Enjoy Yourself ● 30 Years |
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Oct 15 2019, 10:49 PM
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We're all Glitter and Tears in the Moonlight...
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For the 30 year anniversary of 'Enjoy Yourself', I'm re-posting my review for the album, enjoy
Hand On Your Heart Kicking off the album in the usual Kylie style with this fantastic lead single which further cemented Kylie at the very top of her game by gaining her 3rd well deserved chart topper. The drum beat rolls and showcases her more mature hip sound, and giving us something a lot more slick than what had gone before. Yet still poppy enough to appeal to appeal to the masses and PWL's target audience. Wouldn't Change A Thing This funky summery anthem is single #2, and a fantastic choice to follow the mega smash hit 'HOYH'. Great guitar on the backing track and some cool keyboards on the final chorus's as well as some fun drum machine effects going on, that therefore creates a perfect pop masterpiece and of course yet another well deserved big hit. Never Too Late Simple in its construction and executed wonderfully in this gloriously fun pop number that you gotta admit is perfectly catchy, with some glossy production and just all round fun, and follows the previous 2 singles perfectly and still to this day ranks as one of her most memorable singles. Nothing To Lose So many tracks on this album could have been singles and here's one of them, with a similar style to the previous tracks and Kylie's subdued vocals in each verse, then becomes more bold as the song goes on. A definite strong moment on this album. Tell Tale Signs After 4 upbeat pop anthems, we finally have a ballad and its really nice. With a definite 1930's classic feel to it, a sad little number where Kylie demonstrates the awesome range and power of her voice. a short but very sweet little number. My Secret Heart Another slow number that perhaps isn't quite as strong as the previous tracks that's come before, but Kylie's vocals sound really great here as once again gives it everything and pulls off some amazing chords, highlighting just how great a singer she really is. I'm Over Dreaming (Over You) The pace really picks up in a really big way, with this thumping number with a very deep bass and a definite more clubby feel to it, with just a hint of some disco in there. Definitely one of the best moments on here and gives us a little hint of what's to come on further albums. Tears On My Pillow Back to the ballads now with this cover of Little Anthony and The Imperials 1958 hit was for her debut movie ‘The Delinquents’. Once again her voice shines and the production doesn't stray too far away from the original, but still a rather beautiful sounding song. Heaven And Earth Probably the weakest moment on here that doesn't really do much for me to be honest. However we do have some more superb vocals and some soaring music and a long instrumental fade away. Enjoy Yourself Back to the dancefloor with this brilliant album closer that ends things on an almighty BANG!, the bass on this song is thumping and continuous with keyboard programming that builds and builds throughout the chorus and by the time the song come to its end, its completely infectious and a riot of sound, this perfectly sets up what's to come on further albums and why wasn't this a single, surely it would have been another huge chart smash and so much lost potential. Plz guys tell me what do you think of my views... |
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Oct 15 2019, 11:41 PM
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BuzzJack Idol
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I rarely enjoy and form of tribute act, and with me such a kylie fan, nothing but the real deal would work for me.
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Oct 16 2019, 09:07 AM
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BuzzJack Idol
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Enjoy Yourself is a great pop record, a similar formula to her debut but there's a notable sense of growth and maturity. Kylie sounds more confident and is learning what her voice can do, as shown in the album's ballads, and I notice that Kylie's vocal isn't as pitched as it is on her debut. The upbeat pop songs are bigger and catchier and there's less of a divide between the singles and album tracks.
'Hand On Your Heart', 'Never Too Late' and 'I'm Over Dreaming (Over You)' would be my holy trinity from the album, although 'Nothing to Lose' and 'Enjoy Yourself' are highlights too. |
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Oct 16 2019, 09:24 AM
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Break the tension
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Oct 16 2019, 11:26 AM
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BuzzJack Idol
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Add enjoy yourself to that and I've the same holy trinity for the songs.
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Oct 16 2019, 01:32 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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I would rank the songs in the following order:
01 Enjoy Yourself 02 "I'm Over Dreaming (Over You) 03 Never Too Late 04 Hand On Your Heart 05 Nothing To Lose 06 Wouldnt Change A Thing 07 Tears on my Pillow 08 My Secret Heart 09 Heaven and Earth 10 Tell Tale Signs |
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Oct 17 2019, 12:59 PM
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We're all Glitter and Tears in the Moonlight...
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My ranking off the 'Enjoy Yourself' album; dunno why so many people so down on 'Wouldn't Change A Thing', I personally find it fantastic & a perfect single choice, in-fact the first 3 singles from this era were pretty spot on in my opinion, definitely some of her best & strongest during this period.
