Step Back In Time: The Definitive Collection

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Mick Jacobs of Spectrum Culture praised the compilation's overall versatility, describing Minogue's dance songs and downtempo moments as having "enduring appeal. Some tracks from Minogue's discography were omitted from the album's original release, which sparked criticism; [5] as a result, a third disc contains eight additional songs from her catalogue, as well as a megamix of Minogue's work lasting more than 40 minutes. Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection is the fourth major greatest hits album by Kylie Minogue. Kylie’s 2000 album ‘Light Years’ saw her now-iconic comeback with number one smash hit ‘Spinning Around’, which she followed up with the singles ‘On A Night Like This’, and her blistering duet with Robbie Williams, ‘Kids’.

It was released as the album's second single on 22 October 1990, and distributed by PWL and Mushroom as a CD single, cassette tape and 12-inch and 7-inch singles. The album's original content includes forty-two songs, dating back to Minogue's debut with PWL in 1987. It also reached number one on the Australian Albums Chart and Vinyl Albums Chart, making Minogue the first artist to top all three charts simultaneously. British author and music critic Adrian Denning selected the single as the best offering on Rhythm of Love (1990), stating that he preferred it over the "more popular 'Better the Devil You Know'.The video opens with Minogue putting an 8-track tape in a stereo, and moves to moments with Minogue and back-up dancers dancing near a large cityscape; intercut scenes have Minogue in a blue room wearing colourful clothing. It debuted as a digital single on May 3, 2019, and was featured on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 and The Graham Norton Show the same day. Jude Rogers’ moving and deeply impressive recent book The Sound of Being Human (2022) also beautifully observes that “ songs make us remember all those details of who we have been and where we have been. The song " Breathe" appears on disc one between " 2 Hearts" and " Red Blooded Woman" on the deluxe edition, whereas "New York City" appears as the final song on disc two as a hidden track.

The definitive collection encapsulates Kylie’s most beloved tracks to date while serving as a reflection of her illustrious record-breaking career.The song was first added to Minogue's Golden Tour setlist and, due to popular demand, was announced to be included on the compilation. Commercially, the single experienced success in regions such as Australia, United Kingdom, and Ireland. In addition, an expanded version included another disc with eight additional tracks from her catalogue, as well as a megamix of various tracks from her career. It was these media appearances that added further layers to the music – I would learn the lyrics to my favourite songs they printed, feeling the pages between my fingers – pages that offered such a gateway into music and a community with others to whom music mattered just as much. from Rhythm of Love was intended to be released after "Better the Devil You Know", but PWL executives scrapped the idea and changed it to "Step Back in Time".

It became Kylie’s seventh UK number one album–her second greatest hits to reach the chart summit after her 1992 release–and her sixth in Australia. is missing from her eponymous fifth studio album; " Some Kind of Bliss", " Did It Again" and " Cowboy Style" are missing from Impossible Princess; " Chocolate" is missing from Body Language; " Giving You Up" is missing from the 2004 greatest hits Ultimate Kylie; " All I See" is missing from X; " Better Than Today" and " Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)" are missing from Aphrodite; both " Into the Blue" and " I Was Gonna Cancel" are missing from Kiss Me Once, meaning this is the only of her fourteen studio albums not to be included in the compilation; and " Golden", " A Lifetime to Repair" and " Music's Too Sad Without You" are missing from Golden. It peaked at number four on the Irish Singles Chart, her second consecutive single to peak in that position after "Better the Devil You Know", and was present for six weeks in total. Step Back in Time" was also performed as part of a medley on the 2012 Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert in London, United Kingdom.Madonna is 2 weeks ahead, and I don't expect her to hold pole position for 2-3 weeks with large sales in both countries. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The album was released on June 28 2019 by BMG, to tie in with the festival concerts as part of Kylie Summer 2019, and Kylie's legend slot at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival.

According to British fashion designer and Minogue's long-term friend William Baker, who contributed to writing Minogue's biography Kylie: La La La (2002), he wrote that Minogue wanted to pay homage to the 1970s culture and figures, as she believed that was the era that celebrated disco music. New York City" was released as a single from the compilation on 3 May 2019, premiering on BBC Radio 2 the same day.Jacobs went on to say, "Step Back in Time stands as a strong reminder of not just how prolific her career has been but also how much more of it we can expect. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. Kylie performed a series of summer shows throughout the UK and Europe in 2019, entitled Kylie Summer 2019; the tour consisted of 15 shows across Europe, including a performance in the legends slot at Glastonbury Festival, as well as headlining Brighton Pride. Although Kylie’s music continues to thrill and matter to me, her songs have been a constant presence through my life as it has unfolded. This show continued into 2020, with Kylie being the first headliner of all-female line-up festival GRLS!