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''Body Language'' is the ninth studio album by Australian singer
Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She is the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. She has been recognised for reinve ...
. It was released on 10 November 2003 by
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. Following the commercial success of her eighth studio album ''
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'' (2001), Minogue enlisted a diverse group of writers and producers to aid in creating a new album, including
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, Dan Carey,
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,
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, and Kurtis Mantronik among others. Influenced by the musical works of the
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and artists like
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and
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, ''Body Language'' musically differs from Minogue's previous albums, which mainly featured
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-oriented
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tracks, and instead explores genres like
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, electroclash, R&B, and hip hop. Lyrically, the album touches upon themes of enjoyment, flirting, and sex. Following its release, ''Body Language'' received generally favourable reviews from
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, many of whom complimented Minogue for experimenting with new genres and the overall production of the album. Some critics, however, opined that many songs lacked catchy material and were not suitable for dancing. Commercially, ''Body Language'' peaked at number two on the
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of Australia and was
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double-
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by the
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(ARIA). In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at number six and was certified platinum by the
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(BPI). Three singles were released from ''Body Language''. " Slow" was released as the
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in November 2003 and was a commercial success, peaking at number one on the
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s of Australia, Denmark, Spain and the United Kingdom. "
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" was released as the second single and reached the top five in Australia and the United Kingdom. "
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" was released as the final single and peaked inside the top 10 in the United Kingdom. Minogue performed at a one-off concert-show titled "
Money Can't Buy Money Can't Buy was a one-off, 75-minute concert show held on 15 November 2003 at Carling Apollo in London to promote Australian singer Kylie Minogue's ninth studio album ''Body Language'' (2003). Its title alludes to the fact that tickets wer ...
", on 15 November 2003 to mark the release of the album. ''Body Language'' became notable for displaying another change in Minogue's persona and is cited as an example of her numerous "reinventions". The album sold 1.5 million copies worldwide.


Background and development

In October 2001,
Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She is the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. She has been recognised for reinve ...
released her eighth studio album ''
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''. The
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and
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-influenced
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album became an international commercial success, debuting at number one on the
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of Minogue's native Australia and the United Kingdom. It was Minogue's first album to be released in the United States since her second studio album '' Enjoy Yourself'' (1989), and became her biggest commercial success in the region after peaking at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. With worldwide sales over six million copies, ''Fever'' became Minogue's highest-selling album to date. The success of the album, particularly in the US, was credited to the commercial impact of its
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"
Can't Get You Out of My Head "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song that was recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album, ''Fever'' (2001). Parlophone Records released the song as the album's lead single on 8 September 2001. "Can't Get ...
", which reached number one in 40 countries. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" sold over five million copies worldwide, becoming Minogue's highest selling single to date and also one of the best-selling singles of all time. Soon, Minogue began work on her ninth studio album ''Body Language''. Aiming to create a dance-pop album inspired by
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from the 1980s, Minogue enlisted collaborators such as
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, Dan Carey,
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,
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and
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. Talking further about Scritti Politti, a British
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band, Minogue reminisced about her collaboration with the band's frontman
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, who provides vocals on the track "Someday", saying, "To this day I haven't met him! I left a message on his answering machine, saying, "Hi, it's Kylie! I just wanted to say thanks so much! You sound brilliant!" "After Dark" was co-written by Dennis, who had previously co-written "Can't Get You Out of My Head" for Minogue. Torrini, who co-wrote " Slow", revealed how she was approached for writing the song, saying "It was like I had just accidentally walked into the line of fire with, "Hey! You There! It was all quite surreal. I still think Kylie's people were trying to call Jamelia, and they just got the wrong number. It'd be much more funny if that is how it actually happened". The recording of ''Body Language'' took place during the summer of 2003, in London, England; Dublin, Ireland and Marbella, Spain.


