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X is the tenth studio album by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. It is Minogue's first commercial album release since she was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2005. The album has sold over 875,000 copies worldwide so far[citation needed]. X was nominated for the Best International Album at the 2008 Brit Awards ceremony.

Promotion

To promote the release of the album, Minogue performed on an exclusive show on ITV1 called The Kylie Show, featuring six songs from the new album, and four of her previous hits. It aired on 10 November, 2007. Minogue also joined Jo Whiley on Radio 1 for a special show promoting the new album called Kylie and Whiley during which they recreated a scene from Neighbours.

On November 28, 2007, Minogue announced she would promote X with a European tour, to be called KYLIEX2008.

To promote the lead single and the album in the U.S., Minogue appeared on several shows. On March 31, she gave an interview on the Today Show with Matt Lauer. Minogue also performed "All I See" and "Can't Get You out of My Head" live on the results show April 1,2008 of the American program Dancing with the Stars.[2] She also performed on the The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. She also appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on April 7, 2008 and at the American Idol (Season 7) special Idol Gives Back[3] along with some of the biggest names in music, such as Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Celine Dion, Bono, Annie Lennox, Maroon 5 and many more on April 8, 2008. This was Minogue's final appearance in the United States before heading back to England to prepare for the tour, which begins May 6, 2008 in Paris. Capitol Records has also been heavily pushing tracks from the album on various television networks with songs appearing in Gossip Girl on the CW and in commercials and spots on ABC.

Track listing

# Title Songwriters & samples Producer(s) Length
1 "2 Hearts" Kish Mauve Kish Mauve 2:54
2 "Like a Drug" Mich Hedin Hansen, Jonas Jeberg, Engelina Andrina Larsen, Adam Powers Cutfather & Jonas Jeberg 3:17
3 "In My Arms" Kylie Minogue, Paul Harris, Julian Peake, Richard Stannard, Adam Wiles Stannard, Calvin Harris 3:32
4 "Speakerphone" Klas Åhlund, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback Bloodshy & Avant 3:54
5 "Sensitized" Guy Chambers, Cathy Dennis, Serge Gainsbourg Chambers, Dennis 3:57
Samples "Bonnie et Clyde" (Gainsbourg) by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot
6 "Heart Beat Rock" Minogue, Karen Poole, Wiles C. Harris 3:24
7 "The One" Minogue, John Andersson, Johan Emmoth, Emma Holmgren, Russell Small, Stannard, James Wiltshire Freemasons, Stannard 4:05
8 "No More Rain" Minogue, Karlsson, Poole, Jonas Quant, Winnberg Greg Kurstin 4:02
9 "All I See" Jeberg, Hansen, Edwin "Lil' Eddie" Serrano Jonas Jeberg & Cutfather 3:04
10 "Stars" Minogue,P. Harris, Peake, Stannard P.Harris,Peake, Stannard 3:42
11 "Wow" Minogue, Kurstin, Poole Kurstin 3:13
12 "Nu-di-ty" Karlsson, Poole, Winnberg Bloodshy & Avant 3:03
13 "Cosmic" Minogue, Eg White White 3:08

Extra tracks

Online bonus tracks

  1. "Rippin' Up the Disco" (Jonas Jeberg, Jasmine Baird, Mich Hedin Hansen ) - 3:29 - CD-ROM download via kylie.com
  2. "Magnetic Electric" (Kurstin, Minogue, Poole) - 3:17 - iTunes bonus.
  3. "White Diamond (Ballad Version)" (Jason Sellards, Scott Hoffman, Minogue) - 3:03 - iTunes pre-order bonus.
  4. "Carried Away"(Kurstin, Minogue, Poole) - 3:14 - MP3 from Amazon.com

International bonus tracks

  1. "King or Queen" (Kurstin, Minogue, Poole) - 2:38- Japanese bonus track
  2. "I Don't Know What It Is" (Minogue, Davis, Stannard, Harris, Peake) - 3:17 - Japanese bonus track
  3. "In My Arms" (featuring Jolin Tsai) (Minogue, Wiles, Stannard, Harris, Peake) – 3:32 - Taiwanese bonus track *Replaces the original.
  4. "All I See" (featuring Mims) (Jeberg, Hansen, Edwin "Lil' Eddie" Serrano) – 3:52 - USA bonus track
  5. "In My Arms" (featuring Aleks Syntek) (Minogue, Wiles, Stannard, Harris, Peake, additional Spanish lyrics by Aleks Syntek) – 3:32 - Latin America rerelease bonus track

Special edition DVD

  • Xposed - Interview with Kylie
  • Photo Gallery (with "White Diamond (Ballad Version)" playing in the background)
  • White Diamond Film Trailer
  • "2 Hearts" music video

U.S. Edition

X was released in the US on Capitol Records/Astralwerks on April 1, 2008[4]. The track listing does not differ from other international versions with the exception of a new version of "All I See" featuring rapper Mims as a bonus track. The album was available for download in the U.S. briefly via iTunes (where it peaked at #43) and the Zune Marketplace[5]. The album was released once again on April 1, 2008 debuting at number #84 at the American iTunes Top 100 Albums, peaking to #50 and debuted at #22 and peaked to #11 at the iTunes Pop Top 100 Albums.

