Kylie Minogue: 'Wow'

Despite having her own telly show, grinding around X Factor victor Leon Jackson and gaining a couple of Brit Award nominations, not even Kylie Minogue could disguise the collective sigh that greeted her X album. While the Goldfrapp-meets-Stock Aitken Waterman romp of '2 Hearts' brought a few cheap thrills, it wasn't the enchanting, ground-breaking pop that Kylie and her team have produced in the past.

Unfortunately for fans of the Aussie minx, 'Wow' won't silence whispers that she's treading water at the moment. While the disco swirls and whooshing synths are great fun, and the 'Wow-Wooow-Woooow-Wooooow' effect on the chorus will undoubtedly be nicked for the next Girls Aloud album, it doesn't have the 'oomph' factor to make us fall for her like we have in the past. It's Kylie in glittering hot pants and a sparkly top, but glittering hot pants and a sparkly top that we've seen her donning several times before.


> Click here for our review of Kylie's X album