ALISON MOYET

 

‘THE BEST OF ALISON MOYET’

 

RELEASED 19 OCTOBER 2009

 

Acclaimed singer Alison Moyet will mark her incredible three-decade spanning career on 19 October 2009 with the release of The Best Of Alison Moyet through Sony Music. A deluxe version of the album will contain 11 brand new interpretations of Alison’s favourite songs from her back catalogue recorded with her current live band.

 

The Best Of Alison Moyet is a true reflection of the extraordinary music produced by Alison Moyet over the last 25 years and a testament to the diversity of her talents. The songs included on the album form a definitive representation of her stunning and vivacious vocal style and range, from subtle blues and bombastic soul to big pop chart hits.

 

The Top 10 singles All Cried Out, Love Resurrection, Invisible and Is This Love are all included on this 20 track anthology, as are the heartbreakingly honest ballad This House and the modern soul of Hoodoo. Timeless cover versions of That Ole Devil Called Love and Love Letters, which both cracked the Top 5 upon release in 1985 and 1987 respectively, and Windmills Of Your Mind and Almost Blue from 2004’s Voice album, perfectly demonstrate the smoky range of Alison’s blues vocals, are all included on this comprehensive collection of solo work.

 

Between 1984 and 1987, Moyet was Britain's biggest selling female solo star. Covers of That Old Devil Called Love and Love Letters confirmed her reputation as an interpreter of classic songs, while her own self-penned hits like Love Resurrection and All Cried Out confirmed her gifts as a songwriter. She won BRIT Awards, performed at Live Aid, toured extensively and broke the Billboard Top 40. After that, she started to explore what she could do with her wonderful voice, a powerful but sensitive instrument that never forgot its Essex roots, but yearned to experiment in a world beyond pop.

 

In the last decade, Moyet has taken other career turns. She has played Mama Morton in the West End hit musical, Chicago; acted with best friend Dawn French in the Kathy Burke-directed play, Smaller; narrated jazz documentaries for Jazz FM; reformed Yazoo with Vince Clarke for a triumphant reunion tour in 2008, and recently toured the UK as the guest of the Academy Award-winning French composer, Michel Le Grand. Alison goes on a full tour of the UK on 11 November, including a night at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 6 December.

 

Alison Moyet – The Best Of Alison Moyet CD Tracklisting

 

1. Love Resurrection

2. All Cried Out

3. Invisible

4. Where Hides Sleep

5. That Ole Devil Called Love

6. Is This Love?

7. Weak In The Presence

8. Ordinary Girl

9. Love Letters

10. It Won't Be Long

11. This House

12. Hoodoo

13. Footsteps

14. Whispering Your Name

15. Should I Feel That Its Over

16. More

17. Yesterday’s Flame

18. Windmills Of Your Mind

19. Almost Blue

20. One More Time

 

Alison Moyet – The Best Of: 25 Years Revisited CD 2 Tracklisting

 

1. All Cried Out

2. Ski

3. Hoodoo

4. Ordinary Girl

5. Midnight

6. This House

7. Find Me

8. Footsteps

9. Is This Love?

10. Situation

11. Wishing You Were Here

 

For more information on ‘The Best Of’ / The Best Of: 25 Years Revisited’ and tour visit http://www.alisonmoyet.com/

 

Absolute legend :wub: This should be good.

I'm chuffed about this - and as you can see from my sig, the artwork is nothing short of stunning.... I like that she's adding an extra disc of reworked songs, too - and on the main disc... well, that's quite a Best Of compilation even if I personally prefer her later, darker stuff to the poppier 80s material.

 

Strange she chose to return to Sony after the way they treated her around the time of her Hometime album... but...hmmm.... I suppose they have a good marketing plan for this album.

 

Just seen the photos of her shows this month in Poland.... yikes... what a difference! I saw Yazoo last year and she was bigger than ever so she's been on one helluva crash diet since then.... have a look here.....

http://polskalokalna.pl/galerie/galeria/ol.../duze,1073141,3

 

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm76/blissfulignorance_2008/moyetDSC_7874.jpg

 

This will probably go largely ignored in the pop section, though, I fear.....