Kylie is the debut album by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on July 4, 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 impressively 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 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(it eventually sold 2,105,698 copies[7]) and became the year's best selling album.[2] In Australia, the album reached number two, and was certified double platinum on release.[8]
The album reached the top ten in Germany,[9] Norway,[10] and Switzerland,[11] and sold 143,627 in Sweden. Kylie reached number fifty-three on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States.[12] In 1989, the album was certified gold in the U.S.[13] and platinum in Canada.[8]
Singles
"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] The second single "I Should Be So Lucky" 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.[8] "Got to Be Certain", the third single, reached number one in Australia, and was moderately successful in other parts of the world, reaching number two in the UK for four weeks and the top ten in Germany and Switzerland.[14]
Minogue re-recorded "Locomotion" in April 1988, retitling the song "The Loco-Motion". It was released as the album's fourth single and became the highest entry of the UK singles chart by a female artist.[15] In North America, it reached number one in Canada and number three on the Billboard Hot 100.[15] "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi", the fifth single, reached number two in the UK.[16] "It's No Secret" was exclusively released as a single in North America, while "Turn It into Love" was released in Japan. The Australian version of "Locomotion" is often aired on VH-1 Europe, so in the 1990s and 2000s it became more popular than the UK/Europe SAW version, released there.
Track listing
All tracks written and composed by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, except where noted.
- "I Should Be So Lucky" – 3:24
- "The Loco-Motion" – 3:14 (Gerry Goffin and Carole King)
- "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi" – 4:01
- "It's No Secret" – 3:58
- "Got to Be Certain" – 3:19
- "Turn It into Love" – 3:37
- "I Miss You" – 3:15
- "I'll Still Be Loving You" – 3:50
- "Look My Way" – 3:36 (contains samples of Rock Steady performed by The Whispers)
- "Love at First Sight" – 3:08 (not the same song as the one that appears on the 2001 album Fever - the two songs only share the same title)
Personnel
The following people contributed to Kylie:[17]
- Kylie Minogue - lead vocals, backing vocals
- Dee Lewis, Mae McKenna, Suzanne Rhatigan - backing vocals
- Matt Aitken - keyboards, guitar, production, arrangements
- Mike Stock - backing vocals, keyboards, production, arrangements
- Pete Waterman - production, arrangements
- George DeAngelis, Neil Palmer - keyboards
- A. Linn - drums
- Jason Barron, Peter Day, Stewart Day, Karen Hewitt, Jonathan King, Mark McGuire, Yoyo - engineering
- Peter Hammond - mixing
- Jay Willis - mastering
- Lawrence Lawry - photography
- David Howells - design
- Lino Carbosiero -hair
Formats
These are the formats of major album releases of Kylie.
| Release format |
Country |
Cat. no. |
Label |
| Australian vinyl album[18] |
Australia |
TVL-93277 |
Mushroom Records |
| UK CD album[19] |
United Kingdom |
HFCD3 |
PWL |
| U.S. edition[20] |
United States |
GHS24195 |
Geffen Records |
| Japanese edition[21] |
Japan |
32XB-280 |
Alfa Records |
| Japanese vinyl album[22] |
Japan |
ALI-28109 |
Alfa Records |
| Korean vinyl album[23] |
Korea |
SWPR-001 |
PWL |
Sales certifications
| Country |
Provider(s) |
Certification |
Sales/Shipments |
| Australia |
ARIA |
6x Platinum |
420,000 |
| USA |
RIAA |
Gold |
500,000 |
| UK |
BPI |
7x Platinum |
2.1 million |
| Sweden |
IFPI Sweden |
3x Platinum |
143,627 |
| Switzerland |
IFPI |
Platinum |
50,000 |
| France |
SNEP |
Platinum |
300,000 |
Charts
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