Read My Lips [Import]

Sophie Ellis Bextor | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal/Polydor
• ASIN: B00005OA8X
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #343,683 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Take Me Home

2. Lover

3. Move This Mountain

4. Murder on the Dancefloor

5. Sparkle

6. Final Move

7. I Believe

8. Leave the Others Alone

9. By Chance

10. The Universe Is You

11. Is It Any Wonder

12. Everything Falls into Place

Editorial Reviews

Debut solo album for artist best known as the voice of the international dance hit, Spiller's 'Groovejet'. Collaborators include Moby, Alex James (Blur) & Gregg Alexander (New Radicals). Tracks include the first single, 'Take Me Home'. 2001.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Incredible!, November 21, 2002

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K. Eisenberger "dance music freak!" (Defiance, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Read My Lips (Audio CD)

I first bought the original version of this cd back in February 2002 and when a newer version with expanded songs came out I bought it again. Her voice is just incredible and so are the songs . This now has 4 huge UK singles on it :"Take Me Home"(#2),"Murder On The Dancefloor"(#2),"Get Over You"(#3) and "Music Gets The Best Of Me"(#14). This cd features a rolicking live version of "Groovejet" but to me the best tracks are still not released. To me the BEST song is "Is It Any Wonder" and this was put a B-Side to "Music Gets The Best of Me" and should have been the single instead. If she can become huge in America hopefully Universial can get a clue and release the song with new mixes and maybe hire Tom Moulton or Frankie Knuckles to do a classy remix!!! "Lover","Move This Mountain","By Chance" ,"I Believe" ,"The Universe Is You" and "Everything Falls Into Place" just are too good. This cd hopefully will be the start of a long and fruitful career.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Read her lips......, December 19, 2001

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Dogville (Sunny Island) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Read My Lips (Audio CD)

With cover-page looks like Sophie's, it's easy to mistake her for a catwalk model. In fact, the gal exudes such exquisite charm on her face she could be mistaken as a model-turned-singer of sorts. But beneath all these, she has a good voice to match too. If you heard Spiller's #1 hit Groovejet from last year, you'd have heard her voice.

The former vocalist of The Audience showed up with her debut single Take Me Home (A Girl Like Me) which hit #2 on the UK charts earlier this year. A retro dance hit, the song showcases Sophie's pretty self and vocal talent. The song was produced by Damian LeGassick (KD Lang, Mel C, Madonna). Now back with another #2 hit, Murder on the Dancefloor which is also excellent disco hit that's co-written with Gregg Alexander of ex-New Radicals. It is a funky ditty that makes u wanna dance. Look at the cheesey video and you'll be amused no less.

All the 10 tracks here are co-written by Sophie and Track 9 is a Moby collaboration Is It ANy Wonder where you'll hear some trademark Moby sounds. Yes, it's hard for anyone to be able to work with Moby and this shows how much Sophie is a star in the making. Though the album may suffer from too much an ode to 80's pop and some filler tracks, there are enough songs like the trhree mentioned above, as well as a few more such as Lover, and Move This Mountain that sometimes thrill with a tinge of electronica and trip-hop. Of cos, Sophie's voice is a pleasure too; strong yet alternating with some softness in between.

This is not her best work yet. More to come.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No shortage of fun, July 13, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Read My Lips (Audio CD)

Sophie Ellis Bextor's debut album is no shortage of fun. The best track, "Murder on the Dancefloor," is reason enough to buy the album. Other standout offerings include the glorious "Move This Mountain," the catchy "Music Gets the Best of Me," and the adorabley infectious "Get Over You." Like Murder on the Dancefloor, all of these tunes draw their inspiration from the flavors of seventies disco, but Bextor infuses them with fresh new sounds and lends them her flawless, upbeat vocals.
Bextor offers a couple surprises with the more mellow "By Chance," and 'Is it Any Wonder," both solid, though unremarkable songs, that demonstrate her range. "Final Move" is another nice, somewhat different offering, sounding a bit like the best of Seal if hybridized with Depechmode (in their less morbid moments). "I Believe" is a solid enough song, but draws much more on the pop rock tradition than the dancefloor sensibilites of Bextor's best songs. "Everything Falls into Place" is a cute, somewhat funky disco riff that reminds me a bit of the group Crush (Jellyhead, We've Got the Beat, Etc...) from a few years back.
Less thrilling are "Sparkle," which, though boasting an infectious tune, is a bit too mired in the 80's (and some truly grating synth sounds)for my particular taste, and "Undercover," which, while not at all bad, is profoundly unremarkable, and likewise laced with some new sounds which are a bit annoying. One can't fault Bextor for trying to find some new sounds, especially in the feild of dance musice, which is so frequently boged down by the same old crap, but occassionally she misses the mark.
The weakest track is "Leave the Others Alone," which can't escape the profoundly cheesy synth strings which dominate the song from start to finish and plunge it into the realm of the ridiculously overly dramatic.
All in all, Despite its flaws, I can still definitely recommend this album. It is well worth owning for its four best tracks alone, and there's plenty else here that's at least worth a listen. At it's best, Bextor's debut offering is a sublime dance sensation, at its worst, it's just plain old fun!