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- Summary: The latest full-length release from Australian dance-pop artist Kylie Minogue features guest appearances by Diplo, Tove Lo, Bebe Rexha, Orville Peck, Sia, and The Blessed Madonna.
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- Record Label: Universal
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 9 out of 12
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Oct 21, 2024This collection of (mostly) new songs stands strong on its own. The record is tighter yet bolder, sexier yet sadder, as icy, electropop siren Kylie once again leaves it all on the dancefloor.
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Oct 18, 2024Tension II feels bolder, tougher and more inventive than its predecessor, while still flowing directly from the same fun and fizzy vibe.
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Oct 18, 2024The sharp craft of Tension II confirms that this is Kylie Minogue’s world, we’re just fortunate enough to live in it.
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Oct 18, 2024The new album, which could have easily been called More Tension, is Minogue’s most shamelessly ingratiating collection of dance-pop songs since 2010’s Aphrodite—maybe even 2001’s Fever.
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Oct 18, 2024‘Tension II’ is embedded in Kylie’s more up-front pop tendencies. That’s no bad thing – she’s the best around, after all – but it does make the project feel a little slim in places.
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Nov 6, 2024Tension II is a fun continuation of what has been Kylie’s renaissance since 2020’s Disco album. It is not wholly without flaws as stated above but still manages to solidify that Kylie will always be someone we just can’t get out of our heads.
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Oct 21, 2024Tension II is sometimes sparky and sometimes gratifying, but for the most part it fails to recreate the highs of its predecessor, instead choosing to replicate the animating ideas of Padam Padam – anonymous, sledgehammer-subtle Eurotrash beats; nonsensical vocal hooks; self-aware attempts at camp – over and over, until those ideas have all been worn down to nothing.