Artist: Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Album: The Song Diaries
Genre: Pop
Release Date: 2019
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 01:13:28
Total Tracks: 19
Total Size: 899 MB

Tracklist:

1-1. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Groovejet (Orchestral Version) (03:20)
1-2. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Take Me Home (Orchestral Version) (04:23)
1-3. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Murder on the Dancefloor (Orchestral Version) (03:46)
1-4. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Move This Mountain (Orchestral Version) (04:47)
1-5. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Music Gets the Best of Me (Orchestral Version) (03:28)
1-6. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Mixed up World (Orchestral Version) (03:43)
1-7. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Catch You (Orchestral Version) (03:58)
1-8. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Me and My Imagination (Orchestral Version) (03:47)
1-9. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Today the Sun’s on Us (Orchestral Version) (04:19)
1-10. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer) (Orchestral Version) (03:52)
1-11. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Bittersweet (Orchestral Version) (03:35)
1-12. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Not Giving up on Love (Orchestral Version) (03:14)
1-13. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Young Blood (Orchestral Version) (04:39)
1-14. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Love is a Camera (Orchestral Version) (03:57)
1-15. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Wild Forever (Orchestral Version) (04:31)
1-16. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – A Pessimist is Never Disappointed (Orchestral Version) (04:04)
1-17. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Love is You (03:15)
1-18. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Take Me Home (Orchestral Disco Version) (03:14)
1-19. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Murder on the Dancefloor (Orchestral Disco Version) (03:26)

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The Orchestral Greatest Hits features 19 incredible tracks including ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’, ‘GrooveJet’, Take Me Home’ plus ‘Love Is You’ which was recently A-listed at Radio 2 and performed on The One Show and the Blue Peter 60th birthday show. The album features orchestral versions of 6 Top 10 hits!” Joyous, exhilarating reinvention and reminiscence” – Evening Standard (4*)This new album has created quite a buzz. It covers some of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s most iconic pieces for symphony orchestra, featuring her three greatest hits Groovejet (by Italian DJ Spiller in 2000), Take Me Home (a cover of a Cher song from 2001) and, of course, the unmistakable Murder on the Dancefloor (2001), whose delightful flamenco rhythms are an added bonus for the listener on top of the incredible string ensemble. The album then unfurls smoothly track after track, providing a rather moving flashback in the long career of the English singer with a porcelain complexion. It captures the depth of Young Blood (whose charming hook in the intro on piano is replaced by strings and clarinet), the cinematic lyricism of Heartbreak and also includes a rendition of her waltz tune Love Is a Camera.

Admittedly, the orchestra plays in a very classical rather than daring way, but the huge contrast between some of these versions and the original dance pieces certainly makes for an intriguing listen. As an added bonus, Take Me Home and Murder on the Dancefloor have each been revamped in a combination of styles as the sound of the orchestra is mixed with a disco rhythm, and staying within the disco theme, The Song Diaries also includes the singer’s recent track Love Is You (2018) which brings The Love Boat to mind. – Nicolas Magenham