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. Uncut
    60
    In short, a glittering sign reading "business as usual"--even if it’s not a return to adventurous Kylie gold.
  2. The Guardian
    60
    X is business as usual for a Kylie Minogue album: a handful of great tracks surrounded by stuff that's so obviously filler you could inject it into cavity walls and save up to 33% on your energy bills.
  3. NOW Magazine
    60
    Her 11th album is full of potential hits (and not too many boring mid-tempo plodders). Unfortunately, there's nothing quite as catchy here as 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head,' although a few tracks come close.
  5. musicOMH.com
    50
    X is more filler than killer.
  6. Slant Magazine
    50
    One of the most contemporary (and least pleasant) aspects of X is its scattershot production, which gives it the focus-grouped attention deficit disorder more typical of a Gwen Stefani record than one of Minogue's laser-honed disco-princess home runs.
  7. Observer Music Monthly
    40
    X is merely a slightly above average collection of tracks.
  8. The New York Times
    60
    Though X doesn’t raise Ms. Minogue’s own high standards, it does sometimes meet them.
  9. PopMatters
    60
    Immediately following 'Heart Beat Rock,' we are treated to a long stream of high-class filler.
  10. Q Magazine
    60
    If Kylie's musical ambitions extend further than play-safe good times of X, she's keeping them, like everything else, to herself. [Dec 2007, p.108]
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  11. Mojo
    40
    Sampling Serge Gainsbourg's quivering strings for 'Sensitized,' however, only serves to highlight the album's lack of truly knee-wobbling moments. [Dec 2007, p.98]
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  12. Blender
    40
    The search for the perfect stand-alone song leaves a ragbag of unrelated ideas. [May 2008, p.77]
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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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