Showing posts with label Alison Moyet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alison Moyet. Show all posts
Sunday, 25 May 2025
Sunday, 13 October 2024
Alison Moyet - Raindancing - 1987
Raindancing is the second album from Alison Moyet, released in April 1987 on CBS/Columbia Records. It was produced by Jess Bailey, David Freeman, Jean Guiot, Joseph Hugher, Jimmy Iovine and Alison Moyet. The album reached No. 2 on the British charts and peaked at No. 94 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.
Listen to the Full album:
Track Listing:
Weak in The Presence of Beauty Ordinary Girl You Got Me Wrong Without You Sleep Like Breathing Is This Love? Blow Wind Blow Glorious Love When I Say Stay
Number One Magazine Review
Record Mirror Review
Music Week Review
Monday, 25 December 2023
Top of the Pop Culture 80s - Top 20 Albums of the 80s - Numbers 10 to 1
Our Top 20 all time 80s favourite albums. Numbers 10 to 1. The criteria is albums we still play today and never tire of, where we never skip any songs or think I've heard that track too many times. Yes, we are aware that Pat Benatar's "In the Heat of the Night" was released in August 1979 in America but it never charted in the U.K. until 1985.
Listen to some of our favourites:
Play the Number One album
Thursday, 30 June 2022
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Wednesday, 22 December 2021
Top of the Pops Christmas Day 1985
King – “Love & Pride”
Sister Sledge – “Frankie”
Madonna – “Into The Groove”
Colonel Abrams – “Trapped”
Phyllis Nelson – “Move Closer”
Midge Ure – “If I Was”
Alison Moyet – “That Ole Devil Called Love”
Eurythmics – “There Must Be An Angel ”
Paul Hardcastle – “19”
Dead Or Alive – “You Spin Me Round ”
Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – “Easy Lover”
David Bowie & Mick Jagger – “Dancing In The Street”
Baltimora – “Tarzan Boy”
The Crowd – “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
USA For Africa – “We Are The World”
Band Aid – “Do They Know It’s Christmas”
Billy Ocean – “Suddenly”
Foreigner – “I Want To Know What Love Is”
UB40 & Chrissie Hynde – “I Got You Babe”
Feargal Sharkey – “A Good Heart”
Jonathan King – US chart rundown
Madonna – “Crazy For You”
Tears For Fears – “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”
George Michael – “Careless Whisper”
Paul Young – “Everytime You Go Away”
Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson – “I Know Him So Well”
Jennifer Rush – “The Power Of Love”
Wham! – “I’m Your Man”
Whitney Houston – “Saving All My Love For You”
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Welcome To The Pleasure Dome”
Sunday, 28 November 2021
Saturday, 2 October 2021
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Monday, 5 October 2020
Alison Moyet - Invisible - 1984
Alison Moyet - Invisible
The 3rd Single from Alison Moyet was released in November 1984 and reached Number 21 on the U.K. singles chart. Written by Lamont Dozier, it was released on Columbia Records on 7 inch and 12 inch Single. It spent 10 weeks on the chart.
Prince's Trust live Performance
Number One Magazine Review
Monday, 8 June 2020
Alison Moyet - ALF 1984
ALF is the debut album from Alison Moyet, released on 9th November 1984 on CBS/Columbia Records. It was produced by Tony Swain and Steve Jolley. The album reached No. 1 on the British charts and peaked at No. 45 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.
Listen to the Full album:
Track listing:
Love Resurrection
Honey For The Bees
For You Only
Invisible
Steal Me Blind
All Cried Out
Money Mile
Twisting the Knife
Where Hides Sleep
Smash Hits Review
Number One Magazine Review
1982 synth pop duo Yazoo burst on the U.K. chart. The perfect combination of Vince Clarke's electronic sounds and Alison Moyet's wonderfully powerful voice. I was a big fan and especially loved the singles "Don't Go" and "Only You".
I was still at school at the time and couldn't afford the album "Upstairs at Eric's" but being a member of the record library I borrowed it and was very naughty by copying it so I could keep a copy.
The following year after their second album "You and Me Both" Yazoo (or Yaz in America) split leaving Alison to go solo.
Her 1984 debut album ALF was much anticipated and didn't disappoint. Preceded by the excellent first single "Love Resurrection", Alison had worked with my favourite producers at the time Swain and Jolley, who were responsible for the Imagination sound and also worked with Spandau Ballet and Bananarama.
I had the ALF album for Christmas 1984 and loved every track but "Invisible" is definitely my favourite. Sadly, despite co-writing 8 of the 9 tracks Alison wasn't happy with the pop sound that was forced upon her by the record company and producers. Now she even refuses to sing "Invisible" live.
Thankfully I got to see her in concert at the NEC in 1987 when she was still performing it and I was totally blown away by her voice.
Her 1987 follow up "Raindancing" was good but not up to the perfection of her first album. Then things went a little weird for awhile as Alison rebelled against the pop she'd become associated with for material that she was happier with.
For me ALF remains her best work.
Sunday, 15 July 2018
July Playlist 1984
July Playlist 1984
01 - Billy Ocean - Dancefloor
02 - Tina Turner - Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
03 - Wham - If You Were there
04 - Alison Moyet - Money Mile
05 - Thompson Twins - Passion Planet
06 - The Pointer Sisters - Dance Electric
07 - Alphaville - Sounds Like A Melody
08 - Madonna - Pretender
09 - U2 - Indian Summer Sky
10 - Sade - Spirit
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Saturday, 6 January 2018
Alison Moyet - All Cried Out - 1984
The 2nd Single from Alison Moyet was released in September 1984 and reached Number 8 on the U.K. singles chart. Written by Alison Moyet, Tony Swain and Steve Jolley it was released on Cloumbia Records on 7 inch and 12 inch Single. It spent 11 weeks on the chart.
Smash Hits Review by Mike Read
Number One Magazine Review
12 inch Remix
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