McAndrew

I voted for No Regrets and Beat Is Gone. I initially found Drum quite an odd way to start such a soulful album. But it’s definitely growing on me.

Just Don’t Need This. Buster is a close second for me.

I love this song. Really uplifting vibe, with great lyrics and a lovely vocal. All the 80s motifs are fun and tastefully incorporated. But I guess there is room for a bit more of a bass line (especially in the chorus). Thanks for sharing

Hope all your cheeks are nice and rosy (and comfy and cosy are you). Merry Christmas!

Interesting points Jay! I always thought ‘the cranberries’ had too many syllables in the original. And you can’t get fresh cranberries at an all night garage. Also us Brits don’t really make our own sauce. So I can see why they changed it. That said, I don’t think ‘the papers’ are really essential enough to rush out to the garage for. I’d have gone for “Did you forget a present too”. I often have that realisation on Christmas Eve. Haha

Yes! I’m in the top 0.005% of Kylie listeners again, having racked up 9,282 minutes with her.

Dreams is a wonderful piece of work. Woeful result so far. I’ve voted for Cowboy Style. In isolation, I really enjoy its cheesy mix of styles. But IP is fairly sophisticated as Kylie albums go. So I’m splitting hairs, but it’s less consistent with the general sound, for me.

I’d be over the moon to see an album. But knowing these girls, I don’t think it’s achievable, unfortunately.

They should definitely release a Christmas EP on vinyl and streaming. Spend some money on Christmas orchestral remixes, maybe including Viva Forever, and they could sell us something desirable. I’d go with something along these lines: 1. 2 Become 1 (Christmas mix) 2. Too much (Christmas Mix) 3. Goodbye (Christmas Mix) 4. Sleigh Ride (Jack Frost Mix) 5. Christmas Wrapping 6. Viva Forever (Christmas Mix) 7. Merry Christmas Everybody (Live)

Like the ad. And the music has a nice little low key groove to it - I’d love an extended mix of that please Kylie. I could be wrong, but has Kylie never made a fragrance for men? I think her gay fans would be into it (as long as it was tastefully presented). She could call it Fever.

Very close but Cowboy Style for me. Hope Limbo doesn’t go this round!

I would love to see it. Just think of all the US press she could get. She’s probably not going to become a huge singles artist over there. But the exposure could have a great benefit to her streaming and album sales.

Hahaha that was ridiculous and wonderful! So proud of Shangela for bringing this to prime time viewing. Howling at crispy legs WTF?!? Amazing Thanks for sharing. Certainly brightened my morning.

Queer representation reaches new heights. I love it. Look forward to watching

That is so lovely. They may even be better than anything we got for SpiceWorld 25. They have certainly had a lot of love put into them.

Wow those two dances were stunning. Her Viennese Waltz was very emotional and dramatic. The timing was impeccable. And her technique seemed great too. She made it all look easy. What a star!

Some Kind of Bliss for me. I think all the others would also have made decent singles, except Dreams (which is the definitively perfect album track, for me).

I’ve enjoyed stopping by to watch all Shangela’s dances. Thank you for posting! Shame the tempo of that number was so slowed down. But I appreciate it would’ve been near impossible to dance so technically at full speed. I really hope she stands a chance in the final. She’s incredibly talented.

Inspiring indeed! It’s refreshing to see her celebrated so sincerely and enthusiastically in that video. Often it seems the industry thinks she’s already had more success than she deserves (due to sexism, ageism … jealousy). But in the face of overly harsh critique, and lack of support, her hard work and talent continually propel her to exciting new triumphs.

I think Surrender had single potential too. It has some proper singing from Kylie, unlike some of the other dance tracks, which are a bit more spoken (or heavy on backing singers).

IDNA lyrics are just a bit basic, for me. Whereas most of this album is pure poetry.

I really like the remix. Serving me plenty of 90s house motifs. I can imagine it going down well in a club.

I Don’t Need Anyone I love Jump. Can’t believe that’s already out.

Did It Again on both counts for me

Always gives me chills live. Melanie does a great job on her own. The backing singer does really help with the harmonies though. The final line is everything. It’s still so nice to see Melanie loving her own legacy nowadays. A duet would be lovely to see. But I’d choose Mel B or Victoria (!) for their lower register.