"All I See" was released digitally on March 11, 2008 and was released to American radio on April 15, 2008, a month after the digital download became available and also two weeks after the album was released at the States, peaking at #139 on the US Billboard 200.

# Title Songwriters & samples Producer(s) Length
14 "All I See" (featuring Mims) Jeberg, Hansen, Edwin "Lil' Eddie" Serrano Jonas Jeberg & Cutfather 3:52

Special Latin American Edition

With the release of the spanglish version of "In My Arms" featuring mexican singer Aleks Syntek, EMI Music México announced a Special Latin American Edition would be released in June to coincide with Syntek's compilation album, "Best of 1988-2008".[6] The track will be included as a bonus track and not replacing the original as in the Tawainese Edition.[7] The track was sent out to radio stations on the last week of April 2008 premiering on 28th April. No release date for the digital single has been given.

# Title Songwriters & samples Producer(s) Length
14 "In My Arms" (featuring Aleks Syntek) Kylie Minogue, Paul Harris, Julian Peake, Richard Stannard, Adam Wiles Aleks Syntek Stannard, Calvin Harris, Aleks Syntek -:--

Outtakes

The following songs are those that were written and recorded during the sessions for X but did not make the final cut, did not get past the demo stage, or were recorded for compilations.

B-sides and compilation tracks

Title Appears on:
Love Is The Drug Radio 1. Established 1967
I Don't Know What It Is [8] 2 Hearts single
King or Queen [8]
Carried Away[9] Wow UK release
Wow Aus release
In My Arms EU release
Do It Again[10]
Cherry Bomb[11] Wow UK release
In My Arms EU release
Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Greg Kurstin Remix)[12] In My Arms UK release In My Arms Aus release

Leaked songs

  • "Excuse My French" and "When The Cat's Away": these songs leaked in March 2007.[13] Minogue's management later denied that she had recorded the songs.[14]
  • "Lose Control", "Fall For You [Version #2]",[15] and demos of "Stars", "In My Arms" and "Sensitized" leaked in May 2007 when a 3-CDR demo disc leaked from Parlophone.[16]
  • "I'm Ready": written by Boy George leaked in August 2007.[citation needed]
  • "In The Mood For Love" (5:01) and "Spell Of Desire" (6:21): leaked via Mylo's MySpace page before being quickly removed.[17][18]
  • "Boombox": A 2007 in-house remix of this song from the Body Language sessions leaked in November 2007. [citation needed] A 15 second clip of the studio version of the track leaked in March 2008

Unreleased

Among unreleased tracks written for this album are: "Boys Boys Boys" (Mark Ronson/Dennis, written but not recorded), "Deepest Blue" (Minogue/Kurstin/Poole), as well as tracks written with Siobhan Fahey, Goldfrapp, Scissor Sisters, Daft Punk and Alan Braxe.

Scottish musician Mylo was also recruited to record several of the tracks for the album with Minogue. After recording tracks in the studio, he was told "they were being sent off to be mixed and would be on the final record". He was shocked when the final product was released without any of his tracks included. "To be honest, I think the album is a complete mess, except for the track she blatantly stole, (from Kish Mauve) "2 Hearts"" he told BBC Radio 1. "I plan to keep up my public beef with Kylie for as long as possible". [19]

In the interview Xposed, included on the DVD special edition of X, Kylie confirmed two further unreleased songs that didn't make it on the album: "Taprobane" and "Ruffle My Feathers". Both are collaborations with Biffco, and were recorded during the early album sessions.

Track titles that appeared on the leaked 3CDR set that have so far neither leaked online or been released in finished form are: "Down Down", "Sexual Gold", "When The Song Comes On", "Guess", "Ooh", "My Love Is Real", "Classic Transit", "I Can't Help That", "Acid Man", "Osmondosis", "Simple Boy", "One To One", "Give Up To Love", "Never Be Lonely", "To The 9's", "Can't Get Enough", "What's It Gonna Take", "Hush Hush", "Thing Called Love", "Everlasting Love", "Hold On", "You Make Me Feel", "So Safe", "Extraordinary Day", "Something 2 Believe In", "Come Down", "You're Hot", "Tell You Why", "The Reason", "Into The Light", "Tell It Like It Is", "Tell Me That It's Over", "We Are" and "Drop The Pressure".

A few tracks submitted to Minogue for inclusion but left unused were eventually kept by the original artists themselves such as Sneaky Sound System's "I Want Everything" while Jake Shears confirmed a track recorded for X called "Singing In My Sleep". He later indicated that Scissor Sisters may record the song for their next album.

