Impossible Princess
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Impossible Princess is the sixth studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue
. It was released in Japan on 1 November 1997 by BMG Records, Australia on 12 January 1998 by Mushroom Records
and 23 March 1998 in Europe by Deconstruction Records
to mixed reviews. The album was produced by Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk, Brothers in Rhythm
, Manic Street Preachers
and Rob Dougan
. Many critics complimented its maturity and personal subject matter, while others called it uninspired and unbelievable. Impossible Princess was a success in Minogue's native Australia, where it reached number four on the Australian Albums Chart
and number one on the Australian Music Report
chart in January 1998, and was certified platinum
for sales of 70,000 copies. The album was a commercial disappointment in the UK and sold 44,000 copies in 1998, considerably less than Minogue's previous albums.
The album represented another, and most radical change in Minogue's musical style, finding influences in drum and bass, indie rock, trip hop, folk and jazz. Impossible Princess became the first album in which Minogue had assumed full creative control, resulting in her contributing all of the lyrics that appeared on the album. The album was retitled Kylie Minogue in the UK following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales
in August 1997. A remastered edition of Impossible Princess with title reinstated, was issued by BMG in 2003 with a bonus disc of remix
es and B-sides
. In 2003, Q Magazine in the UK hailed the album as a 'hidden gem,' praising it as a lost pop masterpiece.
", a duet with Australian rock musician Nick Cave
. The song's lyrics narrated a murder from the points of view of both the murderer (Cave), and his victim (Minogue). That year, she recited the lyrics to "I Should Be So Lucky
" as poetry in London's Royal Albert Hall
"Poetry Jam" at Cave's suggestion. She later credited him with giving her the confidence to express herself through her music, saying, "he taught me to never veer too far from who I am, but to go further, try different things, and never lose sight of myself at the core. For me, the hard part was unleashing the core of myself and being totally truthful in my music".
The following year Minogue began a relationship with French photographer Stéphane Sednaoui
. Together they embarked on a series of trips across the United States and southern China on a mission of self-discovery. The trips and her relationship with Sednaoui made Minogue feel free to express her own creativity and talent. Sednaoui also introduced her to the work of such musicians as Björk
, Shirley Manson
and her band Garbage
, Japanese pop artist Towa Tei
and the band U2
, all of whom would influence the musical styles on Impossible Princess.
, a house music
duo consisting of Steve Anderson
and Dave Seaman
, were chosen as the main producers of the album. In 1995, Minogue and Brothers in Rhythm began recording rough demos at Real World studios in Bath, England. The demos consisted of Minogue's lyrical ideas over various backing tracks. The demos were later rearranged and real instruments were added to replace the samples
or keyboards initially emulating them. All string and orchestral arrangements were recorded at Sarm West studios in London by Anderson and Gavyn Wright, and in mid-1996, the album was mixed at Real World studios by Alan Bremner. The recording of Impossible Princess took nearly two years, becoming the longest period of time Minogue had worked on a project since her time on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
. Anderson later explained that the album took a long time to record "due to the pure perfectionism of all creatively involved".
, or jumped out of a plane. So many things that I had avoided for so long were right there. That was what Nick (Cave) was saying to me. 'It'll be brilliant. It'll confront all of your past, all in one fell swoop'. And he was right."
In 1996, Minogue collaborated with members of the alternative music band Manic Street Preachers
. She first met with Manic Street Preachers' lead singer, James Dean Bradfield
at his home. Bradfield later sent her a demo of "I Don't Need Anyone", which she loved, stating "it was so refreshing to hear something so different from what I had been working on. To have something so fresh come in that somebody else had been working on and taken control of, was a nice break for me." Minogue gave Bradfield another two sets of lyrics. He took parts from each set and blended them together to create the album's lead single "Some Kind of Bliss
".
The album became the first release to contain songs solely written by Minogue. Minogue composed the song "Too Far" on a grand piano; additional instruments were added during production. Minogue wrote dozens of songs with various producers over a two-year period, many of which remain unreleased. After a set of lyrics were completed, she would record a vocal demo and evaluate the song's potential.
Minogue had greater freedom to make Impossible Princess sound as she wanted it to. Deconstruction's A&R
department had not been present for much of the recording, due to the poor health of its head, Pete Hadfield. This left Minogue with creative control over the project. At first she believed that the album contained too many musical styles, but changed her mind, stating, "I thought, partly to justify it to myself, but mainly because it's the truth, that if I had a whole album that sounded like "Some Kind of Bliss", or a whole album that sounded like "Too Far", it would be a lie, because I'm all over the place as a person".
titled Poems to Break the Hearts of Impossible Princesses. The book was given to Minogue as a gift by Nick Cave, and she has said that the poems summarized where she was at that time in her life. In the United Kingdom and Europe, the album's title was changed to Kylie Minogue following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales
in August 1997. Minogue has since explained the name change:
Minogue and Sednaoui wanted to create a special three-dimensional
cover for a limited edition of Impossible Princess to represent Minogue's three-dimensional personality depicted on the album. The cover photo shoot ran for a week, with Minogue not leaving the studio until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m.. Shooting a cover in 3-D required multiple static cameras and for Minogue to pose for long periods of time, which she quickly grew tired of. To achieve the background of swirling lights, Sednaoui dressed from head to toe in black, ran and jumped around Minogue with a kitchen light covered with plastic gels. Other photographs were taken at the shoot, but most remain unreleased. These pictures featured Minogue posing in front of castles and city backdrops, representing the many kingdoms of an impossible princess. The 3D cover was released in Japan in October 1997 and was accompanied by four limited edition postcards.
's hugely successful album, Ray of Light
". The greatest criticism of the album came from Ben Willmott, in a scathing review for NME
, who slammed the entire work and Minogue's latest musical direction, calling her "a total fraud" that was "unconvincing". Specifically, he lambasted Minogue's collaborations with James Dean Bradfield, calling Some Kind of Bliss "supremely irritating". Ultimately, he gave the album four out of ten stars.
Slant Magazine
included the album on their June 2003 list, Vital Pop: 50 Essential Pop Albums. Sal Cinquemani, in the magazine's review, said the album is "littered with many anthemic trance tracks", such as the "deliriously spacey 'Say Hey'", "Chemical Brothers-style techno/rock hybrid 'Limbo'", "frenetic 'I Don't Need Anyone'", "Bjork's 'Venus As A Boy'-evoking yet still unique 'Through the Years'", and "cinematic final track 'Dreams'", that "runs the gamut of styles but manages to remain cohesive and fresh, even six years later." Furthermore, he was impressed with the album's "starkly personal and unified cord", where "Minogue fiercely declares her independence but admits to her innate vulnerability". Finally, he noted the album found her "stretching herself way beyond anything she had done before (or anything she has done since)" and "is the work of an artist willing to take risks, not a pop queen concerned with preserving her reign." He rated the album four out of five stars.
Music Week
was less than impressed, writing that "Kylie's vocals take on a stroppy edge...but not strong enough to do much". John Mangan, in a review for The Age
said that the album "sounds right and constitutes another step in the right direction", praising the "moody trip-hop style" of "Jump" and the "funky hoe-down sound" of "Cowboy Style
". Who Magazine in Australia compared Minogue's vocal style to a young Sinéad O'Connor
, crediting her for her range in vocal styles displayed on the album. The magazine also commented that the album was a major step towards Minogue gaining credibility in the music industry, rating the album eight out of ten stars.
and number one on the Australian Music Report
chart in January 1998. It became the thirty-first best-selling album of 1998 and was certified platinum
by the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA) for sales of 70,000 copies. In addition, the album spent a total of thirty-five weeks in the top fifty, making it Minogue's longest-charting album at that point. As well as being commercially successful in Australia, Impossible Princess enjoyed a positive reception from music critics and garnered several nominations at the 1998 ARIA Awards
. In the United Kingdom, the album reached number ten on the UK Albums Chart
and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry
(BPI) on 1 April 1998.
"Some Kind of Bliss
", the first single, became Minogue's least successful lead single release, reaching number twenty-two in the UK
. and number twenty-seven in Australia. Written with James Dean Bradfield
of the Manic Street Preachers, the song gave Minogue an edgier sound, with guitars taking the place of the drum machine beats heavily featured in her earlier efforts. The single was released the week of Diana's funeral and had to compete against Elton John
's "Candle in the Wind 1997
", which became the fastest-selling single in the UK, selling 658,000 copies in the UK on that day alone, and over 1.5 million copies in its first week and it would remain at number one for five weeks.
