Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer and songwriter. 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 and achieved success beginning in the early 2000s. Her music is a mixture of mainstream pop,disco,nu-disco,and 1980s electronic music influences.
Read My Lips is the debut studio album by English singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor,released on 3 September 2001 by Polydor Records. After the disbandment of the Britpop group Theaudience,in which Ellis-Bextor served as vocalist,she was signed to Polydor. Prior to the LP's completion,the singer collaborated with several musicians,including band Blur's bassist Alex James,Moby and New Radicals frontman Gregg Alexander. The record was described as a collection of 1980s electronica and 1970s disco music.
Theaudience were an English rock band,formed in London in 1996. They released one album and saw three singles enter the UK Singles Chart. The band's singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor became a successful solo artist after the band's disbandment.
Positiva Records is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group and concentrates on releasing dance music in the UK. The record label was set up in 1993,by Nick Halkes,who previously ran XL Recordings. Its headquarters are at the Universal UK offices,where it is the only large dance music label under the EMI banner.
Robert Berkeley Davis is an English guitarist and songwriter.
True Steppers were a British UK garage production duo,consisting of Jonny Lisners and Andy Lysandrou.
"Murder on the Dancefloor" is a song written by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Gregg Alexander,produced by Alexander and Matt Rowe for Ellis-Bextor's first album,Read My Lips (2001). Released on 3 December 2001,the song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for 16 weeks. The song became a top-10 hit worldwide,charting within the top three in Australia,New Zealand,and four European countries. In the United States,the single reached number nine on the Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales chart. "Murder on the Dancefloor" is reported to have been the most played song in Europe in 2002.
Cristiano Spiller is an Italian electronic music DJ and record producer. He is best known for his 2000 single "Groovejet ",featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor. The song reached number-one in the UK,Australia,Ireland,and New Zealand. It sold over two million copies and was rumoured to be the first song to be played on an iPod.
"Take Me Home" is a song recorded by American singer and actress Cher for her fifteenth studio album. The album,released in 1979,bore the same name as the single. "Take Me Home" is a disco song conceived after Cher was recommended to venture into said genre after the commercial failure of her previous albums. The lyrics center around the request of a woman to be taken home by her lover. It was released as the lead single from the Take Me Home album in January 1979 through Casablanca Records,pressed as a 12-inch single.
"Get Over You" and "Move This Mountain" are two songs by British pop singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor. In most countries,"Get Over You" was released as the sole single,but in the United Kingdom,the two tracks were released as a double A-side single on 10 June 2002. The former track was taken off the Read My Lips album reissue,while the latter was an album track in the original album release.
"Music Gets the Best of Me" is a song by British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor,released as the fourth and final single from her debut solo album,Read My Lips (2001). The single was one of two new tracks that appeared on the re-issue of the album in 2002,along with previous single "Get Over You". The song peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and number 15 in Italy and Romania. Two music videos were made for the song.
"Mixed Up World" is a song by British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor,released on 13 October 2003 as the first single from her second studio album,Shoot from the Hip (2003). The single includes a B-side called "The Earth Shook the Devil's Hand". "Mixed Up World peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart and was especially successful in Denmark,where it debuted and peaked at number three. It has sold 35,000 copies in the United Kingdom. The music video for the song features various dancers wearing a mix of bright and dark colours.
"Lola's Theme" is the debut single of British house duo the Shapeshifters,featuring soul singer Cookie on vocals. It was released on 12 July 2004 as the lead single from the Shapeshifters' debut album,Sound Advice (2004). The song became the duo's biggest hit,peaking atop the UK Singles Chart and charting highly in Finland,Ireland,the Netherlands,and New Zealand. In Australia,it was the most successful club hit of 2004.
"Out of Your Mind" is a song by UK garage duo True Steppers. It features Dane Bowers and Victoria Beckham,in her first appearance as a solo artist away from Spice Girls. The single was released on 14 August 2000 and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart,beaten to the top by Spiller's "Groovejet " in a highly publicised chart battle.
"Catch You" is a song by the British recording artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor for her third album,Trip the Light Fantastic (2007). It was written by Cathy Dennis,Rhys Barker and Greg Kurstin and produced by Kurstin. It was released as the album's first single on 19 February 2007. "Catch You" is a pop rock song and talks about Bextor chasing the guy that she wants.
British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor has released seven solo studio albums,one live album,two compilation albums,one remix album,one extended play,one video album,thirty-six singles and twenty-seven music videos. Ellis-Bextor debuted in 1997 as frontwoman of the indie music group theaudience,whose single "I Know Enough " reached the top 25 on the United Kingdom singles chart. They released a self-titled album—a follow-up was shelved by label Mercury Records although selected tracks circulate as bootlegs.
"Crying at the Discoteque" is a song by Swedish band Alcazar from their debut studio album,Casino (2000). The track samples Sheila and B. Devotion's 1979 hit "Spacer". Alexander Bard produced the song and can be heard in the middle of this song. Released in April 2000,"Crying at the Discoteque" became Alcazar's first international hit single the following year,reaching number one in Hungary and the top 10 in Flanders,Germany,Ireland,Italy,and Switzerland.
The Song Diaries is a compilation album by English singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor,released on 15 March 2019 by EBGB's. Made in collaboration with Ed Harcourt,the album consists primarily of orchestral versions of Ellis-Bextor's solo singles,including her collaboration with Italian DJ Spiller,"Groovejet ",and a song from her time as part of Theaudience,"A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed". It was called an "orchestral greatest hits" by Clash. Ellis-Bextor toured the UK with a full orchestra and band in support of the album from June 2019.
Songs from the Kitchen Disco is the first greatest hits album by English singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor,released on 13 November 2020 by EGBG's,although it was previously announced for 23 October. It features singles from all her studio albums:Read My Lips (2001),Shoot from the Hip (2003),Trip the Light Fantastic (2007),Make a Scene (2011),Wanderlust (2014) and Familia (2016),as well as a number of cover versions of songs by other artists. Songs from the Kitchen Disco serves as the follow-up to her previous release,the 2019 orchestral compilation album The Song Diaries.
