My 5 year rate - such a solid album :wub:

 

10 Dancing

8.0 Stop Me From Falling

8.5 Golden

7.0 A Lifetime To Repair

9.5 Sincerely Yours

7.0 One Last Kiss

6.5 Live A Little

10 Shelby ‘68

11 Radio On

6.0 Love

9.0 Raining Glitter

9.5 Music’s Too Sad Without You

8.5 Lost Without You

6.5 Every Little Part Of Me

6.0 Rollin’

5.0 Low Blow

8.0 Stop Me From Falling (With Gente De Zona)

10 Dancing

9.5 Stop Me From Falling

7.5 Golden

7.0 A Lifetime To Repair

7.5 Sincerely Yours

7.0 One Last Kiss

6.0 Live A Little

7.0 Shelby ‘68

7.5 Radio On

6.0 Love

9.0 Raining Glitter

11 Music’s Too Sad Without You

7.0 Lost Without You

6.5 Every Little Part Of Me

7.0 Rollin’

5.0 Low Blow

8.0 Stop Me From Falling (With Gente De Zona

 

Was actually playing the album in full over the weekend so my rate is is based on that,

Here's a couple of 'Golden' demo's

Going through the sales I totally forgot that ‘Golden’ shifted nearly 50k on release (48,032).

 

Such a massive figure coming off of the back of parting ways with Parlophone and declining album sales. BMG really is the right home for Kylie :heart:

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5 years since the start of the Golden Tour! My first and only time of seeing Kylie live - but certainly won't be my last!

Ah what a tour that was! 5 long years ago though :cry:

Six years since Golden :wub:

 

What an era, restoring Kylie back at the top of the charts as well as providing a long overdue Top 40 single and an epic tour.

 

Still one of my favourite Kylie albums - no skips on it for me.

 

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6 years! :drama: I played the album so much in the year of release, but I haven't gone back to it for a while. Maybe I should revisit it for its anniversary.

 

I will always appreciate the era for being a rejuvenation of sorts; public perception seemed more positive than it had done for a while, and it felt like she was starting to be treated as an actual legend?

 

Her first release with BMG and the start of the multi-formatting / major dents in our bank accounts. :kink: I kind of regard the Golden cassettes as being one of the earliest examples of the format being revived and selling well? I wish them being a £5 cute throwback gimmick had remained the case in the years since. Record labels became greedy with them. Just look at Dua's latest album having a cassette for £15 and it's only a card sleeve! :drama:

 

I went to the tour, one of my favourite concert experiences and I was close to the catwalk, it felt " :o " to see her so close (and have a concept of how short she actually is :kink: ). Who'd have thought during the Golden tour that she'd not have had a follow up arena tour 6 years later... :cry:

I think with the passage of time, Golden is actually a more solid album than Disco.

6 years! :drama: I played the album so much in the year of release, but I haven't gone back to it for a while. Maybe I should revisit it for its anniversary.

 

Her first release with BMG and the start of the multi-formatting / major dents in our bank accounts. :kink: I kind of regard the Golden cassettes as being one of the earliest examples of the format being revived and selling well? I wish them being a £5 cute throwback gimmick had remained the case in the years since. Record labels became greedy with them. Just look at Dua's latest album having a cassette for £15 and it's only a card sleeve! :drama:

 

Same, I played the album constantly and have it a break for a while but now I really enjoy listening to it regularly - I know it has its detractors but it’s such a solid album and a solid return after the Parlophone years and the lack of ‘normal’ commercial success with KMO and KC.

 

And I agree on the cassettes, Kylie seemed to really kick them off - demand was high and it seemed to catch people off guard at the success of them.

 

Record Companies are killing off the cassette now with, as you say price hikes and cardboard sleeves. They were/are a great little add on at the right price for people to support their faves at a low cost, as they are a defunct format charging £15 for a subpar release takes away from it.

 

The various ‘Golden’ cassettes had bonus content, slip covers etc., something we’ve not seen since.

I think with the passage of time, Golden is actually a more solid album than Disco.

I’d agree to be fair. For me, Disco is the epitome of a lockdown album. It really hit the spot, and saved us from the depths of despair. It was also a moment for Kylie to re-affirm exactly what she is known for. And that paved the way for Tension.

 

But Golden has more carefully honed changes in pace, mood and sound (than Disco).

Bizarrely listed to my picture disc vinyl this morning and then later Kylie posted the 6 year anniversary!

 

I think Disco is much better however I love that she co wrote everything on Golden and I think it was an very important record for her career wise.

The era itself revitalised her career and I think it was the first time in a few years we really saw kylie fully invested in an album and I think kylie came across so alive and invigurated in all the performances, it's an era I really enjoyed and i still like the album a lot but musically I prefer disco.

I think with the passage of time, Golden is actually a more solid album than Disco.

 

I’ve always thought this, Disco is great and it’s what we needed at the time - in the gloom of covid and lockdown it was something to get invested in.

 

I think ‘Golden’ has and will continue to hold up well, i know it’s only 6 years old but due to the nature of the songs and music I don’t think it’ll age as much as ‘Disco’ will.

Golden has aged well I agree and for me stop me from falling is better now than back when it was released.

Loved the incredible chart run the album had aswell.

I really do like Stop Me From Falling but I can never not hear the glitch in "And now I can't get over one kiss" (the glitch happens on the word kiss). I dislike technical flaws like that in songs :cry:

Golden was the first step showcasing Kylie and BMG together was a great combination.

I have to say I'm enjoying what they have done together as the 3 studio albums with bmg have been great and bmg have shown a real belief in kylie which kicked off with golden.

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At least she showed more enthusiasm than "Kiss Me Once". :lol:

At least she showed more enthusiasm than "Kiss Me Once". :lol:

 

She can’t hide her dislike and disappointment for KMO :drama: