Songs from the Kitchen Disco
Greatest hits album by
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Released13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)
Recorded2000–2020
StudioVarious
Genre
Length75:55
Label
Sophie Ellis-Bextor chronology
The Song Diaries
(2019)		 Songs from the Kitchen Disco
(2020)		 Kitchen Disco – Live at the London Palladium
(2022)
Singles from Songs from the Kitchen Disco
  1. "Crying at the Discotheque"
    Released: 18 September 2020

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,[1] 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.[2]

Background

In 2019 Ellis-Bextor released The Song Diaries, her first compilation album. It consists primarily of orchestral versions of 15 of her solo singles, and a new track, a cover of Carol Williams's "Love Is You". The album was produced by Ed Harcourt (who also produced her two last studio albums), with additional production by Richard "Biff" Stannard and Ash Howes.[3] During that same year she also embarked on The Song Diaries Tour within the UK with a full orchestra and her band; the tour consisted on 14 dates, grouped in two legs, one in late spring and the other one in autumn.[4]

During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, Ellis-Bextor, her husband, The Feeling bassist Richard Jones and their kids hosted a number of live shows via Instagram called Kitchen Disco Live every Friday night for 10 weeks. During these shows, she performed some of her songs (including non-single tracks), and a bunch of covers.[5]

Kitchen Disco shows

Every Friday, for 10 weeks (from 27 March to 29 May), Ellis-Bextor performed a series of live shows via Instagram on her own house as a way of virtual escapism of the hard time she and her family were facing during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the UK.[6] During these shows (named Kitchen Discos) she sang live, while her sons joined her, on the chaotic yet enjoyable performances.[7] Additional shows were hosted on 17 July (celebrating the end of the term) and on 30 October (for Halloween). Ellis-Bextor also did a Christmas special and a further series of shows for the early 2021 lockdown.

The live transmissions lasted 30 minutes, and regular songs included her top-three singles "Take Me Home", "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" and "Murder on the Dancefloor". She also performed several of her singles and album tracks and a wide variety of covers.[8] From the Kitchen Disco #6 onwards she did an encore session, called "The After Party", just after the end of the transmissions. During these after parties she sang songs less danceable and more relatable to musicals, like "My Favourite Things" (from The Sound of Music) and "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" (from Grease).

Ellis-Bextor began presenting a weekly programme under the same name (Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Kitchen Disco) on BBC Radio 2 in May 2020.[9][10]

Kitchen Disco live shows

Original running

  • Kitchen Disco 1 (27 March)[11]
  1. Take Me Home
  2. Get Over You
  3. Medley: Lady (Hear Me Tonight) / Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) / Sing It Back
  4. Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
  5. Murder on the Dancefloor
  • Kitchen Disco 2 (3 April)[12]
  1. Wild Forever
  2. Take Me Home
  3. Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
  4. Kids in America
  5. Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)
  6. Murder on the Dancefloor
  • Kitchen Disco 3 – Sophie’s Birthday (10 April)[13]
  1. Music Gets the Best of Me
  2. Take Me Home
  3. Electricity Band
  4. Young Blood
  5. Crying at the Discoteque
  6. Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
  7. Murder on the Dancefloor
  • Kitchen Disco 4 (17 April)[14]
  1. Take Me Home
  2. If You Go
  3. Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
  4. True Faith
  5. Bittersweet
  6. Murder on the Dancefloor
  • Kitchen Disco 5 (24 April)[15]
  1. Revolution
  2. Take Me Home
  3. Me and My Imagination
  4. I Feel It Coming
  5. Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
  6. Murder on the Dancefloor
  • Kitchen Disco 6 (1 May)[16]
  1. China Heart
  2. Take Me Home
  3. Mixed Up World
  4. Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
  5. Like a Prayer
  6. Murder on the Dancefloor
  7. After party: My Favorite Things
  • Kitchen Disco 7 (8 May)[17]
  1. Magic
  2. Take Me Home
  3. Starlight
  4. Don't Leave Me This Way
  5. Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
  6. Murder on the Dancefloor
  7. After party: There Are Worse Things I Could Do
  8. After party: We'll Meet Again
  • Kitchen Disco 8 (15 May)[18]
  1. If I Can't Dance
  2. Take Me Home
  3. Catch You
  4. Over and Over
  5. Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
  6. Murder on the Dancefloor
  7. After party: Gett Off
  • Kitchen Disco 9 (22 May)[19]
  1. Under Your Touch
  2. Off & On
  3. Take Me Home
  4. Not Giving Up on Love
  5. Do You Remember the First Time?
  6. Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
  7. Murder on the Dancefloor
  8. After party: Spoonful of Sugar
  • Kitchen Disco 10 (29 May)[20]
  1. Come with Us
  2. Take Me Home
  3. Today the Sun's on Us
  4. Walking on Broken Glass
  5. Get Over You
  6. Medley: Lady (Hear Me Tonight) / Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) / Sing It Back
  7. Murder on the Dancefloor
  8. After party: Our House

