TRAVEL
IN LIGHT YEARS
And so a deal was done with Parlophone
and EMI, Kylie stayed with Mushroom Records Australia (since 1987).
The direction and the influence would be disco and dance. Kylie continued
to write and input on the album and she also worked with long time writer
friend Steve Anderson. Her most publicised work though was with Robbie
Williams who had the duet "Kids" which reached No.2 with the camp anthem
"Your Disco Needs You" and "Loveboat" included. It was though "Spinning
Around" which debuted at No.1 in Australia and the UK which gave Kylie
her 6th number one and a return to high sales as Light Years also entred
the charts at No.1 (Aus. No.2 (Uk). It went on to sell well over 2 million
and confirmed to all the critics the loosely named comeback queen was
on top of the pop throne again. More press pages were granted
to Kylie's gold hotpants that anything else, even though they are a
well known piece of wardrobe for our little minx. Men weer drooling
and MTV could not get enough of the videos. The album was also a great
reason to launch a huge European and Australasian tour. "On A Night
Like This" broke all records in Sydney and infact all records for any
tour ever in Australia. No other act in history to date has played
as many shows. The show also toured the UK and Europe and it was
the first time for many to witness Kylie live, since 1991. Many
of her newer and revisiting fans had not witnessed Intimate and Live
so when they did attend, they were blown away. The tour
won Kylie awards and also crtitical acclaim. It seems in a world where
many artists mime to backing tracks, Kylie professional approach was
now seen to be something to admire.
Welcome Aboard KM-AIR
Light Years produced four top 10 UK singles in total and kept Kylie
busy up until Spring 2001. The momentum was in full motion and the writing
for her 8th Studio album had commenced nicknamed "Coming of Age", "Fever"
was to be a journey through the early electronic period in the 80's.
Kylie's early recollections of Grace Jones, Synthesiser fuelled disco.
The tour was a great arena for her to showcase a new song "Can't Get
You Out Of My Head". The reception was great but who knew that this
song would launch kylie into the biggest stage of her career to date?
I thought it sounded great and her vocals delivered perfectly but America,
the country which rarely listen to anything foreign. a country where
theres 17 lookalikes and soundalikes Britneys launched every day. Well
it is about time that they got the opportunity to hear Kylie and
I have a feling that in 2002 The whole world will be taken over by Miss
Minogue. The strangeness to it all though does not make me happy for
this. In a business sense it is wonderful, but in a selfish way aving
Kylie for so long in a smaller world was quite superb. Kylie may now
just become a prescence on my television screen, and after seeing her
live many times it is a sad loss.
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