Number 25 - Hand on your heart - 837 Points

 

 

 

Cover - 382 out of a possible 500

Song - 228 out of a possible 500

Video - 227 out of a possible 500

 

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Hand On Your Heart, the song that should have had Kylie the first female to debut at Number 1 in the UK singles chart but lost out due to a mix up.

At the least it got there the week after, the song is likeable and enjoyable despite having one of the cheapest and cheesiest videos'

Great placing for 'Aphrodite' and probably round about where I'd rank it and so that leaves 'Rhythm of Love', 'Light Years', 'Fever' & 'Golden', I predict the latter will probably drop next. Anyway this is a great album and nice to see Kylie rejuvenated again after the messy era of 'X'. This definitely has a better and more cohesive flow to it and there was some great potential here and I wished that the single selections were better, which I felt kinda let things down, especially after getting off to a storming start.

Here are my views on each track...


All The Lovers
Opening track and of course the lead single starts with a statement that not only sets the tone, but the theme that runs throughout this album. Monumental & atmospheric anthem that's complete with lush electronic instrumentations and fantastic soaring vocals where she fully embraces her Disco diva status. This is perhaps one of Kylie's finest ever recordings with its subtle and beautiful production, the euphoric middle-eight and swirling synths that creates an uplifting pop masterpiece. A true return to form and an excellent comeback. Of course lets not forget about that stunning music video which fits the message of the song perfectly and again ranks as one of her best.

Get Outta My Way
Heading into a full-on harder edged club/dance tune that builds and builds throughout, and eventually a powerful chorus with strong confident vocals by Kylie herself who just commands every verse. With a refined and polished production with a great heartbeat rhythm and pulsating beats, of course this makes for a perfect follow up single and contrasts really well with the lead. Its a shame this didn't receive the success it deserved, but will always be a firm fan favourite and not hard to see why, it simply pops.

Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)
Another pleasing dance-floor filler that explodes with euphoria into the addictive chorus and catchy verses, complete with electro guitars that pulls you deep into the club vibe of the song. The production by Starsmith & Stuart Price is top notch.

Closer
Continuing the club vibe but with a more darker & haunting tone, along with a claustrophobic bassline with the sound of harpsichord and violins that opens this track and then we get some bold but sensual vocals with some spacey synths throughout. Not as thumping as some of the previous tracks, but still a great number that slowly builds to a throbbing rhythm.

Everything Is Beautiful
Slower paced and probably the closest we get to ballad on this album. However this is a lovely song, quite cool, breezy and perfect for chilling out after all the dance anthems. With its warm layered slices of pianos and electronica and Kylie's vocals climbs over the melody beautifully.

Aphrodite
The title track now and its a drumtastic symphony that xplodes with a militant, foot-stomping beat and a searing bolt of fiery energy that showcases Kylie at her most commanding with a chorus that has such a great feel-good factor about it and is awash with keyboards and synth drums. Definitely one of the strongest and best tracks on here and why wasn't this a single, if this followed the first 2 singles with the killer promo 'BTT' had, then this could have smashed and ranked as yet another Kylie classic.

Illusion
A nice dreamy pop number with a relentless throbbing bass and some heavy coos that oozes the usual Kylie charm and class. A nice little track, although I wouldn't rank it as one of my faves from this album or even as one of the stronger tracks on this album. Its decent enough and plods along quite nicely.

Better Than Today
Changing the pace again a little with some layered extensive drum programming and keyboards over this more straight forward pop/dance number with a sugary chorus that bounces along quite nicely. Still to this day a very odd single choice that doesn't quite enough of a punch for that status, and in my opinion should have stayed as a rather good album track.

Too Much
Turning things up to an almighty 11 now with this fast paced dance/club number that bristles with life and vibrancy. Produced by Calvin Harris before he became the mega star he is today and it shows with its next level sound that still stays true to Kylie's sound.

Cupid Boy
Opening with a low-key guitar, then bursts into an awesome rock-synth dance spectacular. It’s darker in style to the rest of the album, but features hauntingly high vocals from Kylie and brilliant synth snares throughout. Its another song with a strong angelic chorus and some cool swirls and throbbing basslines. Another standout moment that could have easily been a single.

Looking For An Angel
Some more chilled out dance now and starting off with some nice strings and some gorgeous and simple production along with some personal lyrics that makes for a nice and simple little number.

Can't Beat The Feeling
Closing the album with this rather energetic number that pumps up the pulse beats and some cool synths yet again for one final push into electro-pop bliss. A great way to close this wonderful album, ending on an almighty BANG.

The single selection did let what is a very strong album down.

Aphrodite and Cupid Boy easily should have been given single status and could have become decent sized hits that would have sold the album further.

 

I'm a hand on your heart fan but still waiting for that killer of a live version.

Hand On Your Heart based on the singles from Kylie was the correct lead single.

The singles from Enjoy Yourself worked strongly based on success and Tears on My Pillow despite one of he rweaker tracks provided Kylie with that all important Number 1 in 1990.

 

The ideal single selection i would have loved is:

 

Im Over Dreaming (Over You) Lead single

Enjoy Yourself

Hand On Your Heart

Never Too Late

 

 

Number 24 - Confide in me - 870 Points

 

 

 

Video - 392 out of a possible 500

Song - 365 out of a possible 500

Cover - 113 out of a possible 500

 

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So happy this didnt make the top 20 :yahoo:

So happy this didnt make the top 20 :yahoo:

 

 

I thought you would.

The cover for Confide In Me is her worst to date, so that would have went against it with votes for this.

It is a very eye catching video and different to all Kylie's other video's.

As a song, love or hate it, it was instrumental in ensuring longevity for Kylie.

This for me is the most shocking result and I blame feel_the_fever for giving it the majority of its votes 😂

I like Confide In Me but its not in the top league of her singles.

I really like 'Confide In Me', definitely one of her finest and best recordings of her career, and showed that Kylie wasn't just a PWL pop puppet, but a true artist. I do feel that to this day that this song saved her career and leaving PWL was a smart move, if she stayed for another album and considering their sound was stale by this point, then she would faded away into obscurity and we wouldn't have the amazing stuff she brought out later (the 00's).

As this stands 'CIM' is just simply amazing and still sounds fresh to this day, its aged really well in my opinion. Do agree the single cover could have been better, so I found a fan-made one that's really amazing.

That cover would have been far far greater than the official one.

Number 23 - What kind of fool - 872 Points

 

 

 

Cover - 323 out of a possible 500

Song - 317 out of a possible 500

Video - 232 out of a possible 500

 

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This for me is the most shocking result and I blame feel_the_fever for giving it the majority of its votes 😂

You are very welcone :dance:

 

Good result for what kind of fool.

Number 22 - Wow - 889 Points

 

 

 

Song - 352 out of a possible 500

Cover - 323 out of a possible 500

Video - 237 out of a possible 500

 

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Not a bad result for wow although I thought it might be top 20.

Number 4 - Golden (Album) - 2,286 Points

 

 

Album - 974 out of a possible 1,200

Song Selection - 731 out of a possible 1,200

Cover - 581 out of a possible 1,200

 

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Edited August 4, 20196 yr by Dannyboy

This is a good placement for Golden considering it is her most recent studio release.

Would the album poll as high in 5 years time, i honestly think it may do so or not far below.

I really enjoy the album but it would rate lower in my own results.

It would place in 7th or 8th place in my own results.

 

Golden is solid and helped bring kylie again more popularity and dancing was a very succesful single even if it had a low peak, it was an album that saw kylie rightfully back at number 1.