Pop Is Not Dead! Top 20 Albums of the Noughties
May 8th 2010 05:06
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This has been coming since the beginning of the year, and now we are pleased to announce the Pop Is Not Dead! Top 20 Albums of the Noughties.
As with all lists of this kind, we hope that it creates a bit of controversy and we would love to see your comments below, for and against, or you can email us your own list to popisnotdead@hotmail.com
We have also included a couple of great videos that really sum up how awesome these albums are!! Enjoy!!
Sugababes Angels with Dirty Faces (2002)
Steps Gold – Greatest Hits (2001)
Young Divas Young Divas (2006)
Delta Goodrem Delta (2007)
Guy Sebastian Closer to the Sun (2006)
Alanis Morrissette Jagged Little Pill Acoustic (2005)
Anastacia Not that Kind (2000)
Leann Rimes Twisted Angel (2002)
Rogue Traders Here Come the Drums (2005)
Cyndi Lauper Bring Ya to the Brink (2008)
Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor (2002)
Mandy Moore Coverage (2003)
Beyonce I Am Sasha Fierce (2008)
Mariah Carey The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Toni Collette & the Finish Beautiful Awkward Pictures (2006)
Gossip Music For Men (2009)
Jay Brannan Goddamned (2008)
Stepping away from the rock of No Doubt, Gwen Stefani explored her other musical tastes and teamed up with Nellee Hooper, The Neptunes, Dallas Austin, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to create an album of Hip Pop classics!!
Highlights - What You Waiting For?, Rich Girl, Hollaback Girl, Cool, Bubble Pop Electric
Although his third album, this was the one that broke the international barrier. Robbie and co-writer and producer Guy Chambers hit their collaborative peak with an album of brilliant pop rock songs. Also stands out as some of the best album cover work with Robbie photographed as all of the players and spectators at a football match – the best one being the winning celebrations in the spa!!
Highlights - Rock DJ, Better Man, Supreme, Kids (with Kylie Minogue)
With the announcement of a reunion tour and a Greatest Hits album, the world once again went Spice crazy!! All of the singles are here, including the Pepsi commercial song “Move Over” and two new songs, the disappointing “Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)” and “Voodoo”, both of which sound very dated. A second disc of the music videos on DVD save the album!!
Highlights – Wannabe, 2 Become 1, Mama, Who Do You Think You Are, Spice Up Your Life, Stop, Let Love Lead the Way, Goodbye
A lot of artists crack under the pressure of a second album, but not The Veronicas, who lived up to the hype and released an album that was ever better than the first. With those amazing violins at the beginning of “Untouched”, what a way to open an album!!
Highlights – Untouched, Hook Me Up, This Love, Popular, Revenge is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were)
The comeback of the decade!! After ten years apart, UK’s favourite boy band Take That reunited (excluding Robbie Williams) and stunned the world with an awesome new sound for their first studio album since 1995!! Gone are the poppy dance songs, and replaced by beautifully written songs featuring all band members performing lead vocals on at least one song, this album sent Take That to a higher popularity in the UK than they saw the first time around!!
Highlights – Reach Out, Patience, Beautiful World, Shine, Wooden Boat
American Idol’s first winner found the artist that she wanted to be for her second album of amazing rock pop songs. From her beautiful big vocals to the rocking guitar riffs, Kelly proved to the world why she was the winner of American Idol. Until Jordin Sparks, Kelly was the only Idol from any country to make it in the international markets, mostly due to this album.
Highlights – Breakaway, Since U Been Gone, Behind These Hazel Eyes, Because of You, Walk Away, Beautiful Disaster (Live)
Teaming up with Timbaland for what will become the creative partnership of the decade (more recently working with Madonna on her “Hard Candy” album), Justin Timberlake released his second solo album which catapulted him into super-stardom!! The album merged pop, hip hop, R&B and rap to create an album of amazingly written, sexy songs.
Highlights – SexyBack, My Love, LoveStoned, What Goes Around, Damn Girl
With Britney’s third album, she opens declaring “All you people look at me / like I’m a little girl / But did you ever think that it would be OK / for me to step into this world.” A grown up Britney releases her sexy side with a move to sophisticated dance songs with the help of The Neptunes and Darkchild and regular producers Max Martin and Rami.
