Singles (Alison Moyet album)

Singles
Greatest hits album by Alison Moyet
Released	27 June 1995
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 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 1980s 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 track listing.

Track listing

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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)

Track listing 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

1. "Allmusic review".

• Alison Moyet's official website
• Alison Moyet Forums