Kylie Minogue - Tension

[ChrisKostakis]

I still don't understand ripping something at 48kbps. That requires a lot of effort to do that in 2023.

 

[mindtrappa]

I still don't understand ripping something at 48kbps. That requires a lot of effort to do that in 2023.

It takes like 30 seconds in Audacity dd. The leak/trading gays do shit like that all the time.

 

[BEST FICTION]

Drum is very cute. I get Gwen Stefani vibes from it, but Padam is still the one.

 

[Joe Z]

I like the cover too. It looks like she's on Mars. The 'Kylie' text at the bottom looks like a necklace.

 

[elektroxx]

I don't think I've had such a genuine aversion to an album cover in a while. I keep returning to it to see if I'm missing something since most everyone else seems to like it and I just find it absolutely disgusting.

For me, it's just a marked improvement compared to what's recently come before it. We've had Kiss Me Once, Golden, Step Back In Time and Disco—a mixed bag of mid to downright terrible covers.

I agree with @mindtrappa that it's not a great cover, but I find the photo quite striking and thought that the textless version that @pastelboy.wav posted works much better.

 

[BEST FICTION]

For me, it's just a marked improvement compared to what's recently come before it. We've had Kiss Me Once, Golden, Step Back In Time and Disco—a mixed bag of mid to downright terrible covers.

I agree with @mindtrappa that it's not a great cover, but I find the photo quite striking and thought that the textless version that @pastelboy.wav posted works much better.

This is where I’m at. I think Disco being one of the worst covers I’ve ever seen in my life set the groundwork for absolutely anything to slide in and be amazing.

 

[popjunkie]

Every time I even read the words Padam Padam I keep thinking of “bada da da, da da da, da da” from Rachel’s Crazy Boys. Not a bad association really.

 

[Andy French]

The thing that also sticks out to me about the artwork for both the single and the album is that they're very sleek and icy, which isn't something Kylie has really leaned into in about 20 years or so for the most part.

 

[mindtrappa]

Yeah, the textless version is pretty great. The typography sends it into this sort of tacky area that’s still cute but not nearly as cool as the single is. Would have been perfect if they had turned her name into a necklace (kind of riffing off what @Joe Z said) or just had the text smaller and on the side of the image in the style of the heart monitor and maybe in a color that works with the image instead of black and white.

 

[elektroxx]

The thing that also sticks out to me about the artwork for both the single and the album is that they're very sleek and icy, which isn't something Kylie has really leaned into in about 20 years or so for the most part.

I was kind of surprised, considering how icy "Padam Padam" is sonically, how warm the color palette of the album cover of Tension and the single cover of "Padam Padam" is.

 

[enhanced CD]

I really like the cover but the logo is unnecessary and a poor riff of the original. If we didn’t know it was Studio Moross I would think it’s the work of Big Active who do most of BMG’s releases and did these

Spoiler

 

[ChrisKostakis]

It takes like 30 seconds in Audacity dd. The leak/trading gays do shit like that all the time.

I mean the effort to rip it at such low bitrate. No default setting is that shit.

 

[elektroxx]

The 'Kylie' text at the bottom looks like a necklace.

Would have been perfect if they had turned her name into a necklace (kind of riffing off what @Joe Z said)

It actually would've been a genius move to turn the new Kylie logo into a nameplate necklace for the cover and then sell it as merch. It wouldn't have been an unprecedented move, considering they made one for Disco.

 

[Mr.Arroz]

She’s giving 2010s pop girl who 10 forum gays stan, that’s kind of what’s so iconic about it. And if that’s the kind of music she’s serving, then I’m willing to give in to the fantasy.

I don’t necessarily think it’s a great cover, but I don’t think it’s awful. Kylie herself looks incredible and cool, though, which is what really gagged me.

I own this on CD, no shame.

 

[theelusivechanteuse]

I don't like Drum.

 

[KYLE]

The artwork is terrible. Covering one eye is so done, diamonds are so cliche - especially one that is clearly plastic from Michaels - and the peas and carrots colouring to the artwork is garish even without the dafont.com textures.

At least DISCO was kind of camp in its hideousness.

 

[inevitable]

I don't like Drum.

I don't either. The production is definitely a move in the right direction for Kylie in 2023 but it's just lackluster. I know it's just the demo version apparently but I'm not upset it was booted from the final tracklist of the album.

 

[MrWonderfulPop]

This really is her strongest first single from an album since Slow.

 

[drewsky]

Someone leaked the HQ version of Drum and it's an improvement over the original one but still if this is what she's scrapped then the main album is gonna be it.

 

[Eskapism]

I mean the effort to rip it at such low bitrate. No default setting is that shit.

Since it’s probably a planned leak it makes sense. It’s just to give us a feeling of the track while making sure it’s leaving us wanting it even more in high quality.