Highlights – I’m a Slave for You, I’m Not a girl, Not Yet a Woman, Boys, Anticipating, Cinderella, What it’s Like to be Me
Dannii danced her way back into the lime light with her fourth studio album, all the while creating a bit of controversy with what the song “Vibe On” was really about. With lyrics like “Jump on top of it / Sit right on it / Plug it in give me my vibe on / Gotta have vibrations”, Dannii insisted that the song was about wanting music blaring out speakers!! With the release of the mash-up “Don’t Wanna Lose this Groove”, Dannii became the only artist that Madonna has approved to sample one of her songs!!
Highlights – Put the Needle on it, Creep, I Begin to Wonder, Mystified, Don’t Wanna Lose this Feeling, Who Do You Love Now?
After the musical exploration of “Impossible Princess”, Kylie returned to her pop roots with Light Years. When first single “Spinning Around” hit number 1 on the Australian singles chart it made her the first Australian artist to have a number 1 single in the 80s, 90s and 00s. This album began her association with production team Biffco, whom she has continued to work with since, and features her campiest song ever “Your Disco Needs You”, written with Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers.
Highlights – Spinning Around, On a Night Like This, Disco Down, Koocachoo, Your Disco Needs You, Bittersweet Goodbye, Butterfly, Kids, Light Years
After years of working in musical theatre, Natalie hit the big time with her role of super bitch Izzy Holin in ever-popular television show Neighbours. She then had the world wondering “Who’s that girl??” as the new lead singer for the Rogue Traders. Hopes were very high for her first release as a solo artist and Natalie did not disappoint, with one of the stand out albums of 2009 – it is pop perfection!!
Highlights – Catch Me if You Can, Someday Soon, 1000 Stars, Alive, Feel the Flow, Supersensual, This Can’t Be Love, Love Like This
With comparisons to Freddie Mercury, Elton John, David Bowie and Prince, Mika burst onto the pop scene with the single “Grace Kelly”. The songs on the album are mostly autobiographical, dealing with a coming of age theme, telling of his life from childhood to present. With songs of joy and happiness through to life’s hardships, it is an album that we can all relate to.
Highlights – Grace Kelly, Lollipop, Love Today, Relax (Take it Easy), Billy Brown, Big Girl (You are Beautiful), Happy Ending
Darren hits his stride as an artist with the release of his third solo album. Released on his own record label, this 2 disc musical extravaganza was a critical success but overlooked by the public. With songs about childhood, growing up, first love, politics, and life, this is truly an album that should be revisited. Make sure you also check out his version of the Madonna classic “Dress You Up” that he recorded for fun and posted on his website just after the album came out.
Highlights – Waking the Monster, How to Build a Time Machine, Casey, Sing to Me, Bombs Up in my Face, The Future Hold a Lion’s Heart, On the Verge of Something Wonderful, Me, Myself and (I), I Just Want You to Love Me, The Tuning of Violins
In the second half of the 80s, writing and producing team Stock Aitken & Waterman (SAW) turned out so many hit songs that they became known as the “Hit Factory”. This 3 disc compilation features some of their best known and biggest hits, with the third disc of remixes; this album is trash pop GOLD and is guaranteed to bring back many memories and get any party started!!
Highlights – Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up”, Dead or Alive “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”, Mel & Kim “Respectable”, Jason Donovan “Too Many Broken Hearts”, Donna Summer “This Time I Know it’s For Real”, Sonia “You’ll Never Stop Me From Loving You”, Samantha Fox “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now”, Cliff Richard “I Just Don’t Have the Heart”, Bananarama “Love in the First Degree”, Divine “You Think You’re a Man”, Boy Krazy “That’s Whats Love Can Do” Big Fun “Blame it on the Boogie”, Kylie Minogue “I Should be so Lucky”
After the disaster that was “American Life”, Madonna returned to the dance floor with her tenth studio album. Working with the brilliant Stuart Price for the majority of the tracks, the album merged 70s disco, 80s electro-pop and current club music to create a dance floor confessional, which starts with light-hearted and fun songs in the beginning, and progresses to more serious and darker themes towards the end.
Highlights – Hung Up, Get Together, Sorry, Future Lovers, I Love New York, Forbidden Love, Jump
With their Glam Rock outfits, their camp performances and their infectious songs Scissor Sisters stormed the charts in 2004 with their self titled debut album. And how can you not love a band with the name of a lesbian sex act!! Taking influences of disco, glam rock, pop and dance, the album features a brilliant mix of songs, mostly written by founding members Jake Shears and Babydaddy, showcasing both their fun sides and their serious sides. Make sure you also check out Kylie Minogue’s “I Believe in You” and “White Diamond”, both of which are co-written and produced by Jake Shears and Badydaddy!!
