Body Language is uneven and there are definitely skips on the album, but the highs are very high. I think the album loses steam towards the end. Some of the bonus tracks and unreleased session tracks could have been replaced for a couple of the album tracks to make a stronger album. Slow is still the most genius moment in her discography, though.
Kylie Minogue
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The tracklist progressing from electropop to R&B pop doesn’t get enough appreciation.
I much prefer Red Blooded Woman to Toxic. There, I've said it.
Me too, easily.
Bible Language is a fantastic record that, like Fever, is just effortlessly cool, although it’s far less camp than its predecessor. I can totally see why Kylie doesn’t look favorably on the record, but I wish she’d give more of the tracks (outside Slow) an outing. The visuals, the styling, the music…to me, it all fell into place for this record, and that included the remixes. Sure, the b-sides and unreleased tracks are delightful as well, but even the standard edition holds up very well. I'd perhaps only swap out After Dark for Slow Motion.
Personally, like with her other albums, I wish we'd gotten a deluxe edition. I use this in my iTunes as disc 2:
Of course, you could just replace the remixes with My Image Unlimited, I'm Sorry, and Trippin' Me Up to make a completely new second album (which I have done before and titled it City Games). Now, if we could just get to hear Attention Seeker in full...
Personally, like with her other albums, I wish we'd gotten a deluxe edition. I use this in my iTunes as disc 2:
1. I'm Just Here for the Music
2. On the Up
3. Slow (Chemical Brothers Edit)
4. Red Blooded Woman (Whitey Mix Edit)
5. Chocolate (EMO Mix Edit)
6. Boombox
7. Cruise Control
8. City Games
9. Almost a Lover
10. Soul on Fire
11. You Make Me Feel
12. Slow Motion
2. On the Up
3. Slow (Chemical Brothers Edit)
4. Red Blooded Woman (Whitey Mix Edit)
5. Chocolate (EMO Mix Edit)
6. Boombox
7. Cruise Control
8. City Games
9. Almost a Lover
10. Soul on Fire
11. You Make Me Feel
12. Slow Motion
Of course, you could just replace the remixes with My Image Unlimited, I'm Sorry, and Trippin' Me Up to make a completely new second album (which I have done before and titled it City Games). Now, if we could just get to hear Attention Seeker in full...
Let's not forget that the Body Language era, also provided us with this:
What an concert.
What an concert.
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I don't know if this is a popular opinion, unpopular opinion and a topic that no one has an opinion on, but "Boombox" only became listenable after it was remixed for consideration for X. The demo from the Body Language sounds like it would've worked on Body Language with its 80s funk vibe, but it's by far my least favorite iteration of the track.
I don't particularly care for the LA Riots Remix either and I'm confused as to why that was the mix that was commercially released, particularly because LA Riots decided to use the vocals from the backing vocalist instead of Kylie's during the bridge.
My favorite version is the DJ Rokk & Pixel82 Remix, which essentially strips the track of all of the elements from the Body Language demo and reimagines it as a spoken word track, delivering on Calvin Harris' promise of Kylie does Uffie.
I don't particularly care for the LA Riots Remix either and I'm confused as to why that was the mix that was commercially released, particularly because LA Riots decided to use the vocals from the backing vocalist instead of Kylie's during the bridge.
My favorite version is the DJ Rokk & Pixel82 Remix, which essentially strips the track of all of the elements from the Body Language demo and reimagines it as a spoken word track, delivering on Calvin Harris' promise of Kylie does Uffie.
the level of taste right here, it’s my go to version as well
Same. I love the Commodore 64-ness of their mix.
The original "Boombox" is a cute listen but it's definitely still a ProTools demo and a sounddesk has been nowhere near it. The way I interpreted what happened with that demo was that Kylie brushed it off for that Boombox club night and Parlophone did some blogspot remixes for the Being A Dickhead Is Cool crowd. I don't think it was ever to be revived for X itself?
I wish someone would invite her to DJ at a club night called When Are You Coming Home.
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Oh, I remember this story now. I guess that I just conflated it as something considered for X because it came out around that time, but now I remember that it was just Kylie doing something fun, something for the summertime, something for the Boombox girls to get ready and party to.
It's a shame that it wasn't ever considered for X though. There was a strong song in there, which was unfortunately marred by some pretty naff production.
Wow I had know idea this existed! I still love the LA Riots version too, but this one goes off as well. I take it it was never officially released?
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Unfortunately, no. The only officially released mix is the LA Riots Mix. This was only ever released onto Soundcloud and blogs, alongside a couple of other remixes—as free downloads if I remember correctly. It's a shame that they never bundled them as a release for streaming at all. I assume that Parlophone probably didn't want to charge people for something that was given away for free. Actually, what am I saying? A record label charging for something that they initially released for free would be on brand for a record label.
There was a CDR with about 5 remixes that circulated in late summer/autumn 2007. I think the DJ Rokk and Pixel82 was the first one to surface online. My memory of it places it around the same week or so that Mylo stuck his demos on his MySpace when he had his big cream puff with Kylie, but I could be wrong. It's been a while.
I love the opening to Body Language live. Kylie does pop minimalism the best.
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The art direction and photography for Body Language is still unbeatable in Kylie's canon and one of my all-time favorite things any pop artist has done, before or since. The minimalist Bardot chic look was so great.
The Body Language era visuals, will take some beating I think.
