Key (Alison Moyet album)

Key is the tenth studio album by English singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released on 4 October 2024, by Cooking Vinyl.

The album reached number 8 on the UK Albums Chart. It contains 16 reworked songs from Moyet's solo catalog - encompassing songs that had been released as singles in their original form as well as deep cuts - along with two brand new tracks. A world tour in support of the album took place in 2025. The album coincides with the singer's 40th anniversary as a solo artist.

Moyet premiered the first single, "Such Small Ale", on Vernon Kay's mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds 13 June 2024.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

• Alison Moyet – lead and backing vocals (all tracks), arranger (tracks 3 & 8)
• Sean McGhee – synthesizers, keyboards, programming, electric bass, guitars, additional backing vocals
• Richard Oakes – guitars (tracks 3, 4, 9, 13, 14 & 18), arranger (track 3)
• David Ballard – drums and percussion (tracks 3 & 8)
• John Garden – piano (track 7), piano and synthesisers (track 8), arranger (tracks 8 & 10)
• Chris Wood – electric guitar (track 7)
• Ben Nicholls – double bass (track 7)

Technical

• Sean McGhee – producer and arranger (all tracks), mixer (track 7)
• Chris Elms – mixer (tracks 1–6 and 8–18)
• Brendan Cox – vocal recording engineer (tracks 1–6, 8–10 and 12–18), drum recording engineer (tracks 3 & 8)
• Jake Stainer – assistant engineer (tracks 3 & 8)
• Simon Heyworth – mastering engineer
• Bill Sellar – mastering engineer

Artwork

• Alison Moyet – artwork, photography
• Naomi Davison – photography
• Tommy Evans – graphic design

Charts

References