| 1. I Should Be So Lucky |
| 2. Loco-Motion |
| 3. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi |
| 4. It's No Secret |
| 5. Got to Be Certain |
| 6. Turn It into Love |
| 7. I Miss You |
| 8. I'll Still Be Loving You |
| 9. Look My Way |
| 10. Love at First Sight |
Editorial Reviews
The Album that Started it all for the Former Australian Soap Opera Star. The Production Team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman Got Hold of her and Thus Began the Gush of Hits. The Biggest Are Represented Here with her Cover of 'the Locomotion' and 'i Should Be So Lucky'.
Kylie,Kylie Minogue,Mushroom Records,Dance Music,Dance-Pop,Euro-Dance,Pop
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Fever
Kylie Minogue Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005Y228 Release Date: 2002-02-26 |
Tracks:
- More More More
- Love At First Sight
- Can't Get You Out Of My Head
- Fever
- Give It To Me
- Fragile
- Come Into My World
- In Your Eyes
- Dancefloor
- Love Affair
- Your Love
- Burning Up
Amazon.com
Fever was released on a wave of publicity as the lead single, "Can't Get You out of My Head," battled on the U.K. charts with the debut effort of Spice diva Victoria Beckham--and it won spectacularly. Kylie Minogue's sound has progressed again since the disco-inspired Light Years, plundering the retro style of post-disco electro from the late 1970s and showing what might have happened if Kraftwerk had produced Donna Summer or Chic. Unlike most pop albums, or indeed pop artists, Fever is geared toward high-energy dance rather than pedestrian "I love lovin' you" ballads. Aside from the aforementioned hit single, another standout is "Give It to Me," a great piece of dance pop that has everything from Britney-style wailings to Basement Jaxx funk wrapped up with a catchy and typically suggestive chorus. The closest Minogue gets to a gentler moment is at the very end with "Burning Up," a breezy guitar progression with a laid-back melody, but it doesn't last long as the need to start dancing again takes hold and Fever breaks into some electro funk, finishing on a definite high. --David TruemanCustomer Reviews:
Can't get her music out of my head.......2007-07-14
Personally I prefer "Light Years over "Kylie" simply because I think the material is better. Nevertheless "Kylie" has some really solid pop songs. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is by far the best track on the album because it is so darn catchy. Even after five years since it was unleashed on to the public, the song still sounds good as ever to me. "Fever" is another great song on the album. It's a bit slower than its predecessor but I like the pop hooks. I am still not big on "Fragile". This is when Kylie's helium-pitched vocals gets on my nerves. I also wasn't really fond of the bonus tracks. I just didn't care much for the melodies. Overall "Kylie" is a great pop album. Too bad her follow up was a real turkey for me.
An instant classic!.......2007-05-04
Contagious.......2007-04-24
Oh Yeah...That's it...A little bit faster...yes..Yes!!!..YES!!! Oh Kylie!!!!! .......2007-04-02
"Come into my world" pants and pleads with heart poppin' button poppin' grooves.
"Love at first sight" and "Can't get you" offer up catchy poppy melodies covered in hot flaming ecstacy.
"More More More" pulsates and throbs in non stop give it to me till we explode pleasure,"Fragile" cruises along in soft delicate sensuality, and "Your Love" bounces with the climactic orgasmic high of totally falling for someone.
Fever is simply red hot and sexy and will get your bottom shakin' and your heart racing in it's effortless dance whirlwind of carnal savagery laced with a silk glove.
Buy it, do it, love it, Get the Fever.
Musical Fever For Sure.......2007-03-07
The Key Tracks Are: In Your Eyes, More More More, LOve Affair, Love at First Sight, Can't Get You Out Of My Head, Give It To Me, and the bonus japan verson track Tightrope.
