Alison Moyet - The Turn

Title: The Turn Artist: Alison Moyet Release Date: 10/15/2007 Re-Released On: 12/4/2007 Label: Universal Distribution Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPC: 602517497801 Genre: Rock Styles: Hi-NRG, Club/Dance, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock Moods: Earnest, Elegant, Intimate, Literate, Passionate, Reflective, Sophisticated, Stylish Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 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

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Universal Distribution 1749780

The Turn [UK]

Had Dusty Springfield still been making records in 2007 with her vocal power intact, she might have sounded like Alison Moyet does on Turn. The similarities lie not only in the singing, but also in the material, which mixes orchestrated pop/rock with a blue-eyed soul sensibility. There are important differences, though, chief among them the greater vibrato and stridency in Moyet's vocal delivery. The tracks are in an adult contemporary pop mold that's far above the usual standards for that genre, yet still too mainstream and, in some senses, slick and stiffly executed to find much favor among the hip crowd. It's still aimed at the mature pop market, but songs like "The Man in the Wings" betray a certain theatrical sensibility. As it happens, a few of the songs ("Smaller," the tango-flavored "Home," and "World Without End") were indeed first written (by Moyet and Pete Glenister, who are responsible for all the material on the album) and performed in 2006 for a stage play, Smaller, in which Moyet starred with Dawn French. She does vary her approach substantially throughout the disc, "It's Not the Thing Henry" coming close to funky rock, though moody romantic ruminations usually remain at the core of most of the music. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Adam Mooney Saxophone Alison Cahill Cover Design Alison Moyet Vocals Anthony Pleeth Cello Bob Andrews Organ (Hammond) Bob Knight Drums Bruce White Viola Chris Tombling Violin Daryl Easlea Project Coordinator David Ballard Drums David Jack Daniels Cello Dick Beetham Mastering Emlyn Singleton Violin Everton Nelson Violin Gabi Glenister Saxophone Glen Skinner Mixing John Wilcox Oboe John Williams Executive Producer Julian Cox Bass Julian Leaper Violin Karl Brazil Drums Louis Skinner Programming Malcolm Moore Bass Marcel Azzola Accordion Marcos d'Cruze Spanish Guitar Mary Scully Double Bass Nick Lloyd Euphonium, Flugelhorn, Trombone Patrick Kiernan Violin Perry Mason Leader, Violin Pete Glenister Bass, Engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Programming, Keyboards, Organ, Producer, Piano Peter Lale Viola Phil Bodger Mixing Phil Da Costa Programming, Mixing, Engineer Pigott Smith, Tom Violin Rita Manning Violin Sam "Stovepipe No. 1" Jones Photography Simon Hale Mandolin, Arranger, Conductor Stephen Price String Engineer, Engineer Warren Zielinski Viola, Violin