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Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s. Her music is a mixture of mainstream pop, disco, nu-disco, and 1980s electronic influences.
Her solo debut album, Read My Lips, was released in September 2001. The album reached number two on the UK albums chart and was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[1][2] The record experienced international success, selling more than 2 million copies worldwide.
Studio Albums:
Read My Lips
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Shoot from the Hip
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Trip the Light Fantastic
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Make a Scene
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Singles:
Take Me Home (A Girl Like Me)
Murder on the Dancefloor
Get Over You/Movie This Mountain
Music Gets the Best of Me
Mixed Up World
I Won't Change You
Catch You
Me and My Imagination
Today the Sun's on Us
If I Can't Dance
Bittersweet
Off & On
Starlight
Revolution
If I could explain her music I would describe it as something similar to Kylie Minogue. Its very disco! Love it! Anyone else a fan? :jmp:
Zelda master
28-01-12, 23:10
Ow Sophie, Sophie, Sophie... She can always catch me :D
BrandonFlowers
28-01-12, 23:51
Very much a British flopstar version of Kylie :hug:
I do love Sophie though, although her two recent albums are far superior to her first 2.
Weemanply109
29-01-12, 00:08
I seen you listening to her on Last.fm and I searched her up a bit. I'm trying to get into her discography atm. :D
TRULuverzz
29-01-12, 00:12
OMG a Sophie Ellis Bextor thread, THANK YOU! :hug:
I've listened to her songs "not giving up on love" with armin van buuren and "can't fight this feeling", she is the best! :D
Very much a British flopstar version of Kylie :hug:
I do love Sophie though, although her two recent albums are far superior to her first 2.
Yep, her last two are farrr better than the first two!
Make a Scene is my fave, followed by Trip the Light Fantastic.
Although Im kind of curious is there a reason she isnt as successful as Kylie? I mean her material is just as good!
@TRULoverzz I love CFTF, it reminds me of Hung Up, not sure why :p
MyRaider4Life
29-01-12, 00:26
Srsly, this thread took its time. >_>
I've loved Sophie since I was like, 7, not even kidding, haha. I had Read My Lips, and probably half the singles. :') She was the GaGa of my younger years. <3
Zelda master
29-01-12, 00:40
She was the GaGa of my younger years. <3
Don't you compare this beauty to that... That... Thing! http://www.gmaker.org/forum/smileys/whip.gif
TRULuverzz
29-01-12, 01:01
@TRULoverzz I love CFTF
Me too :D
Sophie Ellis Bextor can NEVER be compared to Lady Gaga, She's more of a legend than Gaga will ever be!
Sophie Ellis Bextor's existence and career > Lady Gaga's career
Me too :D
Sophie Ellis Bextor can NEVER be compared to Lady Gaga, She's more of a legend than Gaga will ever be!
Sophie Ellis Bextor's existence and career > Lady Gaga's career
I dont really know if they can even be compared... They are like completly different artists :p
TRULuverzz
29-01-12, 02:03
Well if we considered her a Pop artist then she's be greater than Gaga :p
I love Sophie's music it's great especially her first songs i read somewhere that she is working on her 5th album or something :)
I love Sophie's music it's great especially her first songs i read somewhere that she is working on her 5th album or something :)
Oh really? Thats awesome! I wonder what direction it will go in... Hopefully this time around the promo will be right and her songs will actually properly chart :p
BrandonFlowers
29-01-12, 16:31
Yep, her last two are farrr better than the first two!
Make a Scene is my fave, followed by Trip the Light Fantastic.
Although Im kind of curious is there a reason she isnt as successful as Kylie? I mean her material is just as good!
@TRULoverzz I love CFTF, it reminds me of Hung Up, not sure why :p
Kylie has far better material :p and she is a much bigger name than Sophie. Sophie is only a real success (and I use that term lightly) in the UK :(
She also seems to pop another baby out when she has a flop album.
Kylie has far better material :p and she is a much bigger name than Sophie. Sophie is only a real success (and I use that term lightly) in the UK :(
She also seems to pop another baby out when she has a flop album.
Oh I know for sure! But still they have similar material and sound, youd think they would be both just as successful
ultima espio
29-01-12, 16:37
Both of her Children were born prematurely due to complications:o
BrandonFlowers
29-01-12, 16:38
Both of her Children were born prematurely due to complications:o
I know :( she is preggers again, so lets hope it all goes smoothly :hug:
ultima espio
29-01-12, 16:41
I'd really like to meet her one day, that would be nice :) Then I can tell her that I've loved her music since I was 9 and all that jazz xD
Weemanply109
06-05-12, 23:34
CLF proclaimed her as "The Queen".
Bow.
CLF proclaimed her as "The Queen".
Bow.
She already was in my book.
Weemanply109
06-05-12, 23:39
^Your book is wrong. Change it to Beyoncé.
^Your book is wrong. Change it to Beyoncé.
^Your book is wrong. Change it to Beyoncé.
Beyoncé.
Oh I do love a good joke (http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ft4oXABr1r7h8e7o1_400.gif)
Weemanply109
07-05-12, 00:21
Beyoncé is the most legit artist. I was kidding, but I think she should be credited for something. Everyone labels Britney and Madonna the Queens, but Beyoncé's more of a legit artist than both of them put together, tbh.
Anyway, ontopic: I'm not a huge fan (My typical line). :p
I must admitt, I'm not a fan of pop music but I actually don't mind her. Don't get me wrong I wouldn't listen to her at home on my iPhone but she's the only popster where I don't roll my eyes.
She has something about her, maybe it's just her look but she doesn't come across as generic like these other so-called 'queens.' :rolleyes:
Oh and I don't care if they're overplayed. I think 'Murder on the dancefloor' and 'Catch you' are amongst the greatest pop songs of all time. :D
So thumbs up for making a Sophie Ellis-Bextor thread. :tmb: Even though I most likely won't come back. But I dunno, just something I really like about her. ;)
I really liked her version of Carly Simon's Nobody Does it Better:
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Even so, nobody does it better than Carly Simon. ;)
CLF proclaimed her as "The Queen".
Bow.
She IS. Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Queen of Tesco bags and tea towels 2001-forever.
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Sophie rocks. I used to hate her though. Murder on the Dancefloor and that God-awful Groovejet were played to death on the radio & TV when they were new. Hearing them so constantly made me want to hack my own ears off with a spoon. I really hate it when people reference those two tracks as examples of how good she is, she's far-surpassed those countless times with her subsequent tracks.
Uninteresting fact: Sophie's four albums are the only music I have stored on my 360's hard drive :cool:
Uninteresting fact: Sophie's four albums are the only music I have stored on my 360's hard drive :cool:
What? Really? You? That's amazing. The power of the Bextor!
Weemanply109
12-05-12, 12:43
Uninteresting fact: Sophie's four albums are the only music I have stored on my 360's hard drive :cool:
D'aww. Cute. :p
Uninteresting fact: Sophie's four albums are the only music I have stored on my 360's hard drive :cool:
Respect. About 16 of my iTunes top 25 are Sophie Ellis Bextor songs. I know the word "flawless" gets chucked about like a tennis ball around here but Make A Scene (the song and the album) is about the only thing I could rightly apply that word to.
ultima espio
12-05-12, 16:02
I think Adele should step aside :whi:
BOW.
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Zelda master
12-07-12, 22:53
Sophie... The hell..? :p
Weemanply109
12-07-12, 23:55
I refuse to bow.
Sophie is very hit and miss for me. I love her first and third albums, the latter being her best work. But aside from one or two tracks I find her second and fourth albums dull.
Zelda master
13-07-12, 06:34
With exception of few tracks, I hate the first album. And while hef last album was generick junk I enjoy the hell out of it. Now only of they remastered thqt album to vetter quality :pi:
BrandonFlowers
13-07-12, 11:07
BOW.
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*bows*
BOW.
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How cool is that? :cool::D
She looks all snuggly :cln:
BrandonFlowers
03-11-12, 21:19
I am having a Sophie sesh right now. Why oh why is she not more successful? She makes musis as good as if not better than others in her field. Oh and she is WAY more beautiful.
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She features on a new-ish song by some DJ and the song is called Beautiful
nFbrVITjBog
I am having a Sophie sesh right now. Why oh why is she not more successful? She makes musis as good as if not better than others in her field. Oh and she is WAY more beautiful.
http://i47.tinypic.com/2s61zkh.jpg
She features on a new-ish song by some DJ and the song is called Beautiful
nFbrVITjBog
I approve of all of this.
APOLS FOR THE DOUBLE POST AND THAT. (THE LAST ONE WAS SIX MONTHS AGO SO DON'T PANIC.)
Album 5 appears to be underway, we may be getting it sooner than we think this time, Winter 2013 perhaps? She appears to be aiming for a more organic sound this time around and seems intent on taking a new direction with her music which will be interesting.
There are some video diaries of her studio sessions with some snippets of new music (I can't be arsed embedding them all so here's a link to Sophie's channel.) (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUpkrQUdi_LpvwGbOcoM9aHg)
Also, here is a demo of a song from the studio sessions entitled "Young Blood." Its quite nice. I also love that the artwork is just an Instagram selfie taken in the back of a car. Save those pennies, woman.
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A new album on the way? Good good :jmp:
That demo is quite nice, very pastoral :tmb:
I also love that the artwork is just an Instagram selfie taken in the back of a car.
