Sophie Ellis Bextor’s Latest Should Be More Thoughtful

Alexis Petridis of The Guardian reviewed Sophie Ellis Bextor’s latest effort ‘Shoot From the Hip’ complaining that the “lyrics are pretty awful.” He argues, “On the one hand, such criticism seems slightly unfair. After all, you wouldn’t spend too much time worrying about the lyrics of Ellis Bextor’s CD:UK peers. Complaining that a pop artist’s words are lousy is like complaining that Bob Dylan doesn’t do choreographed dance routines: it’s not really what they are there for.” He added, “However, Ellis-Bextor is supposed to be offering something her CD:UK peers are not: music more thoughtful and intelligent than the ‘naff processed cheese’ of modern pop. What she actually offers is a load of manufactured pop songs, sung in a slightly affected posh voice.” Read more.