Apparently it's fine when the reverse is true, hence why most of X and all of Aphrodite is still with us.
Kylie: The Complete Discography Rate - Part. 1 The Albums+ (RESULTS! 2nd place & WINNER!)
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Right Here, Right Now, as others have already rightfully mentioned, would have been a perfect lead single for Let's Get To It-and this is coming from someone who stans Word Is Out. It has the dance-pop/house side to it like the Rhythm of Love singles, but also has a slight progression of sound too. So, it was the best of both worlds in that respect.
Am absolutely gutted it's gone, but take comfort it being the last non single from Let's Get To It to be out. And at least once again, it goes out in style via amazing artwork by @P'NutButter too!!
Am absolutely gutted it's gone, but take comfort it being the last non single from Let's Get To It to be out. And at least once again, it goes out in style via amazing artwork by @P'NutButter too!!
Under The Influence Of Love 6.64
Highest Score: 10 x 2 @WhatKindOfKylie?, @Andsov
Lowest Score: 1 x 1 @Jacques
@Andsov - 10 I can't believe this was a considered a single. It's not single material at all. It is one of her very best album tracks though. I keep forgetting about it, but it was always one of my favourites.
@nanafan - 9 Great cover, pure pop and could have been a single.
@CasperFan - 8 I didn’t know the original so all new to me and I like it a lot. Still not bothered to check out the original.
@mrdonut - 7 A fantastic idea to cover Barry White, the production lets this down.
@M24 - 6.5 It's promising, could be more of a grower if I kept listening to it. The chorus seems simple but it's actually an earworm too (like most of this album).
@Holly Something - 5.5 Sounds like it belongs on a PWL album.
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Yet another strong album track to be shown the door! Fantastic cover version, once of Kylie's very best too and a fun addition to Light Years. However, as much as I like it, lead single status? No, not when you have a songs like Spinning Around, Your Disco Need You and On A Night Like This available. And thankfully, they saw that too.
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Wait, "Under The Influence Of Love" was initially planned as the lead single off Light Years?! I feel like Kylie's career renaissance would have never happened if that had happened.
@elektroxx , I agree and I like the song! Spinning Around, was just THE perfect comeback.
I can only speak for myself, but when it comes to Kylie's PWL stuff and especially the first two albums, the worst thing for me is the production. It sounds cheap and outright bad to me, I'm sorry. And although I'm not that much of a fan, I don't hate 80s production per se (I love some of Madonna's earlier stuff, for example), it's really just the SAW production style. My next issue is Kylie's voice, which simply wasn't very strong back then, so on many songs it sounds like she is shouting rather than singing. We all know that she worked on her voice a lot and has become a fantastic vocalist, but back then, she wasn't. Another point: none of the songs were (co-) written by Kylie. I know this was pretty much the norm back then, but how am I supposed to take these songs seriously when not a single one of them was (co-) written by Kylie? Not that there's some profound and deep writing going in in the first place, but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
This being said, in some cases there are actually great songs hidden behind the (to me) terrible production. I adore the KylieFever2002 version of I Should Be So Lucky, for example, and I quite like the Abbey Road versions of Never Too Late and Hand On Your Heart. But for this rate, I rated the original version of every song.
I don't think there's anything wrong with disliking a certain kind of pop music "just" because this is a pop music forum. But since some people have implied that I simply handed out straight zeroes to all PWL songs – I haven't. There's no "blanket refusal", I listened to every single song and rated them the way I considered adequate, just like everybody else. But yes, if I find very little to enjoy in a song, then I will give it a 1, or 2, or 3; and if I find nothing at all to enjoy in a song, then I will give said song a 0.
@SlowGinFizzzz , fair enough indeed, We have totally different opinions on Kyli's PWL era, but there's nothing right or wrong in that. Just hope, you can see the same thing for me with one of low scores for one of the songs not yet eliminated from Impossible Princess....
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I do enjoy the track in a "it's a cute album track" kind of way. However, I do think that it's quite telling that the track was never revisited as a single option after they opted for "Spinning Around" as Light Years' lead single.
It's not a single...Of course!
Unless...
It was considered for 4th single at one point, they even had pre recorded radio links of Kylie introducing it as her newest release.
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Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Although I'm not the biggest fan of "Please Stay," I do think that it was the better choice of the two.
The question is really how it ever came down to a choice between those two, when Disco Down and Butterfly were sitting right there.
Please Stay remains deeply dull and really should leave before we lose anything else from Light Years.
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I don't think that "Butterfly" would've worked as a single, but "Disco Down" could've been an interesting option.
"Right Here, Right Now" is a pretty good album track, but not essential by any means, so I won't miss it. Nice to see that some agree that it sounds reminiscent of "Rhythm of Love".
"Finer Feelings" and "Word Is Out" make a great top 2 from that album. Both, especially the former, should stay for a while.
I didn't expect "Under The Influence of Love" to leave so early. Even though it's a cover, she did a really good job. If someone didn't tell me that, I would think it's an original track, because it fits so well on the album.
I adore the verses, while the chorus is a bit disappointing, and therefore gave it a 7,5.
Also, how is "Kids" still in? I thought it would surely be among the first three cuts from "Light Years".
"Finer Feelings" and "Word Is Out" make a great top 2 from that album. Both, especially the former, should stay for a while.
I didn't expect "Under The Influence of Love" to leave so early. Even though it's a cover, she did a really good job. If someone didn't tell me that, I would think it's an original track, because it fits so well on the album.
I adore the verses, while the chorus is a bit disappointing, and therefore gave it a 7,5.
Also, how is "Kids" still in? I thought it would surely be among the first three cuts from "Light Years".
Me about losing Right Here, Right Now aka the best track on Let's Get To It:
Yeah, I forgot about that one, how is it still in? It's more of a Robbie song than a Kylie song to me.