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Track Listings
| 1. Slow |
| 2. Still Standing |
| 3. Secret (Take You Home) |
| 4. Promises |
| 5. Sweet Music |
| 6. Red Blooded Woman |
| 7. Chocolate |
| 8. Obsession |
| 9. I Feel For You |
| 10. Someday |
| 11. Loving Days |
| 12. After Dark |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Despite the army of writers, Body Language is a surprisingly cohesive serving of R&B-lite, laced with a sprinkling of Prince-style 1980s disco-fuelled funk, such as "Still Standing", which finds Kylie pronouncing "You know you want it!" amid a bed of grinding bass and squelching synths. There are moments such as "Red Blooded Woman" when the generic-pop production machine all but eradicates any sense of Kylie, but on the whole the formulaic funk and predictable pop styling is outweighed by the soap survivor's inimitable presence. As a result, Body Language is sure to work its magic. --Christopher Barrett
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This revival of cheesy eighties pop and dance styles has worked because it's been revisited with a level of raw sex that wasn't spelt out twenty years ago. But you can't imagine Kylie singing "Freak Like Me" to Gary Numan samples, or dueting with sleazy electroclash porno queen Peaches. The princess of pop has always been sexy, but never, ever crude. Body Language is professional but a bit polite.
She vamps it up, as on the Ms Dynamite penned "Secret", with its vocodered vocals and sinister bass squirts, and even tries a distorted rap, but remains coquettish rather than bitchy. This contrasts with the sweet pop, with added disco whistles, of "Promises", as squeaky clean as anything shes done. "Promises" is produced by dance legend Curtis Mantronix whose "Got To Have Your Love" was successfully revived by Liberty X. But despite Curtis' credentials it actually sounds like something Stock, Aitken and Waterman could have knocked up. He does better on the slick R n B pop of "Obsession".
Upcoming Icelandic artist Emiliana Torrini co-writes "Red Blooded Woman", a bid to inject some windswept European drama with swirling strings. "Chocolate" is a great title for a Kylie song, but jogs along in a wash of breathy vocals without making much impression. "I Feel For You" has some Chic style rhythm guitar, bubbling bass and a startling sample, but unfortunately no chorus.
What Body Language really lacks is a killer hit single, a "Spinning Around" or "Can't Get You Out Of My Head". It's pleasant, but too much of the material seems routine: candyfloss rather than dark, tangy chocolate. --Nick Reynolds
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An outstanding album!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Body Language (Audio CD)
Body Language' represents a return to a more adventurous direction for Kylie without losing that commercial sensibility cemented by her previous record 'Fever.' Influences here include Urban beats, especially evident in the fantastic 'Secret (Take You Home') and 'Red Blooded Woman,' Electronic Hip POP represented by the truly kooky 'Sweet Music' and Prince-esque funk on 'I Feel For You.' Kylie even slows the pace with a slice of RnB Electro on 'Chocolate,' the anthemic orchestral 'Loving days' (a MUST for a single)! and the sublime 'Someday' (featuring Green Gartside). Body Language is an absoulote must have record which is on an entirely different level to her last album.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Import,
By Josh "Turbo Tash" (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Body Language (Audio CD)
This import edition of Kylie's album Body Language is worth it if you would like to hear the tracks You Make Me Feel and Slow Motion, which are bonus tracks. But the standard edition is fine for me, including the normal 12 tracks and at a cheaper price you are probably better off getting that edition. Includes Slow, Red Blooded Woman and Chocolate.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
"Body Language" Gets a Bit Lost in Translation.,
By Burjiz (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Body Language (Audio CD)
After years of cult status in the United States, Kylie Minogue finally made another big splash in 2002 with "Fever," a disco drenched album featuring knockout tunes like "Can't Get You Out of My Head" and "Love at First Sight." But anyone looking for more of the same will be disappointed in "Body Language," which, as of this writing, is only available as an import before it gets released Stateside in 2004. "Body Language" is disappointing for two reasons: 1) it abandons the disco flavor of its predecessor in favor of r&b lite and 2) the album lacks a signature, standout track. The only single that comes even close is the kickoff track "Slow," a seductive, synth-heavy mid-tempo groove that shot to Number One in the US. But at least half of "Body Language" is dull, ranging from clunkers like "Still Standing" to "Secret" (which steals the hook from Lisa Lisa's "I Wonder If I Take You Home") to "I Feel For You." "Body Language" fares slightly better with "Red Blooded Woman," the lovely ballad "Loving Days," and the laid back and understated groove of "After Dark." "Body Language" isn't a bad album, but it's a maddeningly uneven one lacking consistency and quality material. It's not quite sure if the American version will have different tracks, but I can tell you right off the bat that this disc won't register with much of her U.K. listeners. That said, I really can't recommend "Body Language" to anyone other than diehard Kylie fans.
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