{"id":8489,"date":"2013-01-02T13:44:49","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T20:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=8489"},"modified":"2013-01-02T13:46:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T20:46:22","slug":"kylie-minogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/01\/kylie-minogue\/","title":{"rendered":"KYLIE MINOGUE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KYLIE MINOGUE<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Fresh arrangements give the global pop star\u2019s biggest hits new life<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cIf I turn up at the studio in heels or with my hair done, I probably just arrived from an event,\u201d says Kylie Minogue with a laugh. \u201cOther times my shoes are off, the makeup is off, I\u2019m making a mess. I like to feel completely comfortable, and I am a complete clown in the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been 25 years since the Australian pop queen\u2019s cover of Little Eva\u2019s 1962 hit \u201cThe Loco-Motion\u201d became a worldwide sensation and brought her an array of awards and acclaim. Since then Minogue\u2019s career has been anything but linear, and has included acting roles in such challenging productions as Shakespeare\u2019s The Tempest<\/em>. But her greatest successes have been in dance and pop music: She\u2019s sold more than 60 million albums across the globe.<\/p>\n

That worldwide acclaim is what enticed her to revisit her biggest pop hits on her latest album, The Abbey Road Sessions<\/em>. Still, she confesses to taking more than a few deep breaths before entering the Beatles\u2019 famed studio to record. \u201cThere is only one studio for which you say its name and people immediately know what you\u2019re talking about,\u201d says Minogue, 44. \u201cThere is only one Abbey Road. It is history, and when you\u2019re there, you are on hallowed ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 16 tracks on the album\u2014which debuted at No. 2 on the U.K. albums chart\u2014mainly revisit Minogue\u2019s most popular songs, including \u201cCan\u2019t Get You Out of My Head,\u201d \u201cI Should Be So Lucky\u201d and \u201cFiner Feelings.\u201d Although the new versions aren\u2019t radically different, the album presents a more mature, nuanced side of the artist\u2019s work. \u201cWe had the luxury of experimenting,\u201d she says of the arrangements. \u201cSome songs worked, some didn\u2019t. But we kept going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lesser-known tracks on the album include \u201cFlower,\u201d a fan favorite that Minogue had not previously recorded. \u201cI wrote that with Steve Anderson in 2007,\u201d she says of the song she calls a \u201clove letter\u201d to an unborn child. \u201cIt\u2019s a heartening yet painful song.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rerecording \u201cWhere the Wild Roses Grow\u201d with Nick Cave, her guest on the original version, was another highlight for Minogue on a record full of memorable\u00a0music. \u201cI was listening to the mixes on headphones, and I was completely transported,\u201d she marvels. \u201cThe songs were so lush, and in other places so sparse and lovely. That\u2019s what I hope others hear when they listen to this album. It\u00a0just takes you away.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Nancy Dunham<\/p>\n

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