TENSION FIRST LISTEN

[funky]

I keeping Green Light as a potential grower though so that's 5 for 6

 

[AGinAg (37)]

She sounds so good and just to echo the production is JAM PACKED and FULL OF FLAVOUR. The chorus is a bit of a departure, in the best way.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

10/10

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Love Train

Is that a XYLOPHONE?

 

[funky]

I can see Vegas High being a fan favourite but it does little for me. It's more typical Kylie than top gear Kylie. It's generic dance pop with all the usual traits. Meh. Predictable.

I might like it more on a lesser album.

Vegas High

5/10

5 for 7

 

[Eddie]

Mario gets a shoutout! Love Train is ODD!

 

[AGinAg (37)]

It's certainly out there! I'm not remotely complaining.

 

[ILL ADVISED]

Story is my definite early standout. Hands the weakest but on the whole this is all wonderful

 

[Eddie]

I genuinely can't hear the sample in this. WHERE IS IT?

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I genuinely can't hear the sample in this WHERE IS IT?

Of what?

 

[straightorbroken]

It seems the best songs here really epitomize the intensity, adrenaline and fervor we invest in receiving Kylie emotions.

I'm onto Love Train and frankly this nonsense is adorable and taking a foot off the pedal at this point perfect timing. That elevating "all aboard..." (the pre-chorus one) is really anchoring this track for me.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

8/10 for sheer audacity

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Just Imagine

 

[Eddie]

Of what?

The original Love Train!

 

[funky]

10 Out Of 10

Generic commercial dance tosh

3/10

5 for 8

 

[Eddie]

Just Imagine is noice but feels very much like a bonus track.

 

[funky]

Story is back to what this album does best, the verses are GREAT but the chorus is a bit of a letdown on first listen. Keeping it though

Story

7/10

6 for 9

 

[AGinAg (37)]

It's about as slow as she gets on the whole LP. It's giving me Love Affair/ Chystslise with an 80s filter.

 

[straightorbroken]

Just Imagine is one of those transcendent Kylie summits that could have been a perfect closer.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Glorious 9/10

 

[Eddie]

Ooh I like this instrumental outro.

 

[funky]

I'm getting lots of BAD GATEWAY errors on moopy tonight @Administrator FYI. On both desktop and it was doing it earlier on mobile.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Somebody to Love

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I'm getting lots of BAD GATEWAY errors on moopy tonight @Administrator FYI. On both desktop and it was doing it earlier on mobile.

Same

 

[Eddie]

FUCK ME! Somebody To Love. Why is this NOT ON THE MAIN ALBUM!

 

[funky]

This is doing nothing for me. Also sounds 10 years out of date in production. Wrong album, wrong era.

Love Train

4/10

6 for 10

 

[AGinAg (37)]

FUCK ME! Somebody To Love. Why is this NOT ON THE MAIN ALBUM!

The layered vocoder

 

[AGinAg (37)]

And it's over. I feel nude and dead knowing I'll never experience it for the first time again. Yet Holy.

 

[funky]

Just Imagine is OK, it has a nice build. I can't see myself sticking with this but objectively it's anthemic enough to find an audience.

Just Imagine

6/10

6 for 11

 

[straightorbroken]

Somebody To Love.

Well then, I think she got the knack

I am floored. Almost completely airtight as well.

 

[funky]

Somebody To Love is ten seconds in and it's already the best song on the album

 

[Eddie]

And it's over. I feel nude and dead knowing I'll never experience it for the first time again. Yet Holy.

We'll NEVER GET THAT BACK after MONTHS OF WAITING.

 

[funky]

30 seconds in and I'm ready to troll her record label for putting in on Side 2

 

[funky]

Somebody To Love is EVERYTHING. The vocal is gorgeous, the production is perfect, it fits the other 80s revival songs perfectly, it feels very NOW.

It would have made the perfect album proper closer, but at least they had the good sense to put it on the album at all.

Somebody To Love

10/10

7 for 12

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Initial thoughts.

Her best album? I'd say it probably is. It sounds so rich, complete and cohesive. It's synth heavy, full of brilliantly written pop, and she ONLY plays to her strengths.

We knew she had it in her, but she's always taken the long decorative and sometimes difficult route. The shining peak of a 35 year career.

 

[funky]

Overall, it's already as good as DISCO, and if it overtakes that (which I think it will) it's definitely her best album BY FAR since Body Language.

 

[funky]

Sidebar: my autoplay track when it finished was Lipstick by Charlie Puth

 

[Eddie]

I need to digest it a bit more before scoring it.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

If it's not her best, it's her best after Fever.

She may as well retire now.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

It's just so packed with TASTY PRODUCE.