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Live strings on stage, great costumes, glitter, this gig had the lot. Imagine how surprised and overjoyed I was to hear that Sophie Ellis Bextor was headed back to Norwich after 7 years, then imagine how much more delighted I was to realise that she was headed to such an intimate venue as the Waterfront! My wife kindly got us tickets and I have to say it is one of the best presents she has ever got me. Performing with live strings, blazing lights, and live funk strummers, she proves that she's still able to impress and deliver a ridiculously entertaining show. That's not to say her sets are a medley of ageing pop numbers she whips cuts from her back catalogue out for the most part, and her folk/ballad-centric recent material goes down especially well. Obviously, there are her vintage hits like the ubiquitous neo-disco belter “Murder On The Dancefloor”, and her guest spot with Spiller on “Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)”, but the London-born singer-songwriter also covers Moloko's “Sing It Back”, Cher's “Take Me Home”, Modjo's “Lady (Hear Me Tonight)” and Freemasons' “Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer)” pretty regularly during live shows. However, now in 2014, she's riding a resurgence, with mammoth sets at festivals across Europe (Glastonbury and T In The Park to name but a few). After wowing the charts and general public with pop gems in the early/mid 2000s, she faded into a befuddling obscurity she never stopped dropping sounds, but the spotlight had dimmed.
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Oozing confidence – presumably bolstered since placing fourth on Strictly Come Dancing and the reception to well-received recent LP, Wanderlust - Sophie Ellis-Bextor is the success story you never saw coming. Representing her most ambitious album to date, “Wanderlust” incorporated folk, baroque and chamber pop elements and spawned the subsequent singles “Runaway Daydreamer” and “Love Is a Camera”. Led by the single “Young Blood”, the album “Wanderlust” was released in January 2014, peaking at No. Upon the announcement of a fifth studio album in May 2011, Ellis-Bextor began touring again, playing dates in Australia and Jakarta. Featuring collaborations with Calvin Harris, Richard X, Armin van Buuren, and Metronomy, the album was led by the single “Bittersweet”, and peaked at No. In June 2011 Eliis-Bextor issued her fourth full-length “Make a Scene”, which was marked by more dance elements and influences than previous albums. After which the singer contributed vocals to French DJ Junior Caldera’s track “Can’t Fight This Feeling” that later peaked in the French Top 20, and appeared on the Freemasons single “Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)”. In October 2008 Ellis-Bextor recorded a cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”, which appeared on the soundtrack for the BBC2 sitcom “Beautiful People”. In support of the record the singer toured opening for Geoge Michael and Take That, however had to cancel her own headlining tour. The disco-pop record, produced by Greg Kurstin, earned rave reviews and featured the likes of Fred Schneider, Richard Barone, Shelly Poole, and Cathy Dennis. 7 on the UK Albums Chart, Ellis-Bextor’s third studio album “Trip the Light Fantastic” was issued in May 2007. Two tracks from the album were released as singles, “Mixed Up World” and “I Won’t Change You”, with the third and fourth being scrapped due to the singer giving birth to her first child. The record turned the singer into a national household name, however she also enjoyed success internationally with the album selling 2 million worldwide.įollowing a supporting tour of the UK and Europe, Ellis-Bextor returned in 2003 to release her sophomore full-length “Shoot from the Hip”.
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2 “Murder on the Dancefloor”, “Get Over You / Move This Mountain”, and “Music Gets the Best of Me”. 2 on the UK Albums Chart, the record produced four Top 20 singles: Cher’s “Take Me Home”, the No. A year later Ellis-Bextor issued her debut solo album “Read My Lips”. 25 charting “I Know Enough (I Don’t Get Enough)”, the band were dropped by Mercury Records and Ellis-Bextor went solo.īefore releasing any original material, in 2000 the singer contributed vocals to the DJ Spiller instrumental track “Groovejet”, which subsequently topped the UK Singles Chart and earned regular rotation in clubs across the UK. Following the release of a debut, self-titled album, which spawned the singles “I Got the Wherewithal”, “If You Can’t Do It When You’re Young When Can You Do It?”, and the No. Ellis-Bextor subsequently made forays into indie music in 1997 by becoming Theaudience’s lead vocalist. Born the daughter of Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis and film producer and director Robin Bextor, Sophie’s earliest live performance came with the children's, “W11 Opera”, when she was 13.
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