Singles (Alison Moyet album) explained

Singles
Type:greatest hits
Artist:Alison Moyet
Cover:Alison_Moyet_-_Singles.jpg
Recorded:1982–1995
Genre:Pop
Length:74:46
Label:Columbia
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Prev Year:1994
Next Title:The Essential Alison Moyet
Next Year:2001

Singles is the first greatest hits album by English singer Alison Moyet, released on 22 May 1995 by Columbia Records.[1] The album includes two previously unreleased tracks, Moyet's version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Solid Wood", as well as a number of hits from the singer's stint in 1980s synth-pop duo Yazoo.

The album was re-released the following year as a two-disc set, Singles/Live, the second disc being a live recording of Moyet on tour, and again in 2000 as a one-disc set under the title Best of The Best: Gold.

Critical reception

David Quantick of NME called Singles "about as spot-on as an Alison Moyet compilation can be".

Track listing

  1. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan MacColl) – 3:19
    • Previously unreleased
  2. "Only You" (Vince Clarke) – 3:12
  3. "Nobody's Diary" (Moyet) – 4:31
  4. "Situation" (UK Mix) (Vince Clarke, Alison Moyet) – 2:24
    • Performed by Yazoo, a 1982 B-side.
    • North American editions have instead "Winter Kills" (Moyet), performed by Yazoo, from 1982 album Upstairs at Eric's
  5. "Love Resurrection" (Steve Jolley, Moyet, Swain) – 3:52
    • From 1984 album Alf
  6. "All Cried Out" (7" Edit) (Jolley, Moyet, Swain) – 3:42
    • From 1984 album Alf
  7. "Invisible" (Lamont Dozier) – 4:08
    • From 1984 album Alf
  8. "That Ole Devil Called Love" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) – 3:05
    • 1985 non-album single
  9. "Is This Love?" (Jean Guiot, Moyet) – 4:01
  10. "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Michael Ward, Robert E. Clarke) – 3:33
  11. "Ordinary Girl" (7" Edit) (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) – 3:08
  12. "Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 2:51
    • 1987 non-album single
  13. "It Won't Be Long" (Pete Glenister, Moyet) – 4:09
  14. "Wishing You Were Here" (Glenister, Moyet) – 3:58
  15. "This House" (Moyet) – 3:55
  16. "Falling" (Glenister, Moyet) – 3:39
  17. "Whispering Your Name" (Single Mix) (Jules Shear) – 3:49
  18. "Getting into Something" (Glenister, Moyet) – 4:15
  19. "Ode to Boy II" (Moyet) – 2:57
  20. "Solid Wood" (Moyet) – 4:38
    • Previously unreleased

Singles/Live bonus disc (Live)

  1. "Getting into Something" (Glenister, Moyet) – 5:16
  2. "Chain of Fools" (Covay) – 5:05
  3. "Love Letters" (Heyman, Young) – 4:43
  4. "All Cried Out" (Jolley, Moyet, Swain) – 4:08
  5. "Dorothy" (Glenister, Moyet) – 3:24
  6. "Falling" (Glenister, Moyet) – 3:44
  7. "Ode to Boy" (Moyet) – 3:07
  8. "Is This Love?" (Guiot, Moyet) – 3:59
  9. "Nobody's Diary" (Moyet) – 4:30
  10. "Whispering Your Name" (Shear) – 3:53
  11. "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" (Casey, Jacobs) – 3:05

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)! scope="col"
Peak
position
European Albums (Music & Media)[2] 14
Irish Albums (IFPI)[3] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)! scope="col"
Position
European Albums (Music & Media)[4] 91
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 32

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CD Album: Alison Moyet - Singles (1995).
  2. European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 12. 25. 24 June 1995. 21. 29800226. World Radio History.
  3. Top National Sellers. Music & Media. 12. 26. 1 July 1995. 18. 29800226. World Radio History.
  4. Year End Sales Charts – European Top 100 Albums 1995. Music & Media. 12. 51/52. 23 December 1995. 14. 29800226. World Radio History.
  5. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1995. Official Charts Company. 18 January 2021.

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