''Confide in Me'' is a compilation album by Australian recording artist

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, which was released in November 2001. The album consists of both studio albums released by her former record label

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, which are ''

'' and ''

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''. However, her single " Breathe" was not featured on the album. The album was ineligible to chart on the main U.K. albums chart due to being considered a budget album, but had a chart run on the Budget Albums Chart from 2002 to 2005, peaking at #4 in 2003. It received mixed reviews from music critics; whilst they praised the tracks from Deconstruction Records, they lost interest in the project as the album was too similar to the compilation album ''

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'' which only featured Deconstruction songs also, although that one also included various "rarities" when this one solely includes album tracks.

Background

Prior to being signed to Minogue's current label

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, her previous labels had decided to release material from her previous records. ''Confide in Me'' was released by

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, along with her other

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's ''

'' (2000), ''

Greatest Hits 87-92 ''Greatest Hits'' (titled on the back cover as ''Greatest Hits 87–92'') is a 2002 greatest hits album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. Released on 18 November 2002 by PWL, the album collects work from Minogue's PWL period, including the ...

'' (2002), ''

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'' (2002) and '' Artist Collection'' (2004). Ultimately, neither of the compilations achieved high success but ''Hits+'' charted in the UK, while both Greatest Hits album charted in UK, Ireland and Japan. The cover artwork uses pictures from the videos to "Breathe" and "Some Kind of Bliss".

Reception

''Confide in Me'' received mixed reviews from music critics. No explanatory reviews have been released, but at

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, they had highlighted "Some Kind of Bliss", "Time Will Pass You By" and "Confide in Me" as album highlights. Critics praised the album for its Deconstruction tracks, but felt it received no success because it was too similar to the album ''

''. A review from Cduniverse was review as well. She had explained "Fans of those albums should consider checking out Confide in Me; while it doesn't feature the previously unreleased tracks that Hits + does, it does provide a more in-depth look at her two transitional albums." The album was certified Silver by

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(BPI), for shipments of 60,000 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

*Kylie Minogue – Vocals *Dave Ball – Producer *James Dean Bradfield – Producer *Brothers in Rhythm – Producer *Rob Dougan – Producer *Dave Eringa – Producer *Jimmy Harry – Arranger, Producer *Pete Heller – Producer *M People – Producer *Ingo Vauk – Producer

Certifications

References

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