The Albums 2000–2010

The Albums 2000–2010 is a box set by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It was released by Parlophone Records on 12 July 2011.[7] The five-disc box set was released in Europe, and Australasia, and included all of Minogue's studio albums from the years 2000 to 2010; Light Years (2000), Fever (2001), Body Language (2003), X (2007), and Aphrodite (2010). The cover sleeve for the album consisted of fragments from the original artworks inserted into Minogue's silhouette from her cover for Fever (2001). The Albums 2000–2010 marked Minogue's first box set collection until her October 2012 release, K25: Time Capsule.

The Albums 2000–2010
Box set by Kylie Minogue
Released	12 June 2011 (2011-06-12)
Recorded	1999–2010
Genre	Disco[1] dance-pop Europop[2][3] R&B[4] electropop[5] nu-disco[6]
Length	3:55:42
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Various Kylie Minogue Steve Anderson Guy Chambers Johnny Douglas Julian Gallagher Mark Picchiotti Steve Power Mike Spencer Graham Stack Richard Stannard Mark Taylor Rob Davis Cathy Dennis Greg Fitzgerald Pascal Gabriel Tom Nichols Paul Statham TommyD Baby Ash Chris Braide Electric J Kurtis Mantronik Rez Sunnyroads Bloodshy & Avant Cutfather Freemasons Calvin Harris Jonas Jeberg Kish Mauve Greg Kurstin Eg White Andy Chatterley Daniel Davidsen Børge Fjordheim Sebastian Ingrosso Magnus Lidehäll Nerina Pallot Stuart Price Lucas Secon Damon Sharpe Fraser T Smith Starsmith Peter Wallevik Xenomania
Kylie Minogue box set chronology
The Albums 2000–2010 (2011) K25 Time Capsule (2012)

Upon its release, The Albums 2000-2010 received positive reception from most of the reviewers, who complimented the overall packaging of the box set and her releases through Parlophone. Some of the critics were unimpressed with the exclusion of her work from the PWL and Deconstruction period. The box set charted on the UK Albums Chart at number 37, and on the Scottish Albums Chart at number 40.

Background and packaging

It was first announced on Minogue's official website in May 2011 that EMI would be releasing a five-CD box set.[8] The set includes every previous studio album Minogue had released from 2000 up until 2010; the original versions of Light Years (2000), Fever (2001), Body Language (2003), X (2007), and Aphrodite (2010), with each disc housed in a cardboard sleeve.[9] The cardboard sleeves contain the original album artwork and one image from each album photo shoot imprinted inside the cardboard sleeve, without the album or Minogue's logo imprinted. Each box set features a 15" x 10" poster that features the credits and album artworks of the original albums. Inside the box, each of the albums represents a significant colour, as displayed on the cover: Light Years is light blue, Fever is white, Body Language is black, X is red, and Aphrodite is navy blue.[9]

The box set carries out the original first press releases of each album, meaning that the hidden track from Light Years, "Password", is featured on the box set, and all released singles from each album use their single edit, and not the album edit.[9] The only song to be absent is the bilingually-altered tracks for Minogue's single, "Your Disco Needs You", which appeared as a bonus track on Light Years in different regions.[10][upper-alpha 1] It was her first greatest hits box set to be released; in October 2012, to commemorate her twenty-fifth year in music business, she released her second, all-singles box set, K25: Time Capsule.[14][15]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[16]
Daily Express	3/5[17]
Stagezine	[18]
The Sun	[19]
Paul Du Noyer	mixed[20]

The Albums 2000–2010 received positive reviews from most reviewers. A writer from The Sun awarded the box set a perfect five star rating, stating "Whether you like hot-pant Kylie, indie Kylie, girl-next-door Kylie or dark Kylie, there's something for every Kylie fan in this special box-set. Made up of five albums and celebrating ten years of tunes, we challenge you to get them out of your head."[19] Scott Harrah from Stagezine awarded the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, but did not review the box set; instead, he reviewed each album individually because "all [albums] are so different in both sound and concept."[18] Jon O'Brien from AllMusic awarded the album three-and-a-half stars, labelling her earlier work as "infectious". Despite being critical towards the lack of inclusion of her 1994–1998 Deconstruction work, and the inclusion of her albums, X, and Aphrodite, he concluded "Kylie has yet to make that one essential album, and the going-through-the-motions nature of her later releases suggests her time may have passed, but this box set still contains plenty of moments to justify her position as one of the all-time premier pop princesses."[16]

Writing in retrospect for Daily Express, reviewer Simon Gage was critical of Minogue's lack of musical progression, charisma, and thought that she lacked a "great voice". He stated "There are dodgy tracks and the 'voice', more processed than a tinned pea, does start to grate but it's still pretty good." He awarded the box set three stars.[17] British journalist Paul Du Noyer reviewed the box set, and complimented Minogue's Parlophone work as "ambiguous pop". However, he stated "There’s a lot of ambitious pop in here, but no conceptual overreach. Not even her experience of breast cancer was allowed to surface in Kylie’s subsequent material: lyrically, it was straight back to business. It seems unlikely such a 20-year lucky streak could be sustained without a lot of shrewd decisions by Minogue herself. So it seems that everyone is right after all: Kylie is A Good Thing, and here is just enough of it."[20]

In the United Kingdom, the box set debuted at number thirty-seven on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Minogue's nineteenth album entry since her debut album, Kylie (1987).[21] The box set stayed in for one week on the top 100 chart. The Albums 2000-2010 also debuted at number forty on the Scottish Albums Chart for a sole week.[22]

Track listing

Light Years[23]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Spinning Around" (Includes hidden track 'Password')	Paula Abdul Ira Shickman Osborne Bingham Kara DioGuardi	Mike Spencer	3:27
2.	"On a Night Like This"	Steve Torch Mark Taylor Brian Rawling Graham Stack	Taylor Stack	3:33
3.	"So Now Goodbye"	Kylie Minogue Steve Anderson	Johnny Douglas	3:37
4.	"Disco Down"	Douglas	Douglas	3:57
5.	"Loveboat"	Minogue Guy Chambers Robbie Williams	Chambers Steve Power	4:10
6.	"Koocachoo"	Minogue Douglas	Douglas	4:00
7.	"Your Disco Needs You"	Minogue Williams Chambers	Chambers Power	3:33
8.	"Please Stay"	Minogue Richard Stannard Julian Gallagher John Themis	Stannard Gallagher	4:08
9.	"Bittersweet Goodbye"	Minogue Anderson	Anderson	3:43
10.	"Butterfly"	Minogue Anderson	Mark Picchiotti	4:09
11.	"Under the Influence of Love"	Paul Politi Barry Eugene White	Stannard Gallagher	3:32
12.	"I'm So High"	Minogue Chambers Megan Smith	Chambers Power	3:33
13.	"Kids" (with Robbie Williams)	Williams Chambers	Chambers Power	4:20
14.	"Light Years"	Minogue Stannard Gallagher	Stannard Gallagher	4:47
Total length:				58:16

Fever[24]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"More More More"	TommyD Liz Winstanley	TommyD	4:40
2.	"Love at First Sight"	Minogue Stannard Gallagher Ash Howes Martin Harrington	Stannard Gallagher	3:57
3.	"Can't Get You Out of My Head"	Cathy Dennis, Rob Davis	Dennis Davis	3:49
4.	"Fever"	Greg Fitzgerald Tom Nichols	Fitzgerald	3:30
5.	"Give It to Me"	Minogue Picchiotti Anderson	Picchiotti	2:48
6.	"Fragile"	Davis	Davis	3:44
7.	"Come Into My World"	Dennis Davis	Dennis Davis	4:06
8.	"In Your Eyes"	Minogue Stannard Gallagher Howes	Stannard Gallagher	3:18
9.	"Dancefloor"	Anderson Dennis	Anderson	3:23
10.	"Love Affair"	Minogue Stannard Gallagher	Stannard Gallagher	3:47
11.	"Your Love"	Minogue Pascal Gabriel Paul Statham	Gabriel Statham	3:47
12.	"Burning Up"	Fitzgerald Nichols	Fitzgerald Nichols	3:59
Total length:				45:27

