TENSION FIRST LISTEN

[Eddie]

There's a sound she has achieved on this, which has taken cues from all the stellar tracks in her discography (Say Something, All The Lovers, Lost Without You, I Believe In You et al) and been refined to the NTH degree.

And with the addition of tracks like Padam and Tension (and Hands and Green Light to a lesser extent) it shows that she doesn't want to rest on her laurels.

 

[funky]

07 Padam Padam
08 Hold On To Now
08 Things We Do For Love
07 Tension
09 You Still Get Me High
06 Hands
07 Green Light
05 Vegas High
03 10 Out Of 10
07 Story
04 Love Train
06 Just Imagine
10 Somebody To Love

A VERY STRONG first listen rate. I'm so happy the album contains a proper 10/10 moment up there with Say Something.

 

[funky]

I've also just listened to YSGMH a second time and I've already bumped it up to a 9

 

[funky]

I won't score the album yet as I plan on giving it another listen, which is a GOOD SIGN. The album is cohesive and has a clear direction, which all her best albums do. She also sounds very confident on it, like they found a lane that is both relevant for now and for her, and she's having major fun with it.

 

[Eddie]

I honestly didn't expect to love Hands as much as I do. I love that it gives the album a different shade.

 

[RJN]

10 Padam Padam
10 Hold On To Now
07 Things We Do For Love - but this one could grow
12 Tension

 

[RJN]

07 One More Time
08 You Still Get Me High

 

[Jark]

y'all (in the UK) stayed up for this? don't you have JOBS and need SLEEP!

 

[ZjermGiraffe]

10 Padam Padam
12455 Hold on to Now (the PRODUCTION!!! Easily her best song in a decade)
07 Things We Do For Love
08 Tension
05 One More Time
09 You Still Get Me High
02 Hands (No Kylie. No.)
07 Green Light
08 Vegas High
08 10 out of 10
07 Story
10 Love Train
06 Just Imagine
07 Somebody to Love

 

[Say Sheena-na-na]

y'all (in the UK) stayed up for this? don't you have JOBS and need SLEEP!

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? IT’S KYLIE. IT IS LITERALLY THE FABRIC OF GAY LIFE ITSELF. WASH YOUR FUCKING MOUTH OUT.

 

[Say Sheena-na-na]

(I was in bed at 9, still haven’t listened )

 

[Jark]

10 Padam Padam - une classique

08 Hold On To Now - kept waiting for the OMG moment that never came based on the hyper-bowl. she's cute!

09 Things We Do For Love - OMG. this is gorgeous. need to hear on really good speakers, I feel like the production has many details. there's a bit of a Say Something vibe in the outro.

09 Tension - great single, beautiful single

08.5 One More Time - LOVE her vocals. this feels like it has big potential to become a fave. super catchy and gorgeously well produced.

 

[COB]

y'all (in the UK) stayed up for this? don't you have JOBS and need SLEEP!

That was just me but I've always needed plenty of sleep

 

[Jark]

08 You Still Get Me High - I wasn't sure the first time the chorus came around but it grows as the song goes in. ready for a change of pace now though. which is lucky because...

07 Hands - I've gone off it a bit since hearing the leak. but it's cheeky and I do love our Kylie's CADENCE!

06.5 Green Light - great sax, cute production, but the chorus hook is quite lacking and the lyrics a little inane for me.

08 Vegas High - this one has quite a bit more life and lots of space to grow. certainly a better CorporateKylie™ cash-in than Fine Wine. banger!

08.5 10/10 - very sorry to report that I really enjoy this song. mindless af, naturellement, but it's just really catchy and sunny and despite earlier fears it fits this album like a GLOVE!

08.5 Story - love the PERSONAL LYRICS. the chorus is a touch chaotic but I think it will creep up on me, it feels like a Jake Shears collab somehow. nice closer.

8.25 Tension
fairly strong across the board, but better first half than second, which has a lack of standouts. definitely feels more related to Kiss Me Once than any of her other albums, to me... maybe it's KMO done right.

 

[Jark]

Love Train is both hideous and strangely enjoyable, Just Imagine was immediately forgotten and Somebody to Love should CLEARLY have made the main album over Green Light. she can do this song in her sleep but it's still GORGEY!

