Body Language - Kylie Minogue
Metascore
62 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
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  1. All Music Guide
    90
    May well be the best album of her career.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    The results are ludicrously enjoyable, and somewhere Nile Rodgers is smiling. [13 Feb 2004, p.71]
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  3. E! Online
    83
    Yes, the melodies are a little sillier this time around, however the electro-funk grooves are doubly irresistible.
  4. Stylus Magazine
    80
    Body Language isn’t so much a massive artistic leap as it is a total distillation of her sound and style.
  5. Billboard
    80
    The sexy, solid set is glued together by danceable beats and Minogue's knack for picking great songs and producers.
  6. Filter
    76
    Has a slick slutty electroclash vibe. [#9, p.102]
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  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    This, basically, is an extremely tastefully done, soulful modern r’n’b record.
  8. Rolling Stone
    70
    Kylie Minogue definitely sounds like she has a few more tricks stored on her hard drive than Britney or Christina.
  9. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    70
    You can’t help but get lost in Minogue’s music.
  10. The Guardian
    60
    Body Language finds Kylie partying like it's 1987 all over again, only minus the dubious millinery and Jason Donovan, taking inspiration from the likes of Kool and the Gang and Prince to pleasing if not always memorable effect.
  11. PopMatters
    60
    Still, even though Body Language is a bit of a misstep for Minogue, there's a sense of class to it.
  12. Dot Music
    50
    There is, however, nothing that remotely touches the pop genius of 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' and, by the halfway mark, the album's sagging badly.
  13. The A.V. Club
    50
    Long stretches prove mysteriously hookless, arid, or burdened by Minogue foregrounding a voice that withers in the glare of the spotlight.
  14. Playlouder
    40
    For someone so traditionally dancefloor-driven, there are none too many grooves here, and, even for an artist whose most famous lyric may be "la la la", there's not exactly a lot to go on in terms of substance.
  15. Urb
    40
    It's hottest moments are tepid at best. [Feb 2004, p.77]
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  16. Blender
    30
    A suite of weak songs and half-finished ideas. [Mar 2004, p.120]
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  17. Village Voice
    30
    There's something rote and antiseptic about the album's party mood--the electro-beats' clean squelch, the undercooked hooks, the odd primness of Kylie's singing.

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User Score
8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. JohnB
    0
    Derivative, weak, substanceless, and insipid are the words that should really describe this album....I couldn't quite believe the woman singing such naive unsophisticated lyrics was actually 36 y/o....shocking! it defintely does not deserve such praise as it has got here. Kylie's Grammy win was a joke too, with such a weak album that so obviously was rushed they had to give it to here to get America interested again. Unfortunately this stands as Minogue's worst recording....EVER!… Full Review »
  2. HUGOMIRANDA
    10
    Its one of the Kylies best , "ever", much more mature, crative and fresh. Timeless, it is the bridge to connect America (even south) with her. Her creativity never ends.… Full Review »
  3. EricT
    10
    Fantastic!
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