Voice (Alison Moyet album)

Voice
Studio album by Alison Moyet
Released	6 September 2004 (UK) 12 October 2004 (US)
Genre	Pop Jazz Classical
Length	43:42
Label	Sanctuary Records
Producer	Anne Dudley
Alison Moyet chronology
Hometime (2002) Voice (2004) The Turn (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Voice is the sixth solo music recording/album of singer/songwriter Alison Moyet. It is a covers album, though not a typical one for a singer such as Moyet; the tracks chosen are slow-tempo, classic songs from a number of different genres, designed to showcase the singer's voice.

Track listing

1. "The Windmills of Your Mind" (Bergman, Bergman, Legrand) - 3:51
2. "The Man I Love" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 3:49
3. "Almost Blue" (Macmanus) - 3:53
4. "Je Crois Entendre Encore" (Bizet) - 3:30
5. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Bergman, Bergman, Legrand) - 3:15
6. "God Give Me Strength" (Bacharach, Macmanus) 5:36
7. "The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies-O!" (Traditional) - 3:30
8. "Dido's Lament: When I Am Laid in Earth" - (Purcell) - 3:20
9. "La Chanson des Vieux Amants" (Brel) - 5:08
10. "Cry Me a River" (Hamilton) - 5:39
11. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Dixon, Henderson) - 3:01

Chart performance

Personnel

• Alison Moyet - lead vocals
• Anthony Pleeth - cello (tracks: 1 to 9, 11)
• Dave Daniels - cello (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
• Martin Loveday - cello (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
• Paul Kegg - cello (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
• Nicholas Bucknall - clarinet (tracks: 1, 4, 11)
• Chris Laurence - double bass (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 9)
• Ralph Salmins - drums (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 7, 10)
• John Parricelli - guitar (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 10)
• Anne Dudley - piano (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 10), electric piano (tracks: 2, 5), glockenspiel (track: 4), organ (track: 6)
• Derek Watkins - trumpet (tracks: 3, 6, 10)
• Andy Parker - viola (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
• Bruce White - viola (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
• Peter Lale - viola (tracks: 1 to 9, 11)
• Vicci Wardman - viola (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, to 9)
• Boguslaw Kostecki - violin (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
• Gordon Buchan - violin (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
• John Bradbury - violin (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
• Julian Leaper - violin (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
• Maciej Rakowski - violin (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
• Patrick Kiernan - violin (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
• Paul Willey - violin (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
• Rita Manning - violin (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
• Roger Garland - violin (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 9, 11)
• Rolf Wilson - violin (tracks: 1 to 8)
• Simon Baggs - violin (tracks: 6, 7, 9)
• Rolf Wilson - violin (leader) (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
• Derek Watkins - flugelhorn (tracks: 2, 6)
• Alasdair Malloy - harmonica (glass), percussion (track: 8)
• Victoria Walpole - Cor Anglais (track: 4)
• Alasdair Mallory - marimba (track: 4)
• Steve Pearce - bass (track: 6)
• Jamie Talbot - saxophone (tracks: 6, 10)
• Julian Jackson - harmonica (track: 10)

Production

• Anne Dudley - producer, arranger
• Mat Bartram - sound engineer
• Steve Price - sound engineer
• Roger Dudley - sound engineer, sound mixing

Non-album tracks: Voice era

• "Alfie" (Bacharach, David) - 3:31 (B-side to single "Almost Blue", also included as bonus track on certain editions of album Voice)

References

External links

• Alison Moyet's official website