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(More customer reviews)For unabashed, unapologetic pop music fun Kylie Minogue albums are often the answer. With the Aussie singer's 11th album "Aphrodite" this fact is blissfully reaffirmed.
Precision-tooled to blare out of speakers everywhere from San Diego BMWs to overpriced Parisian boutiques to Caribbean nightclubs, this clever, infectious baker's dozen of pop tunes flies out of the oven aimed squarely at the pleasure zone of Minogue's core audience. It is a thing of beauty.
The album has a very appealing sonic marriage of 2002's heavy-handed dance of "Fever" with the upbeat yet cool-as-cucumber lounge-ready pop of hits such as "I Believe In You" and "Chocolate." The result is an uptempo but unserious sound that is often quite European and always danceable.
Lead single "All the Lovers" is an ideal example. Its ceaseless beats have the resonance of disco yet are laser-like and modern. As with other key tracks such as the blissful eureka moment of "Everything Is Beautiful" or the high-BPM "Put Your Hands Up," a confident kiss goodbye to sadness courtesy of the dance floor, the song has a smart, sunny Euro-pop sheen that immediately ingratiates itself. Minogue's smooth, sweet, feminine vocals lead the way.
The diva-comeback theme of the cheeky, delightful, softly rambunctious title track can be seen coming from a mile away, but this upfront lack of pretense is part of Minogue's effortless charm. "Better Than Today" also impresses with its sharply-chiseled synthesizers buoying her jubilant vocals.
Unlike 2007's "X," there is a track or two that do not impress as much as those that surround. Although its lyrics are well-written, "Closer" is essentially a less appealing sequel to 2004's slick, sexy "Slow" and the closing "Can't Beat the Feeling" flies by without calling attention to itself.
"Get Outta My Way," the album's high point, is a declaration of intentions to savor all of life's transient pleasures whether or not company joins in. Its frenetic energy and sugary-sweet pop hook make it destined for the upper reaches of the charts, although comparisons to Minogue's 2000 hit "Spinning Around" are certainly justified from the title alone.
"Put your hands up if you feel love tonight," "Take a chance tonight and try something new," "I'm fierce and I'm feeling mighty, I'm an aphrodite" and "Can you feel me in the stereo?" are some of the album's best lines and indication of themes listeners will find and enjoy.
"Aphrodite" is expertly crafted, low-brow yet sophisticated and endlessly listenable. What more can a pop music fan ask for?
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Over the course of her extraordinary20-plus-year-career, KYLIE MINOGUEhas been a global force in pop musicand is one of the world's most successful femaleartists with more than 60 million albums soldworldwide, 50 hit singles including the USBillboard dance-chart toppers "Can't Get YouOur of My Head," "Love At First Sight," "Slow,"and the Grammy-Award winning "Come IntoMy World."Now Kylie returns this summer withAPHRODITE, a divine collection of pop treasuresand club-ready anthems, and a nod to her goddessstatus among pop music lovers the world over.Executive-produced by studio genius StuartPrice (musical director for Madonna, producer ofthe last Killers album and the artist known as LesRhythmes Digitales), this new collection of songssees Kylie further celebrating her dancefl oorroots with an amazing array of collaborationswith the likes of UK electro upstart Calvin Harris,Australian producers NERVO (who co-wrote DavidGuetta's hit "When Love Takes Over"), andacclaimed British songwriter Nerina Pallot.Since the release of Kylie's acclaimed 2008album "X", electronic pop has been stormingthe US airwaves and charts, as evidenced by thesuccess of Lady Gaga, Kesha and David Guetta,all of whom would surely acknowledge Kylie'splace in the pop music pantheon. Special edition CD+DVD available featuring "All TheLovers" video + behind the scenes footage, exclusiveinterview, live tracks, photo gallery + exclusive web content accessible via URL in packaging
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