Of course it would have been great if either the title track or 'I'm Over Dreaming (Over You)' saw a single release (both in a perfect world). Even though 'Tears On My Pillow' is pretty much maligned by fans, it still got her a UK #1 (must have been a slow week & gonna look at the chart for that week). Maybe if it was a double a-side with 'Enjoy Yourself' then it could have had a long chart run than just 8 weeks & that would have been a more fitting end to that era. Anyway here goes = 1. Never Too Late 2. Hand On Your Heart 3. Wouldn't Change A Thing 4. Enjoy Yourself 5. I'm Over Dreaming (Over You) 6. Nothing To Lose 7. Tell Tale Signs 8. Tears On My Pillow 9. My Secret Heart 10. Heaven And Earth |
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Oct 17 2019, 01:48 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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A Tears on my Pillow double a sided with Enjoy Yourself or Im Over Dreaming Over You would have been a strong option and may possible have increased the chart run of Tears on my Pillow.
It would be wonderful to see the lead Tears on my Pillow had the week it achieved Number 1 status. |
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Oct 18 2019, 01:42 PM
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BuzzJack Idol
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Of course it would have been great if either the title track or 'I'm Over Dreaming (Over You)' saw a single release (both in a perfect world). Even though 'Tears On My Pillow' is pretty much maligned by fans, it still got her a UK #1 (must have been a slow week & gonna look at the chart for that week). Maybe if it was a double a-side with 'Enjoy Yourself' then it could have had a long chart run than just 8 weeks & that would have been a more fitting end to that era. I think being released in January, a notoriously quiet period for releases helped, plus it was lucky that 'Nothing Compare 2 U' didn't make #1 until the following week as nothing was going to topple that. |
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Oct 18 2019, 02:08 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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Nothing Compares 2U was a huge hit so the timing of Tears on my Pillow was correct.
The timing was wrong on so many times with other Kylie singles which resulted in a large selection of Number 2 hits. |
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Oct 18 2019, 06:49 PM
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BuzzJack Idol
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I used to hate the weeks kylie would be number 2 purely dusspooinr3d she wasnt number 1.
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Oct 18 2019, 07:34 PM
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BuzzJack Idol
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01 I'm Over Dreaming (Over You)
02 Enjoy Yourself 03 Never Too Late 04 Nothing To Lose 05 Hand On Your Heart 06 Wouldnt Change A Thing ********************** 07 Tears on my Pillow 08 Heaven and Earth 09 My Secret Heart 10 Tell Tale Signs |
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Oct 19 2019, 11:53 AM
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BuzzJack Legend
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Nothing to Lose is such an enjoyable song but i would not rate it above Hand on Your Heart.
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Oct 19 2019, 02:02 PM
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BuzzJack Idol
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I'm big into live music and hand in your heart never clicks with me live for some reason and I rank it lower because of that.
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Oct 23 2019, 06:41 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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As a studio song, and song in general Hand on Your Heart is much stronger, but, Nothing To Lose is a very good track.
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Oct 23 2019, 09:21 PM
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BuzzJack Gold Member
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A much more mature album, as has been said.
I remember my sister playing it for the first time (on vinyl) back in 1989...the ballads really stood out because at that point the three singles were all upbeat. I guess they could have released Enjoy Yourself or I’m Over Dreaming as a 5th but by May 90 we had BTDYK (with I’m Over Dreaming Remix) as the B Side. How weird that they moved on from the album campaign so quickly. They could have sold much more copies. WCAT was a great move In 1989, she looked much more assured and polished on the video and tv promo. On reflection though it is not as lasting a single as HOYH and NTL. Both are classic early Kylie. |
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Oct 23 2019, 10:49 PM
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BuzzJack Idol
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Enjoy yourself sold big quickly so the campaign was more rushed,if re releases were a thing back then this was an album that could have done huge.
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Oct 24 2019, 02:12 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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PWL were not the best at having any left over material from albums.
Had a repackage occurred in those days, brand new songs would have been recorded. It is surprising PWL didnt cotton on to repackages as they were sharp when they were a label with big force on the market. |
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Oct 24 2019, 06:12 PM
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BuzzJack Gold Member
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I think they could have delayed the release of Devil to July/ August. There was too long a gap to SBIT, which at the time wasn’t strong enough to sell Rhythm of Love.
This post has been edited by aeroco: Oct 24 2019, 06:16 PM |
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Oct 24 2019, 06:55 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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Step Back in Time is a truly strong song and its surprising, that then, it wasn't viewed as strong to sell the album.
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