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Kylie is the debut album by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on 4 July 1988, and received mixed reviews. Chris True of Allmusic describes the album's songs as "dated at best", but writes that Minogue's "cuteness makes these rather vapid tracks bearable".[1] Kylie peaked at number one in the United Kingdom, and it produced three number one singles in Australia. In North America the album peaked low on the Billboard charts, yet still managed to sell over 500,000 copies and was certified gold.[2]

In Australia, the album was re-issued as The Kylie Collection and featured bonus remixes. Kylie was certified seven times platinum in the UK and has sold over 7.5 million copies worldwide.[2]

Background and recording

In 1987, during a Fitzroy Football Club benefit concert the other cast member of Neighbours put on their own talent stage show. Minogue had not prepared anything so she got up on stage and performed a cover version of "The Loco-Motion" and was signed to a recording contract with Mushroom Records.[3] The song was released as a single in Australia, and became the highest selling single of the 1980s.[4] Its success resulted in Minogue travelling to London with Mushroom Records executive Gary Ashley to work with Stock, Aitken and Waterman. They knew little of Minogue and had forgotten that she was arriving; as a result, they wrote "I Should Be So Lucky" while she waited outside the studio.[5] Minogue recorded the song in less than an hour, and returned home to Australia to work on Neighbours.[5] The song became a chart success, and Mike Stock travelled to Melbourne to apologize to Minogue for forgetting about her previous recording session. Stock successfully convinced Minogue to return to London in the beginning of 1988 to record songs for her debut album.[5]

Chart performance and sales

Kylie debuted on the UK albums chart at number two on 10 July 1988, and reached number one for four weeks on 21 August 1988 and a further two weeks on 13 November 1988,[2] and was certified six times platinum on 5 January 1989.[6] It sold 1.8 million copies in 1988 (eventually sold 2,105,698 copies)[7] and became that year's best selling album.[2] Kylie was the first album by a female solo artist to exceed sales of two million in the UK[8] and is the 58th best-selling album of all time.[9] In Australia, the album reached number two, and was certified double platinum on release.[10] The album reached the top ten in Germany,[11] Norway,[12] and Switzerland,[13] and sold 143,627 in Sweden. Kylie reached number fifty-three on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States.[14] In 1989, the album was certified gold in the U.S.[15] and platinum in Canada.[10] Currently, Kylie is her most logest and successful album in New Zealand, peaking at number 1, and staying in the charts for 53 weeks.[16]

Singles

"I Should Be So Lucky"
Minogue's first worldwide hit which introduced her as a dance-pop artist.
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"Locomotion", Minogue's first single release, spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart, and was the highest selling single in the country for the 1980s.[2] This version of "Locomotion" is often aired on VH-1 Europe. It however was only an Australian release and was not part of her debut album project until re-recorded for release in 1988. "I Should Be So Lucky" was the first single from the album and featured lyrics written by Mike Stock. Stock believed that although Minogue was a successful soap star in Australia and very talented, there must be something wrong with her and figured that she must be unlucky in love.[5] It became a number one hit for Minogue in Australia and the United Kingdom.[10] "Got to Be Certain", the second single, reached number one in Australia, and was moderately successful in other parts of the world, reaching number two in the UK for three weeks and the top ten in Germany and Switzerland.[17] Minogue re-recorded "Locomotion" in April 1988, retitling the song "The Loco-Motion". It was released as the album's third single and became the highest entry of the UK singles chart by a female artist.[18] In North America, it reached number one in Canada and number three on the Billboard Hot 100.[18] "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi", the fourth single, reached number two in the UK.[19] "It's No Secret" was released as the album's fifth single in Australia, North America and Japan. "Turn It into Love" was exclusively released in Japan and spent 10 weeks at Number 1 with no promotion or video.

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Stock, Aitken, Waterman, except for "The Loco-Motion" which is written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."I Should Be So Lucky"Stock, Aitken, Waterman3:28
2."The Loco-Motion"Stock, Aitken, Waterman3:17
3."Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi"Stock, Aitken, Waterman4:03
4."It's No Secret"Stock, Aitken, Waterman4:01
5."Got to Be Certain"Stock, Aitken, Waterman3:21
6."Turn It into Love"Stock, Aitken, Waterman3:39
7."I Miss You"Stock, Aitken, Waterman3:18
8."I'll Still Be Loving You"Stock, Aitken, Waterman3:52
9."Look My Way"Stock, Aitken, Waterman3:39
10."Love at First Sight"Stock, Aitken, Waterman3:11

On the Australian iTunes store, the last track, Love At First Sight is incorrectly loaded as the 2001 song of the same name from her album 'Fever' not the 1988 Stock Aitken Waterman song.

