Alf is the debut solo studio album

Studio album

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 of British singer/songwriter Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet , is an English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her bluesy voice.Her UK album sales have reached a certified 2.3 million, with 800,000 singles sold, all in the UK, where all seven of her studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the Top 40 UK Album Chart,...

, her first since leaving 80s electro-pop duo Yazoo

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 (also known as Yaz). Released in November 1984, the album, which took its title from the singer's nickname, went to #1 on the UK album charts and includes three hit singles; "Love Resurrection", "Invisible" and "All Cried Out".


The summer of 1985 saw the release of the non-album single "That Ole Devil Called Love", originally performed by Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

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 in the 1940s, in some European territories followed by a remixed version of "For You Only".

In 2006, "Love Resurrection" appeared in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

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. The song can be heard on a fictional Pop/Rock/New Wave radio station called Flash FM.

Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Jolley, Alison Moyet and Tony Swain (Copyright

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 Control/Rondor Music Ltd.-London/J&S Music) unless otherwise noted.

Side A:

1. "Love Resurrection
   Love Resurrection
   "Love Resurrection" is a pop song written by English singer-songwriter Alison Moyet and producers Jolley & Swain for Moyet's debut studio album Alf . Released as the album's first single in June 1984, it reached number 10 in the UK...
   
   "  – 3:52
2. "Honey for the Bees"  – 4:12
3. "For You Only"  – 4:06
4. "Invisible
   Invisible (Alison Moyet song)
   "Invisible" is a song recorded by Alison Moyet in 1984, written by Lamont Dozier , from her album Alf....
   
   " (Lamont Dozier
   Lamont Dozier
   Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
   
   ; Copyright Warner Bros Music Ltd./All Boys Music Ltd.) – 4:00
5. "Steal Me Blind" – 3:18

Side B:

1. "All Cried Out
   All Cried Out
   "All Cried Out" is a song by English singer-songwriter Alison Moyet. It was written by Moyet and producers Jolley & Swain for her debut studio album Alf...
   
   "  – 6:50
2. "Money Mile"  – 3:44
3. "Twisting the Knife" – 3:28
4. "Where Hides Sleep" – 4:17

Chart Performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position	Total weeks
Canadian Albums Chart	12	28
German Albums Chart	5
New Zealand Albums Chart	1	53
Norwegian Albums Chart	3	18
Swedish Albums Chart	11	12
Swiss Albums Chart	2	22
UK Albums Chart	1	84
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	45	20

Personnel

• Alison Moyet
  Alison Moyet
  Alison Moyet , is an English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her bluesy voice.Her UK album sales have reached a certified 2.3 million, with 800,000 singles sold, all in the UK, where all seven of her studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the Top 40 UK Album Chart,...
  
   – Lead & Backing Vocal
• Steve Jolley
  Jolley & Swain
  Steve Jolley and Tony Swain were a successful pop musician, songwriting and record production duo in the United Kingdom in the early to mid-1980s, producing some of the top artists and songs of the era....
  
   – backing vocal, guitar
  Guitar
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  s on "Invisible"
• Tony Swain
  Jolley & Swain
  Steve Jolley and Tony Swain were a successful pop musician, songwriting and record production duo in the United Kingdom in the early to mid-1980s, producing some of the top artists and songs of the era....
  
   – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Tim Goldsmith – drums
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Production

• Produced By Steve Jolley & Tony Swain
• Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Richard Lengyel (at Odyssey Studios
  Odyssey Studios
  Odyssey Studios was a recording studio based near Marble Arch in London and opened in 1979. It was set up by Wayne Bickerton as an extension from State Records, the label he had set up with Tony Waddington and John Fruin in 1975...
  
  , London England; assisted by Roger Dobson)
• Mastered
  Audio mastering
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   By Vlado Meller (at CBS
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   Recording Studios, New York, New York)
• Simon Fowler – photography
• Rob O'Connor (Stylo Rouge) – artwork (design/art direction)

Non-album tracks, the Alf era

• "Love Resurrection" (Love Injected Mix a.k.a. Long Version) – 8:50
• "Love Resurrection" (US Long Version) – 5:31
• "All Cried Out" (The Re-Mix) – 8:04
• "Baby I Do" (Moyet) – 3:10
• "Invisible" (Extended) – 5:57
• "Invisible" (Transparent Mix) – 6:30
• "Hitch Hike" (with Darts
  Darts (band)
  Darts were a nine-piece British doo-wop revival band that achieved chart success in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The popular London-based band had a number of UK top 20 hits including three successive Number twos with revivals of early U.S...
  
  ) (C. Paul, Marvin Gaye
  Marvin Gaye
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  , W. Stevenson) – 2:38
• "That Ole Devil Called Love" – 3:10
• "That Ole Devil Called Love" (Jazz Mix) – 3:10
• "Don't Burn Down The Bridges" – 3:59
• "Don't Burn Down The Bridges" (Extended) – 6:37
• "Twisting The Knife" (Live at the Dominion Theatre, London 1984) – 3:31
• "That Ole Devil Called Love" (Live at the Dominion Theatre, London 1984) – 3:43
• "For You Only" (Special Version) – 3:52
• "For You Only" (Extended New Version) – 6:11