X
by Kylie Minogue
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Lost At Sea
    84
    I can count three sure hits on this club-crossover coup if radio plays it right.
  2. Billboard
    80
    A truly welcome return.
  3. Dot Music
    80
    A savvy, shiny, slyly sophisticated set of thoroughly modern dance floor exercises, it's the record we hoped Girls Aloud might make.
  5. Hot Press
    80
    Kylie's persona infuses the album, even if her vocals do not. As pop heatseekers go, X is a heartbeat away from perfection.
  6. Amazon.com
    80
    Traditionally, Kylie Minogue has been at her best attempting pure pop, not chasing credibility, but X--her tenth studio album, and the first since 2003's "Body Language"--somehow pulls off the trick of being both
  7. Village Voice
    80
    It's not the production, as copiously sexy as it is, that makes this great: It's that Kylie has an ear for fantastic pop-rock tunes restyled for 2008, and she approaches them not as merely amusing sonic glitter, but as totally vital music.
  8. AllMusic
    70
    The majority of X is exactly what it's meant to be: a collection of songs by a pop artist who is aware of her past achievements and doubly aware of her need to stay relevant in the face of unwanted diversion.
  9. Spin
    70
    More often than not, X's hooks, tunes and Minogue's bubblegum-perfect hum achieve candy-coated ecstasy. [Mar 2008, p.106]
  10. Rolling Stone
    70
    Minogue's tenth album arrives on the heels of her battle with breast cancer; thankfully, the experience hasn't made her music discernibly deeper.
  11. Boston Globe
    70
    Even the filler feels like a well-deserved celebration, lit up in bright neon and glittering with tinsel.
  12. Pitchfork
    66
    Likability has got Kylie Minogue this far, and it pulls her through again--even the weak tracks on X have a sparky enthusiasm that makes their magpie modernism sound less cynical.
  13. Prefix Magazine
    65
    X isn’t the comeback album some may have been hoping for, but it is a welcome return for Minogue.
  14. cokemachineglow
    65
    It’s not [her] strongest performance so far, and that comes basically down to song choice and production.

Awards & Rankings

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#46 Most Discussed Album of 2008
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#63 Most Shared Album of 2008

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User Score
9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 224 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 203 out of 224
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 224
  3. Negative: 7 out of 224
  1. JohnB.
    Apr 4, 2008
    5
    It's an average pop album. I expected something much better from Kylie. There are several amazing tracks (2 Hearts, Like a Drug, In My It's an average pop album. I expected something much better from Kylie. There are several amazing tracks (2 Hearts, Like a Drug, In My Arms, Speakerphone, Wow), but most other tracks are not so good.… Full Review »
  2. juanselopez340
    May 14, 2023
    10
    She gives everything EVERYTHING, she is a poet who knows prose, she imagines it as we are going to imagine it
  3. arostislavna
    Sep 8, 2022
    6
    Kylie tries to reinvent herself after a hiatus and the overall composition is not what she is good at.
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