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ALISON MOYET Interview". The Electricity Club. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014 . Retrieved 16 March 2014. 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]

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. Disenchanted after a world tour in support of Raindancing and feeling under pressure to produce pop hits, Moyet ran in the other direction, hooking up with tour guitarist Pete Glenister for a writing partnership that would last for several years. 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. a b c d "UK Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019 . Retrieved 5 June 2016.A critical and commercial smash, the broadsheets labelled this her best album in decades while the record-buying public rewarded the LP with a UK Top 5 placing, her best since Raindancing. With some of Moyet’s typical arch wit, in a press release for the record, she described The Minutes as “Born of reconstructed improvisation. I like to think of it as prog-pop. But I also like to think of big dogs as small horses, so don’t hang on to that thought long.” Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet [3] was born in Billericay, Essex, to a French father and English mother. [4] She grew up in the nearby town of Basildon, where she attended Janet Duke Junior School and then Nicholas Comprehensive at secondary level. [5] [6] 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 CBS had a battle plan, though, enlisting producers Steve Jolley and Tony Swain to recreate the kind of success they’d recently had with the likes of Bananarama and Spandau Ballet. Speed was of the essence. 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]

And it’s unlikely there was a dry eye in any of the houses that Moyet played the touching tribute to her mother, The English U. Fittingly enough, The Rarest Birds soars beautifully. Schlosberg, Karen; Robbins, Ira; Zwirn, Michael. "Yazoo (Yaz)". Trouser Press . Retrieved 8 April 2014. Alison Moyet". Facebook.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 . Retrieved 1 February 2013. We’ve waited so long for this, it’s great news that it is finally coming out, however, nothing beyond the officially released discography has been explored. If Wet Wet Wet‘s Picture This can be issued as a 4-disc super deluxe edition box set then perhaps Alison Moyet’s team may have underplayed their hand with this key long-player from the early-to-mid eighties. You get the feeling Moyet’s fans – and pop fans in general – like this record more than she does, which may well have influenced the decision to not over-indulge when it came to the reissue. I quite enjoy the invisibility of middle age' ". Echo-news.co.uk. 27 October 2017 . Retrieved 5 November 2017.Over the next 18 months the duo released two albums, Upstairs at Eric's and You and Me Both, which received critical acclaim for their production, particularly the blending of Clarke's synthesizer melodies with Moyet's blues- and soul-influenced vocals. Alison Moyet (ex-Yazoo) joins W14 Music". Side-line.com. 19 December 2006 . Retrieved 16 April 2012. a b "Alison Moyet Announces New Album "Other" ". AlisonMoyet.com. 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017 . Retrieved 17 March 2017.

A dance/pop cover in the genre of gospel music was released on inspirational US singer Kim Boyce's debut album in 1986. There were minor lyric changes to the song to incorporate it into the gospel genre. [ citation needed] Moyet with Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra at the Apollo Theatre, Manchester, December 2010 The success of Alf would soon make Moyet resentful as she felt the album's mass market appeal had defined her before she had the chance and experience to properly decide the direction she wanted to take her solo career in. Furthermore, she felt the album and her weight-gain at that time "presented an image of unthreatening cosy womanliness". [13] Speaking of the album, Moyet later recalled in 2016: Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". Archived from the original on 21 July 2015 . Retrieved 23 September 2009.

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a b c d e f g h Lowrey, Nix (4 May 2011). "Alison Moyet Interviewed: Only You – The Story & End of Yazoo". The Quietus . Retrieved 6 December 2013.

Hung, Steffen (12 May 2013). "Chart Watch Britain: Alison Moyet Debuts at Number 5; Joe Satriani and Bonnie Tyler Score Multi-Decade Bests". Vintagevinylnews.com . Retrieved 13 May 2013. Geneviève Alison Jane Ballard [ citation needed] MBE ( née Moyet / ˈ m ɔɪ . eɪ/ MOY-ay; born 18 June 1961) is an English singer noted for her powerful bluesy contralto voice. She came to prominence as half of the duo Yazoo (known as Yaz in North America), but has since mainly worked as a solo artist.

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On 14 October 2014, Moyet was presented with a Gold Badge Award by professional music writers association The Ivors Academy. [33] a b c d e Brinn, David (23 February 2010). "All good things come to Alison Moyet". The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved 28 September 2012. New Zealand album certifications – Alison Moyet – Alf". Recorded Music NZ. 27 January 1985 . Retrieved 6 September 2021. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.