Impossible Princess
by Kylie Minogue

Impossible Princess by Kylie Minogue
Year: 1997
Overall rank: 3,642nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 90 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (58th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (604th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,642nd)

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Kylie Minogue bestography

Impossible Princess is ranked as the best album by Kylie Minogue.

Kylie Minogue album bestography « Higher ranked (2,694th)
Fever
This album (3,642nd)
Impossible Princess
Lower ranked (10,364th) »
Light Years

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Impossible Princess rankings

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Overall rank: 3,642nd | 1990s rank: 604th | 1997 rank: 58th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 90 votes)
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4 days ago Ovejanegra  Ratings distribution  213/100
 
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02/05/2026 15:26 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  2,69383/100
 
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01/14/2026 18:25 DJStuart79  Ratings distribution  5,90858/100
 
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12/19/2025 18:03 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,11172/100

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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.0.

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65/100
From 07/30/2019 12:43 | #240553
My favourite Kylie album, probably due to being a change in style (reportedly in an effort to stay "relevant" in Britpop/indie era UK). I believe it got panned by critics and long established Kylie fans. Songs 2 - 5 are more indie than dancefloor but the rest of the album is more in true Kylie style.
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From 10/23/2018 00:50 | #223082
A welcome surprise. With a smorgasbord of genres, Kylie created her greatest artistic statement at the cost of polarising her fans and mainstream audiences. This record is a big success in my eyes, and it'd be great if she ever returned to these kind of underground art pop sensibilities.
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60/100
From 09/26/2018 14:26 | #221708
Funny how a guitar and a heavy backbeat can make people take you so much more serious.
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From 10/11/2017 17:49 | #199381
Kylie Minogue's 1997 album "Impossible Princess" is a bizarre and unexpected pop record, but it proves to be her towering masterpiece. Of course, we had a taste of "Indie Kylie" on her '94 record "Kylie Minogue", but "Impossible Princess" only solidified her diverse taste, impressive lyricism and the ability to alienate her fanbase and mainstream audiences in the name of great art.

Like all of the best pop stars, Kylie proves she can confidently handle a huge variety of genres, including: trip-hop, rock, trance, jazz and drum & bass, making this record a complete delight. "Impossible Princess" is catchy and innovative (it even has flavours of Celtic & Middle Eastern music), and as such, this album remains one of the best and most underrated pop albums of the 90s.
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95/100
From 09/22/2017 02:18 | #198487
This might be her best record. A blend of pop, rock and other genres when they hit they will make you go what. Wasn't expecting the jazz part in Through The Years
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75/100
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From 12/31/2014 04:32 | #130496
One of the biggest "grower" albums I've ever heard. You discover one of the million things she throws up in the air each and every time you listen to it. Honest to God an impressive listen.
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