Highlights – Laura, Take your Mama, Comfortably Numb, Filthy/Gorgeous, Music is the Victim, Better Luck, Return to Oz
Considering that Jessica was the runner up for the 2006 season of Australian Idol, the brilliance of this album had a lot of people asking “Damien Leith…who??”. Merging Pop, R&B, Dance and Hip Hop, this album proved that Australia has its own Beyonce!! With songs that will make you hit the dance floor (“To the Floor”), and songs that will make you cry (her beautiful version of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time”), this album showcased Jessica’s amazing talents both as a singer and song writer.
Highlights – Running Back, Been Waiting, Burn, Used2B, Empty, Time After Time, Up/Down, Let Me Be Me
Celebrating George Michael’s twenty five years in the music business, this 3 disc best of album covers his whole career from his early days in Wham! to his last studio album “Patience” and a couple of wonderful new songs. The Deluxe Edition of the album breaks the songs up so that disc 1 is the faster, dance songs, disc 2 is the love songs and ballads and disc 3 is a mix of fan favourites, classic album tracks and B-sides. Featuring beautiful vocals, talented song writing and amazing song production, it is a true showcase for his brilliant career.
Highlights – Everything She Wants, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Freedom, Faith, Too Funky, Fastlove, Freedom ’90, Spinning the Wheel, Outside, As, Amazing, Flawless (Go to the City), Careless Whisper, Father Figure, One More Try, A Different Corner, Praying for Time, Precious Box, Roxanne, Fantasy, My Mother Had a Brother, Brother Can You Spare a Dime
Teaming her debut album The Fame with an additional disc of 8 new tracks, The Fame Monster continued the rise of Lady Gaga. Proving what a diverse artist she is, the two albums merge Pop, 70s Rock, 80s Electro-pop, and Club Dance to create one of the best albums released in 2009. More recently she created a media storm with the release of the music video of “Telephone”, which is homage to the Quentin Tarantino films “Kill Bill” and “Pulp Fiction” and to the film “Thelma and Louise”. Interestingly “Telephone” was one of the songs Lady Gaga had written for Britney Spears, which her record company rejected!! Check out the earlier post for Britney's version!!
Highlights – Bad Romance, Alejandro, Monster, Telephone, Dance in the Dark, So Happy I Could Die, Just Dance, LoveGame, Paparazzi, Poker Face, Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say), The Fame, Dance Retro Freak, Money Honey, Starstruck, I Like it Rough
This will be seen as a very controversial choice for number 1 as a lot of Kylie fans were hoping for a more personal album after her breast cancer diagnosis. Instead, Kylie’s tenth studio album X (the Roman numeral for ten) is a pop masterpiece that is a celebration of life and love. Working with different producers and song writers, Kylie produces an album of eclectic songs, from Glam Rock (“2 Hearts”), to dance floor thumpers (“Like a Drug”, “The One”), to electro-pop (“Speakerphone”, “Nu-di-ty”), to pop (“In My Arms”, “Stars”, “Wow”) to R&B (“All I See”) and still manages to get a little personal (“No More Rain”, “Cosmic”). Prior to the album being released, 3 CD-R discs of demos for the album were “lost” by a record company employee. Containing about 50 songs, some of which have turned up either as B-sides (“Do it Again”, Carried Away”) or performed live (“Ruffle my Feathers”, “Flower”) or leaked onto the internet (the Mylo produced and leaked tracks “In the Mood for Love” and “Spell of Desire”). As Kylie’s first album after her breast cancer diagnosis, this album was always going to be brilliant to me. I was always going to see it as a triumph and I believe in time, this album will be seen as a defining moment, not only in Kylie’s career, but in pop music.
Highlights – The whole album!!
As with all lists of this kind, we hope that it creates a bit of controversy and we would love to see your comments below, for and against, or you can email us your own list to popisnotdead@hotmail.com
We have also included a couple of great videos that really sum up how awesome these albums are!! Enjoy!!
