{"id":222049,"date":"2023-09-07T02:27:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=222049"},"modified":"2023-09-07T02:27:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:27:26","slug":"every-kylie-minogue-song-ranked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/every-kylie-minogue-song-ranked\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Kylie Minogue song ranked"},"content":{"rendered":"
By <\/span>Robert Moran<\/span> and Annabelle Ross<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We just can\u2019t get her out of our heads.<\/span><\/p>\n Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.<\/p>\n When she\u2019s been prolifically gifting us hits across five separate decades from the \u201980s to the present, it\u2019s easy to take Kylie Minogue for granted. So let\u2019s make sure we never do.<\/p>\n This year, the now 55-year-old Padam Padam<\/em>-ed back into our hearts, reigniting the sort of global acclaim she hadn\u2019t experienced since her halcyon Fever<\/em> days at the turn of the millennium, and excitement is high for Tension<\/em>, out on September 22, her first new album since 2020\u2019s very COVID-stenched Disco<\/em>. It\u2019s prompted us to deep-dive into her discography and revisit her best (and not so best) songs in this definitive ranking. Think of it as a living tribute to our greatest ever pop star.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve mostly stuck to album tracks, bar the odd essential B-side (where my Skirt<\/em> heads at?) and her most iconic features. Unfortunately, we don\u2019t have time for remixes and Christmas songs because we also have lives away from Kylie\u2019s discography. But let the debates begin.<\/p>\n 170: Sexercize<\/em> (Kiss Me Once<\/em>; 2014)<\/strong> 169: Beautiful <\/em>(with Enrique Iglesias) (Kiss Me Once<\/em>; 2014)<\/strong> 168: Tell Tale Signs<\/em> (Enjoy Yourself<\/em>; 1989)<\/strong> 165: If You Were Here With Me Now<\/em> (Let\u2019s Get To It<\/em>; 1991)<\/strong> 164: I\u2019m Over Dreaming (Over You)<\/em> (Enjoy Yourself<\/em>; 1989)<\/strong> 163: Love At First Sight<\/em> (Kylie; 1988)<\/strong> 162: I\u2019m So High<\/em> (Light Years<\/em>; 2000)<\/strong> 161: Looking For An Angel<\/em> (Aphrodite<\/em>; 2010)<\/strong> 160: Bittersweet Goodbye<\/em> (Light Years<\/em>; 2000)<\/strong> 159: One Last Kiss<\/em> (Golden<\/em>; 2018)<\/strong> 158: It\u2019s No Secret<\/em> (Kylie<\/em>; 1988)<\/strong> 157: I\u2019ll Still Be Loving You<\/em> (Kylie<\/em>; 1988)<\/strong> 156: Live & Learn<\/em> (Let\u2019s Get To It<\/em>; 1991) <\/strong> 155: Word Is Out<\/em> (Let\u2019s Get To It<\/em>; 1991)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Kylie Minogue\u2019s 16th album Tension is out September 22.<\/span><\/p>\n 154: The World Still Turns<\/em> (Rhythm of Love<\/em>; 1990)<\/strong> 153: Give Me Just a Little More Time<\/em> (Let\u2019s Get To It<\/em>; 1991)<\/strong> 152: Fine<\/em> (Kiss Me Once<\/em>; 2014)<\/strong> 148: Tears on My Pillow<\/em> (Enjoy Yourself<\/em>; 1989)<\/strong> 147: Dangerous Game<\/em> (Kylie Minogue<\/em>; 1994)<\/strong> 146: No World Without You<\/em> (Let\u2019s Get To It<\/em>; 1991)<\/strong> 145: A Lifetime to Repair<\/em> (Golden<\/em>; 2018)<\/strong> 144: Under the Influence of Love<\/em> (Light Years<\/em>; 2000)<\/strong> 143: Let\u2019s Get To It<\/em> (Let\u2019s Get To It<\/em>; 1991)<\/strong> 142: Stop Me From Falling<\/em> (Golden<\/em>; 2018)<\/strong> 139: Butterfly<\/em> (Light Years<\/em>; 2000)<\/strong> 138: Radio On<\/em> (Golden<\/em>; 2018)<\/strong> 137: Stars<\/em> (X<\/em>; 2007)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Kylie performing in 1991, the year Let\u2019s Get To It was released.<\/span><\/p>\n 136: Cosmic<\/em> (X<\/em>; 2007)<\/strong> 135: Nothing to Lose<\/em> (Enjoy Yourself<\/em>; 1989)<\/strong> 134: Golden<\/em> (Golden<\/em>; 2018) 133: In My Arms<\/em> (X<\/em>; 2007)<\/strong> 132: Right Here, Right Now<\/em> (Let\u2019s Get To It<\/em>; 1991)<\/strong> 131: Always Find the Time<\/em> (Rhythm of Love<\/em>; 1990)<\/strong> 130: Enjoy Yourself<\/em> (Enjoy Yourself<\/em>; 1989)<\/strong> 129: Illusion<\/em> (Aphrodite<\/em>; 2010)<\/strong> 128: Sensitized<\/em> (X<\/em>; 2007)<\/strong> 127: Better Than Today<\/em> (Aphrodite<\/em>; 2010)<\/strong> 126: Magic<\/em> (Disco<\/em>; 2020)<\/strong> 121: Too Much of a Good Thing<\/em> (Let\u2019s Get To It<\/em>; 1991)<\/strong> 120: Save articles for later<\/h3>\n
