Read My Lips - Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Being the child of a famous kids TV presenter can often come in handy if you want to break into the starry world of showbiz - just ask Zoe Ball. However, it wasn't always easy for Sophie Ellis-Bextor, whose Mum Janet Ellis was a 'Blue Peter' presenter in the mid-80's... It was as the frontwoman for the band 'Theaudience' that Ellis-Bextor first gained notoriety with her nonchalant and aloof mannerisms and her clever-clever songs. Still a teenager when they were signed, a high media profile wasn't matched with sales, and despite the hype, releases like 'A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed' failed to make much impact on the ...  Read the complete review

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is something of a rarity in the music business. She has a class and sophistication which can't be matched or bought, a unique and articulate vocal style which you could recognise anywhere as being hers, she has very much input into her music, she's jaw-droppingly gorgeous and is one of the friendliest and most down to earth celebrities. Sophie's career in music began in the late 90s as front woman of indie band TheAudience who were responsible for a string of mid-table hits but didn't amount to much and were finished by the end of the first album's era. After an unsuccessful stint at modelling, Sophie guested on Spiller's 2000 summer ...  Read the complete review

Ms Bextor has made quite an impact on the charts in past years, both on her own and in her well known collaboration with Spiller and Groovejet. She is also getting quite a reputation for her bitching and inability to say anything nice about anyone or anything. Regardless of this, Sophie, the 22 year old daughter of old Blue Peter Favourite Janet Ellis is doing quite well for herself and also has an enviable wardrobe to boot. Somehow I found myself buying her debut album "Read my lips" which was released in 2001 and I was quite happy with what I found. It is fair to say that Sophie had a lot to live up to following the success of her collaboration with ...  Read the complete review

If I said to you that until last week I didn't like Sophie Ellis Bextor, you would ask why I am writing a review. Fair enough I could be slating it to bits, but if you look at my title, then it suggests another view. Alex and I were shopping and heard Take Me Home in a shop. Alex liked the song, but didn't know who it was. I said who the singer was and he borrowed his sisters copy of the album to get this one song. I thought I would have a skim through the tracks and loved every one. Now I am the proud owner of this CD. The reason I didn't like SEB was because of her vocals on the Spiller track - Grooveget. I heard it too many times, and in ...  Read the complete review

Murder on the Dancefloor I bought the Sophie Ellis Bextor album, Take Me Home a few years ago and it's still one of the ones I listen to. However, I generally only listen to a few tracks as I like the first part of the album but am not really thrilled about the rest of the tracks. Sophie Ellis Bexter is a singer who has had relative success but I wouldn't say she is a big massive star. Her second album did well but not as well as this album as it only reached number 18 in the charts and she has since taken time off to start a family. Her sound is very pop, electric, dance style tunes which I generally quite like as they are fun to sing along and ...  Read the complete review