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position 		Certification Sales
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[20] 1 Platinum[21] 70,000
Greek International Albums Chart[22] 1
Taiwan Albums Chart[23] 1
UK Albums Chart[20] 4 Platinum 407,183[24]
European Top 100 Albums[25] 5
United World Chart[26] 9 875,050
Swiss Albums Chart[20] 9
Irish Albums Chart[20] 14 Gold 7,500
German Albums Chart 15
Polish ZPAV Albums Chart[27] 15
Austrian Albums Chart[20] 16
French Albums Chart[20] 19 Gold 75,000
Belgium Albums Chart[20] 26 Gold 15,000
Spanish Albums Chart[28] 28 Gold 50,000
Swedish Albums Chart[20] 28
Dutch Albums Chart[20] 29
Wallonia Albums Chart[29] 30
Danish Albums Chart[20] 34
Italian Albums Chart 36
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[20] 38
Japan Oricon Albums Chart[30] 34 20,000
Canadian Albums Chart [31] 43
Chart (2008) Peak
position 		Certification Sales
U.S. Billboard Top Electronic Albums [32] 4
U.S. Billboard 200[33] 139 19,136
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums [34] 158

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Japan 21 November 2007 EMI Music Japan CD TOCP-66719
CD/DVD TOCP-66720
Taiwan 23 November 2007 EMI CD –
CD/DVD –
Germany CD –
Ireland –
Italy –
Australia 24 November 2007 Mushroom CD 5144249122
CD/DVD 5144250532
U.K. 26 November 2007 Parlophone CD[35] 513 9522
CD/DVD 513 9562
Singapore CD 51474805
Portugal 27 November 2007 EMI CD –
CD/DVD –
Spain – –
Sweden 28 November 2007 EMI CD 50999-5154730
CD/DVD 50999-5139562
Argentina 3 December 2007 CD 50999-5147480
Mexico 14 December 2007 CD 50999-51474805
21 December 2007 CD/DVD 50999-51494728
Brazil 20 February 2008 CD –
United States April 1 2008 Capitol/Astralwerks CD B000X1LJPQ
Latin America June 2008 EMI Special Edition CD

References

  1. ^ Amazon.com
  2. ^ http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23432079-2862,00.html
  3. ^ http://gaysocialites.com/2008/04/kylie_minogue_on_the_late_late.html
  4. ^ [http://vampyloveskylie.blogspot.com/2008/03/x-us-press-release.html "US Press Release" US Press Release
  5. ^ http://forums.kylie.com/viewtopic.php?t=43867&sid=8bb7dd4262076a1c0ded0fc91eabc3e1 verify]
  6. ^ EMI Music México: ¡Kylie Minogue y Aleks Syntek lanzan “In My Arms” en una impactante versión a dueto! (in Spanish)
  7. ^ [http://www.esmas.com/musica/pop/noticias/727444.html Aleks Syntek arregla tema a Kylie Minogue (in Spanish)]
  8. ^ a b Kylie Minogue announces new single | News | NME.COM. NME. October 9, 2007. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
  9. ^ Kylie.com Kylie.com. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
  10. ^ Kylie.com Kylie.com. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
  11. ^ Kylie.com Kylie.com. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
  12. ^ [1] Kylie.com. Retrieved March 27, 2008.
  13. ^ Leaked track suggests Kylie's not over Olivier. MSN. March 6, 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
  14. ^ "'It's not my voice'". Hearld Sun. 2007-03-21. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
  15. ^ Kylie Minogue album leaked. Yahoo!. May 6, 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2007.
  16. ^ The Kylie Liberation Front strikes again. Popjustice.com. May 28, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
  17. ^ The Scot posts a song he made with Minogue, then it’s swiftly removed…. MTV.com. September 26, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
  18. ^ Rejected Kylie songs leak online. BBC. September 26, 2007. Retrieved September 26, 2007.
  19. ^ BBC Radio 1, Pete Tong's In New Music We Trust 6th December, 2007
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Kylie Minogue - X - Music Charts, 2007.
  21. ^ Top 50 ARIA Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on December 2, 2007.
  22. ^ Ελληνικό Chart
  23. ^ [2].
  24. ^ [3]
  25. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
  26. ^ [4].
  27. ^ Związek Producentów Audio-Video :: Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry
  28. ^ [5].
  29. ^ [6].
  30. ^ Template:Ja icon Oricon Style
  31. ^ Fly Kylie Minogue Chart Update. Retrieved on January 14th, 2008.
  32. ^ Billboard Chart. Retrieved on April 10, 2008.
  33. ^ Fly Kylie Minogue Chart Update. Retrieved on January 14th, 2008.
  34. ^ Billboard Chart. Retrieved on April 10, 2008.
  35. ^ discography - 2007+. MixKylie.co.uk. Retrieved October 21, 2007.

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