I think Kids totally works from a structural level - but maybe I have miffed syndrome; I'm still upset Disco Down was left off the album and that was released as a single.
Yeah, structurally I have no problem with "Kids." It's straightforward pop and it works. I just don't find it...special?
Kylie's performed Shocked on almost every tour she's done since 1991.
It knocks. Knocks for BLOCKS.
Arguably the only Rhythm of Love single that is still relevant in 2012. The coolest of the four, and one of the coolest singles Kylie's ever released. The definitive SexyKylie video.
A brilliant album track, Shocked was remixed by then current producers DNA (who took Suzanne Vega to the US top ten with their remix of her track Tom's Diner) to give it more edge. It worked, as it's held by Kylie and SMART fans as a true original.
Also, thanks to the sterling appearance of Jazzi P, Shocked marked Kylie as one of the first pop stars who integrated Hip-Hop into her sound. Before Janet, Madonna, Whitney, Celine or Ms. Carey, there was KYLIE. Ugh, heathens.
Fun Fact: The video has always had a bit of controversy around it, as it's unclear whether Kylie stays with the mysterious male lover or goes home with her possibly lesbian driver. Ooh la la!
Fun Fact 2: More SexyKylie times: Is she saying "shocked to my very foundations" or "****ed to my very foundations?" Is Jazzi P saying "But true love is so hard to find" or "Bedroom love is so hard to find?" We'll never know.
If Britney's Oops was a little sister to BOMT, than Hand on Your Heart was the rugrat chasing behind the glories of I Should Be So Lucky. It went straight in at number one in the UK, giving Kylie her third number one in less than fourteen months - but only peaked at four in her homeland, perhaps a reflection of her now basing herself in London. It only went top twenty in Sweden, so it was quite strange that, sixteen/seventeen years later, Jose Gonzalez chose to cover it:
