Hometime (album)

Hometime
Studio album by Alison Moyet
Released 19 August 2002 (UK)
10 September 2002 (US)
Recorded 2002
Genre Pop
Length 47:05
Label Sanctuary Records
404 Music Group (US)
Producer The Insects
Alison Moyet chronology

The Essential Alison Moyet
(2001)		 Hometime
(2002)		 Voice
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]

Hometime is the fifth studio album of English singer/songwriter Alison Moyet.

There is a gap of almost eight years between the release of Essex, the singer's previous studio album, and Hometime; this was caused by a dispute between the singer and Sony Music Entertainment, her former record label, who wanted her to produce what they saw as more "commercial" music. Hometime was the first album by Moyet released by her new record label, Sanctuary Records.

Much to the chagrin of Sony - who had refused to release the album - Hometime enjoyed a great deal of critical and commercial success; the album sold in excess of a quarter of a million copies in the UK within the first months of its release, Moyet became one of the top five bestselling female artists of 2002, and was nominated for a BRIT Award and a Mercury Music Prize that year.

Hometime was produced by The Insects (Tim Norfolk and Bob Locke) who had previously worked with Massive Attack and Madonna among others.

Track listing

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

  1. "Yesterday's Flame" - 4:28
  2. "Should I Feel That It's Over" - 4:01
  3. "More" - 3:59
  4. "Hometime" - 3:47
  5. "Mary, Don't Keep Me Waiting" - 3:38
  6. "Say It" (Carlton McCarthy, Eg White) - 4:00
  7. "Ski" (Ballard, Clarke, Gray, Lewis, Moyet) - 4:22
  8. "If You Don't Come Back to Me" - 4:30
  9. "Do You Ever Wonder" (McCarthy) - 3:10
  10. "The Train I Ride" - 5:03
  11. "You Don't Have to Go" - 4:17

Chart performance

Chart (2002) Peak
position		 Total
weeks
German Albums Chart[3] 69 2
UK Albums Chart[4] 18 9

Personnel

Production

Non album tracks Hometime era

  1. "Tongue Tied" - 3:15 (B-side to "Should I Feel That It's Over")
  2. "Nobody's Darling" - 3:39 (B-side to "Should I Feel That It's Over")
  3. "If You Don’t Come Back to Me" (Live October 2002) - 4:43 (B-side to "More")
  4. "Should I Feel That It’s Over (Live October 2002)" - 4:01 (B-side to "More")
  5. "Yesterday's Flame" (Insects Remix) - 4:48 (B-side to "Do You Ever Wonder")
  6. "Bilan" (French version of "More") - 4:01 (B-side to "Do You Ever Wonder", also included as bonus track on certain editions of "Hometime")
  7. "Si Tu Ne Me Reviens Pas" (French version of "If You Don't Come Back To Me") - 4:21 (included as bonus track on certain editions of "Hometime")

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  3. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  4. ↑ "UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2012-02-22.

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