Co-written by Sia, who should be excommunicated from Australia until she apologises for making Kylie sing \u201clet me see you sexercize\u201d. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
An autotuned ballad with Enrique: a collection of words that just scream \u201cskip it.\u201d RM<\/em><\/p>\n
167: My Secret Heart<\/em> (Enjoy Yourself<\/em>; 1989)<\/strong>
166: Heaven & Earth<\/em> (Enjoy Yourself<\/em>; 1989)<\/strong>
A string of relics from what\u2019s surely Kylie\u2019s worst era, when she made a pivot towards Broadway belter and Disney crooner. If there\u2019s some bravery in the attempt to try something different, it\u2019s also a relief that it didn\u2019t last.<\/p>\n
A soppy duet with R&B vocalist Keith Washington. I think Kylie was making a play for the Aladdin<\/em> soundtrack. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Is it just me or do those synth horns sound completely out of tune? How do synth horns even get out of tune? RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Not to be confused with Kylie\u2019s second stab at a Love At First Sight<\/em>. This one needed a little less \u201980s cocaine. Just take it down a notch, everybody. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Minogue\u2019s still under the influence of love and it\u2019s impairing her musical judgment. A forgettable wisp of fluff; filler in the form of fairy floss. AR<\/em><\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know, \u201cI\u2019m waiting for my seraphim\u201d is just a very awkward lyric. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
As well as being an outlier on the album, this spare piano-driven ballad is a real stinker. A lullaby to yet another leaving lover, it\u2019s less bittersweet and more bloody awful. AR<\/em><\/p>\n
I just re-listened to this two minutes ago and I\u2019ve already forgotten it. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
The secret? That Our Kylie\u2019s being cheated on by some jerk of a guy. Maybe that explains why she\u2019s yelling rather than singing (over the highest-pitched funk guitar you\u2019ve ever heard). RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Kylie\u2019s resigned coo is sweet, but that plodding guitar lick needs a hit of \u201980s cocaine. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Generic dance-pop from the early \u201990s. If you didn\u2019t listen to it then, why start now? RM<\/em><\/p>\n
I appreciate Kylie trying her hand at New Jack Swing, but maybe Stock and Waterman (Aitken was out by this point) weren\u2019t the ones to do it. Surely Teddy Riley was available? RM<\/em><\/p>\n
You\u2019d expect Kylie to find the ambiguity in a song about living on after a broken heart, but alas. That sax solo doesn\u2019t help. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Kylie\u2019s overenthusiastic cover of Chairmen of the Board\u2019s Motown classic (\u201cbrrrrrrrp!\u201c). No one needs this. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
151: Into the Blue<\/em> (Kiss Me Once<\/em>; 2014)<\/strong>
150: Million Miles<\/em> (Kiss Me Once<\/em>; 2014)<\/strong>
149: Kiss Me Once<\/em> (Kiss Me Once<\/em>; 2014)<\/strong>
