Sophie Ellis-Bextor - The Song Diaries (2019)

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor - The Song Diaries (2019)
Pop, folk, rock | 01:13:28 | WEB FLAC (tracks) | 469 MB
Label: Cooking Vinyl UK

Throughout the '90s, the U.K. music scene was filled to the brim with nerdy cockney types sporting messy threads and even messier hair. Fresh-faced Sophie Ellis-Bextor was among the first Brit-pop stars to break with this trend. She made it onto the stage in 1997 as the teenage vocalist behind new wave outfit theaudience. Smartly dressed (often in black) and boasting an alluring, posh voice, she caused quite a stir on London's alternative circuit. Theaudience became known the world over as a groundbreaking pop act and even enjoyed success on the crowded U.K. singles chart with such imaginatively titled numbers as "I've Got the Wherewithal." Due to internal conflicts, however, the group split up and Ellis-Bextor went searching for success on her own.

The solo thing wasn't really working out and it took her a while to re-emerge on the scene. But when she did, it was in late 2000 as a major star alongside Italian DJ/producer Spiller. The 6'9" Venetian had just put together a disco house number titled "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)," and was looking for a female vocalist to add spice to the work. Though very popular in the clubs as an instrumental, the track started selling like mad after Ellis-Bextor strutted her stuff over its deep grooves. It was a number one hit on singles charts around the world. Spiller and Ellis-Bextor both starred in the now famous film clip to the track, in which the Londoner's eye-popping set of cheekbones vied for supremacy with the Venetian's imposing stature.

A year later, Ellis-Bextor was again making waves with the pop single "Take Me Home." Thanks to that effort, she beat the likes of Five to the number one spot on the U.K. singles chart. In their ongoing search for controversy, the British press even touted her as the main competitor to enormously popular Victoria Beckham, previously known as Posh Spice. That same year, Ellis-Bextor served up another chart-topper in the ultra-cool disco tune "Murder on the Dancefloor," which was a smash throughout Europe.

These singles anchored Ellis-Bextor's 2001 solo debut, Read My Lips, a significant hit in the U.K. and Europe. Two years later, she released Shoot from the Hip, a record that wasn't quite as successful on the charts but had two Top Ten singles in "Mixed Up World" and "I Won’t Change You." As the album was gaining traction, Ellis-Bextor announced she was pregnant and took a break to take care of her child. She returned in 2007 with Trip the Light Fantastic, a guest-heavy record preceded by the Top Ten hit "Catch You." Although Trip the Light Fantastic went gold in the U.K., it spawned no further big hits — "Me and My Imagination" peaked at 23 — and the album receded from the spotlight. Ellis-Bextor then devoted herself to recording her fourth album, resulting in Make a Scene, which appeared in the summer of 2011. The following year she went back into the studio to work with British indie hero Ed Harcourt, who ended up co-writing and producing what would become her next album, Wanderlust. The album appeared in January 2014, capitalizing on her appearance in BBC TV's Strictly Come Dancing, and debuting at four on the U.K. charts on its way to silver certification; it was her biggest hit since 2003's Shoot from the Hip. She returned in the fall of 2016 with Familia, an album that reunited her with Harcourt. 2017 saw a quiet period form the singer before she got to work on her seventh LP in 2018. The album — titled the Song Diaries — was composed of revised versions of some of the singer's past releases, including orchestral versions of the tracks "Take Me Home" and "Murder on the Dancefloor." ~ David Peter Wesolowski

Tracklist:
01. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (Orchestral Version)
02. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Take Me Home (Orchestral Version)
03. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor (Orchestral Version)
04. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Move This Mountain (Orchestral Version)
05. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Music Gets The Best Of Me (Orchestral Version)
06. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Mixed Up World (Orchestral Version)
07. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Catch You (Orchestral Version)
08. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Me And My Imagination (Orchestral Version)
09. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Today The Sun's On Us (Orchestral Version)
10. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer) (Orchestral Version)
11. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Bittersweet (Orchestral Version)
12. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Not Giving Up On Love (Orchestral Version)
13. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Young Blood (Orchestral Version)
14. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Love Is A Camera (Orchestral Version)
15. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Wild Forever (Orchestral Version)
16. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed (Orchestral Version) (Bonus Track)
17. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Love Is You (Bonus Track)
18. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Take Me Home (Orchestral Disco Version) (Bonus Track)
19. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor (Orchestral Disco Version) (Bonus Track)

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