funky does Kylie: "DISCO" (2020)

08 Falling - I think I can understand a bit now how maybe this album created less excitement than previous offerings. I wouldn't say rejected, because it wasn't really in hindsight, just a drop off from previous highs. But I think this feels positioned as a clubland album, much like Erotica was. But Erotica had enough pop songs to choose from for singles to keep the album going. The last two songs I've heard on this album aren't even dance pop the way the dancey songs from Rhythm Of Love were. They're full on club tracks. All those vocal loops and progressive sequences are not what you'd ever expect from a pop artist. She's definitely been influenced away from pop music here - it's not so much her difficult era or even artisté era, it's someone who is heavily influenced by what she was experiencing at the time and wanting to experiment and express herself. In that respect this album is very much a bullseye.

Anyway this is all to say I like this song as well!
 
05 Time Will Pass You By - oh twas almost perfect :D I've gone back and forth on this as it's played out... I like the obvious M People template, and the versus are nice enough, but the pre chorus and chorus are just way too camp for me! This would have felt at home on any other Kylie album. But definitely feels like a step back, even with the very-much-en-vogue-at-the-time producers.
 
Kiss the past,
Til it’s better
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That one was written as a SAW-style pop banger by the Pet Shop Boys, who were mildly horrified by what she did with it.

Not a fave of mine, but it’s fine.
 
funky said:
05 Time Will Pass You By - oh were almost perfect :D I've gone back and forth on this as it's played out... I like the obvious M People template, and the versus are nice enough, but the pre chorus and chorus are just way too camp for me! This would have felt at home on any other Kylie album. But definitely feels like a step back, even with the very-much-en-vogue-at-the-time producers.
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It always tickles me how the backing track is literally just Moving On Up.
 
VoR said:
Despite the relatively modest sales, I really think this is the album that set Kylie in for the long haul.

Sonia/Jason/Sinitta could NEVER
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I'd like to think so

it certainly deserves a lot more credit than I've ever come across!
 
Did you actually listen to the FULL SOUNDTRACK MIX of Where Is The Feeling? It is over 13 minutes long and goes in directions you wouldn't even expect. It's stunning.
 
Also the b-sides from this era need to be heard.

Her Saint Etienne cover (produced by the band) though not quite hitting the peak of the original, was very nearly was her comeback single before Confide In Me was chosen.

 
Well this ended up being quite the LOON rate! I'll definitely be coming back to this album. One other thing is for sure - I'm coming out of this a bigger Kylie fan than when I started.

10 Confide In Me
09 Surrender
08 If I Was Your Lover
08 Where Is The Feeling
09 Put Yourself In My Place
07 Dangerous Game
08 Automatic Love
08 Where Has All The Love Gone
08 Falling
05 Time Will Pass You By

09 Confide In Me (Big Brothers mix)
10 Where Is The Feeling (single mix)

Due to the unexpected lovefest of this album I'm extending the rankings. Confide takes over SBIT in the top slot. World Still Turns and Rhythm Of Love drop off the list.

Current Top Ten:
1. Confide In Me (Kylie Minogue)
2. Step Back In Time (Rhythm Of Love)
3. Where Is The Feeling (single mix) (Kylie Minogue)
4. Finer Feelings (Brothers In Rhythm 12" mix / Let's Get To It)
5. Shocked (Rhythm Of Love)
6. What Do I Have To Do (Rhythm Of Love)
7. Look My Way (Kylie)
8. Put Yourself In My Place (Kylie Minogue)
9. Surrender (Kylie Minogue)
10. Automatic Love (Kylie Minogue)
11. If I Was Your Lover (Kylie Minogue)
12. One Boy Girl (Rhythm Of Love)
13. Where Has All The Love Gone (Kylie Minogue)
14. Things Can Only Get Better (Rhythm Of Love)
15. Enjoy Yourself (Enjoy Yourself)

Current Kylie playlist:
Look My Way (Kylie)
Enjoy Yourself (Enjoy Yourself)
Step Back In Time (Rhythm Of Love)
What Do I Have To Do (Rhythm Of Love)
The World Still Turns (Rhythm Of Love)
Shocked (Rhythm Of Love)
Things Can Only Get Better (Rhythm Of Love)
Rhythm Of Love (Rhythm Of Love)
Too Much Of A Good Thing (Let's Get To It)
Finer Feelings (Brothers In Rhythm 12" mix) (Let's Get To It)
Confide In Me (Kylie Minogue)
Surrender (Kylie Minogue)
If I Was Your Lover (Kylie Minogue)
Where Is The Feeling (single mix) (Kylie Minogue)
Put Yourself In My Place (Kylie Minogue)
Automatic Love (Kylie Minogue)
Where Has All The Love Gone (Kylie Minogue)
 
Eddie said:
Also the b-sides from this era need to be heard.

Her Saint Etienne cover (produced by the band) though not quite hitting the peak of the original, was very nearly was her comeback single before Confide In Me was chosen.

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I see this is on the expanded Spotify album. Listening now. Why would a song go from being a comeback single to being dropped from the album completely? Sounds strange.

This is nice. But it would sound very out of place on this album. And it sounds a bit watered down compared to original. It reminds me of when Tin Tin Out would do empty covers of classic songs.
 