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Showgirl Homecoming Live
Kylie Minogue Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000LE1EOQ Release Date: 2007-01-15 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- Better The Devil You Know
- In Your Eyes
- White Diamond
- On A Night Like This
- Medley: Shocked/Spinning Around
- Temple Prequel
- Confide In Me
- Cowboy Style
- Finer Feelings
- Too Far
- Medley: Red Blooded Woman/Where The Wild Roses Grow
- Slow
- Kids
Tracks:
- Rainbow Prequel
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow
- Come Into My World
- Chocolate
- I Believe In You
- Dreams
- Medley: Burning Up/Vogue
- The Loco-Motion
- Medley: I Should Be So Lucky/The Only Way Is Up
- Hand On Your Heart
- Space Prequel
- Can't Get You Out Of My Head
- Medley: Light Years/Turn It Into Love
- Especially For You
- Love At First Sight
Album Description
Two CD live set from the diva wonder from Down Under! She's back! Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls. Put your hands together for the Princess of Pop: Miss Kylie Minogue. Kylie's Showgirl Homecoming: Greatest Hits Tour opened in Sydney on Saturday 11th November 2006. Plans for this, the most anticipated concert event of the year had been underway for some time with rehearsals for the tour started back in August. This opening night, her first public performance in some time, was electrifying and is now available on this double CD release. The Showgirl Homecoming: Greatest Hits Tour has captured Kylie's excitement and desire for her, and her audience, to have the truly unique concert experience, which you will now be able to hear on CD. EMI.Album Details
Kylie's Showgirl Homecoming: Greatest Hits Tour Opened in Sydney on Saturday 11th November 2006. Plans for This, the Most Anticipated Concert Event of the Year Had Been Underway for Some Time with Rehearsals for the Tour Started Back in August. This Opening Night, her First Public Performance in Some Time, was Electrifying and is Now to Be Made Available on Double CD Release.Customer Reviews:
Kylie At Her Best!.......2007-05-26
Even so, the songs included are still fantastic. She updates some songs with new arrangements (the steamy "Locomotion," "On A Night Like This" with a slow piano intro and outro, and "Spinning Around" which is mashed up with CeCe Peniston's classic hit "Finally"), while others sound almost just like the original studio versions ("Better The Devil You Know," "I Should Be So Lucky," Hand On Your Heart.") I'm a massive Kylie fan, all the way back to the SAW era, so this is right up my alley! Once I got it, I think this was the only thing I listened to for about two weeks! Definitely worth it, if you're as big a Kylie fan as I!
great CD from a great singer.......2007-04-21
*****/***** for Kylie's "Showgirl Homecoming Live."
Great CD - Great Listening.......2007-04-10
"Big In Japan".......2007-03-28
Kylie Shines in Live Setting.......2007-03-14
Her second live record, after 1998's "Intimate & Live" record, "Showgirl-The Homecoming Tour" captures what has made Minogue the single most important euro-pop and world pop figure or influence since ABBA. Her transformative pop ability and genuinely enthused pop ethos has surpassed any disapproving critics wagging finger over the past decade.
Spread over two discs & encompassing the entire show as performed in Sydney, Australia, Minogue breezes through familiar favorites & gives them all unique transformations in a live format.
Highlights include "On A Night Like This" which opens in a ballad setting, giving the track a certain poignancy that it lacked in its studio version. The medley of "Shocked"/"What Do I Have to Do"/"Spinning Around" is a heady pop attack. It will also please longtime fans that she interpolates several minor albums cuts & singles such as "I'm Over (Dreaming Over You)", "I Guess I Like It Like That", "What Kind of Fool (Heard it All Before)" & "It's No Secret" into the medley.
Live, Kylie's voice is surprisingly strong, & carries the familiar girlish charm that it is known for. She shines on the smoky, torch rendition "The Locomotion", Kylie bends her voice on "Too Far", & soars on a new number "White Diamond."
Also of interest is the mash-up of a "Fever" cut, "Burning Up" & the rap from Madonna's 1990 house classic, "Vogue." This alone shows that the only true successor to Madonna is Kylie.
This double-live album captures Minogue at a very interesting crossroads, one that her fans will appreciate. Her formidable vocal prowess, and her embrace of all of her material across the years, shows that Minogue is ready for the next step in her musical journey. One sure to thrill all who hear it. Highly recommended.
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Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie
Kylie Minogue Manufacturer: Music Club Deluxe ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000S08YUK Release Date: 2007-07-23 |
Tracks:
- Confide In Me
- Put Yourself In My Place
- Where Is The Feeling? (Brothers In Rhythm Mix)
- If I Was Your Lover
- Some Kind Of Bliss
- Did It Again
- Breathe
- If You Don't Love Me
- Tears
- Gotta Move On
- Difficult By Design
- Stay This Way
- This Girl
- Automatic Love
- Where Has The Love Gone?
- Surrender
- Dangerous Game
- Time Will Pass You By
- Falling
- Nothing Can Stop Us
- Love Is Waiting
- Cowboy Style
- Say Hey
- Drunk
- I Don't Need Anyone
- Jump
- Limbo
- Through The Years
- Dreams
- Too Far
- Confide In Me (Brothers In Rhythm Mix)
- If You Don't Love Me (Acoustic Version)
- Falling (Alternate Mix)
Album Description
2007 two CD set from the diminutive Aussie entertainer who went on to wow the UK, Europe and the rest of the world with her infectious songs and overt sexiness. Kylie Minogue's arrival at hip dance label Deconstruction in 1994 is widely acknowledged as marking her emergence as a serious artist after six years as a fluffy pop puppet for PWL's Stock, Aitken & Waterman fuelled production-line. Collected here are those first offerings from the 21st Century Kylie, the sex siren, mistress of intrigue and high camp princess i.e. the Kylie we know and love today. Chart hits rub shoulders with cool club mixes and key album tracks. Essential listening without a doubt. 36 tracks. Music Club.Album Details
