It’s turning into a bit of a Kylie week here on goodrichard. Following our visit to the V&A exhibition, the Kylie album comeback machine is slowly rolling into town.
Rumoured to be called ‘Kylie X’ (as it’s her tenth original studio album), there have been plenty of reports of leaked tracks.
But, how many of these ‘new’ tracks are actually from the comeback collection of songs remains to be seen.
At least five leaked tracks may carry some weight, while a total of ten have been listed on various internet sites. A three-disc CD-R set of 49 tracks has also been thought to exist, with the songs produced by 17 different music makers.
It’s certainly built up the anticipation, but I’ve obviously been too late in trying to hear the eagerly awaited new material.
Search-related links to the fresh songs often take the reader through to pages containing pulled copyrighted material disclaimers, although I did manage to turn up a pair of the tracks.
While they appear to be new, as some of the songs appear to be from previous ‘Body Language’ or ‘Ultimate Kylie’ sessions, who knows if these are actually demos for the long-awaited comeback long player.
Other quick-off-the-mark bloggers have been more successful, though.
Previously, the record company denied the first leaked tracks were real, and were in fact sung by a session singer, but as most of the more recent links direct the inquisitive fan to removed pages, were these songs actually the genuine article?
Only when the new material is released – hopefully later in the year – will we truly know.
So, it’s true then. You really do have to go away to come back, and going on what I have heard, Kylie’s comeback is shaping up to be the pop event of 2007.