Kylie Minogue – X – review

Corporate line:
X, the 13-track CD album, is the 10th album from the Australian pop princess. The album features the lead-off single, ‘2 Hearts’, produced by London based electro band Kish Mauve. Among the other musicians contributing to the album are Cutfather & Jonas (Jamelia – “Superstar”, Mercedes – “Get Rich”), Richard ‘Biff’ Stannard (Spice Girls, Holly Valance), Bloodshy & Avant: Christian Karlsson & Pontus Winnberg (Christina Milian, Brooke Valentine), Guy Chambers (Beverley Knight, Delta Goodrem), Cathy Dennis (Janet Jackson, Kelly Clarkson), Karen Poole (Leona Lewis, Mutya Buena), Calvin Harris (Kelis, Roisin Murphy), Greg Kurstin (Jessica Simpson, Lily Allen) and Eg White (Natalie Imbruglia, Maria Lawson).

Artist: Kylie Minogue

Title: X

Label: EMI

Rating: 6/10

Best cuts:
“2 Hearts” – Kylie makes you want to get up and dance–it’s not surprising that a world an ocean away has been dancing to this for months.
“Speakerphone” – For a few minutes I couldn’t help but wonder if this was the song from the Heineken Beer Commercial, the one with the robot woman and the mini keg. Commercial or not, it’s damn good.
“Wow” – A classic cut that sounds like the stuff Kylie did earlier in her career. It sounds like something ripped straight out of the Madonna ’80s era. I’m not even sure Madonna could pull this song off now and yet Kylie makes it seem easy.

The rest:
“Like A Drug” – Kylie is better than this track. It’s nothing but generic dance pop.
“In My Arms” – It seems like the entire album is going to be nothing but an exercise in dance-pop mediocrity.

Finally:
Even with a great track like “Speakerphone,” X is filled with far too many filler songs. Fourteen tracks and more than half are forgettable. The only other songs worth mentioning are “2 Hearts” and “Wow.” Do yourself a favor and grab the three best tracks and save yourself the pain I had to endure.

Kylie – “Wow”

Kylie video for “In My Arms”