Other (Alison Moyet album)

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Other
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Studio album by
Alison Moyet
Released16 June 2017 (2017-06-16)
Recorded2016–17
StudioFrou Frou Central (London)
Genre Electropop
Length41:07
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer Guy Sigsworth
Alison Moyet chronology
Minutes and Seconds - Live
(2014)		Other
(2017)		 The Other Live Collection
(2017)
Singles from Other
  1. "Reassuring Pinches"
    Released: 30 April 2017
  2. "The Rarest Birds"
    Released: 4 June 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (80/100) [1]
Review scores
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Fortitude MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
The Herald (no rating) [4]
Louder Than War 8.5/10 [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
SLUG Magazine (no rating) [9]
The Spill Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
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Other is the ninth studio album by English singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released on 16 June 2017, by Cooking Vinyl. [12]

Contents

It is her first album of new material since 2013's The Minutes , which saw her returning to her electronic music roots.

Background

"For me, making a record at this age, lyrically, is a different proposition. Observation in most cases replaces emotion. The invisibility of middle/aged woman rather thrills me and instead I watch. Subject matter covers what you might expect from a pop album. Dyslexia, locked-out syndrome, diversity, Persephone, doggedness and the Internet. Always asked what a song is about, I attempted to cooperate, but in truth though the lyrics incorporated my best attempt to describe what I see and of the meaning that is mine. I want, who chooses to, to find their own landscape or indeed none. Some of us have always felt 'Other'. I no longer wish it were otherwise.

— Alison Moyet on Other, March 2017 [13]

In July 2013, Moyet revealed that she had begun writing new material for the follow-up to her eighth studio album, The Minutes. [14] Studio sessions commenced in October 2016. She previewed a new song, "Other", from the then yet-to-be-titled-album, live at The Lexington for Cooking Vinyl's 30th Anniversary event on 5 December 2016. [15]

On 17 March 2017, Moyet and her team revealed the title of the album as Other, along with describing it as an 'intelligent, adventurous electronic pop,' co-produced by Guy Sigsworth. [12] The album became available to purchase for pre-release, along with the album's title track. [12] A music video for "Other" was uploaded to Moyet's YouTube account. [16]

Singles

Moyet announced and debuted a radio edit of the album's first official single, "Reassuring Pinches" on 29 April 2017, on Graham Norton's BBC Radio 2 show. [17]

A music video for "The Rarest Birds", directed by Steve Gullick, premiered on 20 July 2017. The video was filmed in Brighton and features her daughter Caitlin Ballard. On the song, Moyet states, "The Rarest Birds is a paean to LGBTQ, to Brighton, to coming out after the darkest nights into the arms of those that delight in your flight. From me to you." [18] Moyet performed the song live on The Graham Norton Show . [19] The track was first previewed on Norton's radio show, 3 June 2017.[ citation needed ]

Promotion

The Other Tour

From September through December 2017, Moyet embarked on her first world tour in 30 years [17] in support of the album, The Other Tour. [20]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Germinate" Alison Moyet, Guy Sigsworth 3:38
2."Lover, Go"Moyet, Sigsworth, Lydia Kaye4:03
3."The English U"Moyet, Sigsworth, Richard Walters 5:02
4."The Rarest Birds"Moyet, John Garden, Sean McGhee4:37
5."Beautiful Gun"Moyet, Sigsworth3:10
6."Reassuring Pinches"Moyet, Sigsworth, Garden, McGhee4:01
7."April 10th"Moyet, Sigsworth4:42
8."Other"Moyet, Joe Duddell 3:31
9."Happy Giddy"Moyet, Sigsworth3:16
10."Alive"Moyet, Sigsworth5:07
Total length:41:07

Personnel

Credits for Other adapted from liner notes. [21]

Charts

Chart performance for Other
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] 113
Irish Albums (IRMA) [23] 91
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [24] 5
Scottish Albums (OCC) [25] 14
UK Albums (OCC) [26] 12
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [27] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [28] 32

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Worldwide16 June 2017
 Cooking Vinyl [29]

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