Track Listing

1. I Should Be So Lucky
2. Got To Be Certain
3. The Loco-Motion
4. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi
5. Especially For You
6. Turn It Into Love
7. It's No Secret
8. Hand On Your Heart
9. Wouldn't Change A Thing
10. Never Too Late
11. Tears On My Pillow
12. Better The Devil You Know
13. Give Me Just A Little More Time
14. Finer Feeling
15. What Kind Of Fool(Heard That Before)
16. Where In The World?
17. Celebration

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #88778 in Music
• Released on: 1999-10-01
• Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

The early hits
In 1980's Britain, the most successful pop record producers were the team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman. Many of their singers faded from popularity as quickly as they emerged, leaving a legacy of doubtful importance. A rose above the rest but the star that shone the brightest was Kylie. This is the definitive compilation of Kylie's music from that period, notably including her UK chart-topping duet with Jason Donovan, Especially for you, which originally appeared on one of his albums but did not appear on any of Kylie's original albums.

Nobody who was around in Britain in the late eighties will ever forget the chorus line of her first hit (one of several British number one records) - I should be so lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky - it's the kind of song you either love or hate. Many hate it, and I sometimes feel I ought to - but no, I love it. There was always something about Kylie, even then, that set her apart as something special.

Most of these songs were written and/or produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman. There are a few covers and it was two of these - Locomotion (the Little Eva sixties classic) and Tears on my pillow (the Little Anthony fifties classic) - that aroused my interest in Kylie's music. They are both brilliant - indeed, Locomotion provided Kylie with her only huge American hit during this period. As to Tears on my pillow, I've heard several versions. Kylie should be proud of her cover, which gave her another huge hit. Give me just a little more time (Chairmen of the board) and Celebration (Kool and the gang) provide further evidence of Kylie's ability to revive oldies and take them high up the charts.

Je ne sais pas porqoui (an English language song despite it's chorus line), Got to be certain, Hand on your heart, Better the devil you know and Wouldn't change a thing are among the other classic UK hits to be found here.

While many will continue to dismiss Kylie (especially these early hits), she is much better than many of the singers she is sometimes compared to, and has proved it by lasting longer than any of her critics thought possible.

Just a warning - if you got into Kylie's music because of her more recent material, you will find that her early music is very different. It is possible to enjoy both her recent music and her early music (as I do) but not everybody does.

Kylie's (1st) Golden Age
This is a fantastic overview of Kylie's early hit years, and a textbook example of how truly great pop music can capture a period in your life. Sure, some of the production might sound just a little dated now, but just try to resist turning up the stereo, pulling the blinds, then dancing like a middle-aged fool to these three-and-a-half minute melodic gems! Impossible to pick favourites, but if I had to choose, "Better The Devil You Know", "Hand On Your Heart" and "What Kind Of Fool" are the pinnacles for me. Don't pay attention to your friends who might say, "Ugh, that's just cheesy '80s music". You know better!

The old Kylie
This is a must for ALL Kylie fans old and new. This is Kylie from the beginning, all her old songs are on here and it's great, I would recommend any Kylie fan to own this one, absolutely fab!!!!!!!!!!No Kylie fan should be without it.