The Best of Alison Moyet
2009 compilation album by Alison Moyet
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The Best of Alison Moyet is a compilation album by British singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released in 2009. Moyet's first compilation album since 2001's The Essential, The Best of contains twenty tracks, with selections from her seven solo albums.[1][2]
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| Released | 19 October 2009[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 77:59 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
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In addition to the standard edition, a limited edition, two-disc The Best of – 25 Years Revisited version was also released, which features a selection of eleven songs re-interpreted and recorded live.[3]
The album peaked at No. 17 in the UK, remaining in the Top 100 for thirteen weeks.[4] Moyet supported the release with the 25 Years Revisited tour, which spanned 26 venues across the UK and Ireland during November–December 2009.[5]
Critical reception
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Love Resurrection" | Alison Moyet, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain | 3:52 |
| 2. | "All Cried Out" | Moyet, Jolley, Swain | 3:41 |
| 3. | "Invisible" | Lamont Dozier | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Where Hides Sleep" | Moyet, Jolley, Swain | 3:49 |
| 5. | "That Ole Devil Called Love" | Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher | 3:05 |
| 6. | "Is This Love?" | Moyet, Jean Guiot | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" | Michael Ward, Rob Clarke | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Ordinary Girl" | Moyet, Jess Bailey, Rick Driscoll | 3:25 |
| 9. | "Love Letters" | Edward Heyman, Victor Young | 2:50 |
| 10. | "It Won't Be Long" | Moyet, Pete Glenister | 4:15 |
| 11. | "This House" | Moyet | 3:56 |
| 12. | "Hoodoo" | Moyet, Pete Glenister | 4:41 |
| 13. | "Footsteps" | Moyet, Pete Glenister | 5:00 |
| 14. | "Whispering Your Name" | Jules Shear | 3:28 |
| 15. | "Should I Feel That It's Over" | Moyet, Pete Glenister | 4:01 |
| 16. | "More" | Moyet, Pete Glenister | 3:59 |
| 17. | "Yesterday's Flame" | Moyet, Pete Glenister | 4:28 |
| 18. | "Windmills of Your Mind" | Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand | 3:50 |
| 19. | "Almost Blue" | Elvis Costello | 3:53 |
| 20. | "One More Time" | Moyet, Pete Glenister | 4:02 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "All Cried Out" | Moyet, Jolley, Swain | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Ski" | Moyet, David Ballard, Grant Clarke, Bruce Gray, John Lewis | 4:40 |
| 3. | "Hoodoo" | Moyet, Glenister | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Ordinary Girl" | Moyet, Bailey, Driscoll | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Midnight" | Moyet | 4:39 |
| 6. | "This House" | Moyet | 3:48 |
| 7. | "Find Me" | Moyet, Gerry Colvin | 4:46 |
| 8. | "Footsteps" | Moyet, Glenister | 3:32 |
| 9. | "Is This Love?" | Moyet, Guiot | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Situation" | Moyet, Vince Clarke | 2:09 |
| 11. | "Wishing You Were Here" | Moyet, Glenister | 3:40 |
Personnel
- Mazen Murad – remastering
- Geoff Pesche – remastering (Disc 2 of 25 Years Revisited only)
- Nicole Nodland – cover photo
- Steve Stacey – sleeve design
- Andy Hayes – album design, layout