Background and Development
Kylie Minogue was Minogue's first release outside of the production team of Stock Aitken Waterman. In an attempt to broaden her fan base and extend herself as an artist, she took an active role in planning the album and sought out a diverse group of artists for her to collaborate with. The first recording sessions took place in 1993 and resulted in two songs recorded with Saint Etienne ("Nothing Can Stop Us" and "When Are You Coming Home?") and eight Minogue co-written songs with The Rapino Brothers ("Aston Martin", "For All I’m Worth", "Gotta Move On", "Difficult By Design", "Love Is On The Line", "Light That I Was Looking For", "Living For Your Loving" and "Automatic Love").
But Deconstruction's A&R office decided they were heading into the wrong direction, so another seventeen new songs were recorded. These included eight with Brothers in Rhythm ("Confide In Me", "Where Is The Feeling?", "Dangerous Game", "If You Don’t Love Me", "Love Is Waiting", "At The End Of The Day" with reproduction on "Automatic Love" and "Love Is On The Line"), four with Jimmy Harry ("If I Was Your Lover", "Put Yourself In My Place", "Intuition", "The World Needs Love"), two with singer-songwriter Gerry DeVeaux ("Surrender" and "No Turning Back"), two with Pete Heller and Terry Farley ("Where Has The Love Gone?" and "Falling") and one with M People ("Time Will Pass You By").
On the album cover, Minogue attempted to present herself as a serious artist, rather than the vamp-like, sex kitten she had begun to personify. This can be seen not only in the album title, with the inclusion of her surname, but in her choice of outfit. Although the singles’ accompanying videos were amongst her most provocative and overt, the album cover featured black-and-white photography of Minogue wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a conservative trouser and jacket suit with simplistic hair and make-up. Such a combination from someone who had so strenuously promoted herself as a fashion icon was seen by many critics to be an odd, yet suitable choice in representing a more mature image of herself.
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