Light Years (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Light Years
Type = Album
Artist = Kylie Minogue


Released = Start date|2000|9|25
Start date|2001|3|5 (Reissue)
Recorded =
Genre = Pop, Dance, Disco
Length = 54:26
Label = Parlophone, Mushroom
Producer = Johnny Douglas, Mike Spencer, Graham Stack, Mark Taylor, Guy Chambers, Steve Power, Julian Gallagher, Richard Stannard, Steve Anderson, Mark Picchiotti
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:46jveae54xa7 link]
* Yahoo! Music rating|5|10 [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/15537.html link]
Last album = "Intimate and Live"
(1998)
This album = "Light Years"
(2000)
Next album = "Hits+"
(2000)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Studio


Lower caption = Reissue cover Singles
Name = Light Years
Type = studio
single 1 = Spinning Around | single 1 date = June 19, 2000
single 2 = On a Night Like This | single 2 date = September 11, 2000
single 3 = Kids | single 3 date = October 9, 2000
single 4 = Please Stay | single 4 date = December 11, 2000
single 5 = Your Disco Needs You | single 5 date = January 22, 2001

"Light Years" is the seventh album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue and was released in 2000. It reached number two in the United Kingdom and one on the Australian album charts. "Light Years" is largely seen as Minogue's "comeback" album as it saw her return to her pop roots and to the top of the charts.In 2001,EMI mentioned the album sold 2 million worldwide.

Reissue/Tour edition

Due to the success of the album and the "On A Night Like This" tour, a special Tour Package was released, with a second CD featuring various remixes. The special edition album was released on March 5, 2001. For the Australian edition, Minogue's remake of Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" was included on the second CD, following popular performances of the song on the tour.

Track listing

#"Spinning Around" (Ira Shickman, Osborne Bingham, Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul) – 3:27
#"On a Night Like This" (Steve Torch, Graham Stack, Mark Taylor, Brian Rawling) – 3:33
#"So Now Goodbye" (Minogue, Steve Anderson) – 3:37
#"Disco Down" (Johnny Douglas) – 3:57
#"Loveboat" (Minogue, Guy Chambers, Robbie Williams) – 4:10
#"Koocachoo" (Minogue, Douglas) – 4:00
#"Your Disco Needs You" (Minogue, Chambers, Williams) – 3:33
#"Please Stay" (Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, John Themis) – 4:08
#"Bittersweet Goodbye" (Minogue, Anderson) – 3:43
#"Butterfly" (Minogue, Anderson) – 4:09
#"Under the Influence of Love" (Paul Politi, Barry Eugene White) – 3:23
#"I'm So High" (Minogue, Chambers, Megan Smith) – 3:33
#"Kids" with Robbie Williams (Williams, Chambers) – 4:20
#"Light Years" (Minogue, Stannard, Gallagher) – 4:47

;Reissue/Tour edition
# "On a Night Like This" (Rob Searle mix)
# "On a Night Like This" (Bini & Martini Club mix)
# "On a Night Like This" (Bini & Martini Dub mix)
# "Please Stay" (Hatiras Dreamy dub)
# "Please Stay" (7th District Radio mix)
# "Please Stay" (Metro mix)
# "Please Stay" (7th District Club Flava mix)
# "Butterfly" (Sandstorm dub)
# "Your Disco Needs You" (Casino Radio Mix)
# "Physical" (Australian Edition Only)

The German, Spanish and Japanese versions of the album contain the track "Your Disco Needs You" with the French interval translated into their respective languages. On some versions (including the UK, German, Canadian and Spanish versions) there is the hidden track "Password", played by either rewinding past the beginning of the CD, or continuing past the end.

ingles

Personnel

-|
*Kylie Minogue - lead vocals, backing vocals
*Guy Chambers - guitar, producer
*Big G. - guitar, producer, engineer, mixing
*Alan Ross - guitar
*Neil Taylor - guitar
*John Themis - guitar
*Paul Turner - guitar, bass
*Winston Blissett - bass
*Steve Lewinson - bass
*Phil Spalding - bass, fuzz ass
*Dave Clews - keyboards, programming
*Simon Hale - keyboards, conductor, string arrangements
*Steve Power - keyboards, producer, engineer, mixing
*Craig J. Snider - keyboards
*Paul Mertens - flute
*Resin Rubbers - strings
*Andy Duncan - percussion, drum programming
*Tracie Ackerman - backing vocals
*Andy Caine - backing vocals
*Rick Driscoll - backing vocals
*Lance Ellington - backing vocals
*Clive Griffith - backing vocals
*Pete Howarth - backing vocals
*Sylvia Mason James - backing vocals
*Katie Kissoon - backing vocals
*Mick Mullins - backing vocals
*Sharon Murphy - backing vocals
*Tessa Niles - backing vocals
*Gary Nuttall - backing vocals
*Dan Russell - backing vocals
*Jonn Savannah - backing vocals|
*Miriam Stockley - backing vocals
*Tony Walthers - backing vocals
*Carl Wayne - backing vocals
*Paul "Tubbs" Williams - backing vocals
*Claire Worrall - backing vocals
*Will Malone - arranger, conductor
*Dave Sears - arranger
*Gavyn Wright - conductor
*Johnny Douglas - producer, beats
*Julian Gallagher - producer
*Mark Picchiotti - producer, mixing
*Graham Stack - producer, mixing
*Richard Stannard - producer
*Mark Taylor - producer, mixing
*Sergio Flores - re-produced
*Ash Howes - mixing, recording
*Tom Carlisle - engineer, mixing
*Savvas Lossifidis - engineer
*Ren Swan - engineer, mixing
*Richard Woodcraft - engineer
*Adam Brown - mixing, recording
*Steve McNichol - programming
*David Naughton - assistant engineer
*Alvin Sweeney - assistant
*Jim Brumby - digital editing
*Pete Davis - digital editing
*Richard Flack - digital editing
*Dave McCracken - digital editing
*Mike Spencer - production concept
*William Baker - stylist
*Peter Vincent - stylist

References

External links

* [http://www.kylie.com/gh_site/music/lightyears.htm Kylie Minogue — Official Web Site]

succession box
before = ""
by Various artists
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = October 16 - October 22, 2000
after = "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water"
by Limp Bizkit