Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite

After 2007’s X--a Christmas present I still treasure to this day--comes the highly anticipated Aphrodite, a perfect follow up to Kylie new Pop-Disco sound she found back in X. With All the Lovers being the first single from the Australian’s eleventh studio album, it seemed the perfect reintroduction to Kylie Minogue, but after listening to the full album, it barely scratches the surface. With all the tracks bringing in foot-tapping brilliance, some going further than a dancing-in-the-bedroom-like-a-maniac level of genius, Kylie is still a great artist to listen to.

The title track of the album, Aphrodite, the sixth track, brings forth a further leg of Kylie’s abilities, introducing the tiniest hint of both rap and rock in a subtle manner that suits the track perfectly, whereas other tracks such as Better Than Today, Too Much and Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love) feature classic Kylie at her best, her solid cheesy pop roots shining through and still sounding just as fantastic as when she started her pop career back in ‘87, a feat most artists have found difficult in keeping for ten years, let alone over twenty. With her voice clearly heard through the music, the listener can feel closer to Miss Minogue than any experience other than seeing her in concert or meeting her face-to-face--something I definitely want to do one day.

Each track on the album contains a good solid beat, many have catchy choruses and nonsensical lyrics in which Kylie seems to create a form of logic to. Tracks like All the Lovers and Can’t Beat the Feeling are tracks that are designed to make the listener feel good, placing fast beats side along with the more slower music and matching them so perfectly that a tip of the scale could ruin the songs.

Each song on the album have their own feel to them, all twelve being a perfectly wide selection that it is impossible to choose favourites from them all. That said, some of the tracks I do like are All the Lovers, Get Outta My Head, Cupid Boy, Looking For An Angel, and Illusion, the latter three being a work of catchy beats and electronica feeling. The string introduction to Looking For An Angel gives a joyous listen with perfectly fitting lyrics to the song, whereas the beginning of Illusion has a very Hawaiian feel which is quickly followed by a very strong pop and dance tune which proves that Kylie can do other types of music other than her solid pop and make them sound just as fantastic.

All in all Aphrodite is a brilliant listen, an enjoyable forty-plus minutes and shows Kylie still at her best, with tracks in many genres but still centring firmly on pop, keeping her career in the music industry enjoyably solid. So here’s to many more years of Kylie and a short-term enjoyment of another of her albums, a collection of songs I will be listening to for years to come.