Alf

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Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Alison Moyet; 'Alf ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 6 September 2021. Bakker, Machgiel; Inglis, Cathy (23 December 1985). "Pan-European Awards 1985" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol.2, no.51/52. p.7. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. The title says it all. After being declared one of the greatest vocalists of her generation, here was the one occasion where Moyet swapped onward artistic progression to capitalise purely on the quality of her pipes.

While it may have been written and laid down in a musical vacuum, you can imagine her old sparring partner Vince Clarke could have been at the controls for the melodic Love Reign Supreme or Yazoo-like ballad Filigree. a b "German Certification". Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013 . Retrieved 5 June 2016. In July 2013, Moyet said that she has begun writing new material for the follow-up to The Minutes. [23] It’s a couple discussing their flagging love life – a stirring anthem about someone who just can’t get it up any more. Moyet is longing for a “warm injection” and pleads with her partner “I want you to grow in my hand.” Even “If we pull together, we’ll never fall apart again” has a certain sexualised element to it. The Irish Charts – Search Results – Love Resurrection". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

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Moyet appeared with Heather Peace in January 2012 on the final concert of Peace's first studio album, Fairytales. [16] Moyet announced on BBC Radio 6 Music that her new album with Guy Sigsworth would be released in 2012, but in February that year she stated: "I appear to have forfeited my recording deal because I won't do reality TV. No-one needs to make an album that badly. Tea anyone?" In an interview with Touchbase the following June, Moyet confirmed that she was still recording her album and that she was not rushing it. [17] The first live album of Moyet’s career, the proliferation of material culled from The Minutes proves just how much confidence the singer had in her eighth studio LP.

Reconnected EP, Yazooinfo.com, 26 May 2008, archived from the original on 14 July 2013 , retrieved 4 November 2013 Alison Moyet's new album will be..." Alisonmoyet.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013 . Retrieved 19 February 2013. Downey, Pat; Albert, George; Hoffman, Frank (1994). Cash Box Pop Singles Charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc. p. 240. ISBN 1563083167 . Retrieved 23 March 2023.

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Recorded, engineered and mixed by Richard Lengyel (at Odyssey Studios, London, England; assisted by Roger Dobson) On 22 January 2013, Moyet announced that she had signed a worldwide deal with London-based record label Cooking Vinyl. [18] Sony Music had earlier announced that Moyet's four solo albums on the label ( Alf, Raindancing, Hoodoo and Essex) were being digitally remastered and would be reissued with B-sides and bonus material. In February 2013, Moyet said of the remastered albums: "The project was Sony's – some initial work was done and then the project was suspended." [19] Moyet in the Gruenspan Hamburg, September 2013

Alison Moyet – For You Only / Money Mile – Columbia – USA – 38-05614". 45cat . Retrieved 5 April 2017. Reynolds, Simon (2013). Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-28914-1.

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Canadian album certifications – Alison Moyet – Alf". Music Canada. 1 May 1985 . Retrieved 6 September 2021.

Classic Pop Readers' Awards 2017". Archived from the original on 9 July 2021 . Retrieved 7 July 2021. Clarke and Moyet grew up in Basildon and attended the same Saturday music school when they were eleven years old. [13] Clarke was inspired to make electronic music after hearing Wirral synth band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), and later co-founded Depeche Mode. [16] [17] Moyet spent her teens singing in various punk and blues bands in her home town. She placed an advert in the UK weekly music magazine Melody Maker in late 1981 asking for musicians to form a "rootsy" blues band after her most recent group, the Screamin' Ab Dabs, had broken up. [12] [18] [19] At the age of 20, Moyet's mainstream pop career began in 1982 with the formation of the synthpop duo Yazoo with former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke. In the United States, the band operated under the name Yaz, due to trademark issues with the Yazoo Records record label already operating in the region. Yazoo had several hits, including " Only You", " Don't Go", " Situation" and " Nobody's Diary", and recorded two albums, Upstairs at Eric's and You and Me Both. Alison Moyet‘s 1984 album Alf will be reissue as a two-CD deluxe edition in November along with her three other Sony albums. Sir Bob Geldof to be honoured by Gold Badge Awards". M-magazine.co.uk. 10 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018 . Retrieved 7 July 2018.On 21 September 2015, Moyet performed at the Burberry Show at London Fashion Week. Her set was released as a digital EP, Live for Burberry on 23 September. [25] Chin, Brian (2 November 1985). "Moyet Content With 'Alf's' Notice on European Charts". Billboard. Vol.97, no.44. p.48. ISSN 0006-2510– via Google Books.