4/30/2024 0 Comments Alison moyet the minutes vinyl![]() ![]() A lot of people will love it but it’s not Radio One.” There’s some blues on it, some chanson, some heavy strings. Moyet reasoned that the recording was “an adult album but it’s not mainstream. A commercial and critical triumph, in fact. When Hometime eventually turned up on Sanctuary Records it was one in the eye for Sony within a few months of its release it had shifted more than a quarter of a million copies. Now it was Sony’s turn to push Alison into more commercial territory only for the singer to dig her heels in. More label politics upset Moyet’s creative flow, hence the eight-year gap between albums four and five. Helmed by the South West city’s production duo The Insects (aka the under-theradar Tim Norfolk and Bob Locke), sessions attracted members and affiliates from Portishead, Lupine Howl and Massive Attack. Rightfully nominated for a BRIT Award and the Mercury Music Prize, Hometime was eight long years after Essex but well worth the wait.Įxploring another fascinating musical direction, this was Moyet’s brief flirtation with the Bristol Sound. Jules Shear’s Whispering Your Name feels like a standard and Moyet revisits a self-penned Yazoo track on the fine Ode To Boy the urgent strummed acoustic guitars and Alison’s rapid-fire delivery are an absolute delight.Įssex is one of Moyet’s most guitar-heavy collections, a nod to the dominance of Oasis, Blur et al, but it still stands alone as a consistent and timeless collection rather than merely an era curio. You can also see his fingerprints all over Another Living Day, too. There’s an exotic world music flourish to opener Falling – it’s Kula Shaker two years early – but don’t let that put you off.īroudie brings his influence to bear on the melodic, breezy power-pop of And I Know, with a gnarly guitar solo that gives the song a kick in the pants. ![]() Broudie does a fine job in retooling the bulk of this record. In fairness, you’d be hard pushed to see the joins. The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie was drafted in to re-record several tracks and give them a more chart-friendly sheen. Record company travails continued for Moyet into the mid-90s – while the label execs wanted to pitch her as a middle-of-the-road balladeer, the singer had other ideas entirely.Ĭontinuing writing with Pete Glenister, Alison’s first set of songs submitted as the follow-up to Hoodoo were rejected by her paymasters who deemed it as uncommercial as its predecessor. It’s an anthem, a song of hope, on a decidedly defiant collection. On an increasingly diverse yet coherent collection, Hoodoo leaves us with some old skool soul via the Gospel vibe and Hammond organ swells of Find Me. (sample lyric: “In no way let God’s Kingdom pass you by”). Intriguing electro pulses thread through the standout My Right A.R.M. Fine Young Cannibals’ Andy Cox and David Steele return Alison to her electro roots for the knowingly-titled Back Where I Belong, yet the track is given a 90s update. On the sleevenotes she’s described as providing an “Elysian chorus”. Kirsty MacColl is as empathetic as ever with a backing vocals turn on waltzing ballad Wishing You Were Here. Moyet even supplies harmonica for the urban blues Rise that also features a tasty wah wah guitar solo. ![]() Meanwhile, Ocean Colour Scene’s Simon Fowler and Steve Cradock turn up on the proto-Britpop of It Won’t Be Long. The earthy soul of Footsteps makes for a fine opener, and there’s rarely been a record that hasn’t been improved by the contributions of the Kick Horns. It is not a flawless record, but it a road map that led to me understanding myself much better.” In 2007 she commented: “Making Hoodoo, we were left to our own devices and found some passion and aggression again. Now over 30 years down the line, the record stands up remarkably well. While her previous albums had their share of hit singles, the 7” releases from Hoodoo all tanked, unfairly tarnishing its attendant LP as an experiment too far. Hoodoo was an attempt to redress the balance where Alison would create purely on her own terms.ĭisenchanted 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. The new decade brought a fresh sound for Moyet as the singer had been openly critical of the overtly commercial nature of her first two solo records. ![]()
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