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| Label = EBGB's | Writer = | Producer = Harcourt | Last single = "Runaway Daydreamer" (2014) | This single = "Love Is a Camera" (2014) | Next single = "Back 2 Paradise" (2014) }} "Love Is a Camera" is a song performed by English recording artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor for her fifth album ''Wanderlust'' (2014). Ellis-Bextor co-wrote the song with Ed Harcourt, who also produced the track. Its lyrics recount the story of a woman who takes photos of her victims and keeps their souls in the pictures. Musically, the song features piano, guitars, double bass, and influences of tango and baroque. "Love Is a Camera" was serviced to hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United Kingdom as the third single from ''Wanderlust''. The song was released on 23 June 2014. Upon release, its lyrics and composition attained praise and ambivalence from music critics. To accompany the song's release, Sophie Muller was enlisted as the director for the music video of "Love Is a Camera", which was filmed in the Italian city of Florence. Its storyline features Ellis-Bextor impersonating two characters, one being a "temptress" and the other being an unsuspecting woman. The former convinces a man who is attracted to her, and the latter, to take their picture; the unsuspecting characters are ultimately trapped in their portraits. The track has been performed during Ellis-Bextor's gigs, for promoting her record ''Wanderlust''. ==Composition and reception== "Love Is a Camera" was the first song to be developed for Ellis-Bextor's fifth record, ''Wanderlust''.〔 Ellis-Bextor co-wrote the song with its producer Ed Harcourt. Harcourt produced the track. David Farrell of PopMatters described the track as a "plodding tango", while ''The Daily Telegraph'' writer Neil McCormick deemed it an "elaborate baroque quasi-ballad". From ''The Irish Times'', Louise Bruton called the song a "hectic slice of vaudevillian fun". Its instrumentation comprises "florid" guitar chords, "stalking" pianos and a double bass played by Harcourt.〔 Andy Gill of ''The Independent'' credited the first two instruments with providing "an Iron Curtain feel" to the track. The final part of the song—characterised by ''Time Out'' reviewer Clare Considine as one of ''Wanderlust''s "more energetic moments"—incorporates a "gypsy polka" sound. During that part, Ellis-Bextor's voice is paired with an "increasingly frantic piano". The song's lyrics were influenced by Russian folklore. Ellis-Bextor denoted her literary choices—as a child and a student—as influences for the song, listing Russian fairytales, folk stories and Emily Dickinson's works as examples. She took inspiration from the humour and mystery from the serial drama ''Twin Peaks''. "Love Is a Camera" narrates the story of a "spooky old" woman who lives "in a house on the hill", and takes pictures of individuals, only to preserve their souls in the photographs "behind glass". Farrell interpreted that the protagonist took their photographs to "preserve their memories".〔 Farrell exalted the lyricism of the song, stating that "Sophie's music has never sounded so lyrically rich" and her "storytelling skills" were visible in it. Considine named the song a "welcome break from lullabies (such as 'The Deer and the Wolf') that risk monotony" on the album.〔 Conversely, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine described "Love Is a Camera" as a "bogged down in pretension" moment in ''Wanderlust''; Erlewine went on to criticize the song's "ceaseless pomp". Kate Bennett of musicOMH wrote that "Love Is a Camera" was "more of the same" "heroine-gazing-forlornly-into-the-distance." She elaborated, "You'd have to have a heart of cold, igneous rock not to enjoy (track ) just a little, but if you were never a member of your local youth theatre company the sticky-sweetness of it all quickly becomes cloying." The song peaked at number 32 on the UK Airplay Chart, while on the UK Indie chart it reached number 33.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Love Is a Camera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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