Body Language (Kylie Minogue album)

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Body Language

Studio album by Kylie Minogue
Released	November 10, 2003 November 17, 2003 February 10, 2004
Recorded	2003
Genre	Pop/Dance/R&B
Length	47:51
Label	Parlophone Mushroom Capitol
Producer(s)	Sunny Roads Julian Gallagher Richard Stannard Johnny Douglas Baby Bash Karen Poole Cathy Dennis Chris Braide Kurtis Mantronik Rez Electric J
All Music Guide link The Guardian link Rolling Stone link Launch.co.uk link PopMatters link PlayLouder link Stylus link
Kylie Minogue chronology
Fever (2001)	Body Language (2003)	Ultimate Kylie (2004)

Body Language is a 2003 album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, her ninth studio album. The album peaked at #6 in the United Kingdom, and at #2 in her native Australia. It also reached number #42 on the United States Billboard 200 chart, #38 in Canada, #23 in New Zealand and #11 in Germany.

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

1 Track listing
2 Unreleased Songs
3 Release history
4 Critical response
5 Chart performance
- 5.1 Chart positions
6 Certifications
7 Album credits
8 Singles
9 Notes
10 References

[edit] Track listing

"Slow" (Kylie Minogue, Dan Carey and Emiliana Torrini) — Sound clip
"Still Standing" (Ash Thomas and Alexis Strum)
"Secret (Take You Home)" (Reza Safinia, Lisa Greene, Niomi Mclean-Daley, Hugh Clarke, Paul George, Gerald Charles, Brian P. George, Curtis T. Bedeau and Lucien J. George)
"Promises" (K. Khaleel and David Billing)
"Sweet Music" (Kylie Minogue, Ash Thomas, Karen Poole)
"Red Blooded Woman" (Johnny Douglas and Karen Poole)
"Chocolate" (Karen Poole and Johnny Douglas)
"Obsession" (K. Khaleel, David Billing and M. Grey)
"I Feel for You" (J. Piccioni, L. Winstanley and S. Anselmetti)
"Someday" (Kylie Minogue, Emiliana Torrini and Ash Thomas)
"Loving Days" (Kylie Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher and Dave Morgan)
"After Dark" (Cathy Dennis and Chris Braide)

Bonus tracks

"Slo Motion" (bonus track - Australian and Japan editions only track title Slow Motion on Japan edition) (Kylie Minogue, Andrew Frampton, Mark Stent and Wayne Wilkins)
"Cruise Control" (Canadian and US editions only) (Kylie Minogue, Karen Poole and Johnny Douglas)
"You Make Me Feel" (Canadian, Japan, and US editions only) (Kylie Minogue, Tommy D, Felix Howard and Marius Devries)
"City Games" (Canadian and US editions only) (Kylie Minogue, Tommy D, Felix Howard and Marius Devries)

[edit] Unreleased Songs

"I'm Sorry" and "Trippin' Me Up" were not on the album's final cut, but leaked to the internet in June 2006. They were produced by Pascal Gabriel.
"My Image Unlimited" and "I'm Just Here for the Music" also leaked. The producers for these tracks is unknown.
"On The Up" written with Johnny Douglas and Karen Poole leaked online as a 1-minute clip in June 2006 and then fully in November 2006.
Chocolate (feat. Ludacris) An early version of Chocolate included a rap by Ludacris but wasn't used on the final mix. (A part of Ludacris vocals can be heard at the beginning of the released version over the intro). A 1-Minute clip was leaked by late July 2006. Kylie didn't like the rap so it wasn't released.

[edit] Release history

"Body Language" is Minogue’s 9th studio album, and her third for Parlophone records. Its title is a reference to a line in the albums first single, "Slow". The album was recorded throughout the summer of 2003 in England, Ireland and Spain. It also saw Minogue working with previous collaborators Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Cathy Dennis, Johnny Douglas, and Karen Poole, as well as Emiliana Torrini and Mr. Dan, known collectively as Sunnyroads.

The album was supported by a spectacular one-off album launch show entitled "Money Can't Buy" on November 15, 2003 at the London Apollo Theatre. At the show Minogue performed seven new songs, along side some of her greatest hits. In July 2004 the concert was released on DVD. The DVD included an unedited version of the concert as well as multi-angle screen visuals for the performances of "Slow" and "Chocolate", a behind-the-scenes documentary, the videos for each of the #3 in the UK, #4 in New Zealand, and at #2 in Australia.

Australian and Japanese versions of the album included the bonus song "Slo Motion". Japan also received a second bonus track, "You Make Me Feel". When released in 2004, the North American version of the album included an enhanced data track with the "Slow" music video and "Can't Get You Out of My Head (Live)" from the "Money Can't Buy" concert as well as two bonus tracks, "You Make Me Feel" and "Cruise Control (US version)". In the US, some versions of the album came packaged with six postcards.

[edit] Critical response

"Body Language" received strong reviews from critics. Rolling Stone called the album "fantastic" and gave it a rating of three stars out of five, calling it some of her best work.^[1] Chris True, in a review for the All Music Guide, called the album Minogue's "big step forward". The review echoed the Rolling Stone review and called it some of her best work and a "a near perfect pop record". ^[2]

In a review for PopMatters, Adrien Begrand, praised songs like "Slow" and "Sweet Music" but dismissed the rest as "forgettable" and nothing "more than mere filler". Begrand also called "Body Language" a "bit of a misstep" from her previous album Fever. ^[3] Sharon O'Connell, from Launch.com, gave the album a five out of ten calling it "an ill-judged move" due to its praise of 80s disco music and its references to 80s "cheese music" made by Duran Duran, Dead or Alive and one-hit wonders Nu Shooz. ^[4]

[edit] Chart performance

"Body Language" failed to reach the chart success of its predecessor "Fever", but still managed to chart in the Top 5 in multiple countries. The album reached the Top 5 in Australia, Greece and South Africa, but in the UK it just missed the Top 5 peaking at #6. In New Zealand it peaked at #23.