Specials

  • Kitchen Disco – End of term disco special (17 July)[21]
  1. Dial My Number
  2. Take Me Home
  3. School's Out
  4. Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
  5. Crying at the Discotheque
  6. Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)
  7. Murder on the Dancefloor
  8. After party: You Give a Little Love
  • Kitchen Disco – Halloween special (30 October)[22]
  1. Ghostbusters
  2. Crying at the Discotheque
  3. She Wolf
  4. Love Is a Camera
  5. Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)
  6. Monster Mash
  7. Murder on the Dancefloor
  8. After party: Wuthering Heights

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash7/10[23]
Gigwise8/10[24]
The Independent[25]
The Irish Times[26]
MusicOMH[27]
NEWsic7.5/10[28]
Retro Pop[29]
Vinyl Chapters[30]

Songs from the Kitchen Disco received positive reviews from music critics and fans alike, many of whom associated the album with the Instagram Live shows held by Ellis-Bextor during the pandemic lockdown, emphasising her 20 years of solo career and the fine selection of singles and covers included.

Lauren Murphy from The Irish Times wrote "if the mark of a great song is that it works in any setting – be it a kitchen surrounded by small children hanging off your leg or on the dance floor of an actual club in the wee hours – this collection is evidence that the perennially-underestimated Ellis-Bextor has amassed more than a few of them over the last two decades"[26] Nick Smith from musicOMH called the collection "magnificent".[27]

Additionally, Clash's Robin Murray states: "Sophie Ellis-Bextor has shone fresh light on her inimitable pop approach, recasting these songs in her own manner. Songs from the Kitchen Disco is the ideal tonic for those winter blues."[23]

Track listing

Songs from the Kitchen Disco track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (2020 re-recording of the 2000 single)
3:46
2."Take Me Home (A Girl Like Me)" (from Read My Lips, 2001)
  • Ellis-Bextor
  • Bob Esty
  • Michele Aller
  • Damian LeGassick
  • Jeremy Wheatley
4:06
3."Murder on the Dancefloor" (from Read My Lips)
  • Matt Rowe
  • Alexander
3:50
4."Get Over You" (from the 2002 Read My Lips reissue)
3:15
5."Music Gets the Best of Me" (from the Read My Lips reissue)
  • Ellis-Bextor
  • Rowe
  • Alexander
3:38
6."Mixed Up World" (from Shoot from the Hip, 2003)
  • Ellis-Bextor
  • Alexander
  • Rowe
  • Alexander
  • Rowe
3:43
7."Catch You" (from Trip the Light Fantastic, 2007)
  • Kurstin
3:19
8."Me and My Imagination" (from Trip the Light Fantastic)
  • Prime
  • Jeremy Wheatley
  • Brio Taliaferro
3:25
9."Today the Sun's on Us" (from Trip the Light Fantastic)
  • Wheatley
  • Taliaferro
4:16
10."Bittersweet" (from Make a Scene, 2011)
  • Freemasons
  • Stannard
3:28
11."Starlight" (from Make a Scene)
Richard X4:19
12."Not Giving Up on Love" (from Make a Scene)
  • van Buuren
  • Goeij
2:53
13."Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)" (from Make a Scene)
  • Ellis-Bextor
  • Wiltshire
  • Small
  • Stannard
  • Freemasons
  • Stannard
3:26
14."Young Blood" (from Wanderlust, 2014)
Harcourt4:28
15."True Faith" (BBC session; originally by New Order)
  • Harcourt
  • Jones
5:02
16."Do You Remember the First Time?" (live; originally by Pulp)Pulp 4:13
17."Come with Us" (from Familia, 2016)
  • Ellis-Bextor
  • Harcourt
Harcourt3:56
18."Wild Forever" (from Familia)
  • Ellis-Bextor
  • Harcourt
Harcourt4:24
19."Crying at the Discotheque" (originally by Alcazar)
The Alias3:50
20."My Favorite Things" (originally from The Sound of Music)Rodgers and Hammerstein
2:38
Total length:75:55

