Voice (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Voice
Type = Cover album
Artist = Alison Moyet


Released = 6 September 2004 (UK)
12 October, 2004 (US)
Genre = Pop
Jazz
Classical
Label = Sanctuary Records
Length = 43:42
Producer = Anne Dudley
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://wm10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:h9ftxqlsldde link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/alisonmoyet/albums/album/7596478/voice link]
Last album = Hometime (2002)
This album = Voice (2004)
Next album = The Turn (2007)

"Voice" is the title of the sixth solo music recording/album of singer/songwriter Alison Moyet. It is a covers album, though not a typical one for a singer such as Moyet; the tracks chosen are slow-tempo, classic songs from a number of different genres, designed to showcase the singer's voice.

Track listing

#"The Windmills of Your Mind" (Bergman, Bergman, Legrand) - 3:51
#"The Man I Love" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:49
#"Almost Blue" (Macmanus) - 3:53
#"Je Crois Entendre Encore" (Bizet) - 3:30
#"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Bergman, Bergman, Legrand) - 3:15
#"God Give Me Strength" (Bacharach, Macmanus) 5:36
#"The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies-O!" (Traditional) - 3:30
#"" - (Purcell) - 3:20
#"La Chanson des Vieux Amants" (Brel) - 5:08
#"Cry Me a River" (Hamilton) - 5:39
#"Bye Bye Blackbird" (Dixon, Henderson) - 3:01

Personnel

* Alison Moyet - lead vocals
* Anthony Pleeth - cello (tracks: 1 to 9, 11)
* Dave Daniels - cello (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
* Martin Loveday - cello (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
* Paul Kegg - cello (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
* Nicholas Bucknall - clarinet (tracks: 1, 4, 11)
* Chris Laurence - double bass (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 9)
* Ralph Salmins - drums (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 10)
* John Parricelli - guitar (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 10)
* Anne Dudley - piano (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 10), electric piano (tracks: 2, 5), glockenspiel (track: 4), organ (track: 6)
* Derek Watkins - trumpet (tracks: 3, 6, 10)
* Andy Parker - viola (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
* Bruce White - viola (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
* Peter Lale - viola (tracks: 1 to 9, 11)
* Vicci Wardman - viola (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, to 9)
* Boguslaw Kostecki - violin (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
* Gordon Buchan - violin (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
* John Bradbury - violin (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
* Julian Leaper - violin (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
* Maciej Rakowski - violin (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
* Patrick Kiernan - violin (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
* Paul Willey - violin (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
* Rita Manning - violin (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
* Roger Garland - violin (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 9, 11)
* Rolf Wilson - violin (tracks: 1 to 8)
* Simon Baggs - violin (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
* Rolf Wilson - violin (leader) (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
* Derek Watkins - flugelhorn (tracks: 2, 6)
* Alasdair Malloy - harmonica (glass), percussion (track: 8)
* Victoria Walpole - Cor Anglais (track: 4)
* Alasdair Mallory - marimba (track: 4)
* Steve Pearce - bass (track: 6)
* Jamie Talbot - saxophone (tracks: 6, 10)
* Julian Jackson - harmonica (track: 10)

Production

* Anne Dudley - producer, arranger
* Mat Bartram - sound engineer
* Steve Price - sound engineer
* Roger Dudley - sound engineer, sound mixing

Non-Album Tracks "Voice" Era

* "Alfie" (Bacharach, David) - 3:31 (B-side to single "Almost Blue", also included as bonus track on certain editions of album "Voice")

References

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