Alf

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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. New Zealand album certifications – Alison Moyet – Alf". Recorded Music NZ. 27 January 1985 . Retrieved 6 September 2021. All the reissues are being put out by BMG, rather than Sony (for some reason) and the double-disc edition of Moyet’s debut includes the album remastered from the original tapes and comes with a bonus disc featuring remixes and B-sides. My Age Now: It's been so long since I've even thought about Alison Moyet that I never debunked the Alf myth and I realized I still kind of believe it.

Both members returned to pop. Vince Clarke immediately teamed up with producer Eric Radcliffe to form The Assembly, a short-lived project which eventually led to Erasure, and Alison Moyet embarked on a solo career that would firmly establish her as one of the greatest British voices. Her debut album, Alf (7.5/10) was co-written and produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain (Bananarama, Spandau Ballet) and as recorded in less than three months. Lead single Love Resurrection firmly saw the solo career of Alison take off and was the first of three hit singles which also included All Cried Out and Invisible. The singles were perfect chart fodder and were great pop songs of the time. Alison Moyet". Facebook.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 . Retrieved 1 February 2013. The discography of Alison Moyet, an English pop singer-songwriter, consists of nine studio albums, three compilation albums, two live releases, thirty singles and a number of appearances with other artists. Record company travails continued for Moyet into the mid-90s – while the label execs wanted to pitch her as a middle-of-the-road balladeer, the singer had other ideas entirely.Recorded, engineered and mixed by Richard Lengyel (at Odyssey Studios, London, England; assisted by Roger Dobson) On 21 September 2015, Moyet performed at the Burberry Show at London Fashion Week. Her set was released as a digital EP, Live for Burberry on 23 September. [25] Live for Burberry - EP by Alison Moyet on iTunes". Web.archive.ocm. 22 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015 . Retrieved 7 July 2018. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)

The Insects’ arrangements provide the perfect cradle for Moyet’s talents, from the heartstring tugging model of restraint that is Should I Feel That It’s Over to the sly groove of chilled electronicatinged More. Offiziellecharts.de – Alison Moyet – Alf" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 5 April 2017.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. a b c Alf (deluxe edition liner notes). Alison Moyet. BMG. 2016. BMGCAT2CD79. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

Review: Alison Moyet Special Editions". Gay Times. 15 November 2016. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017 . Retrieved 1 April 2017.

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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.