The Albums 2000–2010
Box set of Kylie Minogue's Parlophone albums from 2000–2010.
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The Albums 2000–2010 is a five-disc box set by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, released by Parlophone Records on 18 July 2011. It collects her studio albums from 2000 to 2010: Light Years, Fever, Body Language, X, and Aphrodite. The set marked Minogue's first box set collection until K25: Time Capsule in October 2012.
Background and packaging
The box set was announced on Minogue's official website in May 2011. Each disc is housed in a cardboard sleeve with original album artwork and one image from each album's photo shoot inside, without the album or Minogue's logo. A 15" x 10" poster displays credits and album artworks. The albums are colour-coded: Light Years light blue, Fever white, Body Language black, X red, and Aphrodite navy blue.
The set uses original first pressings, so the hidden track "Password" from Light Years is included, and all singles use their single edits. The bilingually-altered versions of "Your Disco Needs You" are absent. It was Minogue's first greatest hits box set; her second, K25: Time Capsule, followed in October 2012.
Track listing
Light Years
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spinning Around (Includes hidden track 'Password') | Paula Abdul, Ira Shickman, Osborne Bingham, Kara DioGuardi | 3:27 |
| 2 | On a Night Like This | Steve Torch, Mark Taylor, Brian Rawling, Graham Stack | 3:33 |
| 3 | So Now Goodbye | Kylie Minogue, Steve Anderson | 3:37 |
| 4 | Disco Down | Douglas | 3:57 |
| 5 | Loveboat | Minogue, Guy Chambers, Robbie Williams | 4:10 |
| 6 | Koocachoo | Minogue, Douglas | 4:00 |
| 7 | Your Disco Needs You | Minogue, Williams, Chambers | 3:33 |
| 8 | Please Stay | Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, John Themis | 4:08 |
| 9 | Bittersweet Goodbye | Minogue, Anderson | 3:43 |
| 10 | Butterfly | Minogue, Anderson | 4:09 |
| 11 | Under the Influence of Love | Paul Politi, Barry Eugene White | 3:32 |
| 12 | I'm So High | Minogue, Chambers, Megan Smith | 3:33 |
| 13 | Kids (with Robbie Williams) | Williams, Chambers | 4:20 |
| 14 | Light Years | Minogue, Stannard, Gallagher | 4:47 |
| Total length | 58:16 | ||
Fever
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | More More More | TommyD, Liz Winstanley | 4:40 |
| 2 | Love at First Sight | Minogue, Stannard, Gallagher, Ash Howes, Martin Harrington | 3:57 |
| 3 | Can't Get You Out of My Head | Cathy Dennis, Rob Davis | 3:49 |
| 4 | Fever | Greg Fitzgerald, Tom Nichols | 3:30 |
| 5 | Give It to Me | Minogue, Picchiotti, Anderson | 2:48 |
| 6 | Fragile | Davis | 3:44 |
| 7 | Come Into My World | Dennis, Davis | 4:06 |
| 8 | In Your Eyes | Minogue, Stannard, Gallagher, Howes | 3:18 |
| 9 | Dancefloor | Anderson, Dennis | 3:23 |
| 10 | Love Affair | Minogue, Stannard, Gallagher | 3:47 |
| 11 | Your Love | Minogue, Pascal Gabriel, Paul Statham | 3:47 |
| 12 | Burning Up | Fitzgerald, Nichols | 3:59 |
| Total length | 45:27 | ||
Body Language
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slow | Minogue, Dan Carey, Emilíana Torrini | 3:15 |
| 2 | Still Standing | Ash Thomas, Alexis Strum | 3:40 |
| 3 | Secret (Take You Home) | Curtis T. Bedeau, Gerard Charles, Hugh Clarke, Reza Safinia, Lisa Greene, Paul George, Brian P. George, Lucien J. George, Niomi McLean-Daley | 3:16 |
| 4 | Promises | Kurtis el Khaleel, David Billing | 3:17 |
| 5 | Sweet Music | Minogue, Karen Poole, Thomas | 4:11 |
| 6 | Red Blooded Woman | Douglas, Poole | 4:21 |
| 7 | Chocolate | Douglas, Poole | 5:00 |
| 8 | Obsession | Khaleel, Billing, M. Grey | 3:31 |
| 9 | I Feel for You | Liz Winstanley, J. Piccioni, S. Anselmetti | 4:19 |
| 10 | Someday | Minogue, Torrini, Thomas | 4:18 |
| 11 | Loving Days | Minogue, Stannard, Gallagher, Dave Morgan | 4:26 |
| 12 | After Dark | Dennis, Chris Braide | 4:10 |
| Total length | 47:44 | ||
Track listing from the source article.
Reception
The box set received positive reviews from most critics. The Sun gave it a perfect five-star rating, noting variety across Minogue's styles. Scott Harrah of Stagezine awarded four-and-a-half stars, reviewing each album individually due to their differing sound and concept. Jon O'Brien of AllMusic gave three-and-a-half stars, calling her earlier work "infectious" but criticising the exclusion of her Deconstruction period and the inclusion of X and Aphrodite; he concluded that the set contains plenty of moments justifying her status as a premier pop princess.
Simon Gage of Daily Express awarded three stars, critical of her lack of musical progression and processed vocals, but still finding it "pretty good". Paul Du Noyer described her Parlophone work as "ambiguous pop" and noted the absence of her breast cancer experience from her lyrics. In the UK, the box set debuted at number 37 on the UK Albums Chart, staying one week, and at number 40 on the Scottish Albums Chart for one week.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: The Albums 2000–2010 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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