ALISON MOYET Interview". The Electricity Club. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014 . Retrieved 16 March 2014. Raindancing (1987), Hoodoo (1991) and Essex (1994) are all being issued at the same time, in the same two-disc format. These will be ‘casebound book’ type presentations. Alf was released in November 1984 and was a commercial success in the United Kingdom and worldwide. The album topped the UK Albums Chart, and by early December, it had achieved a double platinum certification. In April 1985 it had gone triple platinum and in February 1987 it went quadruple. [5] In 1985, the success of the album led to Moyet receiving her first Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist. [6] Alf also reached No. 1 in New Zealand and would go eight times platinum there. In the United States, the album would prove to be Moyet's most successful commercially, peaking at No. 45. [7] As of February 1994, Alf had sold three million copies worldwide. [8] The lead single " Love Resurrection" preceded the album. It was released in June 1984 and had reached No. 10 in the UK, also becoming successful across Europe and beyond. The second single " All Cried Out" was met with similar success when released in September 1984. It reached No. 8 in the UK. " Invisible", the third single, was released in November 1984 and reached No. 21 in the UK. In the US, it became Moyet's highest-charting single, reaching No. 31. In October 1985, " For You Only" was released as the fourth and final single from the album. [9] When CBS first suggested releasing a fourth single, Moyet spoke against the idea and suggested she record a cover of " That Ole Devil Called Love" to give fans something new. Her version of the song was then recorded and released in March 1985, becoming a big hit, including in the UK where it reached No. 2. Despite this, CBS later decided to release "For You Only" as a single but in Europe and the US only. For its release as a single, "For You Only" was remixed and partially re-recorded to create a new version. [10] [11] The song was a success in Germany, peaking at No. 7 in late 1985. [12] Two Elvis Costello reboots stand out – the Chet Baker tribute Almost Blue and God Give Me Strength, a top-drawer collaboration between Costello and Burt Bacharach. Moyet rolls her r’s wonderfully on Je Crois Entendre Encore but the archaic folk of The Wraggle- Taggle Gypsies-O! and Dido’s Lament: When I Am Laid In Earth, while both authentic enough, seem a bit of a stretch.

Rightfully nominated for a BRIT Award and the Mercury Music Prize, Hometime was eight long years after Essex but well worth the wait.

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Her worldwide album sales have reached a certified 23million, with over two million singles sold. All nine of her studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the top 30 of the UK Albums Chart, with two of them reaching number one. She has also achieved nine top 30 singles and six top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart. [1] Her most recent album, her ninth, Other, was released 16 June 2017. [2] Early life [ edit ] Moyet reasoned that the recording was “an adult album but it’s not mainstream. There’s some blues on it, some chanson, some heavy strings. It’s the best album I’ve ever made. A lot of people will love it but it’s not Radio One.” After working with Vince who never used a chord, it was really interesting to work in a different way. I was glad to be working again. Everything I had done had been so different from the previous projects I though this would be more of that. I wasn’t prepared for the way it was going to define me. It was well received but in many ways it is not helpful to have so much success early on… before you understand the game and your own part in it. Alison Moyet to Release Deluxe Editions of Hometime, Voice, and The Turn". Alisonmoyet.com. 30 July 2015 . Retrieved 6 August 2015.

When Yazoo released their second (and final) album, the superb You And Me Both it marked stark change in direction for the dup. The out and out pop of debut Upstairs At Eric’s was replaced by a bluesier, empty, haunting feel with hints of jazz and blues. It was a work of genius from both members who had recorded much of it separately as they had become estranged, and also left the public wondering where each member would go next. Arguably Moyet’s finest solo album to date, if there was any sense whatsoever that her hook-up with Guy Sigsworth for The Minuteswas a flash in the pan, then this put that to the sword in spectacular style.European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol.2, no.4. 28 January 1985. p.9. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History.

In July 2013, Moyet said that she has begun writing new material for the follow-up to The Minutes. [23] A critical and commercial smash, the broadsheets labelled this her best album in decades while the record-buying public rewarded the LP with a UK Top 5 placing, her best since Raindancing. With some of Moyet’s typical arch wit, in a press release for the record, she described The Minutes as “Born of reconstructed improvisation. I like to think of it as prog-pop. But I also like to think of big dogs as small horses, so don’t hang on to that thought long.” Alison Moyet's new album will be..." Alisonmoyet.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013 . Retrieved 19 February 2013.Alison's Dates for 'the minutes' Tour (UK and Ireland)". Alisonmoyet.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013 . Retrieved 25 February 2013.

While everything works well in isolation, as a coherent collection The Turn is a little disjointed. That’s explained by the three-song run towards the tail end of the album taken from Smaller, a stage play Moyet starred in with comedian and friend Dawn French.Alison Moyet". Facebook.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 . Retrieved 1 February 2013. Alison Moyet.com". Alisonmoyet.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011 . Retrieved 18 April 2012. Top 100 Albums (January 3–December 29, 1984)" (PDF). Music Week. 26 January 1985. p.42. ISSN 0265-1548– via World Radio History. Alison Moyet's Sony Albums To Be Reissued as Deluxe Editions". AlisonMoyet.com. 27 September 2016 . Retrieved 29 September 2016. Alison Moyet performs at the Cornbury Festival". Touchbase Magazine. 13 June 2012. Archived from the original on 9 January 2013 . Retrieved 11 December 2012.