If I am JUST getting into her, for the most part?

thanks in advance, boo (s)

Fever
Body Language
LightYears
X

Fever is her "classic" album.. not my favorite, but she'll be remembered for this one most, IMO.

Body Language is my favorite of the 00's. Kylie mining the 80's, but from the groovier point of the decade.

Light Years is great as well (lots of prime pop!), but I have to be in a certain mood to listen. "Disco Down", "Loveboat", "Koocachoo" are my favorites from this one.

X is a bit more patchy, but is still fun.
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I love them all. They all have different strengths. Her work has been so consistent this decade so it's hard for me to pick a favourite.

Fever
X
Body Language
Light Years

ElBessoNegro said:

You nailed the order for me.

Kylie is my favorite artist of the 2000s, which sounds completely peculiar, but her output validates it.

I really think all four studio albums are quite strong. Fever and Body Language comfortably rest among my top 25 albums of all-time, while Light Years is within the top 100, with X nipping at its heels. I really don't feel that you can go wrong with an 00s album from Miss Minogue, so I'll describe them instead. I have longer reviews that I can share, if you'd like.

Light Years: Over-the-top disco/pop filled to the brim with kitsch. Some fan once said that this album could make her happy in a nuclear Holocaust, and she's not wrong.

Fever: Still pop with a little bit of disco, but it goes further into dance/electronica territory. It is her signature album, and rightfully so. It's about as perfect of a pop album as the 2000s has to offer, and it is more cohesive than Light Years.

Body Language: While still carrying an ear for infectious pop hooks, this album is drenched in 80s synth funk and R&B influences. It's by far her "coolest" album, and it alienated a lot of her fans who wanted her to release another album in the vein of Fever. I admire her for taking such a risk, and it is probably her most rewarding album to listen to.

X: This album is a bit of a reflection upon her career, with various songs paying a nod or two to different eras. As such, it lacks the cohesion of her previous works, but it is still a solid pop album.

Fever might be the best but it might sound a bit like yesterday's heated-up cookings as the filter disco sound is one of those things that got dated pretty fast (given that very few styles of music have gotten noticeably dated during this decade, it's in itself something of an achievement). Other than that I'd say Body Language has the best songs and the most interesting products (if you like American pop music more than British, it may be more to your liking). X is a pretty solid collection of pop songs, but many say it barely has any standout tracks. It probably fuses the two previous albums stylistically quite well though, like it's a mixture between those two.

Light Years is quite full of silliness, actually.

Moonbeam said:

That's pretty good summary on each album. I totally agree. Haven't totally gotten into "X" yet.

X!

Underrated, a really good pop album!

But I think it suffers from the many producers. Kylie always asks hundreds of songwriters to provide her songs and then she chooses.

I prefer albums that only feature one or two producers so it sounds more organic.

I kept reading this thread like "what is Light Years?"

I hopped on the bandwagon with Fever like everyone else.

Cinnie said:

minus greacophilos.

I didn't really care for X when it came out, but basically I've been playing it on a rather regular basis to this day.

It's a good mix of different type of stuff. Thus a quality pop album and I definitely do think it can last repeated listening.

novabrkr said:

with different single choices and some more promotion it could have done better.

graecophilos said:

Did you come in with your favorite, X?

Honestly for the most part Kylie has lost me, i mean i respect her and all, but i find her repetitive throughout, i mean songs here and there are good, but to get a full album from her that i can listen to over and over, hasnt happend yet

lastdecember said:

I listened to Fever like that, but yeah, I feel ya.

Cinnie said:

I thought you would have been all over Body Language.

Moonbeam said:

I liked that one a lot at the time for sure. I guess lastdecember's quote fits how I feel about X though.. even though "The One" is superb.

Light Years??? Whats this??? I missed an album?

CherrieMoonKisses said:

Light Years was the first album of the Parlophone era. The album that brought Kylie back from her Indie Days to being the Polish Cool Pop Star we all know and love today.



it's kitschy, it's campy, it's fun
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ehuffnsd said:

You really have to love Kylie to love this one. It's a bit too all over the place for my taste but it sure has some gems.

VinnyM27 said:

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You really have to suck cock to love this one. Plain and simple.

VoicesCarry said:

Ok so I have 101 tracks from Kylie released this decade.


Light Years
1. Spinning Around
2. On a Night Like This
3. So Now Goodbye
4. Disco Down
5. Loveboat
6. Koocachoo
7. Your Disco Needs You
8. Please Stay
9. Bittersweet Goodbye
10. Butterfly
11. Under the Influence of Love
12. I'm So High
13. Kids
14. Light Years
15. Password
16. Cover Me With Kisses
17. Paper Dolls
18. Ocean Blue
19. Santa Baby
20. Good Life
21. Physical
22. Bury Me Deep in Love
23. The Magic Round About Theme
24. The G-House Project

Fever
1. More More More
2. Love At First Sight
3. Can't Get You Out of My Head
4. Fever
5. Give It To Me
6. Fragile
7. Come Into My World
8. In Your Eyes
9. Dancefloor
10. Love Affair
11. Your Love
12. Burning Up
13. Tightrope
14. Baby
15. Good Like That
16. Boy
17. Rendezvous at Sunset
18. Harmony
19. Never Spoken
20. Whenever You Feel Like It
21. No Better
22. Alone Again
23. The Reflex
24. Keep Trippin Me Up
25. The Real Thing


Body Language
1. Slow
2. Still Standing
3. Secret
4. Promises
5. Sweet Music
6. Red Blooded Woman
7. Chocolate
8. Obsession
9. I Feel For You
10. Someday
11. Loving Days
12. After Dark
13. Slow Motion
14. You Make Me Feel
15. Cruise Control
16. Soul on Fire
17. Almost a Lover
18. City Games
19. I'm Just Here For The Music
20. My Image Unlimited

Ultimate Kylie
1. I Believe In You
2. Giving You Up
3. B.P.M.
4. Made of Glass
5. Sometime Samurai
6. Loving You
7. I Know
8. I'm Sorry

X
1. 2 Hearts
2. Like a Drug
3. In My Arms
4. Speakerphone
5. Sensitized
6. Heart Beat Rock
7. The One
8. No More Rain
9. All I See
10. Stars
11. Wow
12. Nu-di-ty
13. Cosmic
14. Rippin Up the Disco
15. Magnetic Electric
16. White Diamonds
17. Boombox
18. Flower
19. That's Why I Write the Love Songs
20. I Don't Know What It Is
21. King or Queen
22. Cherry Bomb
23. Do It Again
24. Carried Away
25. On the Up
26. Excuse My French
27. When The Cat's Away
28. Lose Control
29. Fall For You
30. I Am Ready
31. I'm In the Mood for Love

lastdecember said:

Even her singles aren't that good any more. I think she's run out of ideas.

The last song I liked from her was a remix of The One from her X album.

purplesweat said:

She hasn't released anything since then.

Kylie's the best.

VoicesCarry said:

Maybe that explains it.

Moonbeam said:

She's released a few singles here since then.

purplesweat said:

You're in Australia, aren't you? "The One" was her last release!

Moonbeam said:

She released In My Arms after that...or maybe it just didn't become popular here til later on...

Anyway, I've never liked a full album of hers.

purplesweat said:

in my arms was released before the One