X (Kylie Minogue album)

X
Kylie Minogue's studio album
Publication (s)	November 23, 2007
Label (s)	Parlophone
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Pop dance
Title (number)	13
production	Bloodshy & Avant Calvin Harris Cathy Dennis Cutfather Eg White Freemasons Greg Kurstin Guy Chambers Jonas Jeberg Kish Mauve Richard Stannard
chronology Showgirl Homecoming Live (2007) X Aphrodite (2010)
Single releases November 9, 2007 2 hearts February 15, 2008 In My Arms February 16, 2008 Wow March 11, 2008 All I see July 28, 2008 The One

X is the tenth studio album by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue . It is Minogue's first studio album since she contracted breast cancer in May 2005.

background

Kylie Minogue sings the song Speakerphone during the KylieX2008 tour in Sofia (2008)

Kylie Minogue sings the song No More Rain during her KylieX2008 tour in Berlin (2008)

For the recordings of her tenth studio album, Kylie Minogue worked not only with familiar producers such as Cathy Dennis and Guy Chambers but also with numerous British artists from the field of electronic dance music , including Groove Armada , Mylo and Calvin Harris . However, of the more than 40 demo recordings only 13 songs found their way onto the regular album, which means that collaborations with Groove Armada, Mylo and the Scissor Sisters were not officially released. Minogue herself was involved in a total of seven songs as a composer. Three songs from the album, In My Arms , Stars and Sensitized , appeared illegally on the Internet in May 2007, along with other demos.

For promotional purposes, Minogue produced The Kylie Show , which aired on UK TV in November 2007. Since May 2008 Kylie Minogue presents her tenth studio album on the KylieX2008 tour. For the first time she is also performing live in South America.

Style and reception

Except for the pre-release 2 Hearts , which impresses with glam rock influences, and the ballads No more Rain and Cosmic , the majority of X is mainly danceable pop music . Sensitized , however, is based on a sample of the song Bonnie and Clyde by Serge Gainsbourg . The style of the song All I See is, like many pieces of its predecessor Body Language , influenced by contemporary R'n'B .

Sales of X , however, fell short of expectations. Minogue herself admitted to the British newspaper The Sun that she was rather dissatisfied with her album X : "In retrospect we could definitely have done it better - I'll just say that frankly. Wow , 2 Hearts and In My Arms are crazy - they go off like a frog in a sock. But when you consider the time we've had, it is what it is. "

Awards

For X , Minogue received a BRIT Awards nomination in the International Album category . At the 43rd award of the Golden Camera , Minogue for X received international awards in the music category. The jury's justification states: "" X "- fast, clear, tough and pure - marks the entry into a new phase of life, a more conscious one, in which the Australian can finally determine her own strengths. The woman, who has been the epitome of pop music since the 1980s, has transformed once again in her long career. It is certainly the most important and the most mature transformation. This was the only way she could make this brilliant comeback. "

To the album title

Initially the album should be called "Magnetic Electric". Fans who talked about the album before it was officially released simply called it "X". Kylie Minogue found this appropriate and ended up naming the album that way. In addition, the letter "X" is also the Roman number for "10", which is the reference to the fact that "X" is the tenth studio album by the singers.

Track list

1. 2 Hearts (Kish Mauve)
2. Like A Drug (Mich Hedin Hansen, Jonas Jeberg, Engelina Andrina Larsen, Adam Powers)
3. In My Arms (Minogue, Adam Wiles, Richard Stannard, Paul Harris, Julian Peake)
4. Speakerphone (Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback, Klas Ahlund)
5. Sensitized ( Guy Chambers , Cathy Dennis , Serge Gainsbourg )
6. Heart Beat Rock (Minogue, Karen Poole, Adam Wiles)
7. The One (Minogue, Stannard, Freemasons, John Andersson, Johan Emmoth, Emma Holmgren)
8. No More Rain (Minogue, Karlsson, Winnberg, Jonas Quant, Poole)
9. All I See (Hansen, Jeberg, Serano)
10. Stars (Minogue, Stannard, P. Harris, Peake)
11. Wow (Minogue, Poole, Kurstin)
12. Nu-di-ty (Karlsson, Winnberg, Poole)
13. Cosmic (Minogue, Eg White)

Online bonus tracks

1. Magnetic Electric (Kurstin, Minogue, Poole) - 3:17 - iTunes bonus.
2. White Diamond (Ballad Version) ( Jake Shears , Scott Hoffman, Minogue) - 2:48 - iTunes bonus.
3. Rippin 'Up the Disco (Jasmine Baird, Mich Hedin Hansen, Jonas Jeberg) - 3:29 - Bonus track to download after inserting the physical data carrier into the CD-ROM drive.