Body Language[25]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Slow"	Minogue Dan Carey Emilíana Torrini	Sunnyroads	3:15
2.	"Still Standing"	Ash Thomas Alexis Strum	Baby Ash	3:40
3.	"Secret (Take You Home)"	Curtis T. Bedeau Gerard Charles Hugh Clarke Reza Safinia Lisa Greene Paul George Brian P. George Lucien J. George Niomi McLean-Daley	Rez	3:16
4.	"Promises"	Kurtis el Khaleel David Billing	Kurtis Mantronik	3:17
5.	"Sweet Music"	Minogue Karen Poole Thomas	Baby Ash	4:11
6.	"Red Blooded Woman"	Douglas Poole	Douglas	4:21
7.	"Chocolate"	Douglas Poole	Douglas	5:00
8.	"Obsession"	Khaleel Billing M. Grey	Mantronik	3:31
9.	"I Feel for You"	Liz Winstanley J. Piccioni S. Anselmetti	Electric J	4:19
10.	"Someday"	Minogue Torrini Thomas	Baby Ash	4:18
11.	"Loving Days"	Minogue Stannard Gallagher Dave Morgan	Stannard Gallagher	4:26
12.	"After Dark"	Dennis Chris Braide	Dennis Braide	4:10
Total length:				47:44

X[26]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"2 Hearts"	Jim Eliot Mima Stilwell	Kish Mauve	2:51
2.	"Like a Drug"	Mich Hedin Hansen Jonas Jeberg Engelina Andrina Adam Powers	Cutfather, Jeberg	3:18
3.	"In My Arms"	Minogue Calvin Harris Stannard Paul Harris Julian Peake	C. Harris Stannard	3:32
4.	"Speakerphone"	Christian Karlsson Pontus Winnberg Henrik Jonback Klas Åhlund	Bloodshy & Avant	3:54
5.	"Sensitized"	Chambers Dennis Serge Gainsbourg	Chambers Dennis	3:57
6.	"Heart Beat Rock"	Minogue Poole C. Harris John Lipsey	C. Harris	3:24
7.	"The One"	Minogue Stannard James Wiltshire Russell Small John Andersson Johan Emmoth Emma Holmgren	Stannard Freemasons	4:05
8.	"No More Rain"	Minogue Poole Karlsson Winnberg Jonas Quant	Greg Kurstin	4:02
9.	"All I See"	Jeberg Hansen Edwin Serrano Raymond Calhoun	Cutfather Jeberg	3:05
10.	"Stars"	Minogue Stannard P. Harris Peake	Stannard P. Harris Peake	3:41
11.	"Wow"	Minogue Poole Kurstin	Kurstin	3:10
12.	"Nu-di-ty"	Poole Karlsson Winnberg	Bloodshy & Avant	3:04
13.	"Cosmic"	Minogue Eg White	White	3:09
Total length:				45:12

Aphrodite[27]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"All the Lovers"	Eliot Stilwell	Kish Mauve Stuart Price	3:20
2.	"Get Outta My Way"	Mich Hansen Lucas Secon Damon Sharpe Peter Wallevik Daniel Davidsen	Cutfather Wallevik Davidsen Sharpe Secon Price	3:38
3.	"Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)"	Finlay Dow-Smith Miriam Nervo Olivia Nervo	Starsmith Price	3:37
4.	"Closer"	Price Beatrice Hatherley	Price	3:09
5.	"Everything Is Beautiful"	Tim Rice-Oxley Fraser T Smith	Smith	3:25
6.	"Aphrodite"	Nerina Pallot Andy Chatterley	Pallot Chatterley Price	3:45
7.	"Illusion"	Minogue Price	Price	3:21
8.	"Better than Today"	Pallot Chatterley	Pallot Chatterley Price	3:25
9.	"Too Much"	Minogue C. Harris Jake Shears	C. Harris	3:16
10.	"Cupid Boy"	Sebastian Ingrosso Magnus Lidehäll Nick Clow Luciana Caporaso	Price Ingrosso Lidehäll	4:26
11.	"Looking for an Angel"	Minogue Price	Price	3:49
12.	"Can't Beat the Feeling"	Hannah Robinson Pascal Gabriel Borge Fjordheim Matt Prime Richard Philips	Price Gabriel Fjordheim	4:09
Total length:				43:21

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[22]	40
UK Albums (OCC)[21]	37

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format(s)	Ref.
Australia	12 June 2011	Warner Music Group Rocket	Box set	[28]
New Zealand				[28]
United Kingdom	18 July 2011			[29]
Japan			Box set (Imported)	[30]
United States	24 July 2011			[31]

Notes

1. The altered versions of "Your Disco Needs You" include French, German, Spanish, and Japanese verses, all released as a bonus track on Light Years (2000), in their respective regions.[11][12][13]

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External links

• The Albums 2000–2010 at Kylie.com (archived from 2012)
• The Albums 2000–2010 at Discogs