From Yazoo's 'Only You' to solo albums like 'Alf,' her singing has been the constant.
For the early sound, 'Only You' is the obvious touchstone. For where she went after, try 'Is This Love' or 'Solid Wood', the voice is the through line.
That voice first broke through on Yazoo's 'Only You,' a synth-pop hit that felt warm and human against the machines. It carried her solo career on songs like 'Love Resurrection' and 'Is This Love,' where the arrangements changed but the instrument remained unmistakable. Even on a later track like 'Solid Wood,' you can hear why people still talk about it first.
She started in the early 1980s as half of Yazoo with Vince Clarke, but the duo dissolved after a couple of years. Her solo album 'Alf' arrived soon after, followed by records like 'Hothouse' and 'Hoodoo' through the late '80s and early '90s. More recently she's put out 'The Minutes' and 'Other,' and still performs live.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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