Music and lyrics

Inspired by music from the 1980s, ''Body Language'' deviates from Minogue's usual disco-influenced dance-pop style, evident on albums like ''
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'' (2000) and ''
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(2001),'' and instead explores genres like
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, electroclash,
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and R&B. In comparison to her previous work, ''Body Language'' is a "slower-burning record" and begins with the song "Slow", a "minimal" and simple track which serves as a primary example of the synthpop-styled production of the album. Adrien Begrand from
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compared it to "More More More", the opening track of ''Fever'', saying "In contrast to the pulsating, hi-hat driven dance beat of ''Fevers "More More More", ''Body Language'' gets off to a more understated start". Other synthpop songs on the album include "Still Standing" and "Promises", which make use of "buzzing, low synth lines driving the beats, and chord flourishes that sound straight out of 1984". The former track also displays influences of nu-disco and club music. Many songs on ''Body Language'' are influenced by R&B and hip hop music, two genres Minogue newly experimented with on the album. "
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" "blends the 1980s sound with an almost garage-like beat" and contains a "Boy! Boy!"
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and "la la la"
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. Critics felt its production was similar to that by American hip hop and R&B producer
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. Elements of
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are also present and are notably clear on tracks like "Sweet Music" and "I Feel For You". "Secret (Take You Home)" received considerable coverage as it features a "coquettish" rap section delivered by Minogue. ''Body Language'' also contains
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such as the
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-influenced "
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" and "Obsession". Minogue's vocal delivery on the album is mostly seductive and breathy in tone, such as in songs like "Slow" and "Chocolate", although the track "Obsession" features raspy vocals. Critics noted references and similarities to 1980s pop music throughout the album. Adrien Begrand from PopMatters found the hook of "Sweet Music" similar to those in songs by Prince and
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. "Still Standing" was described by Helen Pidd from ''
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'' as "a magnificent blend of Prince's "
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" and
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's "
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"". "Red Blooded Woman" contains a reference to British band Dead or Alive's 1985 song " You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", in the line "You got me spinning round, round, round, round like a record". The title of "I Feel For You" is the same as the 1979/1984 song by Prince and
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, although it is not a
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of the song. "Secret (Take You Home)" directly refers to
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band
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's 1984 song " I Wonder If I Take You Home", both in its title and
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. The line of the song in which Minogue sings "don't confuse emotions with the pleasure principle" also refers to American recording artist
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's 1987 song " The Pleasure Principle". Lyrically, ''Body Language'' touches upon themes like enjoyment, flirting, sex, and "partying like it's 1987 all over again". In an interview with VH1, Minogue was asked why the lyrics on the album "sound more personal than they might have been a few years ago", and she responded by saying "Some of that could be just chance! I wrote lyrics that were intensely personal to me on an album a few years ago. Maybe people know me better now, and therefore, if a songwriter pitches me a song, they might tailor it o fit me I get the lyrics of a tune and interpret them my way". Although the lyrics of "Slow" seem like an invitation to the dance floor, Minogue revealed that "it's about how time and space have a different meaning when you meet someone ou really like. In "Sweet Music", Minogue sings about the "magic of the modern singer/producer partnership" in lines like "I think we're on to something/Your taste it mirrors mine/So hot and in the moment" and "Let's make this demo right". The song also makes use of
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in some lines. Similarly, "Chocolate" is "packed with saccharine innuendo". "Secret (Take You Home)" contains various metaphors that compare flirting and sex to
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. Ballads like "Obsession" deal with issues of loss and the ending of a relationship.


Release

''Body Language'' was released on 14 November 2003 in Australia, while in the United Kingdom it was released three days later. In the United States, ''Body Language'' was released on 10 February 2004. The cover art of the album, as well as other promotion shoots, show Minogue striking a pose in a black and white striped crop top, which reveals her midriff, low-cut pants, and black pantyhose, which were worn without shoes. Her appearance is similar to that of French actress and singer
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, who was regarded as the "first foreign-language star ever to attain a level of international success comparable to America's most popular homegrown talents" and one of the best known
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of the 1950s and 1960s, frequently cited as the "archetypal sex kitten" and "sex goddess". Minogue described the promotion shoots as "the perfect mix of
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, kitten and
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", and revealed that "We shot it on location in the
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, so it was asy tochannel the spirit of rigitteBardot. She's a great iconic reference, particularly that period where she was working with
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". The title of the album was taken from a line from the song "Slow" in which Minogue sings "Read my body language".