36 Tracks Chronicalling her Time at Hip Dance Label Deconstruction.
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Ultimate Kylie
Kylie Minogue Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000696PWC Release Date: 2004-12-14 |
Tracks:
- Better the Devil You Know
- Loco-Motion [7" Mix]
- I Should Be So Lucky
- Step Back in Time
- Shocked
- What Do I Have to Do [7" Mix]
- Wouldn't Change a Thing
- Hand on Your Heart
- Especially for You - Jason Donovan, Kylie Minogue
- Got to Be Certain
- Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi
- Give Me Just a Little More Time
- Never Too Late
- Tears on My Pillow
- Celebration
Tracks:
- I Believe in You
- Can't Get You Out of My Head
- Love at First Sight
- Slow
- On a Night Like This
- Spinning Around
- Kids [Radio Edit] - Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams
- Confide in Me
- In Your Eyes
- Please Stay
- Red Blooded Woman
- Giving You Up
- Chocolate [Radio Edit]
- Come into My World [Radio Edit]
- Put Yourself in My Place
- Did It Again
- Breathe
- Where the Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Kylie Minogue
- Where the Wild Roses Grow - The Bad Seeds, Nick Cave, Kylie Minogue
Customer Reviews:
Minogue Magic.......2007-07-17
kylie mimnogue is the ultimate.......2007-07-17
non-compatible, protected player.......2007-06-18
The music is good, but the manufacturer encoded the cd's with a custom music player. You CANNOT use your own mp3/cd player. Why these idiots went to this trouble is beyond human reason. These aren't rocket science secrets, it's MUSIC PEOPLE!
I was never so frustrated trying to listen to these cd's. It FORCES you to install their own player, which has some privacy and other software warnings. I immediately uninstalled it.
Don't buy it.
Ultimate Doesn't Even Begin to Describe............2007-04-26
I bought the CD on my last trip to the UK and I have to say I was only familar with BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, which is still a favorite of mine with the most amazing dance beats, LOCOMOTION, I JUST CANT GET YOU OUTTA MY HEAD, I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY, LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, and COME INTO MY WORLD. This CD has so much more to offer and it didn't take me long to discover the other gems on this CD!
SHOCKED, what can you say about a song that makes you incredibly happy and makes you dance like a maniac while driving to work everyday! One of the best songs on the first disc. Another favorite of the first disc is HAND ON YOUR HEART! The melody on this song is soo catchy you'll be humming it through even the most stressful situations! Other highlights of the first disc include, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU, JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI, and NEVER TOO LATE!
The second disc opens with a song that I was familar with but did not realize it was Miss Minogue! I BELIEVE IN YOU may even be the strongest song on either one of the discs! It is so unlike any other dance song I've danced/listened to and is infectious! It will have you dancing in the most random of places!! Of course you get the hits from the FEVER ALBUM such as CANT GET YOU OUTTA MY HEAD, LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, COME INTO MY WORLD, AND IN YOUR EYES! These songs really show how she's grown musically since 1987!
Other highlights on the 2nd disc are as follows RED BLOODED WOMAN, SPINNING AROUND (another song I'd heard before but never connected to Kylie and a great dance tune!!), PLEASE STAY, and BREATHE. I even came to enjoy WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW, not b/c its a bad song just b/c it is such a haunting song. Kylie's vocals on the song even bring her into character as Eliza Day!
Finally, this CD is a must for any DIVA fan or fan of really ecclectic music! Kylie lacks the "in your face"-ness of Madonna and has Cher's staying power! She's magical! Well worth the extra money for the "import" price!
No Talent.......2007-01-25
-Britney can dance REALLY WELL, Kylie can not
-Britney had her first self-penned #1 hit at age twenty-two ("Everytime"). Kylie didn't have her first self-penned #1 until age age 35 ("Slow").
-Neither of them can really sing, but Britney isn't as squeaky as Kylie at least.
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Light Years
Kylie Minogue Manufacturer: Mushroom Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004YRZB Release Date: 2000-10-02 |
Tracks:
- Spinning Around
- On A Night Like This
- So Now Goodbye
- Disco Down
- Loveboat
- Koocachoo
- Your Disco Needs You
- Please Stay
- Bittersweet Goodbye
- Butterfly
- Under The Influence Of Love
- I'm So High
- Kids
- Light Years
Album Description
Import edition of her 2000 album. Includes the first two singles, 'Spinning Around', 'On A Night Like This' and her duet with Robbie Williams, 'Kids'. No U.S. release is scheduled for this year as she is currently in negotiations for a domestic deal. Higher price now due to that fact and that it's now export banned. Standard jewel case.Album Details
'Light Years' is Kylie's somewhat unexpected return to form after the commercial failure of her previous album 'Kylie Minogue' & already contains three top ten singles.Customer Reviews:
kylieeeee.......2007-07-06
Camp Classic.......2007-03-07
The Key Tracks Are: Your Disco Needs You, Disco Down, So Now Goodbye, Light Years, and Butterfly.
