Moyet sinks into these tracks as if lounging in an overstuffed chair. The elements combine most poignantly on the stirring “If You Don’t Come Back to Me.” With its hypnotic strings, reverbed guitar, and jazzy bass, it seems like she’s interpreting an existing classic instead of writing a new one. Classy, subtle, yet often mesmerizing, this album is never less than affecting. It strives to be — and often is — a perfect vehicle for Moyet’s talent, reaching heights that have only been hinted at in her previous work.
Review by Hal Horowitz, Allmusic.com
Tracklist:
01. Yesterday’s Flame (04:28)
02. Should I Feel That It’s Over (04:01)
03. More (03:59)
04. Hometime (03:47)
05. Mary, Don.t Keep Me Waiting (03:38)
06. Say It (04:00)
07. Ski (04:22)
08. If You Don’t Come Back To Me (04:30)
09. Do You Ever Wonder (03:10)
10. The Train I Ride (05:03)
11. You Don’t Have To Go (04:17)
Voice (2004)
One of the U.K.’s most popular and best-selling vocalists of the past two decades, Alison Moyet’s husk-and-honey voice has made her equally successful as a blues wailer and a dancefloor diva. Equal focus has always been paid to her sharp songwriting, but her new path keeps listeners firmly focused on the intimacy of those vocals, which sound better than ever on this mature and soul-stirring, lushly produced and arranged (by British film composer Anne Dudley) collection of standards — some old (Legrand, Gershwin), some new (Elvis Costello), a few in French, and all surprising. Edging sweetly into pop-classical territory, Moyet reels us into the “Windmills of Your Mind” before ruminating on “The Man I Love” and exploring the concept of feeling “Almost Blue” (the Costello chestnut). Another highlight is her soaring, ethereal turn on the Costello/Burt Bacharach tune “God Give Me Strength,” rendered here like a passionate prayer. She also tackles classical pieces by Bizet and Purcell. Although the tempo and tone of the arrangements are fairly similar, as per the album title, Dudley’s restraint allows Moyet’s voice to take center stage, where it always belongs. The key to creating a successful standards album is finding unique ways to render familiar material, and peppering the set with obscure pieces that will inspire a deeper study of musical history. Moyet achieves all this and more on this winsome future classic.
Review by Jonathan Widran, Allmusic.com
Tracklist:
01. Windmills Of Your Mind (03:51)
02. The Man I Love (03:49)
03. Almost Blue (03:53)
04. Je Crois Entendre Encore (03:30)
05. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? (03:15)
06. God Give Me Strength (05:36)
07. The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies-O! (03:30)
08. Dido’s Lament: When I Am Laid In Earth (03:20)
09. La Chanson Des Vieux Amants (05:08)
10. Cry Me A River (05:39)
11. Bye Bye Blackbird (03:01)
The Minutes (2013)
On May 6th Cooking Vinyl are proud the present ‘the minutes’, a new album by world-renowned musical icon Alison Moyet, who has achieved sales of more than 20 million, both as a solo artist and half of influential duo Yazoo. Her first album since 2007,’the minutes’ was produced by Guy Sigsworth, known for his work with Robyn, Bjork, Goldie and Madonna. It finds Alison’s voice as strong and seductive as ever, with immaculate-quality songs that are powerful, dramatic and captivating. It’s experimental, but also keeps standards high-in-line with her illustrious track-record of pop hits. Clearly indicating a new artistic lease of life,’the minutes’ is arguably Alison’s most creatively- brimming album ever. It has subtle parallels to her synthpop past, but is also bang up-to-date, taking in elements of high-end pop smashes, R&B, modern club sounds and electronic experimentation.
Tracklist:
01. Horizon Flame (03:39)
02. Changeling (02:57)
03. When I Was Your Girl (03:39)
04. Apple Kisses (03:32)
05. Right As Rain (03:07)
06. Remind Yourself (03:48)
07. Love Reign Supreme (03:45)
08. A Place To Stay (04:03)
09. Filigree (03:44)
10. All Signs Of Life (03:54)
11. Rung By The Tide (04:35)
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