Essex [Deluxe Edition]

Personnel: Alison Moyet (vocals, tambourine); Ian Broudie, Pete Glenister, Christian Marsac (guitar); Simon Rogers (guitar, mandolin, programming); Steve Cradock (guitar, background vocals); Chris Haigh (fiddle); The Electra Strings (strings); Alan Dunn (accordion); Alan Taylor (acoustic bass); John McKenzie (bass); Dave Ruffey (drums); David Ballard (bongos); Pandit Dinesh, Phil Overhead (percussion); Simon Fowler (background vocals).Engineers: Cenzo Townshend, Neil Brockbank, Vic Van Vugt.All songs written or co-written by Alison Moyet except "Whispering Your Name" (Jules Shear).On her fourth solo album, Essex, named after her home county, Alison Moyet continues to search for valid alternatives to her natural gifts. A singer with a remarkably forceful voice and emotional delivery, she had succeeded both as a jazz and blues interpreter and when her singing was inventively contrasted with Vince Clarke's synthesizer tracks in Yaz. While her solo work at first showed promise of combining