Make a Scene
by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
  • Record Label: EBGB's
  • Release Date: Jun 6, 2011
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
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  1. Pedro
    Nov 1, 2012
    8
    I should confess - at first, I wasn't very fond of this album either. But after a couple of listens, Ellis-Bextor won me over (again). It's pure dance-pop perfection and I don't see how anyone could deny it. Minus the disappointing "Homewrecker", the album is one of her best works.
  2. marcmyworks
    Aug 28, 2018
    5
    Another album ruined by studio interference, the release date being pushed back multiple times, the album title changed twice and unclear focus on production. Make A Scene also contains three collaboration singles released years earlier. It mostly feels like a slapped together, cheap compilation album than the beauty we know SEB can produce. Download: Starlight, Bittersweet.
  3. davd123
    May 9, 2016
    6
    I think this album is worst Sophie Ellis-Bextor album. Strange that half of album songs was released as singles but just few of them deserve to be a single. I think this album could have been better, if it would have less electronic sounds which in some songs sounds annoyingly. Then I hear songs Heartbreak, Can't fight this feeling, Under Your Touch and Bittersweet i thought this albumI think this album is worst Sophie Ellis-Bextor album. Strange that half of album songs was released as singles but just few of them deserve to be a single. I think this album could have been better, if it would have less electronic sounds which in some songs sounds annoyingly. Then I hear songs Heartbreak, Can't fight this feeling, Under Your Touch and Bittersweet i thought this album gonna be amazing because these songs so nostalgic and good, but the rest of album is much harder to listen.… Expand

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Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. AllMusic
    Jan 13, 2012
    60
    Make a Scene still provides a couple of gems, but it's hard to shake the feeling that she's now milked the whole dance-pop ice-maiden schtick well and truly dry.
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  2. Mojo
    Jul 26, 2011
    60
    For this album she as worked with a breathtaking array of collaborators, with varied results. [Jul 2011, p.115]
  3. BBC Music
    Jul 26, 2011
    50
    Despite the contemporary co-writes, in an age where Take That work with Stuart Price and Nicola Roberts embraces Diplo's electro cool, this album comes across as a selection of competent B sides surrounding the fantastic Starlight.
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