Kylie [Import]

Kylie Minogue | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 9, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mushroom Records
• ASIN: B00004S8X5
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,768 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Should Be So Lucky

2. The Loco-Motion

3. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi

4. It's No Secret

5. Got to Be Certain

6. Turn It Into Love

7. I Miss You

8. I'll Still Be Loving You

9. Look My Way

10. Love at First Sight

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I should be so lucky to review this CD--Kylie's first!, September 26, 2001

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Daniel J. Hamlow (Narita, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kylie (Audio CD)

Kylie Minogue first hit it big in her home country of Australia before breaking through to the UK, and is still going strong. Sadly, she was criminally not recognized or received in the same manner in this country. This, her 1988 album entitled Kylie, is where the saga begins.

Her debut was entirely written, produced, and arranged by Stock-Aitken-Waterman, the prime purveyors of bubblegum pop in the late 1980's. Kylie stands now as the classic epitome of the S-A-W sound.

The album bursts into overdrive instantly with the first two singles, "I Should Be So Lucky" and "The Loco-Motion", yes, the Little Eva song written by the famous songwriting duo of Carole King and Gerry Goffin. This version stayed on the top of the Aussie charts for 7 weeks straight. Personally, it should have gone for 12 weeks, but oh well.

"Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi", qui est francais pour "I don't know why", is a mid-paced single that provides a good beat. So is "It's No Secret". Then comes "Got To Be Certain", the third overdrive single on this album. I've always had trouble deciding which is my favorite single on here: this, "I Should Be So Lucky", "The Loco-Motion", or "Love At First Sight". More often than not, it ends up as a four-way tie.

As it turned out, the first six songs became singles, so that's three-fifths of the album right there. "Turn It Into Love" is yet another overdrive single and "I Miss You", the first non-single on the album, has a nice horn section mixed in with the S-A-W wall of synthesizer keyboards.

All ten songs on the entire album is an instant dance-party album, and not a filler among them. Heck, "I'll Still Be Loving You" and "Look My Way" beat to a somewhat slower, but nevertheless midpaced tempo before finishing off with the rocket-paced "Love At First Sight".

People who are into contemporary techno may consider this dated and pokey, but the upbeat style of Kylie showers the partier or listener with a fuzzy, warm feeling instead of the cold, mechanical prickliness of freeze-dried techno. It's also a good workout, especially for jogging or on a Revmaster.

As for the album cover, there she is, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, wearing a slanting hatbrim with her hair piled atop it. So, there it is for Kylie, the first of many delightful albums.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ear Candy In Its Sweetest Form, January 27, 2004

By 

Aaron (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kylie (Audio CD)

It really stinks that the original US edition of this album is out of print, especially with Kylie's recent resurgance of popularity stateside.

But anyways, this is the album that started it all for the international pop goddess. Long before Britney dazzled us, there was Kylie. Although this received modest success in the US back in the late-80's this album set records overseas and was a phenomenon. With the help of pop producers SAW *who made huge hits for Rick Astley and Bananarama* Kylie danced her way on to the pop charts. "The Locomotion" was the big US hit hitting #3 on the pop charts. My favorite track has to "I Should Be So Lucky" which was a top 40 hit in the states but a huge #1 single in the UK. The catchy pop ditty "It's No Secret" was her third Us top 40 hit. "Got To Be Certain" is also outstanding as "Turn it Into love" and "I don't Know Why" *the french track.* I also very much enjoy "Love At First sight" which is the closing track. *Kylie would later do a song by the same title for "Fever" and have a huge top 40 hit with it in the US.*

This may be corny but is a great and fun representation of 80's pop and a must for Kylie fans. I love her later works such as "Fever" and "Light Years", but this still stands out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is where it all started..., March 25, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Kylie (Audio CD)

When Kylie released her first album back in 1988, (Kylie) many were quick to say she was just another 'flash in the pan.' What they did not know, was her career would still be going to this day...

This 10-track fun pop album is the lime-light. They are great and fun upbeat tunes and very memorable. The kids that know this album may find their parents singing to the songs in the car and the window is open and, it's highly embarrassing!

Anyway, this is pure-pop Kylie at her younger states, when she was in Neighbours. This album includes the first single here in the UK, I Should Be So Lucky and the first #1 in Australia, The Loco-motion, which stayed at the top for 7 weeks!

I Should Be So Lucky was a #1 for Kylie here in the UK and more favourites Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi, The Locomotion and Got To Be Certain were #2's for Kylie. Turn It Into Love and It's No Secret, however, were very popular singles in Japan! Turn It Into Love immediately went to #1 and It's No Secret hit #4!

So all the first 6 songs from this album were singles some where in the world. The last 4 are also very good. The stand-outs for the last 4 songs are definately I Miss You and Look My Way. There are slightly more mature than other 'hits' on the album. As is I'll Still Be Loving You, a beautiful ballad that made me cry for the first time in any song when I listened to it.

This leaves just one more song, Love At First Sight. It is definately the weakest song on the album and is certainly not the hit that appeared on her Fever album, later on in her career. It's not as good as that or the other songs on the album, nevertheless, still an excellent song.

Futhermore, this album went straight to #1 on the UK Charts, it also spent an amazing 67 weeks on the UK Top 100 Albums Chart! This was aslo just 3 weeks off her extremely popular album Fever, which spent 70 weeks on the UK Top 100 Albums Chart! This just shows how great Kylie really is!