The album was released in North America to minor chart success. In Canada it peaked at #38 and in the USA on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart it reached #42.

Body Language has sold an estimated 2,800,000 copies worldwide and has 2x platinum in Australia, selling around 140,000 copies. In the UK the album has gone platinum selling 300,000 copies. It has also been certified gold in Switzerland, Austria and New Zealand. In the United States it has sold around 130,000 copies to date.

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2003/2004)	Peak position
Australian ARIA albums charts	2
Mexican albums chart	2
USA Billboard Top Electronic albums chart	2
Greek International albums chart	3
South African albums chart	3
Argentine album chart	6
U.K. albums chart	6
Swiss albums chart	8
Belgian album chart	10
German albums chart	11
Portugese albums chart	14
Dutch albums chart	19
Irish albums chart	19
New Zealand albums chart	23
French albums chart	31
Finnish albums chart	32
Canadian albums chart	38
USA Billboard Top 200 albums chart	42
Japanese Oricon albums chart	43
Polish albums chart	49

[edit] Certifications

Note: Certifications are based on the number of shipped copies and not the number of copies sold.

Country	Certification	Shipments	Sales
Australia	2x Platinum	140,000+
Austria	Gold	15,000+
Belgium	Gold	25,000+
Brazil	–	20,000+	17,600
Germany	Gold	100,000+
Greece	Gold	20,000+
Japan	–	–	15,500
Mexico	Gold	50,000+
New Zealand	Gold	7,500+
Switzerland	Gold	20,000+
U.K.	Platinum	300,000+	397,013
U.S.	–	–	130,000

[edit] Album credits

[edit] Personnel

Lead vocals: Kylie Minogue.
Programmed by Dave Clews, Julian Gallagher and Alvin Sweeney.
Protools: Dave Clews.
Backing Vocals: Kylie Minogue, Ash Thomas, Alexis Strum, Karen Poole, Johnny Douglas, Cathy Dennis, Richard "Biff" Stannard, Miriam Grey, Chris Braide and Andrea Remanada.
Extra "chorus pops": Ash Thomas and Lion.
MC: A. Guevara.
Guest vocals on "Someday": Green Gartside (Scritti Politti).
Strings arranged and conducted by Simon Hale - London Session Orchestra.
All instruments by Johnny Douglas, Wayne Wilkins and Andrew Frampton.

Except:

Keyboards by Richard "Biff" Gallagher, Julian Gallagher, Dave Clews and Dave Morgan.
Guitars by Dave Morgan.

[edit] Production

Mastered by Geoff "Peshy" Pesh at Townhouse Studios.
Produced by Sunnyroads, Johnny Douglas, Curtis Mantronik, Baby Ash, Electric J, Cathy Dennis, Chris Braide and Richard "Biff" Stannard, Julian Gallagher and The Auracle.
Engineered by Danton Supple.
Assistant engineer: Geoff Rice and David Treahearn.
Vocal production by Johnny Douglas
Vocal engineering by Dave Clews.
Mixed by Mr. Dan, Johnny Douglas, Baby Ash, Steve Fitzmaurice, Alvin Sweeney, The Auracle and Tony Maserati.
Mixed assisted by Damon Iddins
Recorded by Alvin Sweeney and Niall Alcott.

[edit] Design

Kylie's visual direction and styling by William Baker.
Photography by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot.
Sleeve direction and design by Tony Hung for Adjective Noun.

[edit] Singles

A scene from the music video for "Slow"

"Slow" was released in November 2003. It debuted at number one in both the British and Australian charts and has also gone to number one in Spain and Denmark. It also went top 10 in a number of other countries including Canada, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Taiwan and Portugal in late 2003 and early 2004. In the U.S., it reached number one on the Billboard Magazine Club Chart, and reached the top 40 on the Radio Airplay Chart. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Dance Recording Catageory. A Chemical Brothers remix of the track appears on the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy soundtrack. The single has achieved platinum status in Australia.
"Red Blooded Woman" was released in March 2004. It entered the Australian singles chart at number four, and at number 5 in the UK. The song has also made the top ten in Spain, Ireland and Italy. In the U.S., it reached number one on the Billboard Magazine Dance Radio Airplay Chart, and was a modest radio airplay hit. It has achieved gold sales in New Zealand where it peaked at number 18.
"Chocolate" was released June 2004 (July 2004 in Australia). The song reached number 14 in Australia and number six in the UK, giving Minogue her 27th top 10 hit, 36th top 20 hit, and making her the 19th most successful artist of all time.
"Secret (Take You Home)" was released as a promotional single in Taiwan in early 2004.

[edit] Notes

^ Body Language 1. Rolling Stone Magazine. Retrieved January 3, 2006.
^ Body Language 2. All Music Guide. Retrieved January 3, 2006.
^ Body Language 3. Pop Matters. Retrieved January 3, 2006.
^ Body Language 4. Launch.co.uk. Retrieved January 3, 2006.

[edit] References

"Body Language". Slo Kylie - Slovenian Kylie Page. link - last accessed December 25, 2005.
KylieDiscography - Body Language". FeelTheFever. link- last accessed December 25, 2005.