Though a queen of the frothiest pop, Kylie’s 10th studio album shows there’s something of the Teflon don about her. She’s endured some troubled times since her last album in ’03 – long-term relationship ended, cancer beaten – but you wouldn’t necessarily know it from what’s here. Not for Kylie the heart-on-sleeve approach. Sleeves, she doesn’t do. X instead showcases customary Madonna-esque workouts and northern European disco pop: Scissor Sisters-like single “2 Hearts” and Gainsbourg-sampling “Sensitized” a cut above the rest. In short, a glittering sign reading “business as usual” – even if it’s not a return to adventurous Kylie gold. JOHN ROBINSON
Though a queen of the frothiest pop, Kylie’s 10th studio album shows there’s something of the Teflon don about her. She’s endured some troubled times since her last album in ’03 – long-term relationship ended, cancer beaten – but you wouldn’t necessarily know it from what’s here.
Not for Kylie the heart-on-sleeve approach. Sleeves, she doesn’t do. X instead showcases customary Madonna-esque workouts and northern European disco pop: Scissor Sisters-like single “2 Hearts” and Gainsbourg-sampling “Sensitized” a cut above the rest. In short, a glittering sign reading “business as usual” – even if it’s not a return to adventurous Kylie gold.
JOHN ROBINSON
