Product Description

'Voice' sees one time Yazoo vocalist Alison Moyet tackle various jazz and classical standards for the first time. With orchestral arrangements from former Art Of Noise member AnneDudley, Moyet uses her distinctive smokey vocals to make classics such as 'Cry Me A River', 'Almost Blue', and 'The ManI Love' her own.

Track Listing

1. Windmills of Your Mind
2. The Man I Love
3. Almost Blue
4. Je Crois Entendre Encore
5. What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?
6. God Give Me Strength
7. The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies-o!
8. Dido's Lament: When I Am Laid In Earth
9. La Chanson des Vieux Amants
10. Cry Me A River
11. Bye Bye Blackbird

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9589 in Music
• Released on: 2004-09-06
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
There is, undeniably, a ripe contemporary market flush with youngsters peddling variations on easy listening, swing and even opera. However, Voice--Alison Moyet's new covers album of jazz, lounge and romantic opera spanning Bacharach to LeGrand, Jacques Brel to Henry Purcell--stands apart from all that with a detached air of solemn academic nous. Working with a small classical orchestra (arrangements courtesy of film score Oscar winner and former Art Of Noise honcho Anne Dudley) Moyet performs some time-honoured standards ( a sleepy Gershwin's 'The Man I Love', a distinctly unjolly 'Bye Bye Blackbird') with distinction but, rather sensibly, eschews animative Rat Pack brio in favour of crestfallen introspection. Any album, therefore, where the happiest song is 'Cry Me A River' and where the liveliest song is a traditional folk ballad addressing ethnic cleansing in 17th Century Scotland can hardly be expected to put smiles on the faces of young children. Voice is probably easier to admire than to love. However, for Moyet, this has been a callisthenic exercise in self-improvement and there's no denying that her version of 'Almost Blue' betters the recent efforts of Mrs Costello or that her solid performances of Bizet and Purcell warrant favourable comparisons to Bowie's dalliances with the works of Brecht and Weill. --Kevin Maidment

Album Description
Following on from the success of her Brit nominated album Hometime (2002), Alison Moyet releases Voice. Produced and arranged by Academy Award winner Anne Dudley, this album is certain to become an all-time classic. It is a collection of songs by other composers - a radical diversion for Moyet who has chosen in this instance to concentrate on her instrument alone. The album includes standards such as "The Man I Love", "Cry Me a River" and Michel Legrand's "Windmills of Your Mind". Voice further showcases Moyet's tone and phrasing, her eclectic tastes, and above all--her voice at its best.

Customer Reviews

Wake me up when it's over
I am a big fan of Alison Moyet. I am a big fan of Anne Dudley. I like singers who put together this type of album, with lush strings and orchestra. I like all these songs. So, I was expecting something special.

Unfortunately, this is utterly dreadful and there is something radically wrong here. Moyet just doesn't sing with any spark - there may be a little passion in her voice, but not much. The musicianship can't be faulted, but each track bores me rigid and I almost fall asleep when I play the album.

Believe me, I dearly wanted to like this - I wouldn't have bought it otherwise. Perhaps it is the choice of tracks or maybe something in the production. Whatever it is, it doesn't work for me.

One final point regarding the reviewer who mentioned Britney Spears, it isn't a case of if you like Britney, you won't like this or vice versa. Each piece of music or each album should be judged on its own merits. I'm not a huge fan of Britney, but I am a fan of Alison Moyet's work, before this album and since, but not this particular album! It's dull, boring and extremely disappointing - and has certainly divided opinions, which everyone is entitled to have.

A 'classy' album from Ms. Moyet!

Alison Moyet is one of Britain's greatest vocal talents. After almost thirty years, she's still around and going strong.
Here is a selection of beautiful and sometimes 'bluesy' songs that really utilise all her vocal range. This album opens with the beautiful 'Windmills Of Your Mind' and includes an assortment of french and folk songs that will be familiar to many.

Moyet has a knack of making each song she sings her very own, and there are few modern singers of her calibre. Constantly pressured to release the style of catchy pop songs that made her famous, Moyet still decides and does what 'she' wants to do - and whatever that is, she does it well! She has a fabulous voice with plenty of 'bass' and is always 'classy' with never a compromise on quality.

Look out for her new album that's soon to be released!

Five Stars!

Wasn't going to buy it...but thankfully I did.
I'm a big fan of Alison Moyet, but I am sick of artists flogging out albums of cover versions cos they want to make a quick buck and can't be bothered to write a decent album. After the wonderful Hometime I thought, what the hell, I may as well give it a try. The album is brilliant, unusual choice of songs all sung wonderfully by Alison, generally a fairly slow album suitable for chilled out evenings.