Light Years
by Kylie

Light Years by Kylie
Year: 2000
Overall rank: 14,623rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 80 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2000 (249th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (2,628th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,623rd)

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Kylie bestography

Light Years is ranked 5th best out of 29 albums by Kylie Minogue on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kylie Minogue is Fever which is ranked number 2751 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 571.

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Overall rank: 14,623rd | 2000s rank: 2,628th | 2000 rank: 249th

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Light Years ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 80 votes)
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From 10/22/2018 14:58 | #222979
Pop excellence this is not. After the staggering, uncompromising "Impossible Princess", Kylie retreated artistically with "Light Years", her move back to mainstream blandness. Congratulations, it was a commercial success, but you just lost all of your artistic integrity which she would only embrace on "Body Language" again and nothing else.
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From 10/16/2017 16:56 | #199575
"Light Years" marks a return to more mainstream pop after the commercial failure of her vastly superior album "Impossible Princess". There are some impressive tracks on here like lead single "Spinning Around", but mostly it sounds like Kylie and her producers played it far too safe and the record marks the beginning of a regression of what could have been a truly exciting career.

Nonetheless, "Light Years" has its moments and is filled to the brim with fun, humorous camp. It's just I can't help but feel disappointed when none of the tracks compare to ones from her 90s indie period like "Confide In Me" or "Did It Again". Ah well, it does its job.
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90/100
From 09/22/2017 00:18 | #198485
Another clean pop record in the 2000's that wasn't an ear soar and had fun and was varied. Close to the same league as George Michael's Patience and Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor. Will venture into more Kylie. Good first impression.
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85/100
From 12/16/2014 19:08 | #129487
Good dance-pop/europop/nu-disco album. Best 10 songs average is 86,3/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Best songs are "Your disco needs you", "Kids" and "Light years" all 90/100, followed by "Spinning around" and "On a night like this" both 85/100 and next "So now goodbye", "Disco down" and "Please stay" all 80/100. All other songs average 75/100.
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75/100
From 01/17/2013 12:46 | #61816
The hits are great, and the filler is not bad either.
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