In 1995, she sang back-up vocals with Sinéad O'Connor for one of Dusty Springfield's last television appearances, singing "Where Is a Woman to Go? The deluxe edition of the album, The Best of: 25 Years Revisited, contained an extra disc, with re-recorded versions of older songs. The collaboration with the two producers proved successful and the three began writing songs for an album. Throughout the record, Moyet's voice rings out vigorously enough, but Swain and Jolley have cloaked it in layers of dinky-sounding keyboards and dopey percussion.

Describing the album, Moyet said: "I avoided listening to anything during the process of writing and recording this album, choosing instead to be led by my own melodic voice, the one I now find myself with 30-years-in. Upon release, Deanne Pearson of Number One said: "If you want genuine, heartfelt love songs, cries of passion without cliche, look no further than Alf. She came to prominence as half of the duo Yazoo (known as Yaz in North America), but has since mainly worked as a solo artist. At the age of 20, Moyet's mainstream pop career began in 1982 with the formation of the synthpop duo Yazoo with former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke. According to her official web site: "Each album will feature plenty of bonus material – including some rare and previously unreleased material.Moyet's first marriage, to hairdresser and retired London firefighter Malcolm Lee, with whom she has a son, ended in divorce.

She was involved in a number of punk rock, pub rock and blues bands in the South East Essex area during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the Vandals, [4] the Screamin' Ab Dabs, the Vicars and the Little Roosters [4] (the latter featuring Garrie Lammin, formerly of Cock Sparrer). And it should never be underestimated with the passing of time, just how truly influential considered and modern that this "Alf" album and the songs contained therein, were. The album featured self-penned songs, including the three numbers she wrote for the stage play, Smaller in which she starred with Dawn French.

In February 2013, Moyet said of the remastered albums: "The project was Sony's – some initial work was done and then the project was suspended. co-written by Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, under the pseudonym Jean Guiot), [11] followed in 1987 by her second LP, Raindancing. For You Only,’ was released the following year but surprisingly failed to chart here, though they loved it in Germany, where it reached number 7, Her highest entry there. All nine of her studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the top 30 of the UK Albums Chart, with two of them reaching number one.