The Essential Alison Moyet

Infobox Album |
Name = The Essential Alison Moyet
Type = Greatest hits
Artist = Alison Moyet


Released = 10th September 2001
Recorded = 1982-2001
Genre = Pop
Length = 73:48
Label = Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gzfexq8aldae]
Last album = Singles
(1995)
This album = The Essential Alison Moyet (2001)
Next album = Hometime (2002)

"The Essential Alison Moyet" was essentially a third re-release of "Singles", the 1995 greatest hits album of recordings by singer/songwriter Alison Moyet. The album was released in 2001 by Sony Music Entertainment in response to renewed interest in the singer, after she was finally released from her contract with the label and able to sign with Sanctuary Records, regain the artistic control of her musical output and move back into the public eye - resulting in 2002 comeback album "Hometime".However, there are some differences in the tracklistings of the two Sony compilations. "The Essential Alison Moyet" excludes "Ordinary Girl", "Ode To Boy II", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Solid Wood", and replaces these four with "Our Colander Eyes" and "Blue" (both recorded in 1995/1996) plus cover versions "Ne Me Quitte Pas" and "There Are Worse Things I Could Do".

Track listing

#"Only You" (Clarke) - 3:12
#* Performed by Yazoo, from 1982 album "Upstairs at Eric's"
#"Nobody's Diary" (Moyet) - 4:31
#* Performed by Yazoo, from 1983 album "You and Me Both"
#"Winter Kills" (Clarke, Moyet) - 4:04
#* Performed by Yazoo, from 1982 album "Upstairs at Eric's"
#"Love Resurrection" (Jolley, Moyet, Swain) - 3:52
#* From 1984 album "Alf"
#"All Cried Out" (7" Edit) (Jolley, Moyet, Swain) - 3:42
#* From 1984 album "Alf"
#"Invisible" (Lamont Dozier) - 4:08
#* From 1984 album "Alf"
#"That Ole Devil Called Love" (Fisher, Roberts) - 3:05
#* 1985 non-album single
#"Is This Love" (Guiot, Moyet) - 4:01
#* From 1987 album "Raindancing"
#"Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Michael Ward, Robert E. Clarke ) - 3:33
#* From 1987 album "Raindancing"
#"Love Letters" (Heyman, Young) - 2:51
#* 1987 non-album single
#"It Won't Be Long" (Glenister, Moyet) - 4:09
#* From 1991 album "Hoodoo"
#"Wishing You Were Here" (Glenister, Moyet) - 3:58
#* From 1991 album "Hoodoo"
#"This House" (Moyet) - 3:55
#* From 1991 album "Hoodoo"
#"Falling" (Glenister, Moyet) - 3:39
#* From 1994 album "Essex"
#"Whispering Your Name" (Single Mix) (Shear) - 3:49
#* From 1994 album "Essex"
#"Getting Into Something" (Glenister, Moyet) - 4:15
#* From 1994 album "Essex"
#"Our Colander Eyes" (Glenister, Moyet) - 3:32
#*Recorded 1996, previously issued as promo single.
#"Blue" (Glenister, Moyet) - 3:21
#*Recorded 1995, previously issued on single "Solid Wood"
#"Ne Me Quitte Pas" (Jacques Brel) - 3:45
#*Studio version. Previously unreleased.
#"There Are Worse Things I Could Do" (Casey, Jacobs) - 2:27
#*Studio version. Previously unreleased.

Production tracks 17-20

* "Our Colander Eyes" - produced by Mike Hedges, mixed by Corin Dingley.
* "Blue" - mixed by Bob Kraushaar.
* "Ne Me Quitte Pas" - produced by Victor van Vugt
* "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" - engineer Neil Brockbank.

References

* [http://www.alisonmoyet.com/ Alison Moyet's official website]
* http://www.alisonmoyetforums.net