Honourable Mentions
Sugababes Angels with Dirty Faces (2002)
Steps Gold – Greatest Hits (2001)
Young Divas Young Divas (2006)
Delta Goodrem Delta (2007)
Guy Sebastian Closer to the Sun (2006)
Alanis Morrissette Jagged Little Pill Acoustic (2005)
Anastacia Not that Kind (2000)
Leann Rimes Twisted Angel (2002)
Rogue Traders Here Come the Drums (2005)
Cyndi Lauper Bring Ya to the Brink (2008)
Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor (2002)
Mandy Moore Coverage (2003)
Beyonce I Am Sasha Fierce (2008)
Mariah Carey The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Toni Collette & the Finish Beautiful Awkward Pictures (2006)
Gossip Music For Men (2009)
Jay Brannan Goddamned (2008)
20. Gwen Stefani Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004)
Stepping away from the rock of No Doubt, Gwen Stefani explored her other musical tastes and teamed up with Nellee Hooper, The Neptunes, Dallas Austin, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to create an album of Hip Pop classics!!
Highlights - What You Waiting For?, Rich Girl, Hollaback Girl, Cool, Bubble Pop Electric
19. Robbie Williams Sing When You’re Winning (2000)
Although his third album, this was the one that broke the international barrier. Robbie and co-writer and producer Guy Chambers hit their collaborative peak with an album of brilliant pop rock songs. Also stands out as some of the best album cover work with Robbie photographed as all of the players and spectators at a football match – the best one being the winning celebrations in the spa!!
Highlights - Rock DJ, Better Man, Supreme, Kids (with Kylie Minogue)
18. Spice Girls Greatest Hits (2007)
With the announcement of a reunion tour and a Greatest Hits album, the world once again went Spice crazy!! All of the singles are here, including the Pepsi commercial song “Move Over” and two new songs, the disappointing “Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)” and “Voodoo”, both of which sound very dated. A second disc of the music videos on DVD save the album!!
Highlights – Wannabe, 2 Become 1, Mama, Who Do You Think You Are, Spice Up Your Life, Stop, Let Love Lead the Way, Goodbye
17. The Veronicas Hook Me Up (2007)
A lot of artists crack under the pressure of a second album, but not The Veronicas, who lived up to the hype and released an album that was ever better than the first. With those amazing violins at the beginning of “Untouched”, what a way to open an album!!
Highlights – Untouched, Hook Me Up, This Love, Popular, Revenge is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were)
16. Take That Beautiful World (2006)
The comeback of the decade!! After ten years apart, UK’s favourite boy band Take That reunited (excluding Robbie Williams) and stunned the world with an awesome new sound for their first studio album since 1995!! Gone are the poppy dance songs, and replaced by beautifully written songs featuring all band members performing lead vocals on at least one song, this album sent Take That to a higher popularity in the UK than they saw the first time around!!
Highlights – Reach Out, Patience, Beautiful World, Shine, Wooden Boat
15. Kelly Clarkson Breakaway (2004)
American Idol’s first winner found the artist that she wanted to be for her second album of amazing rock pop songs. From her beautiful big vocals to the rocking guitar riffs, Kelly proved to the world why she was the winner of American Idol. Until Jordin Sparks, Kelly was the only Idol from any country to make it in the international markets, mostly due to this album.
Highlights – Breakaway, Since U Been Gone, Behind These Hazel Eyes, Because of You, Walk Away, Beautiful Disaster (Live)
14. Justin Timberlake FutureSex / LoveSounds (2006)
Teaming up with Timbaland for what will become the creative partnership of the decade (more recently working with Madonna on her “Hard Candy” album), Justin Timberlake released his second solo album which catapulted him into super-stardom!! The album merged pop, hip hop, R&B and rap to create an album of amazingly written, sexy songs.
Highlights – SexyBack, My Love, LoveStoned, What Goes Around, Damn Girl
13. Britney Spears Britney (2001)
With Britney’s third album, she opens declaring “All you people look at me / like I’m a little girl / But did you ever think that it would be OK / for me to step into this world.” A grown up Britney releases her sexy side with a move to sophisticated dance songs with the help of The Neptunes and Darkchild and regular producers Max Martin and Rami.
Highlights – I’m a Slave for You, I’m Not a girl, Not Yet a Woman, Boys, Anticipating, Cinderella, What it’s Like to be Me
12. Dannii Minogue Neon Nights (2003)
Dannii danced her way back into the lime light with her fourth studio album, all the while creating a bit of controversy with what the song “Vibe On” was really about. With lyrics like “Jump on top of it / Sit right on it / Plug it in give me my vibe on / Gotta have vibrations”, Dannii insisted that the song was about wanting music blaring out speakers!! With the release of the mash-up “Don’t Wanna Lose this Groove”, Dannii became the only artist that Madonna has approved to sample one of her songs!!
Highlights – Put the Needle on it, Creep, I Begin to Wonder, Mystified, Don’t Wanna Lose this Feeling, Who Do You Love Now?
