Kylie Minogue, The Abbey Road Sessions
Overview: Kylie Minogue reworks 16 of her hits, including "Locomotion" (the song she might be best known for in the States) and "Can't Get You Out of My Head" with an orchestra. Nick Cave duets with Minogue on "Where The Wild Roses Grow".
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My first thought when I saw this on the list of new releases is that I never thought I'd see the words "Abbey Road" (synonymous with The Beatles) and the name Kylie Minogue in the same sentence, let alone on the same album cover. So Kylie Minogue, best known for her dance hits, decides to give her songs the orchestral treatment. It's an odd thought, an out-there kind of thought, but Minogue is very well known in Europe (in the States she's probably still best-known for "Locomotion"), so perhaps her devoted fans over there might go for a different side of Kylie.
The problem, though, is that the concept seldom works with this set of songs. Several songs, like "All The Lovers" and "On a Night Like This", are bland and forgettable. A song like "The Devil You Know", a more intimate tune about taking a lover back, is just not convincing with Minogue's thin voice. And that's the major problem with "The Abbey Road Sessions"- Minogue's voice just isn't up to the task of conveying deep emotion. A song like "Hand on My Heart" could be a country classic for a singer with more firepower.
There are a couple of bright spots: "Slow" sounds good reworked with a jazzy vibe, and "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is still fun with strings. Overall, though, this is one to skip.
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My first thought when I saw this on the list of new releases is that I never thought I'd see the words "Abbey Road" (synonymous with The Beatles) and the name Kylie Minogue in the same sentence, let alone on the same album cover. So Kylie Minogue, best known for her dance hits, decides to give her songs the orchestral treatment. It's an odd thought, an out-there kind of thought, but Minogue is very well known in Europe (in the States she's probably still best-known for "Locomotion"), so perhaps her devoted fans over there might go for a different side of Kylie.
The problem, though, is that the concept seldom works with this set of songs. Several songs, like "All The Lovers" and "On a Night Like This", are bland and forgettable. A song like "The Devil You Know", a more intimate tune about taking a lover back, is just not convincing with Minogue's thin voice. And that's the major problem with "The Abbey Road Sessions"- Minogue's voice just isn't up to the task of conveying deep emotion. A song like "Hand on My Heart" could be a country classic for a singer with more firepower.
There are a couple of bright spots: "Slow" sounds good reworked with a jazzy vibe, and "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is still fun with strings. Overall, though, this is one to skip.
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