Eddie said:
Love Is Waiting a bit of a vocal tour de force:

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This is nice. I'd have taken it over the M People track. And is more commercial than the house tracks. But for me the album doesn't need it.
 
funky said:
I see this is on the expanded Spotify album. Listening now. Why would a song go from being a comeback single to being dropped from the album completely? Sounds strange.

This is nice. But it would sound very out of place on this album. And it sounds a bit watered down compared to original. It reminds me of when Tin Tin Out would do empty covers of classic songs.
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They worked on another original song together (When Are You Coming Home?) which has never seen the light of day.
 
On paper I love Kylie + imperial era Saint Etienne, but having her just cover their biggest hit felt a bit reductive.
 
As an aside, I've been listening to "Look My Way" a lot this past week. Still AGOG how good it is :D
 
As an aside Time Will Pass You By is, I believe a cover of a tamla motown track.

This version was suppoedly the original before M People M Peoplified it:

 
Oh I love Paul Masterson. That version is MUCH better but I can see why they M People'd it. The album might have started to get a bit samey at this point.
 
There was so much hullabaloo at the time about M People being last minute contributors to the album but the fact that they merely re-produced an already recorded cover song on the album and made it sound worse is :D
 
Also there was an earlier version of this record before BIR became involved on which she worked largely with The Rapino Brothers. Some of the songs from those sessions later appeared on Hits+ They are all rather MEH.
 
funky said:
08 Where Is The Feeling - OK I was expecting to know this but I don't recognise it? I absolutely LOVE it though, it's so Brothers In Rhythm it hurts. It's also very much the handbag house sound that was big in the mid 90s. The chorus sounds familiar but not too much. I don't remember it as a single though and I'll go listen to the single mix now. But seriously, this album so far is SUCH A VIBE! This is all the stuff I was listening to in the early / mid 90s!

10 Where Is The Feeling (single mix) - I don't recognise this too much either... still, also brilliant. OH FUCK IT JUST WENT UP A GEAR AND OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS...fucking hell that strings/piano combo with the elevated vocal... and the gospel backing track. OMG OMG OMG. Jesus fuck I hate you all for keeping this from me for so many years. Reminds me of Electribe 101, Suncreem, K-Klass, also giving me "Land Of The Living" vibes by Kristine W... just heavenly. I don't believe for a second that "uncool Kylie" was still being rejected by the clubs at this point, there is nothing about this song that could have ever been ignored in those early club classic days. This would have been perfect for that sound, that era.

That was a musical climax. Imma need a minute.
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She was not uncool in 1994. Far from it. She was plastered ALL over the likes of:

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Ooh I shall. I like all the little historic tidbits it’s like filling in a time puzzle from all the gaps in my memory and things I missed at the time
 
Eddie said:
Also there was an earlier version of this record before BIR became involved on which she worked largely with The Rapino Brothers. Some of the songs from those sessions later appeared on Hits+ They are all rather MEH.
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Brothers In Rhythm don’t get the respect they deserve.
 
funky said:
08 Automatic Love - this starts off as a Café Del Mar sounding chillout groove and scales up into something bigger. I'm getting acid jazz vibes from this, I could imagine Incognito producing this. Again her voice is KILLING IT here. She is not playing. This has grown on me from a 6 when it started. Genuinely AGOG at this album guys.
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Continuing the tradition of posting a live performance of an album track:

 
10 Confide In Me
09 Surrender
04 If I Was Your Lover
08 Where Is The Feeling
09 Put Yourself In My Place
07 Dangerous Game
08 Automatic Love
10 Where Has All The Love Gone
07 Falling
07 Time Will Pass You By

i love where has the love gone. the male backing vocal takes it over the top for me - much like on madonna's why's it so hard.
 
That one was on the Spotify album too - not a fan. But her voice sounds lovely
 
11 Confide In Me
09 Surrender
07 If I Was Your Lover
09 Where Is The Feeling
10 Put Yourself In My Place
09 Dangerous Game
10 Automatic Love
08 Where Has All The Love Gone
07 Falling
03 Time Will Pass You By fond memories of it being played at Edinburgh's Planet Out gay bar back in '03 tho
 
That Paul Masterson Mix is leagues better. Discogs says it was an "additional production, remix" job on Masterson's part, though, which would make sense for a planned single release. Is there an edit out there?
 
funky said:
07 Dangerous Game - I feel like I know this. Or maybe it just sounds like something. Anyway I'm not sure two slowies on the trot was a smart move, but actually this is a nice groove. It's not a typical pop ballad, and again has some R&B influences. Very lush and grand, like a Karyn White / Vanessa Williams ballad. Not a misfire by any means.
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a fucking 07 for the original SULTRY GEM?!
 
10 Confide In Me
08 Surrender
07 If I Was Your Lover
11 Where Is The Feeling
09 Put Yourself In My Place
10 Dangerous Game
08 Automatic Love
08 Where Has The Love Gone
07 Falling
10 Time Will Pass You By

there are a couple of fillers in the back half, but I do think this is a top 3 Kylie record. easily. it's just so fucking cool, she's never sounded better, the vibe across the board is sooo smooooth, it's a real delight. I love that it's such a one-off moment in her back cat, and came at a time when she wasn't huge but does seem to have cemented a lasting legacy of its own. very iconic.
 
It's okay when FUNKETTE and I make love to 'Dangerous Game' I am sure he will upgrade it to 76/10 as he enters me.
 
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