Project Description
KYLIE MINOGUE
‘Golden’
(Album Review)
Reviewer: Cassandra Thomson
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“Can’t stand still, I won’t slow down. When I go out, I wanna go out dancing…”
– Dancing
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‘Golden’ is the new album from Australia’s original Pop Princess, singer Kylie Minogue. ‘Golden’, Minogue’s 14th studio album was released on April 6th via BMG/Liberator Music and let me tell you, the 40 minute-12 track release is nothing we have ever seen before from Kylie. ‘Golden’ presents a Kylie modern fusion that really only Kylie could create and pull off – Disco/Dance, Country-esque Pop. Co-produced and co-written by Kylie herself, majority of the record was completed in Nashville, Tennessee which only seems fitting as it pays homage to the purity and catchiness of Country music itself and the iconic city of Country music too. ‘Dancing’ was released as the album’s first single in January, followed by ‘Stop Me from Falling’ last month.
I won’t lie, ‘Golden’ isn’t a record I would find myself normally listening to, nor would I normally associate Kylie with a genre like Country music, yet here we are. It’s odd, but odd in a refreshing kind of way. Despite the change of pace, we receive a different Kylie also – a more mature Kylie, a more vulnerable Kylie as she explores various themes in her lyrics from failed relationships to broken hearts, love to death, having fun to having a good old boogie.
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“Should have seen the warning signs, now we’re running out of time. Kinda wanna cross the line, stop me from falling…”
– Stop Me From Falling
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Check out the track list for
‘Golden’
below!
1. Dancing
2. Stop Me From Falling
3. Golden
4. A Lifetime To Repair
5. Sincerely Yours
6. One Last Kiss
7. Live A Little
8. Shelby ‘68
9. Radio On
10. Love
11. Raining Glitter
12. Music’s Too Sad Without You
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“We’re golden. Burn like the stars, stay golden. Straight from your heart with a voice sayin’, “I’ll never give in”. Get knocked down, back up again. We’re golden, golden. That’s who we are…”
– Golden
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So what does ‘Golden’ really entail? Despite being Kylie’s 14th album of her amazing career that spans more than three decades, it’s also her first studio album release in four plus years; leaving room to grow, room to wander and room to experience life on many levels. The album opens with the lead single, ‘Dancing’ which is about more than just dancing on a fun night out, despite its catchy upbeat melody. ‘Stop Me From Falling’ is a Country-Pop track about the early stages of falling for someone. ‘Golden’ truly reflects the maturity and the pure, organic vulnerability of the album as a whole; a light hearted pop-fusion track about never giving in and never changing who you are, regardless of age. ‘Sincerely Yours’ is a finger clicking, pop ballad. ‘Radio On’ is a Country-acoustic ballad about heartbreak and love. ‘Love’ is a pure catchy Country hit about love and things we love, it’s as simple as that. The last song of the album, ‘Music’s Too Sad Without You’ is a Pop-Ballad collaborated with English singer Jack Savoretti; exploring love and heartbreak through the effortless but captivating duet.
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“All I hear is echoes of the words we said, all the battles they played over in my head. We were close to heaven, now it’s gone to hell and so I roll the windows down and I just fade you out…”
– Radio On
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It didn’t take long for ‘Golden’ to really grow on me, which was interesting because when it comes to music genres Country music isn’t amongst that “high priority” of listening. It seems that like most things, once Kylie touches it, it turns to gold. I experienced a rollercoaster of a journey when listening to the album, feeling every high and every low. Once again, Kylie Minogue has truly executed one banger of an album. She might be pushing the wonderful age of 50, but there’s no stopping or slowing down Kylie Minogue. This is only just the beginning of another chapter in her incredible career.
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‘Golden’
Kylie Minogue.
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