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Alison Moyet (born Genevieve Alison Jane Moyet on 18 June 1961), is an English pop singer-songwriter noted for her bluesy voice.

Moyet was born in Billericay, Essex, England to a French father and English mother. She grew up in Basildon, where she attended school. After leaving school at 16, she worked as a shop worker and a piano tuner. She was involved in a number of punk rock, pub rock and blues bands in the South East Essex area during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including The Vandals and the Screamin’ Ab Dabs, The Vicars and The Little Roosters.

Her mainstream pop career began in 1982 when she formed the electro-pop duo Yazoo with former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke. The duo had several hits, including “Situation”, “Only You”, “Don’t Go” and recorded two albums, “Upstairs At Eric’s” and “You And Me Both”. The group was notable for melding Clarke’s trademark electronic sounds with Moyet’s warm, soulful voice.

In 1983 Moyet and Clarke decided to disband Yazoo. While Clarke went on to form Erasure, Moyet signed to CBS (in part because it had been Janis Joplin’s label), and began her solo career.

In 1984 she released her debut album “Alf” (titled after her punk-era nickname). Alf included contributions by popular producers/songwriters Swain and Jolley, as well as a song, “Invisible”, written by Motown legend Lamont Dozier. The record was a hit in Britain, reaching number one in the album charts. Alf spawned 3 hit singles, “Love Resurrection”, “Invisible” and “All Cried Out”. In the US, “Invisible” was a Top 40 hit (something Yazoo had never achieved).

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1	All Cried Out full track	515
2	Love Resurrection full track	467
3	Is This Love	403
4	Invisible full track	338
5	Weak in the Presence of Beauty full track	329
6	That Ole Devil Called Love full track	305
7	Is This Love? full track	225
8	Love Letters full track	186
9	Nobody's Diary	162
10	This House full track	120
11	Whispering Your Name full track	103
12	Ordinary Girl full track	97
13	Wishing You Were Here full track	88
14	It Won't Be Long full track	87
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chilled-out-777 wrote:
24 days ago

A truly wonderful talented artist and still is.

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tangerman wrote:
last month

"For You Only" should have been at the top here :-)

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Lesscities wrote:
September 2009

I think I have a little precious in my "music-library"..This one as a twelve inch on mc..Love that..Best time of Yazoo!!

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LewisElrick wrote:
July 2009

new tour and greatest hits in october :)

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queerella wrote:
July 2009

her last album's pretty good really

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musica23 wrote:
May 2009

I'm praying there will be a "live" set from the Legrand tour (DVD, CD, or BOTH)! Wish I could have been there. Though I'm 99.9% certain she won't return to the US, I so hope to see her again one day. She's the best!

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qualityhill wrote:
May 2009

After many years she still sounds great 2day!!

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hoppala wrote:
April 2009

Great voice, great woman, great songs :) !

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Gaesha13 wrote:
April 2009

Ditto!

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geniebiker wrote:
April 2009

Great voice and a lovely women,cannot get enough of her

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miss_xyz wrote:
April 2009

I love her music! Whenever I am feeling in a dark mood, i've put on her music and felt lifted.. 'we all need a love resurection, just a little divine intervention..!'

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HeathVThomas wrote:
April 2009

Superb ,more please alison.

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FINCHYORION wrote:
April 2009

Exceptionally brilliant!!! Hard to top Moyet!!!

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ravenglory wrote:
April 2009

diva extraordinaire!

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Sensormusic wrote:
April 2009

real talent. love her brilliant voice.

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EmmaKSpence wrote:
April 2009

SENSUAL PIANO, SOULFUL VOICE: www.last.fm/music/Emma+K+Spence Her seductively soulful voice delivers her gift for rendering a story into song, telling of the wavering temperament of love. Her sensual piano style is a melodic and passionate richness that will effortlessly shift your senses. www.last.fm/music/Emma+K+Spence/The+Piano+Sessions

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massamuttti wrote:
April 2009

perfect phrasing great collection

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FINCHYORION wrote:
March 2009

purely brilliant voice & track!

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Reetling wrote:
March 2009

she still blows me away! what a brilliant voice!

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digifan71 wrote:
February 2009

BAMtime ... can agree :-)

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And the winner is...

6 Nov 2009 | from www.alisonmoyet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage

The exclusive AMCOM/Sony competition for a Moyet fan to win a framed photograph that is signed by Alison - it is the album cover image without any text - has now closed. Read on to find the answer and discover who the lucky winner is. …

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Alison's Lament
4 Nov 2009 | from www.alisonmoyet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage
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Alison and Graham
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Alison Moyet to join Children in Need 2009
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