Singles

" Slow" was released on 3 November 2003 as the
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from ''Body Language''. The song garnered
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acclaim, with Minogue's breathy and seductive vocal delivery receiving particular praise. Commercially, the single was a success. It debuted at number one on both the
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and
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. In the latter region, it became Minogue's seventh number one single and made her a record-holding female artist for spending the longest duration as a UK chart topper. Elsewhere, it reached number one in Denmark, Spain, and on the US ''Billboard''
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chart. In Australia, "Slow" was certified platinum by the ARIA for shipments of 70,000 units. The accompanying music video for "Slow" was directed by Baillie Walsh and was shot in
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, Spain. It features Minogue and a number of beach models performing synchronised choreography to the song while sunbathing next to the
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swimming pool. "
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" was released as the second single on 1 March 2004. Critics praised its radio-friendly sound and lyrical content. The song performed well on charts, peaking at numbers four and five in Australia and the United Kingdom, respectively. An accompanying music video for the song was directed in Los Angeles by
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, and features Minogue performing dance routines in various locations. "
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" was released as the third and final single on 28 June 2004. It received mixed reviews from critics, some of whom praised its sensual nature but criticised Minogue's vocals for being over-processed. The song was a moderate commercial success, peaking at number six in the United Kingdom, but narrowly missing the top 10 in Australia. It became Minogue's 27th single to peak inside the top 10 in the UK.
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, who had previously directed the video for "Can't Get You Out of My Head", collaborated on the music video for "Chocolate", which sees Minogue and a number of backup dancers performing a ballet-like dance routines as a tribute to
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musicals.


Promotion

A one-off concert show was held at entertainment venue
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, London, on 15 November 2003 to mark the release of ''Body Language''. The show was entitled "Money Can't Buy" as no tickets were publicly made available for sale and only fans with invitations were allowed to attend the concert. The 75-minute-long concert cost one million pounds to set up and display manufacturer Barco was hired to provide LED displays as backdrops to Minogue's performances. The singer wore five different costumes during the show which were designed by fashion houses like
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,
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, and Helmut Lang. The concert was entitled "Money Can't Buy" as no tickets were made available for purchase publicly; only competition winners and guests with invitations were allowed to attend the show. 4000 seats were made available for viewing the show and while most were reserved for invited guests, some tickets were auctioned at a charity ball for the "Full Stop" campaign by the
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(NSPCC). The show was directed by Minogue's stylist and friend William Baker, with musical arrangement and choreography being handled by Steve Anderson and
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, respectively. The
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of the concert show was composed primarily of songs from ''Body Language''; other songs were taken from '' Impossible Princess'' (1997), ''Light Years'', and ''Fever''. The show was split in four acts: " Paris by Night", "
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", " Electro" and " On Yer Bike". "Still Standing" and "Red Blooded Woman" were performed in the first act, "After Dark" and "Chocolate" in the second, "Slow" and "Obsession" in the third, and "Secret (Take You Home)" in the last. The performances were recorded for inclusion in the DVD recording of the event, which was released as ''
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'' on 12 July 2004. The DVD was certified platinum and gold in Australia and the United Kingdom, respectively.


