Light Years (album)

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Light Years
Light Years cover
Studio album by Kylie Minogue
Released September 25, 2000 (2000-09-25)
March 5, 2001 (2001-03-05) (Reissue)
Genre Pop, Dance, Disco
Length 54:26
Label Parlophone, Mushroom
Producer Johnny Douglas, Mike Spencer, Graham Stack, Mark Taylor, Guy Chambers, Steve Power, Julian Gallagher, Richard Stannard, Steve Anderson, Mark Picchiotti
Professional reviews
Kylie Minogue chronology
Intimate and Live
(1998)		 Light Years
(2000)		 Hits+
(2000)
Alternate cover
Reissue cover
Reissue cover
Singles from Light Years
  1. "Spinning Around"
    Released: June 19, 2000
  2. "On a Night Like This"
    Released: September 11, 2000
  3. "Kids"
    Released: October 9, 2000
  4. "Please Stay"
    Released: December 11, 2000
  5. "Your Disco Needs You"
    Released: January 22, 2001

Light Years is the seventh album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue and was released in 2000. It reached number one on the United Kingdom album charts. Light Years is largely seen as Minogue's "comeback" album as it saw her return to her pop roots and to the top of the charts.

Contents

[edit] Reissue/Tour edition

Due to the success of the album and the "On A Night Like This" tour, a special Tour Package was released, with a second CD featuring various remixes. The special edition album was released on March 5, 2001. For the Australian edition, Minogue's remake of Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" was included on the second CD, following popular performances of the song on the tour.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Spinning Around" (Ira Shickman, Osborne Bingham, Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul)
  2. "On a Night Like This" (Steve Torch, Graham Stack, Mark Taylor, Brian Rawling)
  3. "So Now Goodbye" (Minogue, Steve Anderson)
  4. "Disco Down" (Johnny Douglas)
  5. "Loveboat" (Minogue, Guy Chambers, Robbie Williams)
  6. "Koocachoo" (Minogue, Douglas)
  7. "Your Disco Needs You" (Minogue, Chambers, Williams)
  8. "Please Stay" (Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, John Themis)
  9. "Bittersweet Goodbye" (Minogue, Anderson)
  10. "Butterfly" (Minogue, Anderson)
  11. "Under the Influence of Love" (Paul Politi, Barry Eugene White)
  12. "I'm So High" (Minogue, Chambers, Megan Smith)
  13. "Kids" with Robbie Williams (Williams, Chambers)
  14. "Light Years" (Minogue, Stannard, Gallagher)
Reissue/Tour edition
  1. "On a Night Like This" (Rob Searle mix)
  2. "On a Night Like This" (Bini & Martini Club mix)
  3. "On a Night Like This" (Bini & Martini Dub mix)
  4. "Please Stay" (Hatiras Dreamy dub)
  5. "Please Stay" (7th District Radio mix)
  6. "Please Stay" (Metro mix)
  7. "Please Stay" (7th District Club Flava mix)
  8. "Butterfly" (Sandstorm dub)
  9. "Your Disco Needs You" (Casino Radio Mix)
  10. "Physical"

The German, Spanish and Japanese versions of the album contain the track "Your Disco Needs You" with the French interval translated into their respective languages. On some versions (including the UK, German, Canadian and Spanish versions) there is the hidden track "Password", played by either rewinding past the beginning of the CD, or continuing past the end.

[edit] Singles

# Title Date
1. "Spinning Around" June 2000
2. "On A Night Like This" September 2000
3. "Kids" October 2000 duet with Robbie Williams
4. "Please Stay" December 2000
5. "Your Disco Needs You" March 2001
6. "Butterfly" March 2002 USA only
  • "Spinning Around" was the first single and was released in June 2000. It debuted at number one in Australia and the UK. The single marked Minogue's return to mainstream pop music. The video involved Minogue dancing in a packed nightclub and started the tabloids' obsession with her.
  • "On a Night Like This" was released in September 2000 and debuted at number one on the Australian and in the UK. The song's release coincided with Minogue's performance at the Sydney Olympic Games where she sang this song. The following week, having already dropped from the top spot, the song returned to number one in Australia.
  • In October 2000, the duet "Kids (song)" with Robbie Williams (UK) was released. The song, written by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, reached number two in the UK and number five in Australia. A different version of this song with a spoken fadeout rap by Williams appeared on his album Sing When You're Winning.
  • "Please Stay" was released in December 2000 and reached number eight in the UK and number ten in Australia.
  • Santa Baby, the b-side to Please Stay, was releasd to UK radio as a promo single during the Christmas period. Minogue performed this song on the UK music show Top of the Pops
"Your Disco Needs You" single cover
"Your Disco Needs You" single cover
  • "Your Disco Needs You" was another song written by Robbie Williams & Guy Chambers for the album. The song became an underground hit when it was released as a single in Germany and Australia. In Australia it was the first of a number of subsequent "limited edition" single releases, with only 10,000 copies pressed. This saw the single debut at number 20, then drop to number 45 before falling out of the chart altogether.
  • The dance track "Butterfly" proved popular on the club scene. After a remix in 2001, the track was issued in the USA where it was a hit on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart. The same song also appears on the US edition of Kylie's Fever album.
  • "Bury Me Deep in Love", a duet with Australian artist Jimmy Little, was released as a radio-only single in Australia on August 13th 2001. The song can be found on Little's album "Resonate".
  • The track "So Now Goodbye" was briefly considered for single release but ultimately this did not happen. The popular track contains a sample of Diana Ross' "The Boss".

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2000)[1] Peak
Position
Australian Albums Chart 1
UK Albums Chart 2
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 8
Greece Albums Chart 9
European Albums Chart 10
Hungarian Albums Chart 16
Irish Albums Chart 13
Finnish Albums Chart 24
Swedish Albums Chart 25
Swiss Albums Chart 28
German Albums Chart 35
Danish Albums Chart 38
French Albums Chart 50
Country Provider(s) Certification[1] Sales/Shipments
Australia ARIA 4x Platinum 280,000+
South Africa RISA Gold 23,000+
U.K. BPI Platinum 300,000+

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Chart Positions – Light Years. SloKylie.com – Slovenian Kylie Page. Retrieved July 18, 2007.

[edit] External links

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