The second single "Did It Again" featured an aggressive vocal style, with alternative and Eastern
musical influences. It became a top-twenty hit for Minogue in the UK and Australia. The song also featured a music video, directed by Pedro Romanhi. Minogue satirised her image in the video, in which four major incarnations of her career, "Indie Kylie", "Dance Kylie", "Sex Kylie", and "Cute Kylie", battled for supremacy.
"Breathe
", the third single, reached the top twenty in the UK, as well as the top thirty in Australia. It was moderately successful in other parts of the world, reaching number one in Israel.
"Cowboy Style
" was exclusively released as a single in Australia due to the success of Minogue's Intimate and Live
concert tour. It charted at number thirty-nine on the ARIA Singles Chart.
Nick Cave sessions:
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
. It was released in Japan on 1 November 1997 by BMG Records, Australia on 12 January 1998 by Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...
and 23 March 1998 in Europe by Deconstruction Records
Deconstruction Records
Deconstruction Records is a record label founded in 1987 by Pete Hadfield and Keith Blackhurst in the United Kingdom. Distribution was via label deals with Parlophone Records, for acts such as K-Klass and Bassheads), and RCA Records for everybody else....
to mixed reviews. The album was produced by Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk, Brothers in Rhythm
Brothers in Rhythm
Brothers In Rhythm is a house music duo consisting of producers / remixers and DJs Steve Anderson and Dave Seaman. As a duo and individually, they have remixed and/or produced tracks by Lulu, M People, Secret Life, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Kylie Minogue, Garbage,...
, Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...
and Rob Dougan
Rob Dougan
Rob Dougan, also known as Rob D , is a genre-blending music composer. Mixing elements of orchestral music, trip hop, and bluesy vocals, his work is tangentially relatable to electronic music. He was known primarily for his breakthrough 1995 single "Clubbed to Death ", further popularised by 1999's...
. Many critics complimented its maturity and personal subject matter, while others called it uninspired and unbelievable. Impossible Princess was a success in Minogue's native Australia, where it reached number four on the Australian Albums Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and number one on the Australian Music Report
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...
chart in January 1998, and was certified platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
for sales of 70,000 copies. The album was a commercial disappointment in the UK and sold 44,000 copies in 1998, considerably less than Minogue's previous albums.
The album represented another, and most radical change in Minogue's musical style, finding influences in drum and bass, indie rock, trip hop, folk and jazz. Impossible Princess became the first album in which Minogue had assumed full creative control, resulting in her contributing all of the lyrics that appeared on the album. The album was retitled Kylie Minogue in the UK following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century...
in August 1997. A remastered edition of Impossible Princess with title reinstated, was issued by BMG in 2003 with a bonus disc of remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
es and B-sides
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
. In 2003, Q Magazine in the UK hailed the album as a 'hidden gem,' praising it as a lost pop masterpiece.
Background
In 1995, Minogue recorded the song "Where the Wild Roses GrowWhere the Wild Roses Grow
"Where the Wild Roses Grow" is an alternative-rock song written by Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' ninth album Murder Ballads , with guest vocals by Australian pop-singer Kylie Minogue. The song was produced by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Tony Cohen and...
", a duet with Australian rock musician Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...
. The song's lyrics narrated a murder from the points of view of both the murderer (Cave), and his victim (Minogue). That year, she recited the lyrics to "I Should Be So Lucky
I Should Be So Lucky
"I Should Be So Lucky" is a pop-dance song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman for Minogue's debut album Kylie .The song was released as the album's second single in December 1987...
" as poetry in London's Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
"Poetry Jam" at Cave's suggestion. She later credited him with giving her the confidence to express herself through her music, saying, "he taught me to never veer too far from who I am, but to go further, try different things, and never lose sight of myself at the core. For me, the hard part was unleashing the core of myself and being totally truthful in my music".
The following year Minogue began a relationship with French photographer Stéphane Sednaoui
Stéphane Sednaoui
Stéphane Sednaoui is a French-American photographer, director and producer whose work includes music videos, art projects, photographic essays, portrait photography, fashion photography and photojournalism....
. Together they embarked on a series of trips across the United States and southern China on a mission of self-discovery. The trips and her relationship with Sednaoui made Minogue feel free to express her own creativity and talent. Sednaoui also introduced her to the work of such musicians as Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
, Shirley Manson
Shirley Manson
Shirley Anne Manson is a Scottish recording artist and actress, best known internationally as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Garbage. For much of her international career Manson commuted between her home city of Edinburgh to the United States to record with Garbage but now lives and...
and her band Garbage
Garbage (band)
Garbage are an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994. The group consists of Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson , Steve Marker and Butch Vig . All four members are involved in songwriting and production...