Personnel

The following people contributed to Kylie:[20]

Additional personnel

Formats

These are the formats of major album releases of Kylie.

Release format Country Cat. no. Label
Australian vinyl album[21] Australia TVL-93277 Mushroom Records
UK CD album[22] United Kingdom HFCD3 PWL
U.S. edition[23] United States GHS24195 Geffen Records
Japanese edition[24] Japan 32XB-280 Alfa Records
Japanese vinyl album[25] Japan ALI-28109 Alfa Records
Korean vinyl album[26] Korea SWPR-001 PWL

Sales certifications

Country Provider(s) Certification Sales/Shipments
Australia ARIA 6× Platinum[27] 420,000+
France SNEP Platinum[28] 300,000+
Finland IFPI Finland Gold[29] 25,000
Germany IFPI Germany Gold[30] 250,000+
Switzerland IFPI Platinum[31] 50,000+
United Kingdom BPI 6× Platinum[32] 2,100,000+
United States RIAA Gold[33] 500,000+

Charts

See also

  • The Videos – Kylie's first VHS release featuring music videos to promote the album's single releases.
  • Kylie: The Videos – Kylie's second VHS release featuring music videos to promote the album's single releases.

References

  1. ^ True, Chris. "Kylie > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Albums: Kylie". Kylie.com. Retrieved 1 October 2007. Cite error: The named reference "offical" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ Smith, Sean (2002). Kylie Confidential. Michael O'Mara Books Limited. ISBN 1-85479-415-9.
  4. ^ "Singles: The Locomotion". Kylie.com. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  5. ^ a b c d "Transcript of television documentary Love is in the Air, episode title "I Should Be So Lucky"". ABC Television. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  6. ^ "British sales certificate for 'Kylie'". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  7. ^ name="CANOE--JAM!"/>[1] Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  8. ^ A Happy Anniversary For Kylie
  9. ^ http://www.retrocharts.com/recordalb.html
  10. ^ a b c "Chronology". Kylie.com. Retrieved 2 October 2007
  11. ^ a b "World Chart Positions". Charts-Surfer.de. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  12. ^ a b "Discography Kylie Minogue". NorwegianCharts.com. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  13. ^ a b "Discography Kylie Minogue". SwissCharts.com. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  14. ^ a b "Kylie Minogue > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  15. ^ "Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  16. ^ http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Kylie+Minogue&titel=Kylie&cat=a
  17. ^ "Discography: Got to Be Certain". Kylie.com. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
  18. ^ a b "Discography: The Loco-Motion". Kylie.com. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  19. ^ "Discography: Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi". Kylie.com. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  20. ^ "Kylie > Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  21. ^ Kylie Australian vinyl album. Eil.com. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  22. ^ Kylie UK CD. Eil.com. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  23. ^ Kylie U.S. CD. Eil.com. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  24. ^ Kylie Japanese vinyl album. Eil.com. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  25. ^ Kylie Japanese vinyl album. Eil.com. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  26. ^ Kylie Korean vinyl album. Eil.com. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  27. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |format= requires |url= (help)
  28. ^ "Les Certifications (Albums) du SNEP (Bilan par artiste)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  29. ^ "Kulta- ja platinalevyt". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  30. ^ "Gold/Platin Datenbank". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  31. ^ "Search Awards". Swiss Music Charts. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  32. ^ "Certified Awards - Searchable Database". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  33. ^ "RIAA Certification - Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  34. ^ "Discographie Kylie Minogue". AustrianCharts.at. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  35. ^ "Discography Kylie Minogue". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  36. ^ "Kylie Minogue - Kylie (album)". Sverigetopplistan. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  37. ^ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50albums-1988.htm
  38. ^ http://www.mostynhouseschool.com/pg/80/top50/uk88.htm
Preceded by UK number one album
27 August 1988 – 23 September 1988
19 November 1988 – 2 December 1988 		Succeeded by
Hot City Nights by Various Artists
Now That's What I Call Music XIII by Various Artists
Preceded by UK Albums Chart biggest selling album of the year
1988 		Succeeded by

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