Kylie Minogue is Amazing.......2006-08-31
Fun dance-pop!.......2006-07-16
If you're into music with more meaning and depth, check out the albums "Impossible Princess" and "Kylie Minogue" instead. If you're having a dance party, throw on this album (along with "Fever") and dance all night long!
Skip This One.......2006-06-23
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Body Language
Kylie Minogue Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00012UZ2A Release Date: 2004-02-10 |
Tracks:
- Slow
- Still Standing
- Secret
- Promises
- Sweet Music
- Red Blooded Woman
- Chocolate
- Obsession
- I Feel For You
- Someday
- Loving Days
- After Dark
- Cruise Control
- You Make Me Feel
- Slow (bonus video)
- Can't Get You Out Of My Head (bonus "live" video)
Amazon.com
After 16 years in the pop diva business, Kylie Minogue doesn't bother reinventing herself. Maybe that's why Body Language sounds so effortlessly appealing. Confidence permeates the record's savvy mix of modern and retro, implanting slinky tunes like "Slow" into your brain's guilty pleasure section. Aided greatly by producer Kurtis Mantronik's resourceful touch, sparse electroclash rhythms blend easily with Minogue's shrewd pop sense, milking it for maximum catchiness. True, Kylie's barely-there voice remains a weak spot, and her attempt at rap on "Secret (Take You Home)" doesn't quite work (though it's better than you might think). More often, those helium tones are put to effective use; her sighing vocal on "Chocolate" is pure, sweet decadence. Prince himself might be a little envious of how well Mantronik lays down the 1999-style electro-funk, as tracks like "Still Standing" glide along on computer soul and the singer's practiced tease. And therein lies Body Language's most impressive feat: It makes Minogue's plastic sex appeal sound not just like the most natural thing in the world, but like an honest-to-God artistic statement. --Matthew CookeCustomer Reviews:
what a great body...of work!.......2007-07-20
Kylie's Best Album By Far..........2007-07-14
Sign Language needed as well as Body Language.......2007-03-19
Her best album.....it is a MILLION times better than Fever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-03-15
Sexy and lush.......2007-02-20
So, here comes "Body Language", Kylie's last studio album. The first thing you notice is that it's much more retro - on the cover, Kylie is being sexy in that old-fashioned way, where it's not about how much you expose, than HOW you expose it. Wow, what a way to age! And the songs are the same way - although they are undoubtedly sexy, she merely suggests her sexiness instead of talking about how she does it (here that, Britney?).
The album opens with the minimal "Slow", which are essentially clusters of beats and hooks linked by Kylie's whisper. It is catchy and a great opening. From then on, it goes through a number of songs which all stand for themselves as great tracks (especially "Secret (Take You Home)" and "Promises", which are both retro and modern at the same time). "Red Blooded Woman" is very hip and upbeat and "Chocolate" might as well be the best track, capturing the lush feel of chocolate melting in one's mouth, and just like the chocolate, the song melts in a sexiest way possible. "Someday" is similar, very calm and lullaby-ish, as it suggests the end of the album. There are also two bonus tracks, "Cruise Control" and "You Make Me Feel", which are both great.
Snap-snap for Kylie Minogue. She has achieved stardom, and is now confident enough in herself to release a very moderate, yet accomplished album. It's the same old Kylie, and she's not going anywhere. "Body Language" proves it.
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Ultimate Kylie
Kylie Minogue Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00065LY1I Release Date: 2005-02-01 |
Tracks:
- Better The Devil You Know
- The Loco-Motion (7in Mix)
- I Should Be So Lucky
- Step Back In Time
- Shocked
- What do I Have To Do (7in Mix)
- Wouldn't Change A Thing
- Hand On Your Heart
- Especially For You
- Got To Be Certain
- Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi
- Give Me Just A Little More Time
- Never Too Late
- Tears On My Pillow
- Celebration
Tracks:
- I Believe In You
- Can't Get You Out Of My Head
- Love At First Sight
- Slow
- On A Night Like This
- Spinning Around
- Kids (Radio Edit)
- Confide In Me
- In Your Eyes
- Please Stay
- Red Blooded Woman
- Giving You Up
- Chocolate (Radio Edit)
- Come Into My World (Radio Edit)
- Put Yourself In My Place
- Did It Again
- Breathe
- Where The Wild Roses Grow
Customer Reviews:
Ms. Minogue's story.......2005-09-03
This collection enables Dance, Pop, Ballads and even R&B, I must mention that I am not a pop fan (Y'all know why) but Kylie and Madonna are rescueables of this gender. Disc 1 includes her hits from 1987 to 1992 and Disc 2 includes from 1994 to 2005, rare remixes and edited versions.