, Japanese pop artist Towa Tei
Towa Tei
is a DJ, artist and record producer in Yokahoma, Japan.Tōwa debuted as a member of Deee-Lite, from the U.S. label Elektra Records in 1990, and shot to fame via their international hit single, "Groove Is In the Heart"...
and the band U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
, all of whom would influence the musical styles on Impossible Princess.
Recording and production
Brothers in RhythmBrothers in Rhythm
Brothers In Rhythm is a house music duo consisting of producers / remixers and DJs Steve Anderson and Dave Seaman. As a duo and individually, they have remixed and/or produced tracks by Lulu, M People, Secret Life, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Kylie Minogue, Garbage,...
, a house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
duo consisting of Steve Anderson
Steve Anderson (music)
Steve Anderson was briefly a member of the band Scratch Acid. His most recognisable work is as Kylie Minogue's collaborator on her recent tours and previous albums. He was a record producer and co-writer of many of the songs on Impossible Princess as well as some of her earlier and later albums...
and Dave Seaman
Dave Seaman
Dave Seaman is a British dance music DJ and record producer. He was formerly a member of the DMC Publishing, and editor of music magazine Mixmag. He formed one half of Brothers In Rhythm with Steve Anderson, doing production work for Pet Shop Boys and Kylie Minogue. He has since founded Audio...
, were chosen as the main producers of the album. In 1995, Minogue and Brothers in Rhythm began recording rough demos at Real World studios in Bath, England. The demos consisted of Minogue's lyrical ideas over various backing tracks. The demos were later rearranged and real instruments were added to replace the samples
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
or keyboards initially emulating them. All string and orchestral arrangements were recorded at Sarm West studios in London by Anderson and Gavyn Wright, and in mid-1996, the album was mixed at Real World studios by Alan Bremner. The recording of Impossible Princess took nearly two years, becoming the longest period of time Minogue had worked on a project since her time on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
. Anderson later explained that the album took a long time to record "due to the pure perfectionism of all creatively involved".
Writing and composition
Minogue began writing lyrics for Impossible Princess in 1996 during her trips with Sednaoui to the US and China. When she returned, Minogue was constantly writing down words, exploring the form and meaning of sentences. She had written lyrics before, but called them "safe, just neatly rhymed words and that's that". For Impossible Princess, she took inspiration from Sednaoui and her own experiences as a celebrity. Minogue initially had a hard time embracing her past, looking back on it as a time of pain and confused embarrassment. Confronting her past helped her improve her confidence; she said "it was like I'd climbed Mount EverestMount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...
, or jumped out of a plane. So many things that I had avoided for so long were right there. That was what Nick (Cave) was saying to me. 'It'll be brilliant. It'll confront all of your past, all in one fell swoop'. And he was right."
In 1996, Minogue collaborated with members of the alternative music band Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...
. She first met with Manic Street Preachers' lead singer, James Dean Bradfield
James Dean Bradfield
James Dean Bradfield is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.- Early life :...
at his home. Bradfield later sent her a demo of "I Don't Need Anyone", which she loved, stating "it was so refreshing to hear something so different from what I had been working on. To have something so fresh come in that somebody else had been working on and taken control of, was a nice break for me." Minogue gave Bradfield another two sets of lyrics. He took parts from each set and blended them together to create the album's lead single "Some Kind of Bliss
Some Kind of Bliss
"Some Kind of Bliss" is a song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The song was written by Minogue, James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore for Minogue's sixth studio album Impossible Princess...
".
The album became the first release to contain songs solely written by Minogue. Minogue composed the song "Too Far" on a grand piano; additional instruments were added during production. Minogue wrote dozens of songs with various producers over a two-year period, many of which remain unreleased. After a set of lyrics were completed, she would record a vocal demo and evaluate the song's potential.
Minogue had greater freedom to make Impossible Princess sound as she wanted it to. Deconstruction's A&R
A&R
Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
department had not been present for much of the recording, due to the poor health of its head, Pete Hadfield. This left Minogue with creative control over the project. At first she believed that the album contained too many musical styles, but changed her mind, stating, "I thought, partly to justify it to myself, but mainly because it's the truth, that if I had a whole album that sounded like "Some Kind of Bliss", or a whole album that sounded like "Too Far", it would be a lie, because I'm all over the place as a person".
