Can’t Beat The Feeling: The Aphrodite Album Review

Her last album “X” was criticized for not being very cohesive, (I loved it and don’t get all the fuss) so for her 11th studio production “Aphrodite” Kylie enlists the help of dance music wizard Stuart Price (Madonna, The Killers, Scissor Sisters) to produce a tightly woven piece of dance floor heaven. The album opens up with one of Kylie’s most hypnotic songs “All The Lovers” and like the video it places her at the top of her game, like the Goddess of music amongst her adoring fans.

From there on the disc doesn’t stop from the soon to be smashes “Get Out Of My Way” and “Put Your Hands Up”. Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters fame offer the frisky “Too Much” and Stuart does a great job on the heavenly “Looking For An Angel” and “Better Than Today” which got previewed on her North American tour. The less successful tracks are the slower “Everything Is Beautiful” and “Illusion” which I would have replaced with the Xenomania produced songs “Mighty Rivers” and “Heartstrings” which ended up as bonus songs on Itunes and the latter on the Japan version of the album. Best tracks are the title song with it’s African flavoured drum beats, and anthem “I’m fierce and I’m feeling mighty, I’m a golden girl, I’m an Aphrodite Alright.. alright!”, and the last song tucked away at the end “Can’t Beat This Feeling” which sums up the album.

“Aphrodite” is up there with her best albums “Light Years”, and “Rhythm Of Love” and dare I say better then “Fever”.

White Elephants and Lemonade: Kylie's All The Lovers

Marshmallows, a white elephant and an orgy on Grand Boulevard can only mean one thing Kylie's new video is here, and it smoking hot. Muchmusic.com have the online exclusive for Canada and then the Canadian TV broadcast premieres on Thursday. It will premiere in the USA on Wednesday on Yahoo.com. If you are lucky you might find it unofficially on Youtube before EMI takes it down. It will be up on Youtube officially before the end of the week.



The video features the Goddess Kylie never looking better on a pyramid/Mount Olympus of “lovers” making out with her at the top as she sings “All The Lovers, that came before they don't compare to you”. It has lots of guy/girl, girl/girl and guy/guy action, it's all pretty tame just kissing and touching with over a hundredth of white underwear clad people, but I can't help but wonder if the USA will censor or choose not to play it. The giant balloon elephant and her playfulness with her “lovers” point to not taking the video all too seriously. Fun, fabulous, and gorgeous all you can expect from a Kylie video.

You can vote for the song on http://www.chumfm.com.com for the next 2 days, on the right side of the page when you scroll down you'll see the new Kylie track ALL THE LOVERS. You need to listen to the song IN FULL and then vote.

Other places to vote
Montreal Virgin Radio: http://montreal.virginradio.ca/music
Calgary http://www.vibe985.com/shows/requests
Edmonton http://www.thebounce.ca/requests.asp

All The Lovers is released on the 13th June on Digital Download, and the 28th June on 2xCD and 7" Picture Disc Vinyl! Taken from the fantastic forthcoming album Aphrodite, CD released July 5th in the UK and July 6th in Canada and the USA, Digital Download, CD+DVD+Online Experience Edition and 12" Vinyl.


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