X Marks The Thread

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

KYLIE's new album is out today - it is called X.

Do you think it's any good? Shall we talk about it?

Comments

[datura800.livejournal.com]

'Made Of Glass' was a b-side, written with Xenomania. It's one of the best things Kylie has ever done imo, and if Girls Aloud had done it people would have been ecstatic.

'Confide In Me' has always sounded like a 'Justify My Love' knock off to me (albeit a very good one) and I don't think 'Head' was daring at all. 'Slow' certainly was (in the context of her career).

I think 'The One' is certainly one of the best songs Kylie has ever done, and there are a few other good ones. There IS a sense of anti-climax cos most of the good ones sound like they could have come from any of her albums in the past 10 years, but I think once you get past that they are worthy of appreciation. But as I said, the album as a whole isn't very good.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'The One' sounds gorgeous (that New Order sound will never not work for female pop artists), my only problem with it is the chorus. "Love me, love me, love me, love me" - don't PLEAD so much, woman!

[datura800.livejournal.com]

haha...i think that's kind of the point though...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

all I can think is that people who are national institutions should not have to plead for anyone to love them, save that for the up-and-comers and attention-seekers...

[datura800.livejournal.com]

Perhaps she means Oliver.

Poor Kylie.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh dear I never thought of that :( Poor Kylie indeed.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It sounds commanding not pleading to me - imperious in a very unKylieish way!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Come to think of it the problem is that it doesn't sound ANYTHING so I have to take the lyrics at face value.

(off topic: I have just realised, is 'Early Winter' actually eligible for any polls this year? never a single, album track from 06...)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Isn't it a single now?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I thought they dumped it in favour of 'Now That You Got It'! Not that that ever made an appearance either. ffs it's the third single off the album, it should not be subject to such indecision b/c the hard promo work has been done already.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

or you know fourth, whatever, '4 In The Morning' is very easy to forget innit

[koganbot]

Yes, here's the vid, added by the record co. just 11 days ago, so they could well be gearing to push the song, except it's not getting any Top 40 play, so obviously they're not pushing it to radio, at least not successfully. I'd say the fact that the video's been posted by the record company means that by my own idiosyncratic rules I can count it as a single if I want (and it may well make my top ten), except if I think it's actually going to be pushed next year then I may decide to wait. (Billboard says it was released as a single on October 1, but for all I know it was withdrawn after that. Who knows?) But it has gone Top 40 in Bulgaria and Top 60 in the Czech Republic and Top 80 in Slovakia, so on the basis of that you certainly can vote for it if you want to. Maybe we should hold a poptimist colloquy a week before the Idolator ballots are due and decide what we want to count as eligible.

(Really, if enough people - critics or fans or radio - treat a track as a single, then it is one. E.g., Miley Cyrus's "See You Again" is right now outselling any other Cyrus/Hannah track on iTunes, this despite its not yet getting a radio or video promotional push and no physical single. On the basis of online sales alone, it's a single, as far as I'm concerned.)

[koganbot]

Er, it's "Early Winter" I'm talking about, not "4 In The Morning."

[datura800.livejournal.com]

There's definitely a video for 'Early Winter' out now.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I'd say Made of Glass is one of the best things Xenomania has ever done, let alone Kylie!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I remember all of this talk at the time. Maybe I just downloaded the wrong mp3 or anything because I thought it was just weak!