Album name and artwork
The name of the album is a reference to a book of poetry written by Billy ChildishBilly Childish
Billy Childish is an English artist, painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist...
titled Poems to Break the Hearts of Impossible Princesses. The book was given to Minogue as a gift by Nick Cave, and she has said that the poems summarized where she was at that time in her life. In the United Kingdom and Europe, the album's title was changed to Kylie Minogue following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century...
in August 1997. Minogue has since explained the name change:
Minogue and Sednaoui wanted to create a special three-dimensional
Stereoscopy
Stereoscopy refers to a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by presenting two offset images separately to the left and right eye of the viewer. Both of these 2-D offset images are then combined in the brain to give the perception of 3-D depth...
cover for a limited edition of Impossible Princess to represent Minogue's three-dimensional personality depicted on the album. The cover photo shoot ran for a week, with Minogue not leaving the studio until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m.. Shooting a cover in 3-D required multiple static cameras and for Minogue to pose for long periods of time, which she quickly grew tired of. To achieve the background of swirling lights, Sednaoui dressed from head to toe in black, ran and jumped around Minogue with a kitchen light covered with plastic gels. Other photographs were taken at the shoot, but most remain unreleased. These pictures featured Minogue posing in front of castles and city backdrops, representing the many kingdoms of an impossible princess. The 3D cover was released in Japan in October 1997 and was accompanied by four limited edition postcards.
Critical response
The album received drastically varied reactions amongst music critics. Critical response to the album was overwhelmingly positive around the world except for Britain, where its reception was decidedly negative. The greatest praise of the album came from Billboard Magazine, who described it as "stunning", concluding that "it's a golden commercial opportunity for a major [record company] with vision and energy [to release it in the United States]. A sharp ear will detect a kinship between Impossible Princess and MadonnaMadonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
's hugely successful album, Ray of Light
Ray of Light
Ray of Light is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on March 3, 1998 by Maverick Records and distributed by Warner Bros. Records. After giving birth to her daughter Lourdes, Madonna collaborated with Patrick Leonard and William Orbit in developing the album...
". The greatest criticism of the album came from Ben Willmott, in a scathing review for NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
, who slammed the entire work and Minogue's latest musical direction, calling her "a total fraud" that was "unconvincing". Specifically, he lambasted Minogue's collaborations with James Dean Bradfield, calling Some Kind of Bliss "supremely irritating". Ultimately, he gave the album four out of ten stars.
Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival.- History :...
included the album on their June 2003 list, Vital Pop: 50 Essential Pop Albums. Sal Cinquemani, in the magazine's review, said the album is "littered with many anthemic trance tracks", such as the "deliriously spacey 'Say Hey'", "Chemical Brothers-style techno/rock hybrid 'Limbo'", "frenetic 'I Don't Need Anyone'", "Bjork's 'Venus As A Boy'-evoking yet still unique 'Through the Years'", and "cinematic final track 'Dreams'", that "runs the gamut of styles but manages to remain cohesive and fresh, even six years later." Furthermore, he was impressed with the album's "starkly personal and unified cord", where "Minogue fiercely declares her independence but admits to her innate vulnerability". Finally, he noted the album found her "stretching herself way beyond anything she had done before (or anything she has done since)" and "is the work of an artist willing to take risks, not a pop queen concerned with preserving her reign." He rated the album four out of five stars.
Music Week
Music Week
Music Week is a trade paper for the UK record industry.Founded in 1959 as Record Retailer, it was relaunched on 18 March 1972 as Music Week . On 17 January 1981 the title was again changed, owing to the increasing importance of sell-through videos, to Music & Video Week...
was less than impressed, writing that "Kylie's vocals take on a stroppy edge...but not strong enough to do much". John Mangan, in a review for The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
said that the album "sounds right and constitutes another step in the right direction", praising the "moody trip-hop style" of "Jump" and the "funky hoe-down sound" of "Cowboy Style
Cowboy Style
"Cowboy Style" is a song by Kylie Minogue, from her 1997 album Impossible Princess, released as a single in August 1998. The song was released by Mushroom only in Australia because the record deal with Deconstruction for the UK and Europe ended after her previous single "Breathe".The song was...
