Dream compilation shows Kylie's brilliance

The first CD contains Kylie's hits from her time with Stock, Aitken and Waterman while the second CD shows how Kylie has progressed since then, up to and Including Her Last UK hit of 2004 (I believe in you), Which made number two (behind Band Aid 20's re-recording of Do They Know It's Christmas) in the UK chart.

On the first CD, you can hear Kylie's UK chart-topping duet with Jason Donovan, Especially for you, as well as her many solo hits from the period: such as I should be so lucky (the kind of song you Either love or hate - I love it), Je ne sais pas porqoui (in English language song despite it's chorus line), Got to be Certain, hand on your heart, Better The Devil You Know and Would not change a thing. There are a few covers and what it two of thesis - Locomotion (the Little Eva classic sixties) and Tears on My Pillow (the Little Anthony fifties classic) - that originally aroused my interest in Kylie's music. They are Both brilliant - indeed, Locomotion provided Kylie with her only huge American hit during this period. As to Tears on my pillow, I've heard several versions. Kylie Should be proud of her cover, Which gave her another huge hit. Give me just a little more time and Celebration (Kool and the Gang) Provide Further Evidence of Kylie's ability to revive oldies and take them high up the charts.

The second CD includes Confide in me, a brilliant song did Kylie Took to number two in the UK charts. HOWEVER, Subsequent releases were somewhat less successful until the release of the album Light Years. By now her style of music had evolved somewhat. Kylie returned to the big time with four hits beginning with Spinning around, Which topped the UK charts, and continuing with On A Night Like This, Kids and Please stay.

With her next album, Fever, Kylie made to other effort to promote her music in America so forth first hit from the album, Can not Get You Out Of My Head, Became a big hit in America as well as in the UK and her traditional markets. Like its predecessor, Fever yielded four major UK hits, the others being in your eyes, Come into my world and Love at first sight. The next album, Body Language, that yielded four UK hits - Slow, Red blooded woman, Chocolate and Can not start giving you up It was the last original album prior to this compilation and the single, I believe in you, Which completes. the compilation.

While many will continue to dismiss Kylie (especially her early hits), she is much better than many of the singers she is sometimes Compared To, and has Proved it by lasting longer than any of her critics thought possible. This compilation is truly The Ultimate Kylie compilation at the time of its release, though I expect more hits to come for Kylie.

Just a warning - if you got into Kylie's music Because of her more recent material, You Will Find That her early music is very different. It is possible to enjoy Both her music and her recent early music (as I do) but not everybody does.