Track Listings (14) - Disc #1| All Artists: Kylie Minogue Title: Hits Plus Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Arista Original Release Date: 1/1/1994 Re-Release Date: 4/23/2002 Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop Style: Dance Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 078221060424 |
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Between her late 1980s reign as the "I Should Be So Lucky" Aussie soap star turned pop princess and her iconic re-emergence, Kylie Minogue had an altogether different kind of pop career. In the mid-1990s, she released tw... more » |
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Amazon.com Between her late 1980s reign as the "I Should Be So Lucky" Aussie soap star turned pop princess and her iconic re-emergence, Kylie Minogue had an altogether different kind of pop career. In the mid-1990s, she released two exquisitely sophisticated albums, both simply titled Kylie Minogue, for the dance label Deconstruction. The best tracks from that period, plus a handful of previously unreleased songs and remixes, fill Hits +. Although the title is somewhat misleading given that the albums from which the tracks come were commercial flops, it's not overstating the case to say that with the likes of "Breathe," "Did It Again," and "Automatic Love" leading the way, this collection contains some wonderfully stylish pop. But it's the haunting singles "Confide in Me," "Put Yourself in My Place," and the Nick Cave duet "Where the Wild Roses Grow," graced by the sumptuously breathy vocals that transformed bubblegum-pop Kylie into a seductress and institution, that are the jewels of this retrospective and her career. --Dan Gennoe Similar CDs
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CD Reviews'deconstruction hits' collection Erica Anderson | 04/17/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "This rare Kylie Collection of hits,is from her first two deconstruction albums,Kylie Minogue '94 and Impossible Princess,both now available as remastered versions.Kylie has come a long way - buy other albums,Light Years,Fever and Recent album Body Language to see how far kylie has come.This is not the 'old' kylie,where we saw hits like I Should be So Lucky.Locomotion,Got To Be Certain,Hand On Your Heart etc... This was the introduction to a new kylie.At the 1993 Brit awards,kylie announced that she'd signed up wuth the label 'Deconstruction' - a rare dance company and one of the best around.My Version of Hits+,has 16 tracks on it - not 14.Tracklisting:1 Confide In Me 5.56/5/5/A Single Release 2 Put Yourself In My Place 4.11/5/5/A Single Release 3 Where Is The Feeling? (BIR Dolphin Mix) 4.13/5/5/Originally,a single release 4 Some Kind Of Bliss 4.14/5/5/A Single Release 5 Did It Again 4.18/5/5/A Single Release 6 Breathe 3.39/5/5/A Single Release 7 Where The Wild Roses Grow 3.56/5/5/A Single Release 8 If You Don't Love Me 2.10/4/5/B-Side 9 Tears 4.30/5/5/B-Side 10 Gotta Move On 3.37/5/5/Unreleased 11 Difficult by Design 3.44/5/5/Unreleased 12 Stay This Way 4.35/4/5/Unreleased 13 This Girl 3.07/5/5/Exclusive UK Track 14 Automatic Love (Acoustic) 4.25/5/5/Unreleased 15 Where Has The Love Gone? (Roach Motel Mix) 9.24/5/5/Unreleased 16 Take Me With You 9.10/5/5/Taken From 'Other Sides',a c-d free when you bought 'Impossible Princess' (original)" A wrap-up of Kylie's transition period Daniel J. Hamlow | Narita, Japan | 03/25/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "For those who have all of Kylie's albums up through Fever, the release of Hits+ may or may not elicit a "Wha...?" reaction. This contains material from her two albums under Deconstruction Records, her eponymous fifth album and the techno/industrial misfire of Impossible Princess, as well as rare tracks not on any album.At the very least, the best songs from each of those albums are here. From Kylie Minogue, we have "Confide In Me," which introduced the new Kylie, from dolorous violin and strings, and then the programmed industrial drum machines forming a backbeat. As a prelude to the title, she sings, "We all get hurt by love, and we all have a cross to bear, and in the name of understanding now, a problem should be shared."An airy and dreamy aura is heard in the soulful ballad "Put Yourself In My Place" where the protagonist asks for empathy before being told she's no longer in someone's life. One of the better tracks from that album.The BIR Dolphin Mix of "Where Is The Feeling" ensconces the original in a mix more at home from Impossible Princess rather than the original's nouvelle disco. Not too happy with this version.However, there's an acoustic version of "Automatic Love," consisting of piano, guitar, and strings instead of the synths and drum machines of the original. I'm kind of getting attached to this version more. The Roach Motel remix of "Where Has The Love Gone?" consists of loud techno and bouncy bass synth beats which I have no complaints over.From Impossible Princess, we have "Some Kind Of Bliss," which despite the industrial crunch is helped by a jangly guitar, brass section, and strings that are meshed into a weird wall of sound. "Did It Again" incorporates a sitar along with the industrial techno, while "Breathe" is a worthy shot at ambient utilizing Moby and Massive Attack sounds.Of the new songs, "If You Don't Love Me" is a great Bacharach-like piano only ballad with Kylie trying to sound like Mariah Carey in her higher octave. Love this one and the moody nightclub piano jazz of "Stay This Way." "Tears" is a rapid BPM techno number that belongs on Impossible Princess, with a guitar-like synth blaring on occasions.With the early-Madonna sounding, "Gotta Move On," along with Swing Out Sister-like jazziness mixed with bubblegum-type drumming, I say "no kidding." Another hidden treasure! "Difficult By Design" fits squarely in her self-titled album, a sister track to the original strings/bubblegum version of "Where Is The Feeling?" with an SOS-like AM jazzy piano. Finally, "Take Me With You" is another Massive Attack-like song with female tribal chants inbetween verses.I wonder if a schism was created between two sets of Kylie fans, those who first fell for her during her Stock-Aitken-Waterman era (like me), and those who were introduced to her via her brief sojourn away from disco. Whatever the case, this compilation at least serves to close the brief second chapter of the continuing story of Kylie Minogue, and herald the glimmering chapter 3, beginning with Light Years. As for those new piano ballads, rare gems indeed!"
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