Singles (Alison Moyet album)

Singles
Greatest hits album by
Alison Moyet
Released22 May 1995 (1995-05-22)
Recorded1982–1995
GenrePop
Length74:46
LabelColumbia
Alison Moyet chronology
Essex
(1994) 		Singles
(1995) 		The Essential Alison Moyet
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Baltimore Sun(favorable)[2]
NME7/10[3]
Spin(favorable)[4]

Singles is the first greatest hits album by English singer Alison Moyet, released on 22 May 1995 by Columbia Records.[5] 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".[3]

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

Personnel

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

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Singles
Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[20] Gold 7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] 2× Platinum 600,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "AllMusic review".
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  4. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (September 1995). "Heavy Rotation". Spin. p. 44. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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  18. ^ "Year End Sales Charts – European Top 100 Albums 1995" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 51/52. 23 December 1995. p. 14. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  19. ^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1995". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  20. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Alison Moyet – Singles". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  21. ^ "British album certifications – Alison Moyet – Singles". British Phonographic Industry. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2021.