Hoodoo (Alison Moyet album)

Hoodoo
Studio album by Alison Moyet
Released 22 April 1991 (UK)
27 August 1991 (US)
Genre Pop
Length 47:32
Label CBS/Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment (re-released in 2003 on Sony-BMG)
Producer Pete Glenister
Alison Moyet chronology
Raindancing
(1987)		 Hoodoo
(1991)		 Essex
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]

Hoodoo is the third solo album by singer/songwriter Alison Moyet.

The album includes singles "It Won't Be Long", "Wishing You Were Here", "This House" and "Hoodoo". "This House" was the biggest hit of the four, charting at #40 in the UK singles chart.

Moyet's record company wanted the pop hits to continue to flow but this left the singer feeling artistically compromised and under pressure to deliver. This is reflected in the sombre and melancholy Hoodoo which received little support or promotion from Sony, although lead single "It Wont Be Long" secured her a Grammy nomination for best song in 1991.

The album includes contributions from Kirsty MacColl, Steve Lillywhite, Marius De Vries, ex-Fine Young Cannibals Andy Cox and David Steele, and "This House" was originally recorded as a duet with Vince Clarke/Erasure - this version however never surfaced since Sony Music, for reasons unknown, wouldn't allow it to be released.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Alison Moyet and Pete Glenister unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Footsteps" - 4:59
  2. "It Won't Be Long" - 4:14
  3. "This House" (Moyet) - 3:56
  4. "Rise" (Moyet, Irving, Pinder) - 3:46
  5. "Wishing You Were Here" - 3:57
  6. "Hoodoo" - 4:43
  7. "Meeting With My Main Man" - 4:39
  8. "Back Where I Belong" - 3:51
  9. "My Right A.R.M." - 4:47
  10. "Never Too Late" (Moyet, Warren Kennedy, Dean Kennedy) - 3:29
  11. "Find Me" (Moyet, Gerry Colvin) - 5:25

Chart performance

Chart (1991) Peak
position		 Total
weeks
German Albums Chart[3] 36 ?
New Zealand Albums Chart[4] 47 1
Swedish Albums Chart[5] 42 2
Swiss Albums Chart[6] 22 6
UK Albums Chart[7] 11 6

Personnel

Production

Non-album tracks, the Hoodoo era

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  3. ^ http://www.charts.de/album.asp?artist=Alison+Moyet&title=Hoodoo&cat=a&country=de
  4. ^ http://charts.org.nz/
  5. ^ http://www.swedishcharts.com/
  6. ^ http://www.swisscharts.com/
  7. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/
Alison Moyet
With Yazoo/Yaz
Studio albums
Alf (1984) · Raindancing (1987) · Hoodoo (1991) · Essex (1994) · Hometime (2002) · Voice (2004) · The Turn (2007)
Compilation albums
Singles
"Love Resurrection" • "All Cried Out" • "Invisible" • "That Ole Devil Called Love" • "For You Only" • "Is This Love?" • "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" • "Ordinary Girl" • "Sleep Like Breathing" • "Love Letters" • "It Won't Be Long" • "Wishing You Were Here" • "This House" • "Hoodoo" • "Falling" • "Whispering Your Name" • "Getting into Something" • "Ode to Boy II" • "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" • "Solid Wood" • "Should I Feel That It's Over" • "Do You Ever Wonder" • "More" • "Almost Blue" / "Alfie" • "Slipping Away" • "One More Time" • "A Guy Like You" •
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