". Who Magazine in Australia compared Minogue's vocal style to a young Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
, crediting her for her range in vocal styles displayed on the album. The magazine also commented that the album was a major step towards Minogue gaining credibility in the music industry, rating the album eight out of ten stars.
Chart performance and sales
Impossible Princess proved to be an all-round success in Australia, reaching number four on the ARIA Albums ChartARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and number one on the Australian Music Report
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...
chart in January 1998. It became the thirty-first best-selling album of 1998 and was certified platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
by the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA) for sales of 70,000 copies. In addition, the album spent a total of thirty-five weeks in the top fifty, making it Minogue's longest-charting album at that point. As well as being commercially successful in Australia, Impossible Princess enjoyed a positive reception from music critics and garnered several nominations at the 1998 ARIA Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 1998
The 12th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 20 October 1998 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre...
. In the United Kingdom, the album reached number ten on the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
(BPI) on 1 April 1998.
Singles
Some Kind of Bliss
"Some Kind of Bliss" is a song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The song was written by Minogue, James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore for Minogue's sixth studio album Impossible Princess...
", the first single, became Minogue's least successful lead single release, reaching number twenty-two in the UK
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. and number twenty-seven in Australia. Written with James Dean Bradfield
James Dean Bradfield
James Dean Bradfield is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.- Early life :...
of the Manic Street Preachers, the song gave Minogue an edgier sound, with guitars taking the place of the drum machine beats heavily featured in her earlier efforts. The single was released the week of Diana's funeral and had to compete against Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
's "Candle in the Wind 1997
Candle in the Wind 1997
"Candle in the Wind 1997" is a rewritten and rerecorded version of Elton John's own 1973 hit "Candle in the Wind" that was released as a tribute single to the late Diana, Princess of Wales....
", which became the fastest-selling single in the UK, selling 658,000 copies in the UK on that day alone, and over 1.5 million copies in its first week and it would remain at number one for five weeks.
The second single "Did It Again" featured an aggressive vocal style, with alternative and Eastern
Middle Eastern music
The music of Western Asia and North Africa spans across a vast region, from Morocco to Afghanistan, and its influences can be felt even further afield. Middle Eastern music influenced the music of India, as well as Central Asia, Spain, Southern Italy, the Caucasus and the Balkans, as in chalga...
musical influences. It became a top-twenty hit for Minogue in the UK and Australia. The song also featured a music video, directed by Pedro Romanhi. Minogue satirised her image in the video, in which four major incarnations of her career, "Indie Kylie", "Dance Kylie", "Sex Kylie", and "Cute Kylie", battled for supremacy.
"Breathe
Breathe (Kylie Minogue song)
"Breathe" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, for her sixth studio album Impossible Princess . The single was written by Minogue, Dave Ball and Ingo Vauk and produced by them...
", the third single, reached the top twenty in the UK, as well as the top thirty in Australia. It was moderately successful in other parts of the world, reaching number one in Israel.
"Cowboy Style
Cowboy Style
"Cowboy Style" is a song by Kylie Minogue, from her 1997 album Impossible Princess, released as a single in August 1998. The song was released by Mushroom only in Australia because the record deal with Deconstruction for the UK and Europe ended after her previous single "Breathe".The song was...
" was exclusively released as a single in Australia due to the success of Minogue's Intimate and Live
Intimate and Live Tour (tour)
Intimate and Live was a concert tour performed by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue in 1998 in support of her fifth studio album Kylie Minogue and her sixth studio album Impossible Princess.-Background:...
concert tour. It charted at number thirty-nine on the ARIA Singles Chart.
