Alison Moyet covering Elvis Costello ??

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Alison Moyet covering Elvis Costello ??

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I have just found this :
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 04-9837251

Seems like there are two songs penned by EC on her new album !!
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You are absolutely right.

Alison's new album Voice does indeed feature not one but two Costello compositions, Almost Blue and the Bacharach collaboration God Give Me Strength.

Alison has been a fan of Costello since she was 16 and has said that his writing and vocal approach has had a substantial influence on her. God Give Me Strength was recorded as an alternative to Almost Blue for the album but in the end she liked them both so much, the two tracks made it onto the album.

The whole album has been produced and arranged by Anne Dudley. For me, God Give Me Strength is the emotional core of the whole album and my favourite track.

You should give it a try! ;)
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Nnnhuh... just cos her name's Alison...
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Actually, I think her voice can be quite fitting for the two songs.
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Yes, they seem like they'd be an interesting vocal 'fit' for her, when I try to imagine it...
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 15-7122843

Alison Moyet - One Blue Voice

"ONE BLUE VOICE"

release: 26th September 2005

Note: Celebrating the success of the Top-Ten Gold selling album, 'Voice', Alison Moyet has for the first time ever recorded a unique version of her sell out 'One Blue Voice' UK live concert tour.

The concert was filmed on June 6th 2005 in front of a specially invited audience at The Hospital in Covent Garden, London. "One Blue Voice" the DVD, will be released by Sanctuary Visual Entertainment on 26th September 2005.

Performing with an eight-piece band including a string quartet, the material includes tracks from Moyet's album 'Voice', and songs from the acclaimed Brit nominated CD, 'Hometime'.

Classics such as "Should I Feel That It's Over", "Alfie", "Only You" and "That Old Devil Called Love" all of which have never been recorded live before are presented here as exclusive bonus tracks, within the DVD extras.

The concert set-list includes a moving rendition of Michel Legrand's "Windmills Of Your Mind" and the Elvis Costello composition "Almost Blue". "Wraggle Taggle Gypsies" lifts the tempo, and the Baroque classic "Dido's Lament" showcases Moyet's natural vocal strength and ability. The capacity to present this exclusive concert in both Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound, allows fans of Moyet to enjoy this intimate performance in the comfort of their own home.

This DVD captures an exceptional talent on spectacular form. Superbly stylized and beautifully lit, Moyet proves without doubt that she still has the depth and purity to her voice millions of fans world-wide have come to adore.

TRACKLISTING:
Satellite
Mary Don't Keep Me Waiting
Windmills Of Your Mind
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
La Chanson Des Vieux Amants
Almost Blue
If You Don't Come Back To Me
Cry Me A River
Wraggle Taggle Gypsies
God Give Me Strength
Dido's Lament
Momma Momma
Ski
This House
You Don't Have To Go

DVD Extras include 4 Bonus Tracks, Alison Moyet 'Voice' interview - featuring performance extracts, "More" Promotional Video, Photo Gallery.

PRODUCT INFORMATION: Title: One Blue Voice - Release Date: 26th September 2005 - Audio: 2.0 Stereo & 5.1 Surround Sound - Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - Duration: 75 minute concert

Order Catalogue No.: SVEF0097 (Sanctuary Records) - Barcode No.: 5050749 500977 - DVD Price DP: £10.89 RRP: £15.99 US: $26.99
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http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... 6833c.html


Alison Moyet
"Voice"
(Sanctuary)

Alison Moyet's voice digs deep. It's not just her dark and manly pitch that drives home the point, but her intense concentration. She holds her notes hard, contemplating the feeling behind each while refusing to indulge the trills and tricks flashier singers use to get listeners to view them as virtuosos. (Listening, Mariah?)

Such stalwart qualities have given Moyet all the character she needs to cut an album of interpretive songs like "Voice." She may be the thousandth modern singer to tackle the pop standards over the last few years, but she's one of the few who deserves to.

Longtime fans know this British singer from her early years fronting the synth-pop group Yaz, or from her sizable solo career. Each has brought her far more acclaim overseas then here. Certainly, Moyet's smoky tone and androgynous pitch deserve to be known by more U.S. listeners. Maybe her leap onto the standards bandwagon will help make that happen.

Moyet's notion of "standards" centers on midcentury lounge pop. Her album plants a virtual wet kiss on the kinds of songs we associate with older British singers, like Dusty Springfield and Petula Clark. They include "Windmills of Your Mind," "Cry Me a River" and "Alfie." Moyet's smoldering tone brings warmth and wonder to these warhorses. In between, she stresses French ballads, like "Je Crois Entendre Encore" and "La Chanson des Vieux Amants," as Clark did when she was young.

