[.ca] Body Language

From Amazon.co.uk:
Before recording Body Language, Kylie Minogue must have wondered how to follow Fever. That was an album that not only prompted six million people to grab a copy but sparked a national obsession with the diminutive pop diva's posterior. Well, breaking Madonna's record as the female solo artist with the greatest UK chart-topping longevity isn't a bad start. Fifteen years after Kylie first reached the pinnacle of the UK chart with "I Should Be So Lucky", "Slow" took the mini minx to the top for the seventh time. Oozing with the same entrancing blend of seductive electronica, spiralling rhythms and breathy vocals that sent hormones raging with "Can't Get You Out of My Head", "Slow" was co-written by Minogue and is easily the finest moment on Body Language. Despite the army of writers, Body Language is a surprisingly cohesive serving of R & B-lite, laced with a sprinkling of Prince-style 1980s disco-fuelled funk, such as "Still Standing", which finds Kylie pronouncing "You know you want it!" amid a bed of grinding bass and squelching synths. There are moments like "Red Blooded Woman" when the generic pop production machine all but eradicates any sense of Kylie, but on the whole the formulaic funk and predictable pop styling is outweighed by the soap survivor's inimitable presence. As a result, Body Language is sure to work its magic. --Christopher Barrett

Chronique amazon.fr:
Côté pochette, Kylie Minogue minaude à n'en plus finir, aussi sexy que sur Fever et plus Bardot que jamais avec son look très sixties à la Et Dieu créa la femme. Côté musique, les choses ont passablement évolué depuis le précédent album, mais elles n'en sont pas moins tubesques selon les plages : quelque soit le tempo, monté sur ressorts ou alangui, l'Australienne chante avec son corps (Body Language : quel titre !) des morceaux globalement R & B comme "Survivor", assez proche de l'esprit de Destiny's Child. D'autres titres sont plus funky, le single "Slow" est bien senti, mais l'événement sonore est toutefois ici la participation de Curtis Mantronik sur "Promises" et Green Gartside de Scritti Politti sur "Someday". De la pop electro calibrée, inscrite dans le revival 80's et qui ne manquera pas d'évoquer Madonna plutôt que Britney Spears, voilà ce dont il retourne là. --Hervé Comte

Kylie spinnin' around to dance pop!:
Being a fan of Kylie for as long as I can remember esp during her Locomotion era, makes me proud of her, as she is able to stand the changes and new competition. To me, her past two albums did very well in the market, when she made her comeback with Spining Around and then her famous na, na, na song (if you can still remember). With Body Language, I was pretty 'slow' to recognise her dance tune in her first single and thought this album might be a flop. How wrong was I, when the second single came out and this Red Blooded Woman cant get out of my mind. Soon, I fell in love with this bitter sweet 'Chocolate'. This kind of tingy feeling and bringing climax of pleasure when she mentioned - CHOCOLATE - Ooo ... I just love this song. This album has its own taste, so does every box of chocolate that you open. So if you are playing this album for the first time, then this album is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you gonna find, till you taste the sweet sounding voice of 'Mint-not' - Enjoy!

kylie's best album ever!!:
i love this album - it is her best ever!! her albums get better and better!! my fave tracks are red blooded woman chocolate promises slow i also downloaded 4 great kylie tracks which were on her red blooded woman single, and the other 2 were on an import version of body language. they are: cruise control (my favourite very r and b) slow motion (my favourite a gorgeous ballad) ou make me feel almost a lover there is not 1 bad song on this album, i love it it's so much better than light years or fever.

deplorable:
i can bet a hundred bucks that my dog makes better farting sounds than her singing.only a loser can give this piece of crap more than one star.all the songs are bad and do not merit a listen on this cd.throw this stupid coaster in your trash can.get any album from the grateful dead instead

I feel for you:
It's all too natural for singers and other artists to want to stretch their limits, not keep themselves restricted to the same ol' same ol'. Sadly, Kylie Minogue stretches too far in the wrong direction in "Body Language," the lackluster follow-up to dancepop hit "Fever." It opens strongly on the sensuous "Slow," with its sly beats and slithery vocals. It's not a very dancey song, but it is a strong one. Unfortunately that doesn't carry over to the awkward, angular "Still Standing" or the singsong "Secret (Take You Home)." They almost are good pop, but they never become catchy or half as fun. Halfway through, there is a revival of sorts with the bouncy "Sweet Music" and sexy, built-up "Red Blooded Woman." A symphonic edge enters with the slow, swirling "Loving Days." Then it's back to the uninspired stuff -- the robotic vocals and video-game beats of "Obsession" and the embarrassingly awkward "I Feel For You," and ends with a freaky remix of "You Make Me Feel." Obviously after "Fever," expectations were high -- okay, while the album was just dancepop, it was fun, bright and unabashedly sexy. But Minogue strays too far in the wrong direction with "Body Language," leaving behind a lot of the musical influences of her previous release. That turns out to be a major mistake. The music is a lot slower, and often a lot less disjointed -- the beats are repetitive except in "Red Blooded Woman," and too often they end up sounding like samples lifted from a video game. There's also an awkward blend of 80s synth and 21st-century R & B and hip-hop vibes. It doesn't mesh, and it doesn't work. Minogue's voice is a pretty little wisp. She doesn't have great vocals, but she does know how to tailor the sons to fit her like a glove. The songs she sings are equally wispy, with strained rhymes like "Count backwards/five four three two one!/Before you get too heated and turned on" and "That's right, let me give you something for your appetite/You know I wanna be with you all day and night." Okay, whatever. Minogue's follow-up to "Fever" abandons too many of the things that made that album such a success, in favor of sexy video-game beats and an awkward mix of dance and rap. This "Body Language" is interesting, but not really worth studying.

Fun songs...but not her best:
I've had this cd for awhile. It's not quite as good as her older ones, but it's still a fun cd overall. The best and most catchy are "Red Blooded Woman", "Loving Days" (which sounds more like her older stuff), "Cruise Control", with the best song, in my opinion, being "Chocolate". I like that song almost as much as the real thing. I recommend this cd as a workout cd if you are a walker. It's got a good walking rythmn.

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