'80s throwback fails to impress

\nKylie Minogue\nCapitol Records\nAustralian pop princess Kylie Minogue has finally hit it big in the U.S. with her newly released album, Fever. At this year's 25th Annual Brit Awards, Minogue walked away with International Female of the year and International Album of the year. Unlike most rising artists in the U.S., Minogue has been around in the U.K. for quite awhile and will celebrate her 35th birthday in May. Obviously Minogue remembers the '80s and sounds like a bad flashback to that decade's pop.\nThe disco pop hit "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is making its way up the chart on TRL. It is the first single released from Fever and unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard it. The "la la la la la la la…" is something you definitely won't get out of your head. The tune is catchy and the words are easy to learn so you might find yourself singing it all day long until you can't stand it.\nWhoever said the '80s were coming back was right in all aspects, and so far as music goes, Minogue is definitely bringing it back. Call it disco pop, techno, whatever, but we all know it's that '80s sound, and we can't avoid it. The first track on the CD is "More More More" and its "runway" beats instantly made me feel like I was shopping at Express in the College Mall. \nThe first few weeks of the CD's release in the U.S. will contain two hidden bonus tracks "Boy" and "Butterfly." Both these songs prove to be two of the best on the CD, which isn't really saying much. \nSome people might like the CD (like your little sister who wasn't raised in the '80s), but I doubt it will last long. And for those of us avoiding the '80s comeback, we will avoid Kylie Minogue and her CD as well. The beats are good, words are about as deep as a wading pool and her first single off the album is already over-played on the radio. She has a style of her own that has completely rocked the U.K. Unless there's more amazing bonus tracks on Fever that I'm missing, if you want to hear late '80s/early '90s techno pop, just listen to your old Ace of Base CD and save yourself the cash.\n

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