Let's Get to It

Let's Get to It
Studio album by Kylie Minogue
Released 14 October 1991 (1991-10-14)
Recorded 1991
Genre Pop, new jack swing, dance, R&B, house
Length 39:04 (International/Australian edition)
49:43 (Japanese edition)
Label PWL, Mushroom
Producer Stock & Waterman
Kylie Minogue chronology
Rhythm of Love
(1990)		 Let's Get to It
(1991)		 Kylie Minogue
(1994)
Singles from Let's Get to It
  1. "Word Is Out"
    Released: 28 August 1991
  2. "If You Were with Me Now with Keith Washington"
    Released: 21 October 1991
  3. "Give Me Just a Little More Time"
    Released: 13 January 1992
  4. "Finer Feelings"
    Released: 13 April 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Digital Spy [2]

Let's Get to It is the fourth album by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on 14 October 1991 and was a top twenty album in both Minogue's native Australia and the United Kingdom, and subsequently became Minogue's least commercially successful album to date.

Contents

Album information

Recorded during the summer of 1991, Let's Get to It was Kylie's last studio album for PWL. Combining new jack swing, soul, dance, house and techno influences, Let's Get to It allowed Kylie to develop her songwriting with six tracks co-written with Mike Stock. The Japanese edition is long out-of-print and is very sought by collectors.

Track listing

  1. "Word Is Out" – 3:35 (Stock, Waterman) ^
  2. "Give Me Just a Little More Time" – 3:08 (Ronald Dunbar, Edyth Wayne)
  3. "Too Much of a Good Thing" – 4:24 (Minogue, Stock, Waterman) (samples Janet Jackson's "Control" and Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's "Let the Beat Hit 'Em")
  4. "Finer Feelings" (Stock, Waterman) – 3:54
  5. "If You Were with Me Now" (Minogue, Stock, Waterman, Keith Washington) – 3:11 †
  6. "Let's Get to It" (Stock, Waterman) – 4:49
  7. "Right Here, Right Now" – 3:52 (Minogue, Stock, Waterman) (samples Shay Jones's "Are You Gonna Be There")
  8. "Live and Learn" – 3:15 (Minogue, Stock, Waterman)
  9. "No World Without You" – 2:46 (Minogue, Stock, Waterman)
  10. "I Guess I Like It like That" – 6:00 (Minogue, Stock, Waterman) (samples 2 Unlimited's "Get Ready for This", Freestyle Orchestra's "Keep on Pumping It Up" and Salt-N-Pepa's "I Like It Like That")

^ The Summer Breeze 7" Edit was used for the Australian release.
† Track 5 is a duet between Minogue and Washington.

Recorded tracks

  1. "Say the Word (I'll Be There)" – 4:00 (Minogue, Stock, Waterman) (B-side to "Word Is Out")
  2. "Do You Dare?" – 3:17 (Minogue, Stock, Waterman) (B-side to "Give Me Just a Little More Time")
  3. "Closer" – 3:59 (Minogue, Stock, Waterman) (B-side to "Finer Feelings")

Japanese version

The Japanese special release featured an exclusive booklet containing pictures from the Rhythm of Love promotional shoots with an all-new artwork and a bonus MiniDisc, that featured the following tracks:

  1. "Word Is Out" (Instrumental) – 3:31
  2. "What Do I Have to Do" (Instrumental) – 3:48
  3. "Step Back in Time" (Instrumental) – 3:30

Singles

# Title Chart
1. "Word Is Out" UK #16, Australia #10 (Summer Breeze Mix in Australia)
2. "If You Were with Me Now" UK #4, Australia #23
3. "I Guess I Like It like That" Australia-only 12" release
"Keep on Pumpin' It" UK only #49 - (Visionmasters & Tony King featuring Kylie Minogue. See note below)
4. "Give Me Just a Little More Time" UK #2, Australia #24
5. "Finer Feelings" UK #11, Australia #60

In November 1991 a reworking of Minogue's album track "I Guess I Like It like That" was released in the form of "Keep on Pumpin' It" by Visionmasters & Tony King featuring Kylie Minogue. A sample of Kylie's vocals from "I Guess I Like It Like That" are used in the song.

In Australia, "If You Were with Me Now" was promoted as a double-A side with "I Guess I Like It like That", the latter becoming a popular club hit and on high rotation for several years and was available on 12-inch record. This 12-inch record is highly sought after by fans.

In early 1992, the same thing happened with the b-side to "Give Me Just a Little More Time". High rotation in clubs pre-release saw "Do You Dare" become popular, with many clubbers unaware it was a Minogue track.

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[3] 13
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[4] 37
UK Albums Chart[5] 15

Personnel

  • Leroy Osbourne – backing vocals
  • Miriam Stockley – backing vocals
  • Mick Wilson – backing vocals
  • Dave Ford – mixing
  • Peter Day – engineer
  • Gordon Dennis – engineer
  • Matt Le Flem – assistant engineer
  • Jason Barron – assistant engineer
  • Dean Murphy – assistant engineer
  • Dillon Gallagher – assistant engineer
  • Chris McDonnell – assistant engineer
  • Les Sharma – assistant engineer
  • Juergen Teller – photography

Let's Get To...The Videos

Let's Get To...The Videos
Video by Kylie Minogue
Released November 1991
Genre Pop–dance
Label PWL, Mushroom
Kylie Minogue video chronology
Kylie On the Go - Live in Japan
(1990)		 Let's Get To...The Videos
(1991)		 Kylie - Live in Dublin
(1992)

A VHS was released following the album titled Let's Get To...The Videos. The video included four music videos from Minogue's previous album Rhythm of Love, two music videos from Let's Get to It, and exclusive behind the scenes footage.

Track listing

  1. "Better the Devil You Know"
  2. "Step Back in Time"
  3. "What Do I Have to Do?"
  4. "Shocked"
  5. "Word Is Out"
  6. "If You Were with Me Now"
  7. Behind the scenes

Formats

These are the formats of major video releases of Let's Get To...The Videos.

Release format Country Cat. no. Label
UK VHS[6] United Kingdom VHF21 PWL
Japanese Laserdisc[7] Japan ALLB-18 PWL
Japanese VHS[8] Japan ALVB-18 PWL
OZ VHS[9] Australia V81192 Mushroom

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Digital Spy review
  3. ^ Let's Get to It australian-charts.com
  4. ^ Let's Get to It ORICON
  5. ^ "UK Charts > Kylie Minogue". Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/KYLIE%20MINOGUE/. Retrieved 2011-10-06. 
  6. ^ Let's Get To...The Videos UK VHS. mixkylie.co.uk Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  7. ^ Let's Get To...The Videos Japanese Laserdisc. mixkylie.co.uk Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  8. ^ Let's Get To...The Videos Japanese VHS. mixkylie.co.uk Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  9. ^ Let's Get To...The Videos OZ VHS. mixkylie.co.uk Retrieved 4 October 2007.
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