Moyet mines special emotion from two Elvis Costello covers. On "Almost Blue," she smooths out the melody to offer the most accessible version of the song to date. On "God Give Me Strength," she shifts some lyrics to make the song less guarded and more painfully open. She hasn't radically reinterpreted the songs, being too respectful for that. But she has brought to them enough thoughtfulness and feeling to help us hear not just their power but her own.
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johnfoyle wrote:
TRACKLISTING:
Satellite
Mary Don't Keep Me Waiting
Windmills Of Your Mind
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
La Chanson Des Vieux Amants
Almost Blue
If You Don't Come Back To Me
Cry Me A River
Wraggle Taggle Gypsies
God Give Me Strength
Dido's Lament
Momma Momma
Ski
This House
You Don't Have To Go
Should track one be highlighted too, or is it just a coincidence..?
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http://www.music-news.com/ShowNews.asp?nItemID=91249


Alison Moyet announces deluxe reissues


On 2nd October Cooking Vinyl release Deluxe Editions of Alison Moyet's critically-acclaimed, best-selling albums Hometime, Voice and The Turn, all of which feature rare and previously unreleased material.

The Brit-nominated Hometime featured several songs co-written with Alison's long time collaborator Pete Glenister. It was produced by The Insects, whose co-writing credits include Massive Attack and Madonna. On Hometime, The Sunday Times said 'Moyet's voice is simply unbelievable', Mojo called it 'magnificent' and The Independent declared 'it may be her best album, period'.

Disc 2 of Hometime features previously unheard demo versions of album tracks The Train I Ride and More, but the biggest coup for Moyet fans comes in the shape of two entirely unheard songs - Sea Child and How Long - which are demos of tracks that were never fully produced or released.

With Voice, Alison made a radical diversion and recorded an album of songs by other composers that she loved, with the intention of concentrating on her instrument alone - minus the songwriting she was synonymous for.

Voice marked a first for Alison, as it featured a classical orchestra and was produced and arranged by Academy Award winner Anne Dudley. It entered the UK album charts at No.7 and reached gold status, selling a quarter of a million copies.

It showcased Moyet's eclectic tastes, and above all - her voice at its best. The Guardian described 'extraordinary tones' and 'flawless' renditions of La Chanson Des Vieux Amants and Bye Bye Blackbird.

Poppy and dark, simple and soaringly orchestrated The Turn was a unique creation of surprising variety and exceptional depth, that found Moyet at an adventurous new creative peak. Q called it 'classic Moyet' whilst Evening Standard dubbed it 'an album worthy of her fabulously expressive voice'.


Tracklisting (* = previously unreleased)

Hometime

CD

Disc 1

1 Yesterday's Flame
2 Should I Feel That It's Over
3 More
4 Hometime
5 Mary, Don't Keep Me Waiting
6 Say It
7 Ski
8 If You Don't Come Back to Me
9 Do You Ever Wonder
10 The Train I Ride

11 You Don't Have To Go

Disc 2 ' Live Performances / B-sides / Bonus Tracks

1. Tongue Tied (B-side to Should I Feel That It's Over)
2. Nobody's Darling (B-side to Should I Feel That It's Over)
3. Yesterday's Flame (Insects Remix / B-side to Do You Ever Wonder)
4. Bilan (B-side to Do You Ever Wonder)
5. If You Don't Come Back To Me (Live October 2002 / B-side to More)
6. Should I Feel That It's Over (Live October 2002 / B-side to More)
7. Si Tu Ne Me Reviens Pas (Additional track to the expanded Hometime album)
8. Skipping Stones (King Britt presents Sylk130) (Taken from the album: Re-Member's Only)
9. The Train I Ride (Demo) *
10. More (Demo) *
11. Sea Child (Demo) *
12. How Long (Demo) *

Vinyl (with bonus tracks on download card)

Side A

1 Yesterday's Flame
2 Should I Feel That It's Over
3 More
4 Hometime
5 Mary, Don't Keep Me Waiting
6 Say It

Side B

7 Ski
8 If You Don't Come Back to Me
9 Do You Ever Wonder
10 The Train I Ride
11 You Don't Have To Go

Bonus tracks on download card

1. Tongue Tied (B-side to Should I Feel That It's Over)
2. Nobody's Darling (B-side to Should I Feel That It's Over)
3. Yesterday's Flame (Insects Remix / B-side to Do You Ever Wonder)
4. Bilan (B-side to Do You Ever Wonder)
5. If You Don't Come Back To Me (Live October 2002 / B-side to More)
6. Should I Feel That It's Over (Live October 2002 / B-side to More)
7. Si Tu Ne Me Reviens Pas (Additional track to the expanded Hometime album)
8. Skipping Stones (King Britt presents Sylk130) (Taken from the album: Re-Member's Only)
9. The Train I Ride (Demo) *
10. More (Demo) *
11. Sea Child (Demo) *
12. How Long (Demo) *


