Back in November, Sophie Ellis-Bextor released her second greatest hits album, Songs From The Kitchen Disco, this week she has revealed that her husband is the inspiration for the album. Sophie and her family became household favourites during the lockdown because of their adorable disco parties every Friday night, where they performed some of Sophie’s biggest hits and some fabulous covers in their kitchen together. Sophie was encouraged to do this by her husband, Richard Jones in order to help ease the stress of family life, from there, came this album.
On the The Graham Norton Show’s New Year’s Eve Special, she explained; “During the lockdown we felt completely discombobulated stuck at home with our five kids, the stress and tension of our family life, and the heaviness of the news. We felt totally useless. So, Richard suggested we do a gig on a Friday as a family to cope. If felt insane doing it live and actually broadcasting it but something about it appealed to me.”
“We started it at the beginning of lockdown and I really thought people were going to laugh at me, but we felt really good afterwards and our brains were tricked into thinking we had just done a gig. We got such a warm response.”
The new album contains some of Sophie’s greatest disco hits from various albums such as; Read My Lips, Shoot From The Hip, Trip The Light Fantastic, Make A Scene, Wanderlust and Familia as well as a number of cover versions of songs by other artists. She has also revealed that she will be taking a step away from the disco world, claiming she will try more progressive pop because she has “done enough singing about fancying people in clubs.”
She explained by saying; “I do love dance music but I want my albums to reflect where I am at and I’ve done enough of singing about fancying people in clubs. It’s just not really how I live my life any more, as people can tell from my kitchen discos.”
Songs From The Kitchen Disco is available on all platforms, you can catch Sophie Ellis-Bextor on The Graham Norton Show’s New Years Eve Special on 31st December at 10.25pm.