4 example "Shocked" will remind you to Madonna and even the Mariah Carey's 12" mix of "Emotions" Even has a funky rap
Disc 1 includes these tracks:
BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
THE LOCO-MOTION 7" Mix
I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY
STEP BACK IN TIME
SHOCKED
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO 7" Mix
WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING
HAND ON YOUR HEART
ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
GOT TO BE CERTAIN
JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI
GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME
NEVER TOO LATE
TEARS ON MY PILLOW
CELEBRATION
While Disc 2 has:
I BELIEVE IN YOU*
CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
SLOW
ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
SPINNING AROUND
KIDS Radio Edit
CONFIDE ON ME
IN YOUR EYES
PLEASE STAY
RED BLOODED WOMAN
GIVING YOU UP*
CHOCOLATE Radio Edit
COME INTO MY WORLD Radio Edit
PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE
DID IT AGAIN
BREATHE
WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW
I remember roller skating to Locamotion!.......2005-08-15
I enjoy Kylie's music without guilt. I don't feel she is too raunchie or explicit. This cd set was well worth the price.
From cheesy starlette to dance diva.......2005-06-16
It's hard to believe today, but Minogue recorded her first songs only because someone asked her for doing it. The rest is history. She became one of the most famous artists in history of music, even though unfortunately she didn't manage to achieve this status in the U.S.A.
And that's just the main reason to buy this double CD set here in the States. It's about time to discover her most important works which made her an icon of pop culture outside this country.
This set contains 33 songs, including 2 brand new - especially marvellous "I Believe In You". The first disc sums up the years 1987-1992 - time of creative captivity, when Kylie sang all what she was told and she had nothing to say because everything was under control of extremely successful UK producers Stock-Aitken-Waterman, whose simple catchy songs then conquered the hearts of teenagers all over the world.
An the second one sums up the years 1994-2005 - time of music freedom, independence and above all maturity, when Kylie started to discover new sounds and also brand new audience, what brought her a big respect in music showbusiness.
In general we can find on this set almost all from thirty nine Minogue's UK singles, but it's very weird, because in total there is almost forty minutes of free space, so all the singles could have been put on it. The biggest mistake is a lack of astonishing 1991 hit "If You Were With Me Now" recorded with Keith Washington. And just like it was for example on German edition, record company should put also Kylie's local hit, which in the U.S.A. was "It's No Secret" from her first album. And then it would be a perfect compilation with forty tracks!
Anyway, it's a well done compilation, which Kylie's American fans should buy at once to discover at last why she is the second Madonna overseas.
kylie rocks.......2005-04-02
LOVING KYLIE MINOGUE.......2005-03-12
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Kylie Minogue - Greatest Hits
Kylie Minogue Manufacturer: Mushroom Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000IB48 Release Date: 2006-06-13 |
Tracks:
- I Should Be So Lucky
- Got To Be Certain
- The Loco-Motion
- Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi
- Especially For You
- Turn It Into Love
- It's No Secret
- Hand On Your Heart
- Wouldn't Change A Thing
- Never Too Late
- Tears On My Pillow
- Better The Devil You Know
- Give Me Just A Little More Time
- Finer Feeling
- What Kind Of Fool(Heard That Before)
- Where In The World?
- Celebration
Album Description
Standard edition of Kylie's 1997 'best of' --without the megamix bonus disc & for a considerably lower price! 22 tracks, including her top five remake of 'The Loco-motion', plus 'I Should Be So Lucky', 'Got To Be Certain', 'Better The Devil You Know', 'Step Back In Time' and 'It's No Secret'. 1998 release.Album Details
Regular Version Reissue with New Artwork at a Lower Price. Does Not Come with the 50+1 Mix Disc that Was Previously Available as a Bonus.Customer Reviews:
Kylie Greatest Hits CD.......2007-03-08
He loves it and hasn't played much else since, he particularly likes the locomotion, je ne sais pas ...., step back in time and better the devil you know. It is typical bubbly pop of it's age but quite high quality and well produced. The 22 tracks range from debut "I should be so lucky" to "Celebration" and this CD is a must for all Kylie collectors.