11. Kylie Minogue Light Years (2000)
After the musical exploration of “Impossible Princess”, Kylie returned to her pop roots with Light Years. When first single “Spinning Around” hit number 1 on the Australian singles chart it made her the first Australian artist to have a number 1 single in the 80s, 90s and 00s. This album began her association with production team Biffco, whom she has continued to work with since, and features her campiest song ever “Your Disco Needs You”, written with Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers.
Highlights – Spinning Around, On a Night Like This, Disco Down, Koocachoo, Your Disco Needs You, Bittersweet Goodbye, Butterfly, Kids, Light Years
10. Natalie Bassingthwaighte 1000 Stars (2009)
After years of working in musical theatre, Natalie hit the big time with her role of super bitch Izzy Holin in ever-popular television show Neighbours. She then had the world wondering “Who’s that girl??” as the new lead singer for the Rogue Traders. Hopes were very high for her first release as a solo artist and Natalie did not disappoint, with one of the stand out albums of 2009 – it is pop perfection!!
Highlights – Catch Me if You Can, Someday Soon, 1000 Stars, Alive, Feel the Flow, Supersensual, This Can’t Be Love, Love Like This
9. Mika Life in Cartoon Motion (2007)
With comparisons to Freddie Mercury, Elton John, David Bowie and Prince, Mika burst onto the pop scene with the single “Grace Kelly”. The songs on the album are mostly autobiographical, dealing with a coming of age theme, telling of his life from childhood to present. With songs of joy and happiness through to life’s hardships, it is an album that we can all relate to.
Highlights – Grace Kelly, Lollipop, Love Today, Relax (Take it Easy), Billy Brown, Big Girl (You are Beautiful), Happy Ending
8. Darren Hayes This Delicate Thing We’ve Made (2007)
Darren hits his stride as an artist with the release of his third solo album. Released on his own record label, this 2 disc musical extravaganza was a critical success but overlooked by the public. With songs about childhood, growing up, first love, politics, and life, this is truly an album that should be revisited. Make sure you also check out his version of the Madonna classic “Dress You Up” that he recorded for fun and posted on his website just after the album came out.
Highlights – Waking the Monster, How to Build a Time Machine, Casey, Sing to Me, Bombs Up in my Face, The Future Hold a Lion’s Heart, On the Verge of Something Wonderful, Me, Myself and (I), I Just Want You to Love Me, The Tuning of Violins
7. Stock Aitken Waterman Gold (2005)
In the second half of the 80s, writing and producing team Stock Aitken & Waterman (SAW) turned out so many hit songs that they became known as the “Hit Factory”. This 3 disc compilation features some of their best known and biggest hits, with the third disc of remixes; this album is trash pop GOLD and is guaranteed to bring back many memories and get any party started!!
Highlights – Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up”, Dead or Alive “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”, Mel & Kim “Respectable”, Jason Donovan “Too Many Broken Hearts”, Donna Summer “This Time I Know it’s For Real”, Sonia “You’ll Never Stop Me From Loving You”, Samantha Fox “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now”, Cliff Richard “I Just Don’t Have the Heart”, Bananarama “Love in the First Degree”, Divine “You Think You’re a Man”, Boy Krazy “That’s Whats Love Can Do” Big Fun “Blame it on the Boogie”, Kylie Minogue “I Should be so Lucky”
6. Madonna Confessions on a Dancefloor (2005)
After the disaster that was “American Life”, Madonna returned to the dance floor with her tenth studio album. Working with the brilliant Stuart Price for the majority of the tracks, the album merged 70s disco, 80s electro-pop and current club music to create a dance floor confessional, which starts with light-hearted and fun songs in the beginning, and progresses to more serious and darker themes towards the end.
Highlights – Hung Up, Get Together, Sorry, Future Lovers, I Love New York, Forbidden Love, Jump
5. Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters (2004)
With their Glam Rock outfits, their camp performances and their infectious songs Scissor Sisters stormed the charts in 2004 with their self titled debut album. And how can you not love a band with the name of a lesbian sex act!! Taking influences of disco, glam rock, pop and dance, the album features a brilliant mix of songs, mostly written by founding members Jake Shears and Babydaddy, showcasing both their fun sides and their serious sides. Make sure you also check out Kylie Minogue’s “I Believe in You” and “White Diamond”, both of which are co-written and produced by Jake Shears and Badydaddy!!
