Estelle Clifford: Kylie Minogue - Tension II

Just over a week after its release, Kylie Minogue’s Tension II has netted her a landmark 10th Official Number 1 album in the UK. 

The 13 track album also debuted at Number 1 on the ARIA Chart, and in Minogue’s words, it’s a continuation of an era she’s delighted to explore.  

“I can’t possibly let it be over just yet! Welcome to Tension II.” 

Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the new release. 

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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
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Speaker 2 (00:42):
That is Midnight Ride. It's by Kylie Minogue. It features
Orville Pick and Dip Low. Kylie has just released a
new album called Tension two. In our music reviewer Stale
Clifford has been listening yonda if.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
You would believe it, Jack, that's actually one of the
slightly slower tracks on the album. And I reckon Orville
Pick kind of makes me think a little bit Elvis
with that basic vocals. And remember that song about roses
she sang with Nick Cave, you know that creepy world

(01:16):
Roses or whatever it was, Like, it kind of has
that tone about it, and for some reason that just
works for Kylie. So here we go. This is one
of those albums where we are just all gonna be
unabashedly club loving Kylie fans. So just let your dance
guard down and go where it is. I reckon It's

(01:37):
like a DJ got up on the decks. They put
the spin speed at one hundred and thirty beaks per minute,
cranked up the bass. We all gulped down our Kylie prosecco,
and we just you know, danced the night away. That's
that's pretty much what this album is delivering. It has
ended up being a sequel album. So last year her
album Tension came out. I think it was going to

(01:59):
be like a deluxe re release with two or three
new songs on it, but she's she felt like she
had more club stuff and dance to do, so it
became this whole full sequel album, and I'm like, I
feel like only Kylie could be the person to get
away with this, and we all go, okay, I'll grab
my sequence and let's just go here. I think, unlike

(02:21):
a lot of pop music, Tension and then Tension too,
they're not really they're not delving from a personal experience
or sharing any sort of emotion, you know, like they're
just some of the lyrics. You're a little bit like
that's kind of cooky and crazy. But also it's very struttable.
So I don't think I don't think there's any need
to overanalyze too much of it because it's just fun.

(02:45):
Like this week, I actually just needed something fun to listen,
and Kylie came and answered my prayers, and I feel
like I've just enjoyed this way more than I think
I realized I kind of was going to there's some
really great intro riffs someone for me, which is we're
going to play a little bit of soon because actually
the starting riff that makes me think of another song.

(03:06):
I can't think what it is, but I think that
is the whole disco pop synth kind of thing. It
sort of does that. There's a great song called Edge
of Saturday Night. If you're going out tonight, there is
the tune you need to put on beforehand. It's a
co lab with the Blessed Madonna, and those co labs
are really working for her. There's Tove Low bb REXA.

(03:26):
The CS song will be familiar to a lot of
people because it's been out for a while. To me,
that sounds more like a CEO song than anything to
do with Kylie Minogue. It's at the very end of
the album, so it's kind of an interesting choice to
end with. But again, who cares. She's having up with
these amazing artists, which again just spreads out that fandom
for her. A yeah, yeah, which I think is great,

(03:47):
and she's She's just had an interview with Kellie Clarkson
and they both talked about how it's really cool at
their gigs when they get those younger fans now being like,
oh my gosh, that new song locomotion is so cool,
and we all go, oh no, I feel real old,
But also like, isn't that great. It's like this whole
cyclic thing and I love that too.

Speaker 1 (04:09):
Obviously.

Speaker 3 (04:09):
At her live gigs, she plays this news stuff, but
she isn't ashamed to go back to that old stuff
that got us into Kylie in the first place, because
she is the princess of pop. So just release yourself
to these catchy beats, don't be afraid dance, whether it's
in your house or you've got friends coming over in
your car. It's a great way to exercise, and then

(04:30):
we'll all be like addicted to her prosecco over summer.

Speaker 2 (04:33):
So yeah, yeah, she knows how to perform a perform
a pop.

Speaker 1 (04:37):
Banger, you I know.

Speaker 3 (04:39):
Yeah? And what comes next though, like does she stay
with us? I feel like she've done this electronic pop
club thing now, like yeah, I kind of I wouldn't
mind some emotive Kylie. I don't know if she's ready
to go there yet. Will tour next year? New Zealand
isn't on the bill. Yet, but maybe that will come
when she's in Australia. I don't know for now though.

(05:02):
Just go for it is what it is. Don't don't
totally sit there with take paints on so hard.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
You know, yeah, yeah, okay, great, So what did you
give it?

Speaker 3 (05:11):
It's an eight out of ten solid album?

Speaker 2 (05:13):
Nice?

Speaker 1 (05:13):
Yeah, okay, cool?

Speaker 2 (05:14):
Yeah, all right. Well, like Tension one, like proved a
lot of people wrong, a lot of people Playtenson call
at tencher one, just Tension.

Speaker 3 (05:21):
Yes, you play this while you're starting around New York
and you're gonna, you know, you'll have a crowd.

Speaker 2 (05:26):
I'm going to be feeling the vibe. Yeah yeah, okay,
all right, you sold me. Thanks, that will have a
bit more Listen to Carlie Minogue's new album. It is
Tension two and just looking at it's like amazing. In
the last couple of days, like forty eight hours of sales,
they've sold twenty eight twenty nine thousand units so far,
which means that it's absolutely smashing the competition. It looks

(05:46):
very likely that Kylie Minogue is going back to the
top of the chart. So we will play a bit
more of Tention to in a couple of minutes. Right now,
it's eight to twelve.

Speaker 1 (05:54):
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