 

[Eddie]

I've come to the conclusion that Green Light is Miss A Thing's little sister, which is no bad thing.

 

[Jark]

I've come to the conclusion that Green Light is Miss A Thing's little sister, which is no bad thing.

Green Light FUCKING WISHES!

 

[lolly]

10 Padam Padam
10 Hold On To Now
08 Things We Do For Love
10 Tension
09 One More Time
09 You Still Get Me High
09 Hands
06 Green Light
08 Vegas High
07 10 Out Of 10
09 Story
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05 Love Train
08 Just Imagine
10 Somebody To Love

 

[Suedehead]

10 Padam
09 Hold On For Now
10 Things We Do For Love

 

[Suedehead]

Already her best album since X!!!(!£u432084

 

[Suedehead]

I feel HOLD ON FOR NOW could have been more though. Lacked a bit of oomph towards the end.

 

[Suedehead]

Am I the only one who prefers Things We DO For Love out of the gate to Hold On To Now?

 

[Una Kratz Per San Marino]

Hands is going to stay with me for a very long time

 

[Suedehead]

I might need to pause the album for a bit because THIGNS WE DO FOR LOVE really is something else!

 

[Suedehead]

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38/10

 

[Suedehead]

Queen really came through for the gays on this cold Friday!!

 

[jivafox]

Padam Padam - a classic a classic
Hold On To Now - ethereal beauty
Things We Do For Love - 80s and lovely
Tension - yep
You Still Get Me High - OMG
Hands - Fun for Disco
Green Light - Not for me, facking not for me
Vegas High - OMG
10 Out Of 10 - ???

Story - that chorus!
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Love Train - Gross but that outro is

Then I arrived at work

 

[lolly]

I feel HOLD ON FOR NOW could have been more though. Lacked a bit of oomph towards the end.

It's true that I was waiting for some kind of Kylie explosion that never came - but it didn't reduce my enjoyment in the slightest. This is the track which has been compared to Robyn, isn't it? And it really is Honey Kyliefied.

 

[Hard Rock Ag-elujah]

I can genuinely find pleasure in EVERY track.

Mr Ag loves it too, but down voted Love Train. I will not be. It's the camp nonsense I never asked for, but won't be rejecting.

 

[KNT]

Everything so far has been

But I just got to 'Hands'

 

[Hard Rock Ag-elujah]

You Still Get Me High, Vegas High, Hold On To Now, Story, Just Imagine, Hands, Somebody to Love... what glorious additions to her repertoire.

 

[Hard Rock Ag-elujah]

Everything so far has been

But I just got to 'Hands'

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She's entered her white girl rap era and I'm not complaining.

 

[lolly]

I did find Hands a little jarring for about 5 seconds. Then I yielded to it. It can happily sit with One Boy Girl and Secret (Take You Home) for me.

 

[lolly]

I'll leave my negativity to wondering what on earth they were thinking by leaving Somebody To Love off the main album.

 

[Eddie]

I did find Hands a little jarring for about 5 seconds. Then I yielded to it. It can happily sit with One Boy Girl and Secret (Take You Home) for me.

This. There's an undeniable groove despite the male vocal (pitched up to sound female) basically sharing the track with her.

Read her Track by Track for this. There is a pop star with absolutely NO PRETENCE and I love her for it.

 

[lolly]

Read her Track by Track for this. There is a pop star with absolutely NO PRETENCE and I love her for it.

Where is the track by track, please?

It all comes back to Rufus Wainwright's quote, doesn't it?

Self-knowledge is a truly beautiful thing and Kylie knows herself inside out. She is what she is and there is no attempt to make quasi-intellectual statements to substantiate it. She is the gay shorthand for joy.

 

[Eddie]

On Apple Music. I'll try and find a link.

 

[Eddie]

I do think this album owes a huge debt of gratitude to Say Something if only because that core creative team are behind ALL of the best tracks here.

 

[Jark]

10 Padam Padam
10 Hold On To Now
08 Things We Do For Love
10 Tension
09 You Still Get Me High
09 Hands
06 Green Light
08 Vegas High
07 10 Out Of 10
09 Story
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05 Love Train
08 Just Imagine
10 Somebody To Love

what about One More Time

 

[BoysForSeles]

I liked the track by track as we rarely hear her or see her get asked about her creative process so from a music geek perspective it was an interesting read.