Trip the Light Fantastic (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album)

Trip the Light Fantastic is the third solo album by British popstar Sophie Ellis-Bextor. It was released on May 21, 2007 following the release of the 2nd single, "Me and My Imagination", and lead single, "Catch You". The album was available on the internet on May 18 2007, three days before the UK release date. A five-track sampler has been sent to radio stations. "Today The Sun's On Us" will be the 3rd single released from the album. This has been confirmed in an interview featured on Sophie's official website. The promo video is said to be filmed in late June and the single will be released on August 5th."If You Go" is the confirmed 4th single. [1]

Album facts

There aren't duets on the album. Only Dan Gillespie Sells is providing backing vocals for two songs on the album and Fred Schneider does vocals on one.
Sophie said that she wouldn't be posing on the cover but she later confirmed she would actually appear on it. She's said "It's sparkly, but hopefully it's got a bit more depth than just a nice picture of me on the cover!" [2]
She said that she worked with "a French guy named Dimitri" who was rumoured to be Dimitri From Paris, but turned out to be Dimitri Tikovoi.^[2] She has also worked with Kerin Smith of theaudience.
The opening line in "If I Can't Dance" is, according to Sophie in a interview for the Times website, a famous quote by feminist anarchist Emma Goldman.
She wrote around 80 songs for the album.
She will be touring the UK, Ireland, Europe, Australia, Asia and America during 2007 to support the album and promote the singles all around the world.
The album currently sits at #13 in the Top Albums Chart, and #3 in the Top Pop Albums Chart in iTunes. The album has received great reviews by the press with 'The Sun' giving the album 4 stars, 'The Times' 4 stars and 'The Guardian' 4 stars. All the reviews can been seen on her official website and she received comments by 'Grazia' saying 'The third album from the best pop artist around' and 'Metro' said 'Album of the week.'
In its first week of sales in the UK, the album sold 14,231 copies, entering as the second highest new entry on the UK album chart.
Sophie had plans to release a poppy version of "The Model" from Kraftwerk, but the band denied permission.
According to a recent interview on Sophie's official website album sales are fast approaching silver certification already, which means it has sold nearly 60,000 copies.

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	7
Swiss Album Chart	28
Estonia Album Chart[3]	18
Polish Album Chart	52
French Album Chart[4]	81
Mexican Album Chart^[3]	85
German Album Chart	87
Irish Albums Chart	93

Tracklisting

#	Title	Time	Writers
1.	Catch You	3:19	Cathy Dennis/Greg Kurstin
2.	Me and My Imagination	3:27	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Matt Prime/Hannah Robinson
3.	Today the Sun's on Us	4:18	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Steve Robson/Nina Woodford
4.	New York City Lights	3:53	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Matt Rowe/Richard Stannard
5.	If I Can't Dance	3:26	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Dimitri Tikovoi
6.	The Distance Between Us	4:26	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Liam Howe
7.	If You Go	3:27	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Miranda Cooper/Brian Higgins/Tim Powell
8.	Only One	3:45	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Dan G. Sells
9.	Love Is Here	4:34	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Dan G. Sells
10.	New Flame	2:51	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Dimitri Tikovoi
11.	China Heart	3:44	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Pascal Gabriel/Hannah Robinson
12.	What Have We Started	4:06	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Pascal Gabriel/Hannah Robinson ^[4]
13.	Can't Have It All [UK Bonus Track]	4:07	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Francis "Eg" White
14.	Supersonic [UK Bonus Track]	4:03	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Fred Schneider/Bruce B. Brody/James Staub

Other released tracks

#	Title	Writers	Included in:
1.	Dear Jimmy	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Hannah Robinson/Matt Prime	Popjustice: 100% Solid Pop Music.
2.	Down With Love	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Rob Davis/Jewels & Stone	"Catch You" CD single as a B-side.
3.	Move To The Music	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Pascal Gabriel	"Me and My Imagination" CD single as a B-side.
4.	Here's To You	Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Anu Pillai	"Me and My Imagination" vinyl single as a B-side.
5.	Duel	Sophie Ellis-Bextor	"Today The Sun's On Us" single as a B-side.

Unreleased songs

"As Sure As The Sun" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Gary Clark/Rob Davis)
"Can I Be Enough" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Jullian Gallagher/Richard Stannard)^[5]
"Colour Me In" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/David Kreuger/Magnusson)^[6] (Leaked onto the internet)
"Don't You Want To Get Crazy?" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Fred Schneider/Richard Barone)^[7]
"Enjoy It While You Can" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Stephen Lironi)^[8]
"Eternity Begins" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Francis White)^[9]
"Fake Love To Me" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Danielle Brisebois/Wayne Rodriguez)^[10]
"Let Go" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Matt Prime/Hannah Robinson)^[11]
"Mr Friday" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Shelly Poole/Paul Statham)^[12]
"Make My Night" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Jullian Gallagher/Richard Stannard)^[13]
"Mirror Mirror" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Julian Gallagher/David Raymond Morgan/Richard Stannard)^[14]
"Off The Hook" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Gary Clark/Rob Davis)
"Our Song" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Matt Rowe/Richard Stannard)^[15]
"Pop Wow" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Shelly Poole/Paul Statham)^[16]
"Ring The Changes" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/David Kreuger/Magnusson)^[17]
"Running Out" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Danielle Brisebois/Wayne Rodriguez)^[18]
"Take Me Back" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Dan G.Sells)^[19]
"The Lesson" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Stephen Lironi)^[20]
"Turn It Up" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Fred Schneider/Richard Barone)
"Wasted" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Andrew Watkins/Paul Wilson)^[21]
"Who You Really Are" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor/Matt Prime/Hannah Robinson)^[22]

References

[1] ttp://www.sophieellisbextor.net/ Sophieellisbextor

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