Much more excitement from Camp Kylie today. To heighten the anticipation of the release of new long-player ‘X’ in just over a month’s time, in exchange for a few details, a free MP3 ‘medley’ download of album tracks is available here.
Containing tasters from the forthcoming new set of songs, the Kylie marketing machine really seems to be going into overdrive with her return to the spotlight. Either that or the pre-release hype of new single ‘2 Hearts’ hasn’t been quite as expected, so the album snippets have been rushed out to allay fans’ fears that the album will be better.
(As I said a couple of weeks ago, ‘2 Hearts’ is good. Just give it time, as it is a grower, I promise. Another leaked track, ‘Fall For You’ didn’t make the cut, though – the link isn’t an official video.)
Although there have been so many good new pop albums this year (and pleasingly, most of them with an electro twist), this promises to be the best of the lot.
But, will it have the X factor, and swagger into the ‘Best Albums of 2007’ final to be crowned 2007’s champion? Going on this, yes. However, my cheer is only but one, and ‘X’ is up against some hot competition. Ultimately, the fans and critics will be the judges of pop’s most exciting contest of the year.
Roll on 26 November.