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Recorded
  
1982–1995

Artist
  
Alison Moyet

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
74:46 (Germany: 73:06)

Release date
  
27 June 1995

Genre
  
Pop music

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Released
  
27 June 1995 (1995-06-27)

Singles (1995)
  
The Essential Alison Moyet (2001)

Similar
  
Alison Moyet albums, Pop music albums

Singles is the greatest hits album of singer Alison Moyet, released in 1995. 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 electro-pop band Yazoo.

Contents

The album was re-released by Sony the following year as a two-disc set, Singles/Live, the second disc being a live recording of Alison on tour, again in 2000 as a one-disc set under the title Best of The Best – Gold and a third time in 2001 as The Essential Alison Moyet with a slightly revised track listing.

Track listing

  1. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan MacColl) – 3:19
  2. Previously unreleased
  3. "Only You" (Vince Clarke) – 3:12
  4. Performed by Yazoo, from 1982 album Upstairs at Eric's
  5. "Nobody's Diary" (Moyet) – 4:31
  6. Performed by Yazoo, from 1983 album You and Me Both
  7. "Winter Kills" (Clarke, Moyet) – 4:04
  8. Performed by Yazoo, from 1982 album Upstairs at Eric's. NB: German edition: Situation (UK Mix) – 2:24, performed by Yazoo
  9. "Love Resurrection" (Steve Jolley, Moyet, Swain) – 3:52
  10. From 1984 album Alf
  11. "All Cried Out" (7" Edit) (Jolley, Moyet, Swain) – 3:42
  12. From 1984 album Alf
  13. "Invisible" (Lamont Dozier) – 4:08
  14. From 1984 album Alf
  15. "That Ole Devil Called Love" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) – 3:05
  16. 1985 non-album single
  17. "Is This Love?" (Jean Guiot, Moyet) – 4:01
  18. From 1987 album Raindancing
  19. "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Michael Ward, Robert E. Clarke ) – 3:33
  20. From 1987 album Raindancing
  21. "Ordinary Girl" (7" Edit) (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) – 3:08
  22. From 1987 album Raindancing
  23. "Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 2:51
  24. 1987 non-album single
  25. "It Won't Be Long" (Glenister, Moyet) – 4:09
  26. From 1991 album Hoodoo
  27. "Wishing You Were Here" (Glenister, Moyet) – 3:58
  28. From 1991 album Hoodoo
  29. "This House" (Moyet) – 3:55
  30. From 1991 album Hoodoo
  31. "Falling" (Glenister, Moyet) – 3:39
  32. From 1994 album Essex
  33. "Whispering Your Name" (Single Mix) (Jules Shear) – 3:49
  34. From 1994 album Essex
  35. "Getting into Something" (Glenister, Moyet) – 4:15
  36. From 1994 album Essex
  37. "Ode to Boy II" (Moyet) – 2:57
  38. From 1994 album Essex
  39. "Solid Wood" (Moyet) – 4:38
  40. Previously unreleased

Production

  • Pete Glenister – producer (tracks: 1, 13, 14, 19)
  • Mark Saunders – producer (track: 1)
  • Eric Radcliffe – producer (tracks 2–4)
  • Yazoo – producers (tracks 2–4)
  • Steve Jolley – producer (tracks: 5–7)
  • Tony Swain – producer (tracks: 5–7)
  • Pete Wingfield – producer (track: 8)
  • Jimmy Iovine – producer (tracks: 9-11)
  • Manu Guiot – producer (track: 9)
  • Steve Brown – producer (track: 12)
  • Dave Dix – producer (track: 15)
  • Ian Broudie – producer (tracks: 16–18)

    • Track listing Live (1996)

    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
  • Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London and The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow.

    • Non-album tracks, Singles era

  • "Blue" 2:53
  • "First Time (Are You Sure It's Your...)" (Remix of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face") – 4:11
  • "Our Colander Eyes" – 4:21 (withdrawn 1996 single)

    • Songs

    1The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face3:19
    2Only You3:11
    3Nobody's Diary4:31

    References

    Singles (Alison Moyet album) Wikipedia
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