Enjoy Yourself

Enjoy Yourself
Studio album by Kylie Minogue
Released	October 9, 1989
Recorded	February, April and July, 1989
Genre	Pop Dance
Length	30:14
Label	PWL Mushroom Geffen
Producer	Stock Aitken Waterman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Kylie Minogue chronology
Kylie (1988) Enjoy Yourself (1989) Rhythm of Love (1990)
Alternate cover
North American cover

Enjoy Yourself was the second album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released in October 1989 (see 1989 in music).

Track listing

1. "Hand on Your Heart" - 3:51
2. "Wouldn't Change a Thing" - 3:15
3. "Never Too Late" 3:27
4. "Nothing To Lose" - 3:25
5. "Tell Tale Signs" - 2:27
6. "My Secret Heart" - 2:53
7. "I'm Over Dreaming (Over You)" - 3:28
8. "Tears on My Pillow" (Bradford, Lewis) - 2:33
9. "Heaven And Earth" - 3:47
10. "Enjoy Yourself" - 3:45

"Especially for You" (duet with Jason Donovan) (included only on the 1990 US and Canadian issue of the album as the sixth track)

B-Side Tracks

1. "All I Wanna Do Is Make You Mine" - Duet With Jason Donovan (Appeared as a B-Side on the Single Especially for You in 1988)
2. "Just Wanna Love You" (Appeared as a B-Side On the Single Hand on Your Heart in 1989)
3. "We Know The Meaning Of Love" (Appeared as a B-Side On the Single Tears on My Pillow in 1989. In Sweden, this was the A-Side and Tears on My Pillow was the B-Side.)

Release history

Written, arranged and produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, “Enjoy Yourself” was Minogue’s second album for PWL. Recording for the album began in February 1989 and continued in April and July of that year at PWL Studios in London, England.

Released on October 9, 1989, “Enjoy Yourself” went double platinum on its release in the UK selling more than 600,000 copies during its pre-sale. The album entered the UK album charts at number one and secured Top 10 entries in multiple countries including Australia, Belgium, Greece and Ireland. Just ten weeks after its release the album reached the one million sales mark in the UK. Even with its chart and sales success “Enjoy Yourself” did not exceed the phenomenal success of its predecessor, peaking at only number three in Australia and selling an estimated one million copies less than Minogue’s debut album did the previous year.

Like her debut album 1988's "Kylie", "Enjoy Yourself" was high in bubblegum pop, but also included a handful of ballads. Some critics praised the album for its catchy pop music and called it “a good companion to her debut”,^[1] while others criticized it for sounding too much like her debut and for reusing the same dance-pop format again. Due to this and the criticisms from many critics questioning her talents, a change of music style and image was occurred as the album's promotion came to a close.

In 1990 the album was issued in the U.S. and Canadaby Geffen Records. The US released featured an alternate cover. Initial cassette copies sold were also available in a long box packaging. "Enjoy Yourself" would be Minogue's last official album release in the USA until 2002's "Fever".

With the phenomenal success Minogue was experiencing in Japan, a special limited edition package was released with the album. In the package, a total of six postcards and two stickers were included with a specially designed box cover. Initial copies of the album sold in the UK included a free poster.

Chart performance

“Enjoy Yourself” charted in the Top 10 in multiple countries. However the album charted lower than Minogue’s previous album "Kylie" had in most markets.

Released in North America in 1990, the album failed to chart in both Canada and on the Billboard Top 200 albums in the U.S..

Since its release an estimated 6 million copies of the album have been sold worldwide, selling 1,200,000 copies in the UK and 280,000 copies in Australia. “Enjoy Yourself” has gone 4x platinum in both countries.

Charts

Certifications

Note: Certifications are based on the number of shipped copies and not the number of copies sold.

Singles

Minogue with Jason Donovan on the single cover for “Especially for You”.

For more information on the single releases please see their respective pages.

“Hand on Your Heart” was the album’s first official single - “Especially for You” was released as a stand-alone single in late-1988 and belonged neither to this album, nor the previous one. Released in April 1989, "Hand on Your Heart" was another hit for Minogue in the UK, debuting at number two and reaching the top spot the next week. The single spent three weeks at number four in Australia.

“Wouldn't Change a Thing” was the second single from the album and was released in July 1989. Recorded during the February 1989 sessions, it peaked at number two in the UK and at number six in Australia.

“Never Too Late” was the third single released in October 1989. The title-track of the “Enjoy Yourself” album had originally been planned as the follow-up to “Wouldn’t Change A Thing” but was replaced with “Never Too Late” at the last moment. The single debuted at number seventeen in the UK, ending Minogue’s string of Top 10 single debuts, but managed to peak at number four the following week. In Australia the single peaked at number fourteen.

"Tears on My Pillow" was the final single from the album and was released in January 1990. The song was also included on The Delinquents film soundtrack. The song debuted at number two in the UK, giving Minogue her ninth consecutive Top 5 hit single in the UK, going on to peak at number one the following week. The single did not fair so well on the Australian charts, reaching number twenty. In Sweden the single was re-issued using the B-side "We Know The Meaning Of Love" as the A-side. The song peaked at number one on the Swedish singles chart.

Notes

1. ^ Enjoy Yourself 1. All Music Guide. Retrieved January 3, 2006.

References

• "Discography - 1987-1990". MixKylie. link - last accessed on December 30, 2005.
• "Discography - Kylie". SloKylie - Slovenian Kylie Page. link - last accessed on December 30, 2005.

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