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9.0
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BBC
Aphrodite is pure Kylie magic. Everything that made you fall in love with her all over again before is present and correct here. Not liking this would be like not being keen on breathing. All hail!
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8.0
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Mojo
Delivering groovy, recession-free summer - vintage '80s and '90s disco. Print edition only
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8.0
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Daily Telegraph
This is a mainstream pop blast, with great intros (the almost New Order bass drive of Cupid Boy), tingly keyboard hooklines, catchy choruses and pumping codas
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8.0
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The Irish Times
Splash on your Kylie fragrance, get your heels on and get ready to spin around the dancefloor all summer long
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8.0
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Evening Standard
The current single, All the Lovers, is a dreamy moment with a chorus that ranks among her best in a 23-year career
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8.0
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Independent on Sunday
In the context of Minogue's discography, her 11th album marks an infinitesimally tiny dip. In the greater pop scheme of things, Kylie's Aphrodite is mighty
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8.0
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The Digital Fix
While markets plummet and currencies devalue themselves for fun, the Minogue stock remains high. Buy, buy, buy
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8.0
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Rave Magazine
In spite of the one or two filler tracks that creep in around the middle, Aphrodite is still a straight-up great album
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8.0
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Consequence Of Sound
If Minogue was looking to do something better than her last album, she’s done it, and with all the aplomb of a Goddess
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7.5
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The Line Of Best Fit
The whole album is a warm breeze of uplifting pop
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7.0
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PopMatters
Sometimes dance pop with this much gloss and unabashed glee is relegated to the realms of guilty pleasure, but Aphrodite is that rare representation of perfect production that is just pleasure, pure and simple
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7.0
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Clash
Current single ‘All The Lovers’ encapsulates the pure essence of Kylie: sexed-up vocals, delicate instrumentation and, ofcourse, that climactic, breathtaking chorus
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7.0
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musicOMH
With five singles sitting and waiting, Aphrodite is the record she needed. Just be prepared to hit 'skip'
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7.0
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The Fly
The wheel hasn’t been reinvented, but when it’s disco-pop this good, you can put down the protractor
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7.0
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NME
Her most unified work in ages. Print edition only
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7.0
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Sydney Morning Herald
This is easily the best pop album Kylie's made in a decade
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6.5
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Prefix
Aphrodite is everything you expect it to be: inspiring, motivating and celebratory
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Quietus
It doesn't help that many of these are fun, but not fabulous, songs, templates for brilliant club remixes rather than great things in their own right. Tiny elements shine out instead
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6.0
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The Guardian
Because her voice is limited to squeaks, exhalations and woe-begone sighs, it's hard to stay interested unless you happen to be on a dancefloor at 4am
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6.0
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The Observer
Aphrodite is a little flimsy next to Gaga. Best then to leave Kylie on her little silvery cloud of dry ice, hovering winningly for a few tunes, then floating away
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6.0
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Eye Weekly
Steer past the Stuart Price–shepherded glittery dance-pop here, fine as some of it may be ... and behold the lubricated swank of Better Than Today
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4.0
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Q
Aphrodite isn't good enough. Since Minogue surely can't keep making the same album indefinitely, a musical rethink is required. Print edition only
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4.0
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4.0 |
Uncut
Dismayingly anonymous pop-trance. Print edition only
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Independent
Too often here, romancing and dancing are blandly promulgated, each striding disco stomp professing Kylie's all-consuming faith in one or the other
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