Body Language (Kylie Minogue album)
Labels
- Parlophone / EMI
- Mushroom
- Capitol
Occupation
Div
Production
- Sunny Roads ( Emiliana Torrini / Dan Carey )
- Cathy Dennis
- Kurtis Mantronik
- Baby Ash
- Johnny Douglas
- Richard Stannard / Julian Gallagher
Studios
- El Cortijo Studios, Spain
- Toy Factory
- Biffco Studios, Dublin
- Britannia Row Studios & Eden Studios, London
Body Language is the ninth studio album by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. It was released in November 2003.
Formation
Kylie Minogue took Body Language in the summer of 2003 in London, Ireland and Spain. They worked with different producers and artists, including Emilíana Torrini. For the title of the album Minogue left of the text line " ... read my Body Language" inspired from the song Slow. For the release of the album, the singer presented on 15 November 2003, a unique show in London, where only invited guests and winners of cards that have been raffled throughout Europe, had the opportunity to experience Minogue live. Significantly, the show was therefore Money Can not Buy. The recording of this was published in 2004 as Body Language Live on DVD.
Style
For the majority of the pieces on Body Language a departure from the dance sound of the successful previous album Fever is characteristic. Thus, the style of the album, with the exception of the first single Slow, especially by R 'n' B influences is marked.
Track list
( Singles *) (composition)
Bonus Track ( Australian version )
- Slow Motion ( Kylie Minogue / Andrew Frampton / Mark Stent / Wayne Wilkin )
Bonus Tracks ( Japanese version)
- Slow Motion ( Kylie Minogue / Andrew Frampton / Mark Stent / Wayne Wilkin )
- You Make Me Feel ( Kylie Minogue / Tommy D / Felix Howard / Marius Devries )
Bonus Tracks ( U.S. Version)
- You Make Me Feel ( Kylie Minogue / Tommy D / Felix Howard / Marius Devries )
- Cruise Control ( Kylie Minogue / Karen Poole / Johnny Douglas )
- Slow (Video)
- Can not Get You Out of My Head (bonus live video )
- The Making of the Slow video
Singles
Slow
Slow, the first single from Body Language, managed in the first week after release the leap to number 1 on the charts in both the UK and Australia. In Spain and Denmark Minogue came with the song a No. 1 hit. Slow became Minogue's third # 1 on the Billboard Club / Dance Charts in the USA. A Chemical Brothers remix of Slow appeared on the soundtrack to the U.S. series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. For Slow Minogue received in 2005 for the third year in a row nominated for a Grammy in the category "Best Dance Recording ".
Red Blooded Woman
The second single Red Blooded Woman became a top 10 success in the UK, Australia, Spain, Ireland and Italy. In the U.S. Billboard singles chart is Red Blooded Woman could not place, but reached number 1 on the Billboard Dance Radio Airplay chart.
Chocolate
Chocolate contains the B-side to the song City Games. Video: Dawn Shadforth
Secret ( Take You Home )
Secret ( Take You Home ) was released as a promotional single in early 2004 in Taiwan.
Demo versions
Some demos from the recording sessions later found their way illegally into the Internet.
- I'm Just Here for the Music
- My Image Unlimited
- Trippin ' Me Up
- I'm Sorry
- On the Up
Charts
Album
Singles
Body Language Live
Kylie Minogue Body Language turned on the unique concert event Money Can not Buy at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on 15 November 2003. Tickets for the concerts were not available for purchase, but were raffled Europe or given to invited guests.
In addition to six tracks from Body Language Minogue also presented hits from their albums Fever and Light Years. A highlight of the concert was the mashup of her single Breathe, from the album Impossible Princess, with the Serge Gainsbourg classic Je t'aime ... moi non plus.
The publication of the concert on DVD as Body Language Live was also placed at position 64 in the German album charts. The following titles were to find out: