funky does Kylie: "DISCO" (2020)

I don't think she would like to "get them all out there" actually. She notoriously put a block on all the unheard songs that were originally meant to feature on Hits+ for instance.
 
Eddie said:
I don't think she would like to "get them all out there" actually. She notoriously put a block on all the unheard songs that were originally meant to feature on Hits+ for instance.
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Really? The Anti-Tour was the ultimate in fan service and it probably cost her a bomb. Steve Anderson suggested as much in his interview with Kim Wilde.

I'd guess her lawyer might have stopped putting out unheard songs. I can't imagine she'd give a fat rat's if the fans were loving it.
 
Christian said:
Really? The Anti-Tour was the ultimate in fan service and it probably cost her a bomb. Steve Anderson suggested as much in his interview with Kim Wilde.

I'd guess her lawyer might have stopped putting out unheard songs. I can't imagine she'd give a fat rat's if the fans were loving it.
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The guy who was involved in the compilation (persona non grata THP from SayHey) claimed there was much resistance from her to the point that she wouldn't allow a photograph of her with blonde hair to be used on the cover. There are songs such as Soon (written by Nick Cave) and Chorus with Bono which she will never allow to see the light of day since she's unhappy with the finished products. Given that we've heard plenty of guff from her since, I question her quality control.
 
Eddie said:
The guy who was involved in the compilation (persona non grata THP from SayHey) claimed there was much resistance from her to the point that she wouldn't allow a photograph of her with blonde hair to be used on the cover. There are songs such as Soon (written by Nick Cave) and Chorus with Bono which she will never allow to see the light of day since she's unhappy with the finished products. Given that we've heard plenty of guff from her since, I question her quality control.
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Her quality control generally seems terrible, which is why I'd always assumed she just lets everything out.
 
Sheena said:
Some of the bsides (Cruise Control in particular) clearly came out of the "US requirement" as well. There's basically the ETERNAL Kylie problem of two separate albums going on at the same time...
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I have totally noticed this
 
Christian said:
I'm sorry I missed this, because I have a lot to say about Body Language.

Sometimes I think it's my favourite Kylie album of them all :disco:
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I totally chose the wrong night to do it :D I’ve logged in to loads of notifications today! I was bopping all on my lonesome listening to it last night with nobody to enjoy it with!
 
Christian said:
It does go off the boil at the end though. I'm equally baffled that Loving Days wasn't made the last track. As much as I like After Dark, it does feel like a bonus track tacked on to the end.

The disdain for Red Blooded Woman is shocking though. It's an absolute belter of a song and perfectly placed in the middle of the album.
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I would probably hate RBW less if someone like Sugababes did it. It just sounds so fucking bizarre on this album. Even next to other R&B leaning songs that come after it
 
funky said:
I would probably hate RBW less if someone like Sugababes did it. It just sounds so fucking bizarre on this album. Even next to other R&B leaning songs that come after it
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Nooo! It's a Kylie song through and through for me and poppy as anything. Her personality oozes through the whole thing and it fits into the album perfectly given where it's sequenced.
 
My problem with Red Blooded Woman is that with Fever she found herself effortlessly on-trend. RBW made it seem like she was desperately chasing an already played-out American sound.

It was, frankly, beneath her at that moment in her career. Or at least it should have been.
 
The melody is certainly poppy. That poor attempt at the Timbaland production makes me cringe!

I’m also give and take on Kylie’s vocal delivery on most songs. Half the time she sounds lush and far more talented than she gets credit for, half the time she sounds phoned in or restricted by a song that’s not her wheelhouse

This is definitely the latter for me
 
Also didn’t moopy used to call it Woman Shitting Red?

I recall that name somewhere and I can’t think of anywhere else in the internet that I venture that would call it that :D
 
funky said:
Also didn’t moopy used to call it Woman Shitting Red?

I recall that name somewhere and I can’t think of anywhere else in the internet that I venture that would call it that :D
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Someone did and it was wildly derided.
 
Phoning it in is probably an unfair assessment. Maybe more along the lines of certain songs don’t give her the opportunity to play to her strengths

When you listen to Still Standing and Sweet Music, every single note she sings is exploding with funk, fun, sass and confidence. Other songs not so much
 
Oh she rips into Still Standing for sure.

Buckle up baby feel MY SPEED
Take it from zero to six–TY

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Phoning it in is probably an unfair assessment. Maybe more along the lines of certain songs don’t give her the opportunity to play to her strengths

When you listen to Still Standing and Sweet Music, every single note she sings is exploding with funk, fun, sass and confidence. Other songs not so much
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She was very vocal (excuse the pun) at the time that this album gave her the opportunity to experiment with different kinds of deliveries. The recording of Chocolate being a case in point (she was practically starved of air in a swelteringly hot studio). That song for me is sensational (I know some hate it) and if there's is one track I think you have undermarked it is that.

Actually apart from Someday which deserved an 11 and which is so sublime it hurts. It's probably my favourite on reflection.
 
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I regretted the chocolate rate as soon as I did it. I remember thinking of it much more fondly. I think oh its own it’s really great, but I was craving more electropop after the brilliant start to the album
 
My Body Language rate (no joke):

11 Slow
10 Still Standing
09 Secret (Take You Home)
10 Promises
10 Sweet Music
04 Red Blooded Woman
10 Chocolate
08 Obsession
09 I Feel For You
11 Someday
09 Loving Days
02 After Dark

09 Slo Motion
09 Soul On Fire
 
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