| R-E-S-P-E-C-T DAILY TELEGRAPH. JANUARY 1998 Kylie Minogue can finally be taken seriously as an artist. Her latest album "Impossible Princess" has twelve songs all written or co-written by Kylie. It's a long way from the Stock/Aitken/ Waterman days. This means that all the tunes aren't catchy pop tunes and it may take more than one listen for the melodies to stay in your head. Instead you get Minogue experimenting with new sounds, riffs and lyrical structures. Apart from singles "Some Kind Of Bliss" and "Did It Again" the standout track for me is "Drunk". And with ltrics like, "I'm not happy drunk till I'm drunken till you take all of me, I'm not happy waste till I'm wasted". one can only imagine what the video woul dbe like, especially after the self depricating video for "Did It Again". Grab this CD while it's got its limited edition 3D cover - a true collector's item. Impossible Princess may not provide background music for a Coke commercial, but it does reveal our Kylie always had true talent. Thank goodness were finally witnessing it. |
| Clever Girl! You Did It Again The irony is clear in the lyrics, Kylie's own fans were even unaware of the lyrical content to each song. Blinded by Kylie's sexual charisma either in front of the camera or in a glossy magazine spread, they are deafened by the sounds of Stock Aitken and Waterman and a happy baseline melody. It is the influence though of the media that filled the ingredients for this album to peak at No.10 in the UK. The only fans who opened their ears and their eyes and their entire world to Kylie were her loyal gay following, and of course her native Australia where the album went triple platinum. The strong list of co-creators on the album began with her "Confide In Me" writers, Anderson and Seaman. Dave Ball (The Grid), Brothers In Rhythm, Rob Dougan and the Manic Street Preachers. We were later to hear either on B- sides or during the Intimate and Live tour other tracks, "Tears", "Love Takes Over Me","Take Me With You" and live favourite "Free". All admittedly inspired and driven from Minogue's unlikely duet with once heroine addict Nick Cave for there European million seller "Where The Wild Roses Grow." The UK name was changed due to Diana's death and was questionably called Kylie Minogue...Don't ask! The twelve tracks which made it were, 1. Too Far 2. Cowboy Style 3. Some Kind Of Bliss 4. Did It Again 5. Breathe 6. SayHey 7. Drunk 8. I Don't Need Anyone 9. Jump 10. Limbo 11. Through The Years 12. Dreams (of an Impossible Princess) ...Addiitional songs from this era are "Tears", "Love Takes Over Me" and in 1999 Kylie recorded "The Real Thing" and "The Reflex" a duet with Australian Ben Lee. |
| Some Kind Of Bliss "Caught up in this house, trapped my very own self in the snare of my mind, no more space than a slither, what I'd give for a deep breath inside." These are the opening lines that we hear from Kylie as the album begins. This from the girl who once sang, "In my imagination, there is no hesistation.." It has been 10 years between these songs, ten years of experience, ten years of learning and gaining the confidence to present this piece of creative work to her audience. This is either a work of insanity or just another chapter to the Kylie Minogue discography. Kylie states clearly, "from before it never came from the gut or the heart, for me the hard part was unleashing the core of myself and being totally truthful in my music. All the songs on this album sum up a moment, an experience. There all autobiographical, there what I've felt, been through...I don't know any other way to write. Even if i did I wouldn't want to. I haven't reached the stage yet where if my songs aren't smash hits I'm not going to take it personally. I don't have any extra nerves though about the fact I have written all this album. I have the same nerves with every album. It wasn't the albums fault how it was perceived in the UK". |
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| MINOGUE MAKES MATURE TURN ON DECONSTRUCTION SET "BILLBOARD ARTIST REVIEW MARCH 1998" Kylie Minogue has finally grown up. In approaching the music that would make up Impossible Princess, Minogue saw no option other than simply shedding her skin and starting from scratch. the first step was tombating her fear of being vulnerable within the context of her songs. Noting that she absorbed the advice of pals like Nick Cave, who has become a mentoring figure. "He told me to never veer to far from who I am,but to go further, try different things, and never lose sight of myself at the core". Kylie jetted from London to America for a three week driving holiday with a notebook and pen. "I was furiously jotting down everything that came to mind-past experiences, personal feelings..everything, she says with a giggle. I got drunk on the process". The good news is that unlike far too many turnable intended reconstructions these days each mix maintains the integrity and the texture of Minogue's original creation. In closing Kylie comments forcefully, "there's no room for compromise anymore, I'm too emotionally invested in where I am right now. The only steps I'm interested in taking are forward". |
| Impossible Princess is my favourite album by Kylie Minogue, it could have been better no doubt, Fever shows that execution is vital in producing an album that is received well by the public. Still for a brief moment Kylie let us inside her heart and her mind and that is why this album remains so unique for a pop artist. |
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| Overview Finally released in the UK in January 1998, this album pushed every emotion, every collaboration and every writing skill Kylie had experienced to the absolute limit. An acessible target for the overwhelming backlash from a cynical British music scene, the album was never allowed any time to just sit on the shelves. Stepping out of the shadow of a former PWL pop doll, Kylie revelled in the creative process and the chance to be something; challenging, dark,moody and a natural look. Inspired it by Nick Cave and the relationship and then boyfriend Stephane Sedanoui. A self statement-An Impossible Princess?! This was no setting for a tiara and hotpants... The Webmaster.1999-2002 |
| Q REVIEW IMPOSSIBLE PRINCESS *** Review by Robert Yates October 1997 Kylie Minogue has no problems attracting quality collaborators. A couple of years ago, Nick cave and the single "Where The Wild Roses Grow". This time, with Minogue apparently writing lyrics throughout, half of the tracks have been produced by Brothers In Rhythm, several tracks by Dave Ball of The Grid and a couple by the Manic Street Preachers. These, a single "Some Kind Of Bliss", and "I Don't Need Anyone", are drawn from the more melodic, exuberent end to the band's sound, and Minogue's vocal largely taming any tendency to squeakiness, do a fair job. The voice is better suited to the gentler, dancier tracks, like "Breathe" and "SayHey". But all in told, it's a well executed affair, Minogue showing good taste and good sense choosing her partners. |
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| The Live Tour |
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| Impossible Princess |
| Impossible Remixes CD |
| Kylie Minogue |
| Impossible Princess Re-Released UK 26th May 2003 |
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| "I like to be a fragile little girl, who's wrapped in someone's protective arms sometimes" |