Name: kylie Minogue - X (import)
Brand: EMI Publishing
SKU: 1441625
Availability: OutOfStock

Performer Notes

Personnel: Amanda Wilson (vocals); Seton Daunt, Henrik Jonback (guitar); Paul Stanborough (electric guitar, programming); Ian Kirkham (alto saxophone); Steve Anderson (piano); Jonas Jeberg (keyboards, programming); James Wiltshire, Julian Peake, Paul "Blind Man" Harris, Guy Chambers (keyboards); Russell Small, Mich Hedin Hansen (percussion); Jonas Quant, Ash Howes (programming); Karen Ann Poole, Cathy Dennis (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Jonas Jeberg; Cutfather ; Niklas Flyckt; Dave Bascombe; Greg Kurstin; Matz Nilsson; Ash Howes.
Recording information: Emi Publishing Studios; Jonas Jeberg Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark; Magentic Studios, Ibiza, SpainEcho Studios, Los Angeles; metropolis Studios, London, England; Murlyn Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Olympic Studios, London, England; Sleeper Studios; Stanley House Studios.
Photographer: Ken McKay.
X (2008) finds Kylie Minogue in excellent form. After the commercial and critical success of 2004's BODY LANGUAGE and a harrowing battle with cancer, the Australian pop diva seemed poised to bounce back onto the scene with a new energy, and that's precisely what she did. X doesn't signal a radical change in direction, however. Instead, it plays like an expression of her greatest strength, namely making immediately hooky dance-pop that draws effortlessly on `80s mainstream pop, hard-driving club music, and contemporary R&B.
One of the impressive things about X is how diverse it is. There are glam-rock grinders (opener "2 Hearts"), classic-sounding Madonna-esque gems ("Wow"), intimate R&B groovers ("All I See"), tense electro-pop ("Like a Drug"), and breathy, atmospheric jams ("Sensitized"). All of this comes off sounding remarkably unified and consistent, making X a satisfying listen from front to back. Minogue isn't out to reinvent the wheel, and has never claimed she is-but X is pure pop pleasure, and as such succeeds beautifully

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.60) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "X compiles wall-to-wall club thumpers....'Wow' opens with perky house-reminiscent keyboard chords that nod to her big hits of twenty years ago..."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'2 Hearts' is an impressive start: perfectly polished pop paying more than a little homage to the 80s and sounding better with every listen."