The Turn

CD

Disc 1

1 One More Time
2 Anytime At All
3 The Man in The Wings
4 Can't Say It Like I Mean It
5 It's Not The Thing Henry
6 Fire
7 The Sharpest Corner (Hollow)
8 World Without End
9 Home
10 Smaller
11 A Guy Like You
12. Senses

Disc 2 ' Live Performances / B-sides / Bonus Tracks



1. Fool, Reconsider Me (B-side to One More Time)
2. Momma Momma (B 'side to One More Time)
3. A Guy Like You (Jeremy Wheatley Radio Edit)
4. The Sharpest Corner (Hollow) (Unreleased Single Edit) *
5. One More Time (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
6. Wishing You Were Here (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
7. Dorothy (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
8. Can't Say It Like I Mean It (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
9. Fire (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
10. The Man In The Wings (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
11. The Sharpest Corner (Hollow) (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
12. Momma Momma (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
13. Ski (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
14. You Don't Have To Go (live -The Turn Tour 2008) *
15. Head (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2010 / from the album A Concert For Kirsty MacColl)

Vinyl (with bonus tracks on download card)

Side A

1 One More Time
2 Anytime At All
3 The Man in The Wings
4 Can't Say It Like I Mean It
5 It's Not The Thing Henry
6 Fire

Side B

7 The Sharpest Corner (Hollow)
8 World Without End
9 Home
10 Smaller

11 A Guy Like You
12. Senses

Bonus tracks on download card

1. Fool, Reconsider Me (B-side to One More Time)
2. Momma Momma (B 'side to One More Time)
3. A Guy Like You (Jeremy Wheatley Radio Edit)
4. The Sharpest Corner (Hollow) (Unreleased Single Edit) *
5. One More Time (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
6. Wishing You Were Here (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
7. Dorothy (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
8. Can't Say It Like I Mean It (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
9. Fire (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
10. The Man In The Wings (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
11. The Sharpest Corner (Hollow) (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
12. Momma Momma (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *

13. Ski (live - The Turn Tour 2008) *
14. You Don't Have To Go (live -The Turn Tour 2008) *
15. Head (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2010 / from the album A Concert For Kirsty MacColl)

Voice

CD

Disc 1

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 Didos Lament: When I Am Laid In Earth
9 La Chanson Des Vieux Amants
10 Cry Me A River
11 Bye Bye Blackbird
12. Alfie (Bonus track)

Disc 2 ' One Blue Voice Live (standalone audio - taken from the DVD - previously unavailable.)

1. Satellite
2. Mary, Don't Keep Me Waiting
3. Windmills of Your Mind
4. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
5. La Chanson Des Vieux Amants
6. Almost Blue
7. If You Don't Come Back To Me
8. Cry Me A River
9. The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies-O!
10. God Give Me Strength
11. Didos Lament: When I Am Laid In Earth
12. Momma Momma
13. Ski
14. This House
15. You Don't Have To Go
16. Alfie (Bonus track)
17. Only You (Bonus track)
18. That Ole Devil Called Love (Bonus track)
19. Should I Feel That It's Over (Bonus track)

Vinyl (with bonus tracks on download card)

Side A

1 Windmills Of Your Mind
2 The Man I Love
3 Almost Blue
4 Didos Lament: When I Am Laid In Earth
5 What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
6 La Chanson Des Vieux Amants

Side B

7 God Give Me Strength
8 Cry Me A River
9 The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies-O!
10. Alfie (Bonus track)
11 Je Crois Entendre Encore
12 Bye Bye Blackbird

Bonus tracks on download card

One Blue Voice Live (standalone audio - taken from the DVD - previously unavailable.)

1. Satellite
2. Mary, Don't Keep Me Waiting
3. Windmills of Your Mind
4. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
5. La Chanson Des Vieux Amants

6. Almost Blue
7. If You Don't Come Back To Me
8. Cry Me A River
9. The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies-O!
10. God Give Me Strength
11. Didos Lament: When I Am Laid In Earth
12. Momma Momma
13. Ski
14. This House
15. You Don't Have To Go
16. Alfie (Bonus track)
17. Only You (Bonus track)
18. That Ole Devil Called Love (Bonus track)
19. Should I Feel That It's Over (Bonus track)
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Going back to anjabros question all the way back to almost 10 years ago :shock: , was Satellite the Elvis song?
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verbal gymnastics wrote:Going back to anjabros question all the way back to almost 10 years ago :shock: , was Satellite the Elvis song?
Hi Verbs - I was intrigued by this, too - but I imagine it must be this one: http://youtu.be/h8aF6riZM58 - not Elvoid's.
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