Critical reception

At
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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Body Language'' received an average score of 62 based on 17 reviews which indicates "generally favourable reviews". Chris True from
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complimented Minogue for expanding her "horizons" and felt that the album was consistent and worked as a "piece", calling it "stylish without being smarmy, retro without being ironic". He favoured the overall production of the album and praised Minogue for displaying a "sense of class", which he felt was lacking in the work of female artists like
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,
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, and
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; he concluded by labelling ''Body Language'' a "near perfect pop record" and "what may well be the best album of her inogue'scareer". Keith Caulfield from ''Billboard'' was also positive in his review and complimented Minogue for selecting a talented creative team, saying, "The sexy, solid set is glued together by danceable beats and Minogue's knack for picking great songs and producers." ''
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'' review of the song called the album a "worthy successor to 2001's smash hit ''Fever'', a supremely danceable collection of electro-pop songs that's clearly in thrall to the 80s" and complimented Minogue's versatile vocal delivery. Ethan Brown from ''
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'' was greatly impressed by opening track "Slow", and commented that most of the songs on the album "mimic its sound, none of the other songs on Body Language comes close to the achievement of "Slow"". Sal Cinquemani from ''
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'' felt ''Body Language'' was a better album than ''Fever'', calling it "less immediate and more experimental, a midway point between the alternative/electronica of 1997's ''Impossible Princess'' and Minogue's more mainstream post-millennium work", and praised it for being cohesive. He also complimented Minogue's "willingness to try something new – even if it's within the confines of dance-pop – is what's made her an international sensation 15 years running". Rob Sheffield from ''
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'' favoured the sensual nature of the album, calling it "fantastic" and that "At thirty-five, she's ten times hotter than she was ten years ago – on ''Body Language'', Kylie Minogue definitely sounds like she has a few more tricks stored on her hard drive than Britney
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. Chris Willman from ''
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'' called it Minogue's " Madonna-meets-Mirwais move" and felt that her exploration of new genres is "ludicrously enjoyable", although he opined that the album was "synthetic" and "all ''Body'' /nowiki>sic.html" ;"title="sic.html" ;"title="/nowiki>sic">/nowiki>sic">sic.html" ;"title="/nowiki>sic">/nowiki>sic/nowiki> no soul". Helen Pidd from ''
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'' favoured the blend of 1980s musical styles on the album, but felt that it lacked danceable songs, saying "Problem is, as with the majority of other tracks – including, most disappointingly, the Dennis-penned "After Dark" – you would be hard pushed to dance to it, which could well be ''Body Languages downfall". John Robinson from ''NME'' gave ''Body Language'' an overall positive review and called it "an extremely tastefully done, soulful modern r'n'b record", but felt that it "fails to live up to its predecessor [''Fever'']". Likewise, Adrien Begnard from ''
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'' felt that ''Body Language'' lacked the "undeniably catchy" material which was present in ''Fever'', but praised the overall production and the first half of the album; he concluded that "Even though ''Body Language'' is a bit of a misstep for Minogue, there's a sense of class to it" and that "Britney
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could learn a thing or two". The ''
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'' review of the album commented that Minogue "wears the '80s well" and praised the dance-oriented songs on the track listing, although they criticised the ballads and pointed out that "
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Minogue's vocals are so over-processed that they barely seem to exist at all". On the other hand, Andy Battaglia from '' The A.V. Club'' opined that the ballads "work" and concluded that "''Body Language'' shows Minogue as a surprisingly impressive presence in spurts, but she sounds better with her pleasure engine revving at full purr".


Commercial performance

Although ''Body Language'' was not as much of a commercial success as ''Fever'', it performed well nonetheless. In Minogue's native Australia, ''Body Language'' entered and peaked at number two on the
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and spent a total of 18 weeks on the chart. The
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(ARIA)
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the album double-
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for shipping 140,000 units in the country. In the United Kingdom, the album entered and peaked at number six on the
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with first week sales of 68,866 units. It remained inside the top 10 for one week, and for two weeks in the top 20. In total, it stayed on the chart for 30 weeks. ''Body Language'' was certified platinum by the
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(BPI) on 28 November 2003, and had sold 398,035 copies by December 2007. Elsewhere, ''Body Language'' peaked at number 23 on the
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and was certified
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by the
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(IFPI) for selling 7,500 units. In the Dutch-speaking Flanders region of Belgium, it peaked at number 10 on the
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chart and spent a total of 17 weeks on the chart. It became Minogue's first album to reach the top 10 in the region. ''Body Language'' entered and peaked at number eight on the Swiss Albums Chart, and spent a total of 17 weeks on the chart. In this region, the IFPI certified it gold for selling 20,000 units. In the United States, ''Body Language'' debuted at number 42 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart with "meager" first-week sales of 43,000 units. According to
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, ''Body Language'' had sold 177,000 units in the US as of March 2011. The album sold 1.5 million copies worldwide.


