Straight To The Heart Tour: Remastered Audio

many thanks to Snider from the official forum for recording and remastering these audio files.

All the files sound really good. They got me really really excited about the new album again.

Revolution is fabulous and HAS to be a single. I'm not sure how it will perform on the charts, but it just HAS to be a single. It is SOOO good! Dial My Number and Starlight sound really good too.

Release the album, Sophie. We're all craving for it.



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theaudience (Sophie Ellis-Bextor) - Quiet Storm (Digitally Remastered)

Here's something to keep you busy till we get Sophie's 4th solo album.

The previous set of tracks that i had with me didn't really sound like they were studio quality. I've been working on some audio enhancement softwares and i tried to re-master the tracks from theaudience's second album. So here you go - QUIET STORM (REMASTERED)

DOWNLOAD LINK:
http://www.mediafire.com/?5b40ixr8do09aaq

Don't forget to say thanks.

And if you don't like the new artwork that i made for the album, you can always use the old one (below)








All tracks have the lyrics, composers and the old artwork tagged with them.

Here's the tracklist:
1. The Greatest Gift
2. How It Should Be Done
3. Day And Night
4. Headcase
5. Wisdom (Out With The Old School)
6. The Fool Will Rise Again
7. So Clever
8. Twilight Of The Teenage
9. Grey With Dusty Rain
10. You Will Do For Now
11. King Of Action
12. Repetition Kills
13. Two Way
14. Sanctuary Hill

2 more unofficial mixes of Heartbreak D/L mp3

Two more unofficial mixes of Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer. I haven't heard them yet, so i don't now what they sound like. I'm downloading them right now. Here you go

Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer (DJ Nejtrino & DJ Baur Remix)
http://www16.zippyshare.com/v/55265618/file.html

Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer (Dmc Vityok Citi FM Especial Mix)
http://www28.zippyshare.com/v/25012064/file.html

a new mix of Heartbreak and more song titles

Some of the recent unofficial remixes of Heartbreak are beyond amazing. Especially this mix called "Bobina Remix". This is my 3rd favourite mix of the song (1st being the Bitrocka Italo Mix and the 2nd being the Freemasons Club Mix), yes it is that good!! Listen to the amazing break-down on this mix. It gave me the goosebumps! Also, they have re-arranged the lyrics in the breakdown - "DJ gimme the answer faster!", beautifully done!!
Here's the mix - http://www.mediafire.com/?qmohndgilmg
(This mix had been floating around for a while, i had the LQ version. Thanks to Eden for the HQ rip!)

One of the readers posted a few titles, i haven't located the source for these yet. But here they are:
1. Lose Myself - Sophie/Christopher Rojas. Rojas already worked with Sophie on Sophia Loren, the track which backs the Rimmel advert.
2. Only For This Moment - Sophie/Alexander Perls. This guy apparently specializes in dance tracks.
3. Wicked Game - Sophie/Lipsey & Shaw. They also worked with the Sugababes on the albums Taller in More Ways and Change.
4. My Priority - Lamont Dozier, Graham John Stack, Timothy Danieal Woodcock
5. Sorry Now - Wayne Cohen, Chris Mohr
(thanks Kazimir for these titles. And just to clear your doubt, Defenceless is from the Trip sessions.)

Sophie is songwriting tomorrow with someone from the past. I hope it is Nigel Butler, i do remember talking to him a few months ago, and he seemed quite open to the idea of collaborating with Sophie again. He is the man (or one of the men) behind Dolly Rockers after all!

Here are some random Sophie tweets:

• songwriting tomorrow with a someone from my past. any guesses?
  
• this makes me feel weird http://bit.ly/4VEIM a glimpse into my future. x
  (by the way, good to know Sophie surfs around on the internet. I wish she bumps into this blog sometime)
  
• Backstage at Miss International in Poland. The air is heavy with hairspray. Lordy.
• Poland has cool plasters! Have bought Star Wars and, my favourite, Moomin.
• Left so early i got to see a beautiful full moon. V v unpleasant to get up and out in the dark though.
• Off to Poland tmw to sing at Miss Poland contest. Shall i wear a crown and sash to confuse them?!
• saw eg white this morning. both dropping off our little folk at school. rock and roll!
• A real cat fight not a girl cat fight.
• whoops i just started a cat fight.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Heartbreak (ACOUSTIC) mp3 download

Enjoy...
Heartbreak (Live Acoustic @ Arthur Smith's Balham Bash) - http://www.mediafire.com/?yzmzgodtnyq

The acoustic version is brilliant isn't it. Its got a whole new emotion to the song. When she is performing this song live on her tour (if she tours) she should start the song acoustically just with the guitar, then the drums follow in the first chorus. In the second verse the strings follow. Then the electronic guitars at the bridge and 2nd chorus and then immense breakdown can be the exact same thing from the radio edit and then all instruments start fading out slowly as she does a double chorus, and by the end of the double chorus when she's doing the "oooh oooh"s its just acoustic.... Like what she did with By Chance at Shepards Bush Empire! Sophie are you reading this....

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Take Me With You (Produced by Johnny Douglas) DL

Here's an unreleased track from the Trip The Light Fantastic era. Sophie recorded about 70+ songs for that album but she had written more than 100 songs. Will we ever get to listen to those songs, we'll never know. But here's one priceless jem which leaked recently.

