Singles (Alison Moyet album)

Singles
Greatest hits album by Alison Moyet
Released	June 27, 1995 (1995-06-27)
Recorded	1982-1995
Genre	Pop
Length	74:46 (Germany: 73:06)
Label	Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment
Alison Moyet chronology
Essex (1994) Singles (1995) The Essential Alison Moyet (2001)
Alternative cover
Re-release, two-disc set

Singles is the title of 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 80s electro-pop band Yazoo.

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 tracklisting.

Track listing

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1. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Maccoll) - 3:19
   • Previously unreleased
2. "Only You" (Clarke) - 3:12
   • Performed by Yazoo, from 1982 album Upstairs at Eric's
3. "Nobody's Diary" (Moyet) - 4:31
   • Performed by Yazoo, from 1983 album You and Me Both
4. "Winter Kills" (Clarke, Moyet) - 4:04
   • Performed by Yazoo, from 1982 album Upstairs at Eric's. NB: German edition: Situation (UK Mix) - 2:24, performed by Yazoo
5. "Love Resurrection" (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" (Fisher, Roberts) - 3:05
   • 1985 non-album single
9. "Is This Love?" (Guiot, Moyet) - 4:01
   • From 1987 album Raindancing
10. "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Michael Ward, Robert E. Clarke ) - 3:33
    • From 1987 album Raindancing
11. "Ordinary Girl" (7" Edit) (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:08
    • From 1987 album Raindancing
12. "Love Letters" (Heyman, Young) - 2:51
    • 1987 non-album single
13. "It Won't Be Long" (Glenister, Moyet) - 4:09
    • From 1991 album Hoodoo
14. "Wishing You Were Here" (Glenister, Moyet) - 3:58
    • From 1991 album Hoodoo
15. "This House" (Moyet) - 3:55
    • From 1991 album Hoodoo
16. "Falling" (Glenister, Moyet) - 3:39
    • From 1994 album Essex
17. "Whispering Your Name" (Single Mix) (Shear) - 3:49
    • From 1994 album Essex
18. "Getting Into Something" (Glenister, Moyet) - 4:15
    • From 1994 album Essex
19. "Ode to Boy II" (Moyet) - 2:57
    • From 1994 album Essex
20. "Solid Wood" (Moyet) - 4:38
    • 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)

Tracklisting 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)

References

• Alison Moyet's official website
• Alison Moyet Forums

Preceded by Stanley Road by Paul Weller

UK number one album June 3, 1995 – June 9, 1995

Succeeded by P-U-L-S-E by Pink Floyd