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The Turn

by Alison Moyet

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British pop icon Alison Moyet returns with her first solo album in four years and a highly anticipated Yaz summer reunion tour. Critically acclaimed in the UK, The Turn will reintroduce her to this side of the pond at "her most fabulous" as noted by The Guardian.

Showcasing various influences from pop, jazz and blues, The Turn sees Moyet at her best and most self-assured. Her trademark, timeless vocals coupled with heartfelt and mature lyrics are poised to take her career to even greater heights. All eleven songs were co-written and produced by multi-instrumentalist and long time musical partner Peter Glenister (Terence Trent D'Arby, Bryan Ferry and Beth Gibbons or Portishead, among others.) Stand-out tracks include; the emotively strong "One More Time," the fun and upbeat "A Guy Like You" and "Anytime at All" which beautifully feature her soaring vocals. Three of the songs ("Smaller," the tango-flavored "Home," and "World Without End") were written for and performed in 2006 for a stage play, "Smaller," in which Moyet starred with Dawn French.

Moyet began her career as the vocalist for the duo Yaz, which catapulted her and partner Vince Clarke to stardom by reinventing the British dance music scene in 1982. In 1984 Alison went out on her own with Alf which garnered her first U.S. Top 40 single with "Invisible." Her subsequent releases- Raindancing (1987), Hoodoo (1991), Essex (1994), Hometime (2002) and Voice (2004)- amassed a variety of awards for Moyet including 3 BRIT Awards and a Grammy nomination. Now with The Turn, critics and fans alike are sure to agree with the UK's Evening Standard who declared the album "worthy of her fabulously expressive voice" with a 4 star review and The Sunday Times simply stated her album was "superb."