A string of generic EDM from Kylie\u2019s least essential album (and, coincidentally, her only album on Jay-Z\u2019s Roc Nation). RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Some people love Kylie\u2019s take on Little Anthony\u2019s 1958 doo-wop classic. I\u2019m not one of those people (you can keep The Delinquents<\/em>, too). RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Ever dreamed of Kylie doing cabaret? It probably sounded like this. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Just Kylie\u2019s vocals over a guitar doing jazzy chords. If you pretend she\u2019s singing to Michael Hutchence while he\u2019s out on tour, it\u2019s something. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Kylie brought some fingerpicked banjo, a fiddle and some hoedown energy to her country experiment. We can only be grateful it didn\u2019t stick. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Kylie\u2019s lovedrunk again but a few chords borrowed from John Paul Young\u2019s Love is in the Air<\/em> can\u2019t save this track from mediocrity \u2013 and more banal lyrics. AR<\/em><\/p>\n
Something about this reminds me of Color Me Badd\u2019s I Wanna Sex You Up<\/em>, which sure, you go get it, Kylie. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
141: Love<\/em> (Golden<\/em>; 2018)<\/strong>
140: Music\u2019s Too Sad Without You <\/em>(with Jack Savoretti) (Golden<\/em>; 2018)<\/strong>
The kind of music you might find in an Irish romantic-comedy. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Butterfly<\/em> heads back to the dancefloor with uninspiring bubblegum synths, a fast tempo and some pretty wet lyrics. \u201cYou\u2019re more than you\u2019ll ever know\/ and your love teaches me to grow.\u201d AR<\/em><\/p>\n
All you Kylie fans who asked for a fingerpicked alt-country ballad, I hope you\u2019re happy with yourself. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Kylie sounds oddly like her sister Danni singing Who Do You Love Now<\/em> on this wishy-washy track, but it\u2019s not a great vocal performance by the older Minogue. AR<\/em><\/p>\n
A milquetoast pop track co-written with Eg White, who\u2019s made magic with Adele and Florence + the Machine but failed to recreate that alchemy here. Cosmic in name only. AR<\/em><\/p>\n
The muted verses, where Kylie convinces herself to chase some fickle dude, are a slog. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Someone watched a spaghetti western once, I think. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Everything Calvin Harris touches tends to turn to gold but he doesn\u2019t hit the mark on this track, which shifts awkwardly between dancey beats and operatic pop. AR<\/em><\/p>\n
Big Euro dance energy, from a Kylie who\u2019s really feeling herself (\u201cMy desire\u2019s getting stronger, I can\u2019t hold back any longer,\u201d she sings. Look, it\u2019s not Dickinson). RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Featuring a sample from Mary Jane Girls\u2019 Candy Man<\/em>, written and produced by Rick James, this is a slick slab of \u201980s funk. By no means a Kylie essential, but good enough for your \u201980s dance parties. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
A breezy dance track with a simple message: \u201cEnjoy it\u201d (\u201cit\u201d being your life, you depressive). RM<\/em><\/p>\n
If your Spotify algorithm still regularly plays La Roux, this song\u2019s for you.<\/p>\n
You\u2019d be forgiven for thinking you were listening to a different record when Sensitized<\/em> opens with its twangy guitars and Britpoppy stylings. It feels confused, and leaves us feeling that way too. AR<\/em><\/p>\n
Corny in an endearing way, featuring a hoedown-y bounce that Kylie attacks with Dolly-esque enthusiasm. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
125: Last Chance<\/em> (Disco<\/em>; 2020)<\/strong>
124: Miss a Thing<\/em> (Disco<\/em>; 2020)<\/strong>
123: Where Does the DJ Go?<\/em> (Disco<\/em>; 2020)<\/strong>
122: Celebrate You<\/em> (Disco<\/em>; 2020)<\/strong>
For someone who so successfully brought disco into the new millennium, Kylie\u2019s recent return to the genre was mostly depressing. Of course, all the blame goes to COVID. RM<\/em><\/p>\n
Kylie gets on the \u201990s boom-bap bandwagon! A sample-heavy R&B track where Kylie gets lost in the mix. But I appreciate her taste. RM<\/em><\/p>\n