Ok that's it, I can stay silent no more!
No, Nea, I did not plan for everyone to like this album. Starting with this album, my picks for the club will be based purely on what I feel like listening to, not what I expect anyone in the club to like. I learned that lesson with the world destroying choice that was Billy Child's Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro. Naive as I was, I thought people was largely gonna like it. No more trying to please you guys!
I chose Rhythm of Love simply because, at the time, I'd bought all of Kylie's old albums recently and this one was the one I felt the most like listening to right then and there. (As an aside, that guy in the video above is totally wrong. Enjoy Yourself is the worst of the three first records as it's all over the place.)
I see a lot of you guys bring up how this album isn't anything special. I actually like that about it. Or rather, what I mean to say is that I like that it has this incredibly early 90's sound to it that dates the album to a very specific moment in pop. It might not be a super unique record, but I enjoy it as being Kylie's spin on a prominent pop sound of the time.
As for the quality of the songs themselves, I don't think this album is a revelation, but there's a few strong tracks and nothing that I outright dislike. It's just a bit of simple, fun dance pop music.
Some may question my method for choosing albums for the club, but this is how it's going to be. I'll chose albums that I personally like and feel like listening to - completely ignoring the tastes of other forum members (I miss every time when I try to please anyway) and completely ignoring factors like how genre defining an album is, how respected it is, etc. Just a completely subjective choice where all that's guaranteed is that my choices are my kind of thing.
I'm not actually trying to torture you people, I'm just not actively trying
not to either. Not anymore.
I think a lot of you are gonna suffer with my next pick as well
In conclusion, I think this album is good - not great - but worthwhile for how it has Kylie doing her take on that, at the time, everpresent 1990 style of pop.
NOTE: I forgot to mention what songs I like the most. I can't remember all titles, but I knof for sure that "Things Can Only Get Better" is my favorite track on the disc.
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