Win Signed Artwork Of Alisons Brand New Album The Turn

26-09-2007 11:37

Alison Moyet returns with a career-defining album of new recordings Album released 15th October 2007 by W14 Music, preceded by the single ONE MORE TIME on 8th October 2007

On 15th October 2007, W14 Music will release a new album from one of our most loved singers, Alison Moyet. THE TURN, Moyet’s first collection of original recordings in five years, is a work of surprising variety and exceptional depth - drawn together by that voice – and is destined to take her career to even greater heights.

Never before has Alison Moyet seemed as assured and at ease with her talents as on THE TURN. This surely marks a new chapter in the career of an artist who has captivated us for 25 years, selling in excess of 20 million records and winning fervent support.

As soon as that familiar bluesy voice joins the solitary guitar in the opening bars of ONE MORE TIME, the listener knows that they are hearing something unique. And indeed there is an epic quality to this beautifully crafted album that comes in at just under 40 minutes. We make the journey from the soaring orchestration of ONE MORE TIME all the way to the quiet heartbreaking simplicity of SMALLER. Along the way we take in the darkness of FIRE and the longing of THE SHARPEST CORNER (HOLLOW), by way of the punchy guitar pop of IT’S NOT THE THING HENRY and the uplifting HOME (featuring the accordion legend Marcel Azzola).

For all the power in that incredible voice, Moyet has an impressive lightness of touch, deftly drawing out scenes of heartbreak, love and redemption with deceptive ease. As a lyricist, too, Moyet shines on THE TURN. Her maturity allows her to write songs that are heartfelt without slipping into sentimentality. The characters and situations she describes appear simultaneously to be utterly specific (the couple in ONE MORE TIME, the singer in THE MAN IN THE WINGS) yet paradoxically completely universal – we feel she could be writing about our lives and emotions. From 1994 Alison Moyet battled for eight years to be released from her recording contract with Sony so that she could pursue her own artistic vision. In 2002 that struggle was vindicated when she finally released HOMETIME, an accomplished work that achieved Gold status, earned her a BRIT Award nomination and saw her receive huge critical acclaim. It was followed in 2004 by VOICE, an album of covers that entered the chart in the Top Ten and went on to sell quarter of a million copies.

Yet all of that has been a prelude to this moment. THE TURN is a career-defining work, the album that Alison Moyet was born to write and record, and one that shows the artist at the very peak of her powers. With THE TURN Alison Moyet has demonstrated that she is truly one of our greatest artists.

Alison Moyet’s distinguished career in the UK is recognised with three Brit Awards, nine Top 10 singles, and eight Top 10 albums, including several No. 1s and worldwide records sales in excess of 20 million.

Moyet first rose to prominence in Yazoo and enjoyed Top 3 singles with ONLY YOU and DON’T GO. After Yazoo was disbanded in 1983, she enjoyed a string of successes as a solo artist with the albums ALF, RAINDANCING, HOODOO and ESSEX. After being released from her contract with Sony she went to onto release HOMETIME and VOICE.

She made her stage debut in the West End musical CHICAGO in 2001 playing the role of Matron ‘Mama’ Thornton to critical acclaim, and in 2006 she performed alongside Dawn French in the play SMALLER.

Moyet will be performing at Arundel Festival on 25th August and Warwick Castle on 26th August. She will also be performing two intimate performances at the Pigalle Club on the 15th and 16th October to mark the release of the new album. 2008 will see her embark on a UK Tour, more details of which will follow in the coming weeks.