Legacy

In 2004, Minogue was nominated for "Best Female Artist" at the 18th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards and ''Body Language'' was nominated for "Best Pop Release". At the
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, the singer received her third-consecutive nomination for "Best International Female Solo Artist". At the
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ceremony held in the year 2005, lead single "Slow" was nominated for "
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", and in 2012, Minogue picked the song as her all-time favourite song from her 25 years in music. Following its release, ''Body Language'' was considered to be an example of Minogue's constant "reinventions". During this period, Minogue was often referred to as "Bardot Kylie" due to the
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-inspired look she sported on the cover, and ''Body Language'' was seen as a step forward from the "slick, minimalist and postmodern" image she had adopted during the release of ''Fever''. Chris True from AllMusic regarded the album as "another successful attempt y Minogueat broadening her sound (with electro and hip-hop for instance) and winning more fans". Later in his review of Minogue's tenth studio album '' X'' (2007), he remarked that "By the time of 2004's ''Body Language'', Kylie Minogue was seemingly unassailable, with three hit albums, a number of hit singles, and a recharged career that only a few years before had seemed precarious at best". In 2006, Larissa Dubecki from ''
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'' commented that "Kylie has beaten her early detractors by inhabiting almost a dozen identities, from the "singing budgie" who emerged from ''
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'' to score her first hit single with a cover of the Little Eva classic "
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" in 1987, to the 1960s ingenue of her most recent album, 2003's ''Body Language''". In 2020, Sal Cinquemani from ''
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'' ranked ''Body Language'' as the second best album of Minogue's career. He praised the singer for exploring new genres and presenting a "smooth, sleek, and understated" album, which he described as an "anomaly" in Minogue's discography.


Track listing

Notes * signifies a vocal and additional producer * "I Feel for You" features an extract from "It's My House" by S. Buchanan and Earl Buchanan. * Some digital editions of the album include the radio edit of "Chocolate". * On Australian limited edition "Slow Motion" is titled "Slo Motion".


Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Body Language''.


Musicians

*
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– lead vocals, backing vocals * Ash Thomas – backing vocals, extra chorus "pops" * Alexis Strum – backing vocals * Lion – extra chorus "pops" * David Billing – backing vocals * Miriam Grey – backing vocals * Johnny Douglas – all instruments, backing vocals * Dave Clews – keyboards ; programming * Karen Poole – backing vocals * A. Guevara – MC *
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– additional vocals * Richard "Biff" Stannard – keyboards, backing vocals *
Julian Gallagher Julian Gallagher (born 17 July 1968 in Bromley, London) is a British songwriter and record producer, known for working with Kylie Minogue on her 2001 album, ''Fever''. He also co-wrote songs with Gabrielle on her 2007 album, ''Always'', as wel ...
– keyboards, programming * Dave Morgan – keyboards, guitars * Alvin Sweeney – programming *
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– string arrangements, conducting *
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– orchestra *
Gavyn Wright Gavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London Session Orchestra and Penguin Cafe Orchestra. He is best known for his orchestral arrangements on pop productions (including Elton John, Simply Red, Bush, Mecano, Oasis ...
– orchestra leader *
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– all instruments, backing vocals *
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– all instruments, backing vocals *
Dave McCracken Dave McCracken is a British songwriter and music producer. He is well known for his production on Ian Brown from The Stone Roses solo albums, '' Golden Greats'', ''Music of the Spheres'' and ''Solarized''. He has also produced ''Vantage Point' ...
– programming


Technical

* Sunnyroads – production * Mr. Dan – mixing * Baby Ash – production ; mixing ; vocal production * Rez – production * Dave Clews –
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; vocal engineering * Johnny Douglas – vocal production, additional production ; production, mixing *
Steve Fitzmaurice Stephen Fitzmaurice is an Irish mixer and producer based in London, England. His credits include albums for Depeche Mode, Seal, Sam Smith, Ian Brown, Kylie Minogue, Sting, Paloma Faith, Olly Murs, The Kooks, Alicia Keys, U2, Hikaru Utada, a ...
– mixing * Damon Iddins – mixing assistance * Kurtis Mantronik – production * Electric J – production * Richard "Biff" Stannard – production * Julian Gallagher – production * Alvin Sweeney – recording, mixing * Niall Alcott – orchestra recording * Cathy Dennis – production * Danton Supple – engineering * Dylan Gallagher –
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engineering *
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– mixing * Geoff Rice – engineering assistance * Geoff "Peshy" Pesh – mastering


Artwork

* Tony Hung – sleeve direction, design * Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott – photography


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications and sales


Release history


References


Footnotes


External links

*
''Body Language''
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