Kylie Minogue: Kylie Christmas – Album Review

We’ve heard it all before, so do we really need another pop star doing another bog-standard Christmas album with a sprinkling of festive cheese?

To be fair, Kylie Minogue is better placed than most to do such an album, given her longevity in the business.

Still, that doesn't excuse her crass "duet" with Frank Sinatra on Santa Claus is Coming to Town or the blandness of James Corden on Yazoo's Only You.

Iggy Pop even shows up briefly to mutter a few bizarre spoken-word lines about skiing on Christmas Wrapping, but the usually reliable Minogue proves a conventional interpreter of these standards.

Her take on The Pretenders' 2,000 Miles is one of the few saving graces on yet another inessential album that will have no bearing on your enjoyment of the festive season whatsoever.

[ kylie.com ]