Kylie Minogue
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Didn’t even get a “featuring…” credit on the tracklist in the first place though so maybe Kylie and co. should’ve respected him back in 2003!
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I listened through Impossible Princess, Light Years, Fever, Body Language, X, Aphrodite, Kiss Me Once, and Golden. I'd heard Disco previously, and only took Say Something.
The only songs I took from Light Years were On A Night Like This (huge standout), Please Stay, and Butterfly. As an album, Fever actually held up the best - the mixes sound good and the hooks are undeniably strong. Body Language was probably my least favorite overall - I took nothing despite having high hopes for Fever's follow-up. X bled together (which surprised me because that era of music was so prominent for me), but the singles were okay.
Her 10s discography was pretty strong. Aphrodite was my favorite next to Fever - All The Lovers, Get Outta My Way, Closer, Everything Is Beautiful, Aphrodite, Illusion feel like songs she's just at home on. Kiss Me Once was a mixed bag - Million Miles is well-crafted, I wasn't shocked when I saw it shared writers from Get Outta My Way. Les Sex was probably dated upon arrival but it's a shameful bop.
A lot of these songs capture nostalgia really well, and maybe that differs from aging.
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"Obsession" slaps. "After Dark" might be a bit bland—it's certainly no "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"—but at least it's listenable, unlike "I Feel For You" with its annoying samples.
The biggest crime from Body Language, was Secret (Take You Home) NOT being a single. So wrong.
Red Blooded Woman has crept up to being one of my all time favourite Kylie tracks. I'd love to hear her on something so hard and menacing again. She just sounds so at home in that soundscape. Maybe Padam Padam being a hit will inspire her to start being more sonically adventurous again. Even albums like X, Body Language and Kiss Me Once were a bit scattered sonically (putting it politely) there were some experiments that just really worked and are a big part of why I love her music so much.
I mantian that with a few tracklisting tweaks Kiss Me Once could be one of her very best.
I mantian that with a few tracklisting tweaks Kiss Me Once could be one of her very best.
It had it all, amazing song, amazing video and amazing artwork. Top tier Kylie indeed.
I had the same thought. It feels like her post-2000 output is divided between the safer albums that play to her audience (Light Years, Aphrodite, Disco) and the albums where she decides to go a little bit out there and play around with more sounds (Body Language, X, Kiss Me Once). While it's hard not to love effervescent, disco pop Kylie, the slightly weirder albums are always so much more satisfying to me.
Yep. She just owned it with this one.
That’s the part I love! All the weird thunder claps at the start and the quirky riffs and sounds. I love it
I was surprised at how much material didn't have an effect on me. I'll probably give the 00s albums another spin because I did listen to all of these back to back with no breathing room.
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It was the "I took nothing" from Body Language that got me. It's not my favourite album but Slow and Chocolate are classics.
Same. I prefer Body Language's less hit-driven side. Secret, Obsession, Promises are all decent but they just scream "Hey Kylie we just got this new hot track for you to record, listen to this". I would much rather have City Games, Almost a Lover and Slo Motion even if they're not quite as instant and dancey.
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I just can’t fathom listening to Body Language and not thinking anything is good on it? Are you sure you were listening to the right album?
“Sweet Music” is such a vibe. I love music about making music.
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...so do you think Kylie and her collaborators for that album...weren't?
It's fine if some of you don't like the album but it is categorically not "tuneless" or lacking in melody.
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Underrated classics, imo.
I will never tire of Body Lanuage talk. Class era.
This is not shade or anything but I find it genuinely interesting that we always go back to the most divisive topics/eras but we don't discuss the universally loved ones as much.