The early hits.......2005-05-03
Nobody who was around in Britain in the late eighties will ever forget the chorus line of her first hit (one of several British number one records) - I should be so lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky - it's the kind of song you either love or hate. Many hate it, and I sometimes feel I ought to - but no, I love it. There was always something about Kylie, even then, that set her apart as something special.
Most of these songs were written and/or produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman. There are a few covers and it was two of these - Locomotion (the Little Eva sixties classic) and Tears on my pillow (the Little Anthony fifties classic) - that aroused my interest in Kylie's music. They are both brilliant - indeed, Locomotion provided Kylie with her only huge American hit during this period. As to Tears on my pillow, I've heard several versions. Kylie should be proud of her cover, which gave her another huge hit. Give me just a little more time (Chairmen of the board) and Celebration (Kool and the gang) provide further evidence of Kylie's ability to revive oldies and take them high up the charts.
Je ne sais pas porqoui (an English language song despite it's chorus line), Got to be certain, Hand on your heart, Better the devil you know and Wouldn't change a thing are among the other classic UK hits to be found here.
While many will continue to dismiss Kylie (especially these early hits), she is much better than many of the singers she is sometimes compared to, and has proved it by lasting longer than any of her critics thought possible.
Just a warning - if you got into Kylie's music because of her more recent material, you will find that her early music is very different. It is possible to enjoy both her recent music and her early music (as I do) but not everybody does.
Legacy of a pop legend-Kylie's early best.......2004-03-13
Six songs are taken from her debut, hardly surprising, as that album went diamond worldwide (10 mill. copies sold). Her cover of Little Eva's "The Locomotion" spent 7 weeks at #1 in Australia, her home, and darned if her cover outdid that of the original and Jackie and the Raindrops' rendition. The equally infectious "I Should Be So Lucky," simultaneously at #1 in the UK and Australia, broke her worldwide, while I first heard of Kylie via her UK #2 hit "Got To Be Certain." "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi" French for I Don't Know Why, was another UK #2, and "Turn It Into Love" went to #1 in Japan.
From Enjoy Yourself, we have her first hit duet, the ballad "Especially For You," sung with Jason Donovan, which was the UK's first #1 song of 1989, the #1 UK "Hand On Your Heart," classic S-A-W, "Wouldn't Change A Thing," the vivacious "Never Too Late," and her cover of Little Anthony and the Imperials' "Tears On My Pillow."
The singles from Rhythm Of Love continue the formula, especially with "Better The Devil You Know," a song later covered by Welsh group Steps, and with its "I wanna funk, I wanna F-F-F U-N-K" intro and vivacious beat, "Step Back In Time," replete with references to 70's soul titles and even the O'Jays. "Shocked" became Kylie's 13th hit and 13th Top Ten single in the UK. Quite a record! What's not apparent here is that on some non-single tracks, Kylie actually began her hand at songwriting, co-writing with Steve Bray
From Let's Get To It, which showed Kylie co-writing some songs with Stock and Waterman, there's her best ballad, another duet, the regret of "If You Were With Me Now" with R&B singer Keith Washington, a strings and piano ballad that was a Christmas 1991 release. Another highlight: the bouncy horns in her cover of Chairman of the Board's "Give Me Just A Little More Time," a #2 hit that became her 15th UK Top 5, and another ballad, "Finer Feelings."
The new songs: "What Kind Of Fool (Heard All That Before)" harkens to the early bubblegum of her first two albums, with more sophisticated synths. This and the ballad, "Where In The World?," whose lush strings, horns, and drums recalls the pop of Petula Clark and Dusty Springfield, with a nod to 70's disco, were both written by Stock, Waterman, and Minogue. And what a way to end the album than with her cover of Kool and the Gang's "Celebration."
If anything this collection is quite a legacy. Kylie's a pop institution in Europe, Australia, and Japan, and while it's sad that she never broke through with most of these hits in the US, perhaps now there's some redress of the situation with her two most recent albums, Fever and Body Language, but this is the better material, people. Following this compilation, Kylie would enter a transition period, trying out new sounds with her self-titled album and Impossible Princess, before returning to disco, but sans Stock-Aitken-Waterman.
