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.
One of the best and classy pop albums this year! Kylie sure knows how to put a album together, She simply never disappoints her fans! For get One of the best and classy pop albums this year! Kylie sure knows how to put a album together, She simply never disappoints her fans! For get HARD CANDY, For real pop experience, get this album instead!…Expand
This Album is Far better then most crap pop artists put out these days. All the Tracks here are well produced and classy! Kylie does not This Album is Far better then most crap pop artists put out these days. All the Tracks here are well produced and classy! Kylie does not disappointed her long time fans at all, The Streak continues!…Expand
This album was underrated by the pompous music press for the most part. It's a cool and quirky records and I'm still playing a bunch of theseThis album was underrated by the pompous music press for the most part. It's a cool and quirky records and I'm still playing a bunch of these tracks, most particularly Like A Drug which IMO is one of her best ever tracks. Is it perfect? No. Is it quality pop? Absolutely. The fact that it is all over the map musically is why it works so well. No-one wants a pop record where every track has been over produced to sound like one heavily crafted vibe. Chaos in pop is a good thing. I wish more reviewers would stop pandering to their readership and dispense with the cliche soundbites. Kylie's released a pretty out there set of songs with a cool vibe for people who don't need to check in with their friends before offering an opinion about whether they feel like spending time to get to know a new record as we used to in the days of vinyl.…Expand
I may be a bit biased since I've been a fan of Kylie for most of her career, but I don't know what all of these critics are talking I may be a bit biased since I've been a fan of Kylie for most of her career, but I don't know what all of these critics are talking about. Maybe many of them expected some great cancer battle revelation or a some kind of dance pop-cum-deep confession album, but since when was dance pop not supposed to be fun or deeply confessional? Yeah, this record is at times overproduced (Nu-di-ty) and maybe not innovative (Stars), but take many of these songs alone and you've got a fine collection of pop gems: 2 Hearts may not have been the best choice for a first single, but alone it's a fine record; Like a Drug is electro heaven, All I See is perhaps, one of the finest Kylie R&B moments ever, and The One is dance pop perfection! Love her or hate her, Kylie has got charisma and natural charm that few pop stars out there possess. Her natural ability to attract audiences young and old, in spite of lack of great vocal ability and sometimes annoying and nasal cooing, are what still makes her one of the best pop stars ever!!!…Expand
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This album feels like it's trying a bit of everything, in a bad way. This is her first album since she was diagnosed with cancer, some people expect a personal/stripped down album, but it ended up being a dance-pop album, but also dubstep... and R&B... and glam rock. You see, these genres don't go really well together. But if she wanted to make an album to forget about those hard times and have fun, I would've put the demos on it, they are better than some of the tracks that made the cut and would've made X a fun pop record.
Now this doesn't mean the record doesn't have some bangers, the strong points of this album are Like A Drug, In My Arms, Speakerphone (best song on the album), The One and Wow. After that, it's forgettable, 2 Hearts is her worst choice as a lead single in years, Nu-Di-Ty is a quirky tune that could be played at rave parties, Sensitized doesn't really stand out and it's quite forgettable.
This could've perfectly been a perfect pop album if it included demos like Cherry Bomb, Sexual Gold, Magnetic Electric, In The Mood For Love, etc.
Overall, a mess of an album, with a bunch of bangers and a bunch of filler.…Expand