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| AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
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ISR Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... |
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SPA | UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| "Some Kind of Bliss Some Kind of Bliss "Some Kind of Bliss" is a song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The song was written by Minogue, James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore for Minogue's sixth studio album Impossible Princess... " |
27 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | — | 46 | 20 | 36 | — | — | — | 22 | — |
| "Did It Again" | 15 | 57 | — | 19 | 50 | 1 | — | 29 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | 14 | 8 |
| "Breathe Breathe (Kylie Minogue song) "Breathe" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, for her sixth studio album Impossible Princess . The single was written by Minogue, Dave Ball and Ingo Vauk and produced by them... " |
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Track listing
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Too Far" | Minogue | Brothers in Rhythm Brothers in Rhythm Brothers In Rhythm is a house music duo consisting of producers / remixers and DJs Steve Anderson and Dave Seaman. As a duo and individually, they have remixed and/or produced tracks by Lulu, M People, Secret Life, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Kylie Minogue, Garbage,... |
4:43 |
| 2 | "Cowboy Style Cowboy Style "Cowboy Style" is a song by Kylie Minogue, from her 1997 album Impossible Princess, released as a single in August 1998. The song was released by Mushroom only in Australia because the record deal with Deconstruction for the UK and Europe ended after her previous single "Breathe".The song was... " |
Minogue, Dave Seaman Dave Seaman Dave Seaman is a British dance music DJ and record producer. He was formerly a member of the DMC Publishing, and editor of music magazine Mixmag. He formed one half of Brothers In Rhythm with Steve Anderson, doing production work for Pet Shop Boys and Kylie Minogue. He has since founded Audio... , Steve Anderson |
4:44 | |
| 3 | "Some Kind of Bliss Some Kind of Bliss "Some Kind of Bliss" is a song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The song was written by Minogue, James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore for Minogue's sixth studio album Impossible Princess... " |
Minogue, James Dean Bradfield James Dean Bradfield James Dean Bradfield is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.- Early life :... , Sean Moore Sean Moore (musician) Sean Anthony Moore is the writer, drummer/percussionist and sometime trumpet player of the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.-Early years:... |
Dave Eringa Dave Eringa Dave Eringa is an English record producer from Essex who has engineered, mixed, produced, and played on albums by such bands as Manic Street Preachers, Ocean Colour Scene, Idlewild, 3 Colours Red, South and Johnny Boy... , Bradfield |
4:13 |
| 4 | "Did It Again" | Minogue, Anderson, Seaman | Brothers in Rhythm | 4:22 |
| 5 | "Breathe Breathe (Kylie Minogue song) "Breathe" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, for her sixth studio album Impossible Princess . The single was written by Minogue, Dave Ball and Ingo Vauk and produced by them... " |
Minogue, Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk | Ball, Vauk | 4:38 |
| 6 | "Say Hey" | Minogue | Brothers in Rhythm | 3:37 |
| 7 | "Drunk" | Minogue, Anderson, Seaman | 3:59 | |
| 8 | "I Don't Need Anyone" | Minogue, Bradfield, Nick Jones Nicky Wire Nicholas Allen Jones, known as Nicky Wire, is the lyricist, bassist and occasional vocalist with the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.-Early life:... |
Eringa, Bradfield | 3:13 |
| 9 | "Jump" | Minogue, Rob Dougan Rob Dougan Rob Dougan, also known as Rob D , is a genre-blending music composer. Mixing elements of orchestral music, trip hop, and bluesy vocals, his work is tangentially relatable to electronic music. He was known primarily for his breakthrough 1995 single "Clubbed to Death ", further popularised by 1999's... |
Dougan | 4:03 |
| 10 | "Limbo" | Minogue, Ball, Vauk | Ball, Vauk | 4:05 |
| 11 | "Through the Years" | 4:20 | ||
| 12 | "Dreams" | Minogue, Anderson, Seaman | Brothers in Rhythm | 3:44 |
Bonus tracks
The bonus track appears on the Japanese edition of Impossible Princess.| # | Title | Writers | Producers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | "Tears" | Minogue, Ball, Vauk | Ball, Vauk | 4:27 |
Special edition bonus disc
The special edition of Impossible Princess includes a bonus disc of remixes and B-sides.| # | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s)/Remixer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Love Takes Over Me" (Album Version) | Minogue, Anderson, Seaman | Brothers in Rhythm | 4:19 |
| 2 | "Too Far" (Inner Door Mix) | Minogue | Brothers in Rhythm, Philip Steir | 6:19 |
| 3 | "Did It Again" (Did It Four Times Mix) | Minogue, Anderson, Seaman | 5:49 | |
| 4 | "Breathe" (Tee's Dancehall Mix) | Minogue, Ball, Vauk | Ball, Vauk, Todd Terry Todd Terry Todd N. Terry is an American DJ, producer, and remixer.-Career:Terry's productions extensively used samples blending the sounds of classic disco, the Chicago sound, and elements of hip-hop.... |