It's a song produced by Johnny Douglas, who has also worked with Kylie on her Light Years and Body Language albums. Apparently, he has also worked with George Michael, Sugababes, Tina Turner, All Saints etc., This is the only song he wrote with Karen Poole and Sophie for her album but it was later rejected.

I played around with the ending a little, because the end was so abrupt on his version. For anyone who wants to know what i did here goes - i cut out the part i wanted to edit, changed the channels, gave it a reverb effect and then tried to add an intermittent sound effect, thats why you have those bit breaks in that part. And i sampled a cymbal crash from eJay, a software people use to make remixes, and reversed it, added a reverb + 3 echos and mixed it with the sample i had cut from the song.. finding the exact position to mix it was a little hard. I used trial and error there to find the exact place to put the cymbal crash, and when it was done, i took the finalized sample and placed it with the rest of the song and gave it a spin. It sounded terrific...

Go ahead, give it a listen:
MEGAUPLOAD - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VYJ2ZQK9
MEDIAFIRE - http://www.mediafire.com/?eito1nkyqiy

concrete news about the album and single

First of all, before i make any comments and before Sophie gets to read anything that might seem a little negative, i would want to say that i completely understand Sophie's decision to spend time with her baby. Good luck with the baby Sophie.

Anyway, Sophie stopped filming the video for Sophia Loren. Only a few shots were done before she decided that she wouldn't release the single now. In fact, Sophia Loren might not even be a single. By then the hype would have died down and it would be foolishness to release it as a single. Too bad! That was one hell of a song, and it would have been a smash hit!! There goes another good song down the drain. But the song will still make it onto the album. Thank god for that! It would be criminal to scrap it!! I do hope fascination decide to leak that song so fans could enjoy listening to it in HQ.

Sophie had a long discussion with her manager, and he understood her decision and asked her to concentrate on her baby for the time being. The first single might be some unknown song which might come out sometime around Sept 09! And the album is probably going to come out late 09 or early 2010!!!

Anyway, on the bright side, Sophie and her management may decide to leave a few demo recordings on her MySpace. Keep your eyes peeled for anything new on her MySpace.

In the meantime, might i interest you in a fresh Sophie song??? I did post about Sophie being featured on Junior Caldera's "Debut" (thats the title) album. A remix of the song leaked onto the internet!! Sophie sounds F-A-N-T-A-B-U-L-O-U-S!!! I love how her voice has matured so well. She can reach such high notes now..wow!! I think Sophie's 4th album has a whole lot of surprises, if they sound anything like Off & On, Heartbreak, Sophia Loren and Can't Fight This Feeling.. oh thats (probably) what the Junior Caldera song is called...

Here you go: http://www.zshare.net/audio/51946167d5245149/

Junior Caldera ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Can't Fight This Feeling (Mischa Daniels Remix)

Just can't fight this feeling
And its beating me, beating me, beating me
Down down down down down down down down down down down

And i just can't fight this feeling
We should be lovers. We should be lovers
No i just can't fight this feeling
We should be lovers. We should be lovers
No i just can't fight this feeling
My head is spinning. I think its winning
No i just can't fight this feeling
And its beating me down...

Why don't you, why don't you, why don't you come with me?
Why don't you, why don't you, why don't you come with me?

Pretty sure this is just a part of the song which is looped for the mix. The lyrics seem to be good. I hope the album version of the song has a bit more than this...

Sophie rarities

Sophie has been around in the music scene for a decade now, and there's tons of new fans that she has now. So i was thinking of sharing some of these rare studio demos and alternate versions with the world, its not going to affect sales in any way, so might as well do it...

Murder On The Dancefloor (Original Demo Version) - I like this version of the song. You can see that Jewel & Stone built their mix around this version of the song. Its not the typical dance track that the original sounds like. Its got a catchy groove, and is very very bassy!! But i'm happy that they changed the song before it made it onto the album. This would sound weird on Read My Lips
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5181748350504a93/

Final Move (Original Demo Version) - After you listen to this, you'll think "is this a demo!?" Well, at least that was my first reaction. I prefer this to the original. This is a bassy power ballad, which is so well produced. I wonder why Sophie didn't like this version and chose the louder album brash version instead. This song has a more emotional appeal than the album version.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/518175318fa2435c/

Love It Is Love (Sampler Version) - This version didn't make it onto the album because of the obvious difference in the sound. Its a whole lot dancier than the original, a foot thomper! The lyrics are different in this version as well. Its got a driving groove, which puts you into a trance and the guitar sampler which is looped in the song catches your attention. Sophie's vocals sound very echo-y. This song was supposed to be a single, if it was, i'm sure this version would have been played on the radios more than the orignal.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5181782167ae0ca5/

Party In My Head (Sampler Version) - I've already given my views about this in the previous psot. Its a charming track!! And i love it!!
http://www.speedyshare.com/988702736.html

Lover (Demo Version) - Its very very rough. I prefer the bassy album version to this.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/51818038728e99ff/

Is It Any Wonder (Produced by Moby) - Or famously known as the "Moby Mix" is just a vocal and background track demo. When RML was still being made, there was a whole lot of hype that Sophie had reeled in Moby to produce one of her tracks. Here's the demo they made together. Its pretty much the same as the album version, except, Sophie sounds like she just woke up and ran to the studio... lol..
http://www.speedyshare.com/680586183.html