AMG Review of Kylie Minogue [Bonus Disc]

Chris True
All Music Guide

Meant as a statement of her new direction, Kylie Minogue's fifth album no longer featured the Stock, Aitken & Waterman production gloss and found the diminutive singer working with hip dance producers like David Seaman. From the first notes of the opener, "Confide in Me," you know this is not the teen pop queen of old. Kylie Minogue (also note the use of her last name on the cover) wanted to sound grown up, and she pulls it off with ease. While it is still dance-pop, there's atmosphere and style in the songs that wasn't there on Let's Get to It. Definitely the start of the second phase of her career. [A 2003 bonus disc version of the set included remixes and unreleased material.]