Charts

Chart performance for Songs from the Kitchen Disco
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[31] 51
Irish Albums (IRMA)[32] 62
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA)[33] 6
Scottish Albums (OCC)[34] 9
UK Albums (OCC)[35] 8
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[36] 1

Release history

Release dates and formats for Songs from the Kitchen Disco
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 13 November 2020 [37]
 [38]

References

  1. ↑ "My greatest hits album, Songs From The Kitchen Disco, is out four weeks today!". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor / Songs From The Kitchen Disco". Super Deluxe Edition. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "INTERVIEW: Sophie Ellis-Bextor Rekindles the Magic of Her Sterling Songcraft". Albumism. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor adds November dates to The Song Diaries Tour 2019". Music-News.com. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor tells us how her Kitchen Disco came about". Planet Radio. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Biog". sophieellisbextor.net. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Instagram Discos Are Full Of Chaotic Energy And We Want Tickets". Body and Soul. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor on her Kitchen Discos: 'Our household was mirroring others around the world'". iNews. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "BBC Radio 2 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Kitchen Disco". BBC. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "BBC Radio 2 - Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Kitchen Disco". BBC. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Kitchen Disco #1 (Live on Instagram, 27/3/20)". YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Kitchen Disco #2 (Live on Instagram, 3/4/20)". YouTube.
  13. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Kitchen Disco #3 (Live on Instagram, 10/4/20)". YouTube.
  14. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Kitchen Disco #4 (Live on Instagram, 17/4/20)". YouTube.
  15. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Kitchen Disco #5 (Live on Instagram, 24/4/20)". YouTube.
  16. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Kitchen Disco #6 (Live on Instagram, 1/5/20)". YouTube.
  17. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Kitchen Disco #7 (Live on Instagram, 8/5/20)". YouTube.
  18. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Kitchen Disco #8 (Live on Instagram, 15/5/20)". YouTube.
  19. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Kitchen Disco #9 (Live on Instagram, 22/5/20)". YouTube.
  20. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Kitchen Disco #10 (Live on Instagram, 29/5/20)". YouTube.
  21. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Kitchen Disco #11 (End of term disco, Live on Instagram, 17/7/20)". YouTube.
  22. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Halloween Kitchen Disco (Live on Instagram, 30/10/20)". YouTube.
  23. 1 2 Murray, Robin (13 November 2020). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Songs From The Kitchen Disco". Clash. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  24. ↑ Smith, Harrison (14 November 2020). "Album Review: Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Songs From The Kitchen Disco". Gigwise. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  25. ↑ O'Connor, Roisin (12 November 2020). "Album reviews: Chris Stapleton, Benee, McFly and Sophie Ellis-Bextor". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  26. 1 2 Murphy, Lauren (13 November 2020). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Songs from the Kitchen Disco review - Spirit-lifting renaissance". Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  27. 1 2 Nick, Smith (13 November 2020). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Songs From The Kitchen Disco". MusicOMH. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  28. ↑ Suriano, Angela (13 November 2020). "Recensione: SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR – "Songs From The Kitchen Disco"". Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  29. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Songs from the Kitchen Disco". 14 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  30. ↑ Lawlor, Imogen (17 November 2020). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Songs from the Kitchen Disco – Review". Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  31. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 23 November 2020". The ARIA Report. No. 1603. Australian Recording Industry Association. 23 November 2020. p. 6.
  32. ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Sophie Ellis-Bextor". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  33. ↑ "Top 20 Independent – Week Ending 20 Nov 2020". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  34. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  35. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  36. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  37. ↑ "Songs from the Kitchen Disco: Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Greatest Hits". Apple Music. United States. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  38. ↑ "Sophie Ellis-Bextor's online store". Townsend Music. United States. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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