Highlights – Laura, Take your Mama, Comfortably Numb, Filthy/Gorgeous, Music is the Victim, Better Luck, Return to Oz
4. Jessica Mauboy Been Waiting (2008)
Considering that Jessica was the runner up for the 2006 season of Australian Idol, the brilliance of this album had a lot of people asking “Damien Leith…who??”. Merging Pop, R&B, Dance and Hip Hop, this album proved that Australia has its own Beyonce!! With songs that will make you hit the dance floor (“To the Floor”), and songs that will make you cry (her beautiful version of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time”), this album showcased Jessica’s amazing talents both as a singer and song writer.
Highlights – Running Back, Been Waiting, Burn, Used2B, Empty, Time After Time, Up/Down, Let Me Be Me
3. George Michael Twenty Five – Deluxe Edition (2006)
Celebrating George Michael’s twenty five years in the music business, this 3 disc best of album covers his whole career from his early days in Wham! to his last studio album “Patience” and a couple of wonderful new songs. The Deluxe Edition of the album breaks the songs up so that disc 1 is the faster, dance songs, disc 2 is the love songs and ballads and disc 3 is a mix of fan favourites, classic album tracks and B-sides. Featuring beautiful vocals, talented song writing and amazing song production, it is a true showcase for his brilliant career.
Highlights – Everything She Wants, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Freedom, Faith, Too Funky, Fastlove, Freedom ’90, Spinning the Wheel, Outside, As, Amazing, Flawless (Go to the City), Careless Whisper, Father Figure, One More Try, A Different Corner, Praying for Time, Precious Box, Roxanne, Fantasy, My Mother Had a Brother, Brother Can You Spare a Dime
2. Lady Gaga The Fame Monster (2009)
Teaming her debut album The Fame with an additional disc of 8 new tracks, The Fame Monster continued the rise of Lady Gaga. Proving what a diverse artist she is, the two albums merge Pop, 70s Rock, 80s Electro-pop, and Club Dance to create one of the best albums released in 2009. More recently she created a media storm with the release of the music video of “Telephone”, which is homage to the Quentin Tarantino films “Kill Bill” and “Pulp Fiction” and to the film “Thelma and Louise”. Interestingly “Telephone” was one of the songs Lady Gaga had written for Britney Spears, which her record company rejected!! Check out the earlier post for Britney's version!!
Highlights – Bad Romance, Alejandro, Monster, Telephone, Dance in the Dark, So Happy I Could Die, Just Dance, LoveGame, Paparazzi, Poker Face, Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say), The Fame, Dance Retro Freak, Money Honey, Starstruck, I Like it Rough
1. Kylie Minogue X (2007)
This will be seen as a very controversial choice for number 1 as a lot of Kylie fans were hoping for a more personal album after her breast cancer diagnosis. Instead, Kylie’s tenth studio album X (the Roman numeral for ten) is a pop masterpiece that is a celebration of life and love. Working with different producers and song writers, Kylie produces an album of eclectic songs, from Glam Rock (“2 Hearts”), to dance floor thumpers (“Like a Drug”, “The One”), to electro-pop (“Speakerphone”, “Nu-di-ty”), to pop (“In My Arms”, “Stars”, “Wow”) to R&B (“All I See”) and still manages to get a little personal (“No More Rain”, “Cosmic”). Prior to the album being released, 3 CD-R discs of demos for the album were “lost” by a record company employee. Containing about 50 songs, some of which have turned up either as B-sides (“Do it Again”, Carried Away”) or performed live (“Ruffle my Feathers”, “Flower”) or leaked onto the internet (the Mylo produced and leaked tracks “In the Mood for Love” and “Spell of Desire”). As Kylie’s first album after her breast cancer diagnosis, this album was always going to be brilliant to me. I was always going to see it as a triumph and I believe in time, this album will be seen as a defining moment, not only in Kylie’s career, but in pop music.
Highlights – The whole album!!
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You know Jas, I do love Pink and I love all of her singles, especially from Funhouse, but I just find that I never listen to her albums, and this was how I pretty much based the list. I think that Funhouse should be on the Honourable Mentions list but I think when people also start to mention their favourites that list could just grow and grow!! It was really hard choosing 20!!
Put together a Top 20 and send to me - I would love to see what's on your list!!
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Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby
Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
Silverchair - Young Modern
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
The Presets - Apocolypso
Pink - Funhouse
Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Lady Gag - the Fame
Comment by Paul Fellows
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I hate to say it but I think I actually like your taste in music!! OMG!!
And I love the fact that it took you 2 hours to compile - not that easy is it!!
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