Shoot from the Hip is the second album

Album

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 released by British

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 pop

Pop music

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–dance

Dance music

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 singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s...

. It was released by Polydor Records

Polydor Records

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 on October 27, 2003, and was produced by Gregg Alexander

Gregg Alexander

Gregg Alexander is an American singer/songwriter and producer, best known as the frontman of the New Radicals, who scored the international hit "You Get What You Give" in late 1998. Earlier in life he recorded two solo albums, Michigan Rain and Intoxifornication...

, Matt Rowe, Jeremy Wheatley and Damian LeGassick

Damian LeGassick

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Background

The album was released in Europe in October 2003, but little interest was generated outside the United Kingdom, where the album peaked at #19 on the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

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, with the exception of Switzerland, where it peaked at #35 on the Swiss Albums Chart. The album was regarded as the singer's least commercially successful album, until the release of her fourth studio album, Make a Scene, which only reached #33. The album only produced two singles - "Mixed Up World

Mixed Up World

"Mixed Up World" is a song by British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor, released in 2003 as the first single from her second studio album, Shoot from the Hip. It peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart. It was considered somewhat of a success, and although it did not chart higher than her first...

" and "I Won't Change You

I Won't Change You

"I Won't Change You" is a pop song written by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Gregg Alexander and Matt Rowe for Ellis-Bextor's second album Shoot from the Hip. The song was released as the album's second single in December 2003, reaching number nine on the UK Singles Chart, and selling 34,000 copies.-Music...

" - which reached #7 and #9 on the UK Singles Chart

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 respectively. Apart from "Murder on the Dancefloor

Murder on the Dancefloor

"Murder on the Dancefloor" is a song written by Gregg Alexander and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, produced by Alexander and Matt Rowe for Ellis-Bextor's first album Read My Lips. After the release of "Take Me Home" in August 2001, Ellis-Bextor released her best-selling single to date in December 2001...

", none of Ellis-Bextor's solo material had been released in North America, until June 2007, when Shoot from the Hip was added to the American iTunes Store

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. The songs "I Won't Dance With You" and "The Walls Keep Saying Your Name" feature backing vocals from Ellis-Bextor's ex-boyfriend and ex-manager, Andy Boyd, although his name does not appear anywhere in the album credits.

Track listing

Release history

Country	Release Date
United Kingdom
Worldwide
United States

Chart positions

Chart (2003)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	19
Mexican Albums Chart	25
Mexican International Albums Chart	11
Swiss Albums Chart	35
New Zealand Albums Chart	39
German Albums Chart	84
French Albums Chart	99