Instagram selfie? Is that what people call a photo nowadays? :confused:
A new album on the way? Good good :jmp:
That demo is quite nice, very pastoral :tmb:
Instagram selfie? Is that what people call a photo nowadays? :confused:
A photo taken using Instagram software where the photo is taken by the subject, yes. Its rather self explanatory. :p
Young Blood is very relaxing, actually. I can see it becoming my new "on the train staring out the window and contemplating life" anthem.
A photo taken using Instagram software where the photo is taken by the subject, yes. Its rather self explanatory. :p
LOL, I have no idea what Instagram is, so no, it's not self-explanatory at all really :p
Still, nice tune though, I'm listening to it again :D
LOL, I have no idea what Instagram is, so no, it's not self-explanatory at all really :p
Still, nice tune though, I'm listening to it again :D
Its a rather popular iPhone/Android app, all the cool kiddies are using it! :p
But yes, hopefully things go well for her this era. Her success will obviously be modest at best, but I hope she at least feels satisfied with the outcome now that her expectations have been somewhat humbled. I remember her saying at the beginning of the "Make a Scene" campaign before everything went tits up (when it was still called "Straight to the Heart") that she was expecting her music to be commercially successful because "dance music is really popular nowadays and if I can't make it making dance music then I may as well give up." I'm very glad she hasn't.
Its a rather popular iPhone/Android app, all the cool kiddies are using it! :p
But yes, hopefully things go well for her this era. Her success will obviously be modest at best, but I hope she at least feels satisfied with the outcome now that expectations have been somewhat humbled. I remember her saying at the beginning of the "Make a Scene" campaign before everything went tits up (when it was still called "Straight to the Heart") that she was expecting her music to be commercially successful because "dance music is really popular nowadays and if I can't make it making dance music then I may as well give up." I'm very glad she hasn't.
Even if it wasnt that successful its not like shes losing money right? From what I remembered she had a few chart toppers in like Italy or Russia or something?
Even if it wasnt that successful its not like shes losing money right? From what I remembered she had a few chart toppers in like Italy or Russia or something?
I doubt she's struggling financially, she probably still gets some handsome Murder on the Dancefloor royalties and whatnot and she funds her music herself now so take from that what you will. She's biarrely popular in Russia, I've never really understood it to be honest.
I doubt it, she probably still gets some handsome Murder on the Dancefloor royalties and whatnot and she funds her music herself now so take from that what you will. She's biarrely popular in Russia, I've never really understood it to be honest.
Poor Sophie! :(
I really like her, and she has a great voice/personality.. Hopefully things will work out this time around with the right promo?
Wait so if shes independent that means she chooses her own singles/pays for the marketing?
Poor Sophie! :(
I really like her, and she has a great voice/personality.. Hopefully things will work out this time around with the right promo?
Wait so if shes independent that means she chooses her own singles/pays for the marketing?
Yep, she's doing it on her own record label now so in one way or another she's going to be the one that's forking out for it all. The only reason Make a Scene even got a release was because she left Fascination and released it herself.
Yep, she's doing it on her own record label now so in one way or another she's going to be the one that's forking out for it all. The only reason Make a Scene even got a release was because she left Fascination and released it herself.
Do you by any chance know why Fascination didnt want to release it in the first place? Its sad, I can only imagine how much money someone has to spend on a good promotional campaign
It's criminal that genuinely talented people like Sophie get swallowed up by the never ending wave of tat they call music nowadays. She has a beautifully unique sound. It's an all-round injustice, what's currently everyone else's loss for not listening to her will probably become my (our) loss too one day :(
I also think she also has a beautifully unique look, too :pi::cln:
Do you by any chance know why Fascination didnt want to release it in the first place? Its sad, I can only imagine how much money someone has to spend on a good promotional campaign
I don't think it was a case of them actively not wanting to release it. But Sophie isn't seen as an overly profitable artist unfortunately, her last proper solo hit was in 2007 so I imagine she was very low on Fascination's priority list. Eventually she (and us) got fed up of being dragged around like a dead fish so she just walked out the door, somehow with the rights to the music from "Make A Scene" in tow.
ultima espio
07-05-13, 19:21
She mentioned in a video interview that the album would be ready for September :) I'll see if I can find it.
She's so underrated, I try to play her songs at work so she gets some attention:p
I do love her more obscure and meaningful songs but Groovejet will always be my favourite. It was my relentless jam when I was young.
Zelda master
07-05-13, 19:35
Groovejet is a great some, I dont know what it is but it'll always be remembered in this house! :)
Trip the Light Fantastic is her magnum opus, although I definitely feel like she still has a lot more left in her to top it (Make A Scene came very close.) Today the Sun's On Us is one of my favourite songs OF ALL TIME and If You Go is a perfect pop masterpiece. There's also the sheer brilliance of If I Can't Dance, China Heart and Catch You that make it absolutely mind boggling why she isn't more well known outside a small group of pop music enthusiasts (and Russians.)
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