Bonus tracks Japan

1. King or Queen (Kurstin, Minogue, Poole) - 3:03
2. I Don't Know What It Is (Minogue, Davis, Stannard, Harris, Peake) - 3:17

Bonus track Taiwan

1. In My Arms (Featuring Jolin Tsai ) (Minogue, Wiles, Stannard, Harris, Peake) - 3:32 - instead of the original version

Singles

2 hearts

2 Hearts was released on November 9, 2007 as the first single from the album. The song was written and composed by the English underground group Kish Mauve . The music video was directed by Dawn Shadforth , who has been responsible for numerous Minogue clips in the past. 2 Hearts rose to 13th place in Germany on November 23, 2007, but fell back to 36th place a week later. Even after an appearance on the ZDF telecast Wetten, dass ..? on December 8th, the single could not improve its position in the charts much. In Australia and Spain, however , 2 Hearts reached the top of the singles charts and in Great Britain she achieved the 30th top 10 success of her career.

In My Arms

In Germany and most European countries, In My Arms was released as a second single . For promotional purposes, Minogue presented In My Arms live at the Golden Camera awards ceremony and at the ECHO Awards. The single could u. a. in Germany, France, Bulgaria and Switzerland in the top 10. In My Arms was released as the third single in the UK and Australia . Although a veritable success in Europe, the 16th top 10 hit in a row in Great Britain and even the biggest success since Can't Get You Out Of My Head in Germany, In My Arms flopped in Minogue's Australian homeland. With number 35 in the Australian singles charts, In My Arms is one of the weakest single releases in the singer's career, which was released in Australia; only Finer Feelings (1992), GBI: German Bold Italic (1997) and Cowboy Style (1998) achieved even worse placements. Nevertheless, In My Arms remains one of the singer's most successful single releases in Europe.

Wow

The third single from X was released in Germany on July 4th Wow . The song has references to its own past and is strongly reminiscent of Stock-Aitken-Waterman productions. For remix versions of Wow u. a. the Brazilian electro / rock band Cansei de Ser Sexy , MSTRKRFT and David Guetta . The video for the single was shot at the same time as the video for In My Arms in January 2008 in Los Angeles. The newcomer Melina Matsoukas directed it . In Great Britain, Australia and Japan, Wow has already been released as a second single due to the positive response the song received after a live presentation for promotional purposes on the British TV show The X Factor . Two months before the official single release, Wow was able to place itself in the top 20 of the British singles charts just by downloading the album track. After the CD single was released, Wow rose to number 5 on the charts in February 2008.

All I see

In the US, R & B track was All I See the first and only single from X published. The US rapper Mims contributed a rap part for the single release. Despite numerous promotional appearances in US TV programs, the desired success for Minogue did not materialize. All I See was only able to place itself at number 3 on the dance charts.

The One

The fourth single from X The One was released in the UK . Remixed by the popular British producer duo Freemasons , The One was only released for download. With a chart entry at number 36, The One is the worst-placed solo single Minogues in the British charts.

Charts

album

year	title	Chart placements					annotation
		DE	AT	CH	AU	UK
2007	X	15th	16	9	1	4th	First published: November 23, 2007 Sales worldwide: 850,000

Singles

year	title	Chart placements					annotation
		DE	AT	CH	AU	UK
2007	2 hearts	13	14th	10	1	4th	First published: November 9, 2007 Video: Dawn Shadforth
2008	In My Arms	8th	16	10	35	10	First published: February 15, 2008 Video: Melina Matsoukas
2008	Wow	41	73	51	11	5	First published: February 16, 2008 Video: Melina Matsoukas
2008	The One	-	-	-	-	36	First published: July 28, 2008 Video:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Kylie - New Album, Features for Mylo" ( Memento from January 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: Spex
2. ↑ "Kylie Minogue is disappointed with her album 'X'" . In: naanoo.com .
3. ↑ The winners of the 43rd GOLDEN CAMERA - Kylie Minogue - "Best Music International" ( Memento from February 17, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). On: goldenekamera.de
4. ^ "2 Hearts" ( Memento from January 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). In: Kylie.com
5. ↑ "In My Arms" . In: acharts.us
6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of February 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
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