Kylie Minogue – Fever – Review

Kylie Minogue

Fever
by Michael McCarthy

Kylie Minogue follows up 2000’s often garish Light Years with Fever, another dance record. However, this one is not over-the-top disco cheese, and in that sense, is a radical departure from its predecessor. She coos and purrs as she did on that disc, to be sure, but the beats are a mix of what’s happening now in both house and trance. “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head,” the first single, spent weeks at the top of the UK charts and it’s no wonder because it’s one of those hypnotic songs listeners can’t get out of their own heads. Who knew Kylie could out-trance the likes of Sonique and Alice Deejay? After Light Years, you’d have thought any attempt to do so on Kylie’s part would have been as tawdry as Alice Deejay’s annoying “Better Off Alone,” but she pulls it off superbly.