Singles (Alison Moyet album)

Singles is the first 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.

Singles
Greatest hits album by
Alison Moyet
Released22 May 1995 (1995-05-22)[1]
Recorded1982–1995
GenrePop
Length74:46 (Germany: 73:06)
LabelColumbia/Sony Music Entertainment
Alison Moyet chronology
Essex
(1994)		 Singles
(1995)		 The Essential Alison Moyet
(2001)
Alternative cover
Re-release, two-disc set

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
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
  1. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan MacColl) – 3:19
    • Previously unreleased
  2. "Only You" (Vince Clarke) – 3:12
  3. "Nobody's Diary" (Moyet) – 4:31
  4. "Situation" (UK Mix) (Vince Clarke, Alison Moyet) – 2:24
    • Performed by Yazoo, a 1982 B-side.
    • North American editions have instead "Winter Kills" (Moyet), performed by Yazoo, from 1982 album Upstairs at Eric's
  5. "Love Resurrection" (Steve 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" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) – 3:05
    • 1985 non-album single
  9. "Is This Love?" (Jean Guiot, Moyet) – 4:01
  10. "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Michael Ward, Robert E. Clarke ) – 3:33
  11. "Ordinary Girl" (7" Edit) (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) – 3:08
  12. "Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 2:51
    • 1987 non-album single
  13. "It Won't Be Long" (Pete Glenister, Moyet) – 4:09
  14. "Wishing You Were Here" (Glenister, Moyet) – 3:58
  15. "This House" (Moyet) – 3:55
  16. "Falling" (Glenister, Moyet) – 3:39
  17. "Whispering Your Name" (Single Mix) (Jules Shear) – 3:49
  18. "Getting into Something" (Glenister, Moyet) – 4:15
  19. "Ode to Boy II" (Moyet) – 2:57
  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)

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[14] Gold 7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] 2× Platinum 600,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
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  2. "Allmusic review".
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