6:21 |
| 5 | "Tears" | Ball, Vauk | 4:27 | |
| 6 | "Too Far" (Junior's Riff Dub) | Minogue | Brothers in Rhythm, Junior Vasquez Junior Vasquez Junior Vasquez, , is an American club DJ and remixer/producer.-Career:... |
5:49 |
| 7 | "Breathe" (Tee's Dub of Life) | Minogue, Ball, Vauk | Ball, Vauk, Terry | 7:55 |
| 8 | "Some Kind of Bliss" (Quivver Mix) | Minogue, Bradfield, Moore | Eringa, Bradfield, John Graham John Graham (producer) John Graham is a British record producer, songwriter, vocalist who is also known under the pseudonyms "Quivver" "Skanna" "Stoneproof" and "Space Manoeuvres". He was a former member of music production team Tilt. More recently, he has recorded and toured with the Welsh electronic group,... |
8:39 |
| 9 | "Did It Again" (Razor-n-Go Dub) | Minogue, Anderson, Seaman | Brothers in Rhythm, Razor-n-Go | 9:53 |
| 10 | "Breathe" (Tee's Glimmer Mix) | Minogue, Ball, Vauk | Ball, Vauk, Terry | 4:46 |
| 11 | "Too Far" (North Pole Mix) | Minogue | Brothers in Rhythm, Steir | 5:54 |
| 12 | "This Girl" (Demo) | Minogue, Uschi Classen | Classen | 3:09 |
(Initially) Unreleased songs
Brothers in Rhythm sessions:- "Stay This Way" released on Hits+Hits+Hits+ is the second major compilation album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, which was released on November 7, 2000 by Deconstruction Records. The album was the last compilation album which was released by the record label at the time, because Minogue had released her then Parlophone...
- "You're The One" leaked to the internet in low quality in 1998
- "Free" may only exist in rough demo form; performed live on several Kylie tours
- "(All Right) Now"
- "Looking Down On Me"
- "Stay With You"
- "Miles"
Nick Cave sessions:
- "Soon"
Personnel
The following people contributed to Impossible Princess:- Kylie Minogue – lead vocals, backing vocals, synthesizer
- Steve Anderson – keyboardsMusical keyboardA musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
, grand pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, guitar, programming, string arrangements - James Dean BradfieldJames Dean BradfieldJames Dean Bradfield is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.- Early life :...
– guitar, bass - Geoff Bird, Greg Bone – guitar
- Livingstone Brown, Steve Walters – bass
- Neil Sidwell – tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Simon Clarke – saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... - Tim Sanders – saxophone
- Guy Barker, Roddie Lorimer – trumpet
- Martin Loveday – cello
- Peter Lale – violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
- Nick Nasmyth – keyboards, string arrangements
- Steve Sidelnyk – drums, percussion
- Sean Moore – drums
- Andy Duncan – percussion
- Gavyn Wright – violin, orchestraOrchestraAn orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
lead - Sally Herbert – stringsString instrumentA string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
, string arrangements - Johnnie Hardy, Bogislaw Kostecki – fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
- Dave Eringa, Will Malone, Gini Ball, Claire Orsler, Jocelyn Pook, Anne Stephenson – string arrangements
- Alan Bremmer – programming, engineeringAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
, mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may... - Richard Lowe – mix engineering, engineering
- Sunny Lizic, Paul Wright – engineering
- Stephane Sednaoui – photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- Farrow Design – art directionArt directorThe art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
Weekly charts
| Charts (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
4 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
10 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1998) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart | 31 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| Australia Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
Platinum |
| United Kingdom British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... |
Silver |
Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 November 1997 | BMG | CD | BVCP-6068 |
| Australia | 12 January 1998 | Mushroom Records Mushroom Records Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros... |
MUSH33069.2 | |
| Cassette | MUSH33069.4 | |||
| United Kingdom | 23 March 1998 | Deconstruction Records Deconstruction Records Deconstruction Records is a record label founded in 1987 by Pete Hadfield and Keith Blackhurst in the United Kingdom. Distribution was via label deals with Parlophone Records, for acts such as K-Klass and Bassheads), and RCA Records for everybody else.... |
CD | 74321 51727 2 |
| Cassette | 74321 51727 4 | |||
| 26 May 2003 | Special edition | 82876511152 | ||
| Australia | September 2003 | Mushroom Records | MUSH337322 |
See also
- Intimate and Live TourIntimate and Live Tour (tour)Intimate and Live was a concert tour performed by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue in 1998 in support of her fifth studio album Kylie Minogue and her sixth studio album Impossible Princess.-Background:...
– Minogue's concert tour in support of the album.
External links
- Kylie.com — official website.