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
SourceRating
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 No. 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. It was suggested that "This House" be recorded as a duet with Vince Clarke of Erasure fame, however the duet never materialised.

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 12
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. "charts.de". charts.de. 22 April 1991. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  6. Steffen Hung. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. "UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive". Chart Stats. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

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