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''Kylie'' is the debut studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released by PWL on 4 July 1988. The album was produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, who also wrote nine of the ten tracks on the album. Most of the album's composition is dance-pop music, with strong bubblegum pop influences. The album contains a few ballads, namely "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi", "It's No Secret", "I'll Still Be Loving You" and "I Miss You". The main bulk of the album repeated the dance-pop style as seen in "I Should Be So Lucky" and "The Loco-Motion". The album has received a mixed reception from music critics. Many applauded the album itself, while some did not like another bubblegum pop musician, and critics compared it to American singer and songwriter Madonna's self-titled album (1983). Despite the mixed critical reaction, ''Kylie'' was a worldwide success. It peaked at number one in three countries, including the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Japan, and it produced three number one singles in Australia. In North America, the album peaked low on the ''Billboard'' charts, yet still managed to sell over 500,000 copies and was certified gold. In Australia, the album was re-issued as ''The Kylie Collection'' also in 1988, as well as a VHS video in Australia and featuring bonus remixes. ''Kylie'' was certified seven times platinum in the UK and has sold over 7 million copies worldwide. ''Kylie'' had a total of six singles released from the album worldwide. Her debut single was a cover of the Little Eva single "The Loco-Motion", written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, which charted worldwide and went to number one in a total of eight countries, and peaked in the top ten of twenty countries, becoming one of Minogue's most successful singles to date. The follow up single was "I Should Be So Lucky", which went to number one in seven countries, including Australia and the United Kingdom, and peaked at number twenty-eight on the US ''Billboard'' charts. ==Background and recording== In 1979, an 11-year-old Kylie Minogue was established as a child actress, appearing as a cameo actress in the TV series ''The Sullivans'' and ''Skyways''. Both Minogue and her sister Dannii Minogue were both child stars trying to achieve success in the TV industry of Australia, but Dannii received better opportunities as a TV actress than Kylie.〔''Kylie'' Sean Smith. Chapter two "An Encounter with Kylie".〕 At the time, Kylie became jealous of Dannii's new found success in Australia. In 1985, Kylie was cast as one of the lead roles on TV soap ''The Henderson Kids'' but her role only lasted one season, and was completed after two seasons. Interested in following a career in music, she made a demo tape for the producers of the weekly music programme ''Young Talent Time'', which featured Dannii as a regular performer.〔Smith, p. 16〕 Kylie gave her first television singing performance on the show in 1985 but was not invited to join the cast. Dannii's success overshadowed Kylie's acting achievements, until Kylie was cast in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' in 1986, as Charlene Mitchell, a schoolgirl turned garage mechanic. ''Neighbours'' achieved popularity in the UK, and a story arc that created a romance between her character and the character played by Jason Donovan, culminated in a wedding episode in 1987 that attracted an audience of 20 million British viewers. In 1987, during a Fitzroy Football Club benefit concert, the other cast members of ''Neighbours'' put on their own talent stage show. Minogue had not prepared anything so she got up on stage and performed a cover version of "Loco-Motion" - she was then immediately signed to a recording contract with Mushroom Records.〔Smith, Sean (2002). ''Kylie Confidential''. Michael O'Mara Books Limited. ISBN 1-85479-415-9.〕 The song was released as a single in Australia, and became the highest-selling single of the 1980s.〔("Singles: The Locomotion" ). Kylie.com. Retrieved 2 October 2007.〕 Its success resulted in Minogue travelling to London with Mushroom Records executive Gary Ashley to work with Stock, Aitken and Waterman. They knew little of Minogue and had forgotten that she was arriving; as a result, they wrote "I Should Be So Lucky" while she waited outside the studio.〔("Transcript of television documentary ''Love is in the Air'', episode title "I Should Be So Lucky"" ). ABC Television. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2007.〕 Minogue recorded the song in less than an hour, and returned home to Australia to work on ''Neighbours''.〔 The song became a huge chart success, and Mike Stock travelled to Melbourne to apologize to Minogue for forgetting about her previous recording session. While Stock was there, Kylie recorded her next single, "Got to Be Certain" along with album track, and the Japan-only single release, "Turn It into Love", and Stock successfully convinced Minogue to return to London in the beginning of 1988 to record songs for her debut album.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kylie (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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