It was just cool to hate Kylie at the time and I think anything she released would have been written off by the media, I remember all the MSP fans going mad because James Dean Bradfield had written the song and nobody could believe a ‘cool’ artist was involved with Kylie.

 

I still think it was the best choice as a lead single and can certainly see why they thought it would be a good commercial sounding lead track - it was the safest choice from an album that Deconstruction really didn’t ‘get’

 

I don't think it's fair to say Deconstruction didn't "get" Impossible Princess - there just wasn't anything on there of the caliber of Confide In Me and they couldn't have foreseen the backlash of Some Kind of Bliss (again, Where the Wild Roses Grow had a great reception and decent-sized hit). Add with Princess Diana's death it suddenly would've been in poor taste to release it under that title. Under the circumstances, I think they did the best they could do.

 

Of course, hindsight is 20/20 and knowing what we know now they might as well have gone with Limbo as I doubt it would've done worse than #22.

 

It's all woulda coulda shoulda, but I probably wouldn't have picked any other track as the lead if I were in their position. At least they got two top twenty singles out of it and a silver #10 album by the end. Considering the bad start it could've been way worse.

Edited March 29, 20214 yr by tommie

Do you think if where the wild roses grow was on Ip and was the lead single the reaction would have been much better?

Eh, narratively it really only fits in on Murder Ballads.

I would have liked it on the IP album as i think it would have fitted in at that time and possibly i very good lead single, the duet alone caught the attention of people and was backed by a great song, i do get though its narritive was for the murder ballads.

Where the Wild Roses Grow done what Impossible Princess failed to manage at the time and get Kylie noticed and achieve credability.

I don't believe that was Kylies true aim with the album, it was more an expression of her feelings and having the scope to write her own music and that was successfully achieved.

Impossible Princess was an album that took many people a long time to understand but over the years it has managed to turn people's original opinions.

I love reading how people perception of IP has changed over the years.

Some kind of bliss, the right and most obvious choice... like Spinning around on Light years and All the lovers on Aphrodite...

IP is one of those albums I refer to that needs the full package, all the songs just seem to work so much better when you play the album in its entirety, its definitely a body of work type of album.

I actually like SKOB, I prefer it to Did It Again easily.

 

My single choices would've gone: Too Far, Breathe, Limbo, Cowboy Style

I've always much preferred SKOB to Did it again, I like did it again but its not a single I listen to much and there are a few IP songs I prefer to it.

I don't think it's fair to say Deconstruction didn't "get" Impossible Princess - there just wasn't anything on there of the caliber of Confide In Me and they couldn't have foreseen the backlash of Some Kind of Bliss (again, Where the Wild Roses Grow had a great reception and decent-sized hit). Add with Princess Diana's death it suddenly would've been in poor taste to release it under that title. Under the circumstances, I think they did the best they could do.

 

Of course, hindsight is 20/20 and knowing what we know now they might as well have gone with Limbo as I doubt it would've done worse than #22.

 

It's all woulda coulda shoulda, but I probably wouldn't have picked any other track as the lead if I were in their position. At least they got two top twenty singles out of it and a silver #10 album by the end. Considering the bad start it could've been way worse.

 

Her Deconstruction era is my favourite but they were not the right label for her, they were obviously expecting a much better return on investment from KM94 and with all the IP delays it seems they didn’t really know how to market Kylie.

 

The promos from the IP era are at best terrible - the promo CDs sent out for Breathe and the album sampler had a typed cover and no imagery, hardly the thing to catch radio and media attention back then.

 

I think the single choices were the best from the album - I was horrified when SKOB missed the Top 20 but like you say they managed to rectify that with the 2 further singles (I always felt that DIA deserved to be bigger but it was just the wrong time for Kylie).

Some kind of bliss, the right and most obvious choice... like Spinning around on Light years and All the lovers on Aphrodite...

 

I can see why they pushed for this as the lead single (And IMO it was the right choice), it was an accessible track written with a well known artist and definitely one of the most radio friendly tracks.

Her Deconstruction era is my favourite but they were not the right label for her, they were obviously expecting a much better return on investment from KM94 and with all the IP delays it seems they didn’t really know how to market Kylie.

 

The promos from the IP era are at best terrible - the promo CDs sent out for Breathe and the album sampler had a typed cover and no imagery, hardly the thing to catch radio and media attention back then.

 

I think the single choices were the best from the album - I was horrified when SKOB missed the Top 20 but like you say they managed to rectify that with the 2 further singles (I always felt that DIA deserved to be bigger but it was just the wrong time for Kylie).

I felt breathe was the most robbed of been a hit but as we said it wasnt Kylies time at all. I was horrified too when SKOB missed the top 20 as I really thought it was going to be a safer top 10.

I felt breathe was the most robbed of been a hit but as we said it wasnt Kylies time at all. I was horrified too when SKOB missed the top 20 as I really thought it was going to be a safer top 10.

 

It was unthought of them for a Kylie track to miss the Top 20, now we’re all happy with ‘Real Groove’ reaching #95 :lol:

The expectation levels of Kylie's singles are so different.

Missing the Top 20 was seen as a disaster and now number 95 is seen as a huge success.