Kylie's Poptastic Past.......2002-07-25
Kylie - the Glory Years.......2002-05-21
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Impossible Princess
Kylie Minogue Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00009AQLM Release Date: 2003-06-02 |
Tracks:
- Too Far
- Cowboy Style
- Some Kind of Bliss
- Did It Again
- Breathe
- Say Hey
- Drunk
- I Don't Need Anymore
- Jump
- Limbo
- Through the Years
- Dreams
Tracks:
- Love Takes Over Me [*]
- Too Far [Inner Door Mix][*]
- Did It Again [Did It Four Times Mix][*]
- Breathe [Tee's Dancehall Mix][*]
- Tears [*]
- Too Far [Junior's Riff Dub][*][Dub]
- Breathe [Tee's Dub of Life][*][Dub]
- Some Kind of Bliss [Quivver Mix][*]
- Did It Again [Razor-n-Go Dub][*][Dub]
- Breathe [Tee's Glimmer Mix][*]
- Too Far [North Pole Mix][*]
- This Girl [*]
Album Description
UK special edition reissue of the Aussie diva's breakthrough 1997 album (that's unavailable domestically) includes a bonus disc of 12 rare B-sides & remixes, 'Love Takes Over Me', 'Too Far' (Inner Door Mix), 'Did It Again' (Did It Four Times Mix), 'Breathe' (Tee's Dancehall Mix), 'Tears', 'Too Far' (Junior's Riff Dub), 'Breathe' (Tee's Dub Of Life), 'Some Kind Of Bliss' (Quivver Mix), 'Did It Again' (Razor-N-Go Dub), 'Breathe' (Tee's Glimmer Mix), 'Too Far' (North Pole Mix), & 'This Girl'. Deconstruction. 2003.Album Details
Special Digitally Remastered Double CD Edition of "The Impossible Princess" Follows the Formula Set with the Pet Shop Boys' Catalog, with the Original Tracks on the First Disc and a Second Disc of Rarities, B-sides and Mixes on the Second. Thanks to her 2002 International Hit Success, Fresh Liner Notes and Pictures Bring New Fans Up to Date on What this Longtime Talent Has Been Up to all These Years.Customer Reviews:
Nice suprise.......2007-03-03
ONE of her best.......2006-07-29
Kylie Did It Again.......2006-05-01
1. too far - some deep lyrics. love the music and vocals
2. cowboy style - this is one of the indie rock tracks. great song
3. some kind of bliss - love the song.
4. did it again - another indie rock song, but i still love it.
5. breathe - one of my favorites. really hypnotic song
6. say hey - i love the music
7. drunk - another favorite song. pretty deep lyrics. starts off with dark music and ends lighter
8. i don't need anyone - love it. faster rock!
9. jump - sounds more like a slow r&b song. sexy
10. limbo - love the music, deep lyrics once again.
11. through the years - slower r&b feel. love the sax
12. dreams - the closing of the album. great song to end with
one of the greatest cds kylie's ever made. everyone should have this cd
AMAZING!.......2006-03-21
Kylie's best by far.......2005-10-14
It is such a shame that Kylie stilldoesn't release music as original as this. Her sales may not be as high if she released catchy pop songs like Spinning Around - which the listener may get sick of when heard multiple times - but this album is very durable - Her more diehard fans will enjoy it more - I never thought I would see such creative, and complex, songs like Through The Years or Say Hey as a highlight, but after many listens, I now (with Jump, Too Far and Dreams, my two favourite Kylie songs), consider them to be in my top-10 favoutite Kylie song list, not that there is one.
The only songs I don't like is I Don't Need Anyone - it just doesn't fit in between the inaccessible tracks Drunk and Jump. And Some Kind Of Bliss is borrderline, but all of the other tracks are very very good, but if I waas to pick a lowpoint, it would be around tracks 3-5 i.e the singles. I prefer original, creative and meaningful songs as opposed to pop, which is why I think that the singles and track 8 are the worst, but all of the other tracks are SPECTACULAR - quite a contrast, actually.
The album sold quite poorly compared to her others in the UK. It only went Silver (Kylie's lowest certification) and its chart run in the UK was: 10-22-41-70; I think fans that liked the more pop Kylie weren't really 'ready' in a way for an album so different from all of her others, but with a successful tour to promote this album, Australia saw this album for what it is. It went Double Platinum and peaked at #4.
Singles were respectively:
Some Kind Of Bliss (#22 UK, #27 Aus)
Did It Again (#14 UK, #15 Aus)
Breathe (#14 UK, #23 Aus)
Cowboy Style (Australia only. #36, Aus)
If you liked this album similar to how I haved (i.e liking non-singles over singles etc.) I recomend anything by Bjork - because this Cd is VERY bjork infulenced, Tori Amos, Goldfrapp or so on. Note: There are many people comparing this album to Madonna's Ray Of Light - this album is far better. Compared to this it is bland.
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Greatest Hits 87-97
Kylie Minogue Manufacturer: Arista ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000CBHXL Release Date: 2003-10-06 |
Tracks:
- I Should Be So Lucky
- The Loco-Motion (7in Mix)
- Hand Of Your Heart
- Got To Be Certain
- Better The Devil You Know
- Wouldn't Change A Thing
- Celebration
- Never Too Late
- What Do I Have To Do? (7in Mix)
- Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi
- Where In The World?
