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Aphrodite is the work of someone who knows exactly what her skills are and who to hire to help showcase them to perfection.
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Aphrodite is pure Kylie magic. Everything that made you fall in love with her all over again before is present and correct here.
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Aphrodite is her most unified work in ages.
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Although the album is an exercise in euphoric clubland dreaming, tracks Closer and Everything Is Beautiful remind us there is perhaps a more sincere side to Kylie that is often overlooked.
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The new set casts a spell with Stuart Price's signature preternatural touches, Minogue's breathy chirp and the hooky melodies of a varied crew of dance pop-focused songwriters and producers.
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Minogue delivers bliss like no other (wo)man or machine.
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With five singles sitting and waiting, Aphrodite is the record she needed.
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Kylie sticks to formula, makes half decent record.
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The diminutive Australian diva is still delivering disco thunder from Down Under.
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No one's asking for reality in this pop bubble--just a little bit more innovation.
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Sometimes dance pop with this much gloss and unabashed glee is relegated to the realms of guilty pleasure, but Aphrodite is that rare representation of perfect production that is just pleasure, pure and simple.
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Aphrodite is everything you expect it to be: inspiring, motivating and celebratory.
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There aren't many new ideas here, just more of the old reliable - which, from such a believer, is still finely executed.
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UrbHer return to electro-pop form on Aphrodite–Minogue's 11th studio record in 23 years–is on point, maybe even better, than much of her discography.
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Boston GlobeMaybe that's why Aphrodite is such a letdown -- there's nothing nuanced or even catchy about the material. It's a perfectly serviceable soundtrack to a thumping Friday night, but it's also a flat listen.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 164 out of 176
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Mixed: 5 out of 176
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Negative: 7 out of 176
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Jun 27, 2016
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Jul 22, 2012
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Sep 24, 2010