{"id":35378,"date":"2018-04-25T12:14:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T11:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=35378"},"modified":"2018-04-25T12:14:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T11:14:32","slug":"alison-moyets-the-other-live-collection-is-simply-sublime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/alison-moyets-the-other-live-collection-is-simply-sublime\/","title":{"rendered":"Alison Moyet’s ‘The Other Live Collection’ Is Simply Sublime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Released on 20 April ‘The Other Live Collection’ from Alison Moyet takes a few listens to get the full depth and breadth of it. Recorded in front of a live audience, it’s 13 tracks of what must be the most beautiful voice in music today.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Alison Moyet is a bit of a UK national treasure: performing in several punk bands she found mainstream success in 1982 with Vince Clarke and their synthpop project Yazoo. The duo released two albums, ‘Upstairs at Eric’s<\/a>\"\"‘, and ‘You And Me Both<\/a>\"\"‘ before going their separate ways the following year. Moyet commenced her solo career and ‘The Other Live Collection<\/a>\"\"‘ marks her tenth full length solo release.<\/p>\n

At first glance it looks as though ‘The Other Live Collection’ is merely a live version of ninth release ‘Other<\/a>\"\"‘, but it actually gives the listener an idea of what to expect from Moyet’s shows, and while it contains selections from ‘Other’, it also includes many songs from her extensive back catalogue.<\/p>\n

Opening with ‘I Germinate<\/a>\"\"‘, we wonder why she’s never been asked to do a Bond theme – or if she has, why she’s never taken them up on it. Bond is all we can hear in this song: it’s Bassey-esque without the bombasity, and the accompanying instrumentation, although synthy rather than orchestral, nonetheless conjures up visions of James Bond looking down the barrel of his Walther. This continues with ‘Wishing You Were Here<\/a>\"\"‘ – a big big sound from a beautiful voice which after 30 odd years in the business hasn’t lost any of its strength – if anything it’s gained a whole lot, and puts to shame many live performers.<\/p>\n