Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Wanderlust (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 41:01 minutes | 470 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
In January 2014 Sophie have released her fifth album, "Wanderlust", a record co-written and produced by acclaimed singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt and recorded in just two weeks with a tightly-knit group of musician friends. The record sees the 34-year-old Sophie blossoming into an accomplished singer-songwriter, with its 11 powerfully understated songs showcasing a newfound maturity, warmth and songcraft.
Always a dedicated follower of fashion, twisting and turning her music to fit the times, Sophie Ellis-Bextor takes an accurate gauge of the styles of 2014 on Wanderlust. Swinging away from the electro-pop that defined the earliest days of her solo career, Ellis-Bextor opts for an exercise in handsome retro glamour here, a move perhaps partially inspired by Lana Del Rey, the Californian queen who has a virtual patent on neo-Hollywood glamour, but Ellis-Bextor retains a European sensibility, spending as much time with big ballads and cabaret as she does with doomed soundscapes. More importantly, she's enlisted Ed Harcourt as her collaborator for Wanderlust, and he gives these songs a glam grandiosity that is explicitly theatrical yet rarely excessive. As a producer, Harcourt creates an opulent setting for Ellis-Bextor's defiantly mannered vocals, and the contrast is often alluring; the music emotes whenever the singer refuses to indulge. Wanderlust is at its best when it's slightly dexterous (as on the girl group homage "Runaway Daydreamer") and it can get bogged down in pretension (as on the ceaseless pomp of "Love Is a Camera"), but it's always exquisitely sculpted and better for its attention to detail.
Tracklist:
01 - Birth of An Empire
02 - Until the Stars Collide
03 - Runaway Daydreamer
04 - The Deer & the Wolf
05 - Young Blood
06 - Interlude
07 - 13 Little Dolls
08 - Wrong Side of the Sun
09 - Love Is a Camera
10 - Cry to the Beat of the Band
11 - When the Storm Has Blown Over
Analyzed: Sophie Ellis-Bextor / Wanderlust
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -0.51 dB -12.04 dB 3:49 01-Birth of An Empire
DR9 -0.98 dB -12.15 dB 3:40 02-Until the Stars Collide
DR10 -0.99 dB -13.27 dB 4:00 03-Runaway Daydreamer
DR9 -0.52 dB -11.22 dB 3:54 04-The Deer & the Wolf
DR10 -0.41 dB -13.92 dB 4:28 05-Young Blood
DR12 -3.56 dB -18.89 dB 2:23 06-Interlude
DR8 -0.68 dB -10.50 dB 3:33 07-13 Little Dolls
DR9 -0.85 dB -12.31 dB 3:51 08-Wrong Side of the Sun
DR10 -0.64 dB -12.79 dB 4:13 09-Love Is a Camera
DR10 -0.30 dB -13.02 dB 3:39 10-Cry to the Beat of the Band
DR11 -3.30 dB -17.64 dB 3:31 11-When the Storm Has Blown Over
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1392 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -0.51 dB -12.04 dB 3:49 01-Birth of An Empire
DR9 -0.98 dB -12.15 dB 3:40 02-Until the Stars Collide
DR10 -0.99 dB -13.27 dB 4:00 03-Runaway Daydreamer
DR9 -0.52 dB -11.22 dB 3:54 04-The Deer & the Wolf
DR10 -0.41 dB -13.92 dB 4:28 05-Young Blood
DR12 -3.56 dB -18.89 dB 2:23 06-Interlude
DR8 -0.68 dB -10.50 dB 3:33 07-13 Little Dolls
DR9 -0.85 dB -12.31 dB 3:51 08-Wrong Side of the Sun
DR10 -0.64 dB -12.79 dB 4:13 09-Love Is a Camera
DR10 -0.30 dB -13.02 dB 3:39 10-Cry to the Beat of the Band
DR11 -3.30 dB -17.64 dB 3:31 11-When the Storm Has Blown Over
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1392 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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