As acquired taste, Great voice - Alison Moyet is a British vocal phenomenon, like a female Robbie Williams. She has a vocal sexiness that is betrayed by a weight problem, but her songs are well crafted and well sung, and you will not be able to get some of them out of your head. The suggestiveness of several lyrics will surprise some folks, but the four stars are real. Alison more than delivers.
Comment on PD Harris review below - Just to put it out there, but I don t know anyone who would ever confuse Yaz s Only You with the Platters Only You. Why would you even put that in your review? Very strange.....
ALISON MOYET - EXCELENTE VOZ DE ESTA MUJER Y SOBRE TODO QUE HACIA MUY BUENA MANCUERNA CON SU ANTERIOR COMPAÑERO EN EL GRUPO YAZOO, PERO ESTA BUENO EL DISCO.
Oh yeah. She`s got the touch. - Alison Moyet singles is an extragavanza journey of 20 solid songs more or less all trough this collection . The highpoints are near in the middle of this CD, but the rest is small goodie goodies too. Track 1 The First time i ever saw your face sets the standard with Allison strong voice to carry it trough. the build up is good, and then you are right into it. Track 2 Only You is even more melodious to listen too, with some essential magic on the synthesizers spreads glory into your soul. Track 3 Nobody`s diary is a minor letdown. Ok but nothing more. Too much plink/plonk on the synth, and to little melody. Track 4 Situation has some of the same problems, but the effective rythm helps quite a lot and lift`s it above average. Track 5 Love resurrection is anyway in the high quality departement, with lesser technical wishy washy, and more effective melody theft from the right sources of the roots when it all began. Track 6 All Cried Out, is a vocal screamer from the highest rank of quality. High quality workmanship in other words. Track 7 Invisible is my all time Moyet favoruite, because she delivers. She sings here heart out on this one, and when here vocal cord strikes like lightning, it`s just heaven above. Track 8 That ole devil called love is a Billy Holliday gem, but Alison Moyet makes it here own. Puuuuuure jazzy magic. Track 9 Is this Love is also nearly up there, but it`s not extraordinary. Track 10 Weak in the precence of beauty, she`s back in the business again. Melodious and effective. Track 11 Ordinary Girls, is a fastback morè rock and roll, with a quite effective beat.Track 12 Love Letters is the first ballad, and it`s a minor letdown. A stream of clichees. Track 13 It won`t be long is quite ok. The energy is certainly there, so too speak, but not much more, sorry to say.Track 14 Wishing you where here, has a light country music feel over it. Ok. Track 15 This House is a quality ballad, which showes here voice quality from deep, deep, down, and up,up, there. Magic. Track 16 is the weird one folk rock inspired song which lifts youre soul. Track 17 Whispering your name is a lightweight popsong which sounds like if Cher, had a better voice. Tremendous. Track 18 Getting into somthing. Yeah, but what? A soft spoken disko hybrid. Average. Track 19 Ode to Boy II is an effective feet steeper, but to chaotic as a whole. Track 20 Solid Wood is solid enough, but nothing more. Anyway she`s an artist that got IT, and i certainly mean it.
Blockbuster Set - This is a great collection by one of England s best singers. Alison s reading of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face may presage her beautiful Voice CD released in the UK last year. Only You and Love Resurrection may sounded dated to my teenager, but they both pulse with great energy and sound as great to me as they did when they pumped out on the dancefloor in the 80s. Previously unreleased in the US before this 1995 set, That Ole Devil Called Love was a song Billie Holiday nailed. Alison plays with the melody and shows a great affinity for this era of song. Weak In the Presence of Beauty is also a classic track with Alison s fully committed vocals and great percussion. Tackling a tune that was a major hit for Elvis Presley and has been recorded by Nat King Cole, Bobby Darin, Peggy Lee & Dinah Washington and then making it sound fresh is a major feat that Moyet accomplishes on her sterling version of Love Letters. This House is a somber dramatic track that Moyet builds into a tragedy of a broken love affair. Whispering Your Name is a delightful synth track from the underrated Essex CD. Singles is a blockbuster set that love resurrects some excellent performances from one of our best singers. Bravo!