- Step Back In Time
- Especially For You
- Say The Word - I'll Be There
- Shocked (DNA Mix)
- Word Is Out
- Made In Heaven
- What Kind Of Fool? (Heard All That Before)
- Give Me Just A Little More Time
- Finer Feelings (Brothers In Rhythm 7in Mix)
- If You Were With Me Now
- Tears On My Pillow
Tracks:
- Confide In Me (Radio Edit)
- Put Yourself In My Place (Radio Edit)
- Did It Again (Radio Edit)
- Breathe (Radio Edit)
- Hand On Your Heart (W.I.P. 2002 Mix)
- I Should Be So Lucky (Extended Mix)
- The Loco-Motion (Oz Tour Mix)
- Wouldn't Change A Thing (The Espagna Mix)
- Step Back In Time (Harding/Curnow Remix)
- Shocked (Harding/Curnow Remix)
- Better The Devil You Know (Movers & Shakers Alternative 12in Mix)
- What Do I Have To Do? (Movers & Shakers 12in Mix)
Album Description
International edition of 2003 compilation, highlighting her PWL/Jive & BMG years, includes a second disc & eight bonus tracks, 'Hand On Your Heart' (W.I.P. 2002 Mix - unreleased), 'I Should Be So Lucky' (Extended Mix), 'The Loco-Motion' (Oz Tour Mix - unreleased), 'Wouldn't Change A Thing' (The Espagna Mix), 'Step Back In Time' (Harding/Curnow Remix - unreleased), 'Shocked' (Harding/Curnow Remix), 'Better The Devil You Know' (Movers & Shakers Alternative 12 Inch Mix - unreleased), & 'What Do I Have To Do?' (Movers & Shakers 12 Inch Mix - unreleased). 34 tracks in all. BMG.Album Details
A Two CD Collection featuring Hits from her Pwl/Jive and Bmg Label Recordings.Customer Reviews:
Kylie Delivers a Non-Stop Smile!.......2006-12-26
Encompassing her SAW/PWL/Hit Factory days ("I Should Be So Lucky", "Got To Be Certain") and DeConstruction era ("Breathe," "Put Yourself In My Place"), not a beat is skipped! Although MASSIVELY successful overseas, Kylie showcases a wealth of talent throughout this collection that the US has underestimated and underappreciated. Furthermore, her covers of American trademark singles "The Loco-Motion," "Give Me Just A Little More Time," "Celebration" and Tears On My Pillow" are more proof of Kylie's stunning voice and incredible talent! This compilation perfectly serves as an encyclopedic volume of Kylie's career. As a bonus, this set is a non-stop DJ stash.
Although all tracks are phenomenal, highlights include "Got To Be Certain," "Hand On Your Heart," "Wouldn't Change A Thing," "Confide In Me," "Finer Feelings" and "Breathe".
Should only be a single cd. Take the alternative cuts out.......2005-10-19
To me, they are unnecessary and not as good as the regular songs.
Worse, they are mixed in with the regular songs.
People wanting the alternative mixes would probably buy a cd of such, and probably have all the regular cuts.
By the way, why does Amazon include a 'NO' in 'was this review helpful to you?'. People are only human and don't like opinions that differ from themselves. With some who are less mature, this the 'NO' makes it too easy express such displeasure.
Are they trying to discourage negative reviews, hence not purchase the CD. Such reviews only help a person in not being dissatisfied a product that received positive reviews
Amazing CD with many great songs.......2005-06-07
I'm a big Kylie fan and this CD is my favourite. Almost all songs on CD1 is great and CD2 is good but some of the remixes are sadly not that good. Buy this now and enjoy.
Classic Kylie.......2005-05-22
This covers Kylie's first ten years of making pop music, and if you think she does it well now, her early stuff is equally good.
This two-disc compilation features classics like 'I Should Be So Lucky', 'Better the Devil You Know', 'Shocked', 'What Do I Have To Do?', 'Step Back In Time' and her covers of 'Celebration', 'The Locomotion' and 'Give Me A Little More Time'.
It also features Kylie's underrated material for the Deconstruction label, including 'Confide In Me' and 'Did It Again'; songs considered more avant-garde for Kylie, yet they are perfect pop masterpieces with slightly more edge than we would expect from Kylie.
There are also a number of bonus remixes, making this a generous compilation.
I agree with Thunderhexed that although there is 'Ultimate Kylie' out there, this collection is equally listenable. 'Ultimate Kylie' only gives a fair sampling of Kylie's early work while focusing more on her post-2000 career.
Kylie has amassed an impressive body of work, and I highly recommend this collection. In fact, I consider it one of Kylie's essential CDs.
This cd re-ignited my passion for Kylies work!.......2005-03-03
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