Fever (album) - Definition and Overview

Fever
Album by Kylie Minogue
Released	UK-October 1, 2001
Recorded	???
Genre	Pop
Length	45 min 40 sec
Record label	Parlophone, Mushroom,Capitol
Producer	Cathy Dennis, Steve Anderson, Rob Davis, Paul Statham, Mark Pichiotti, Pascal Gabriel, Tom Nichols, Julian Gallagher & Tommy D
Kylie Minogue Chronology
Light Years (2000)	Fever (2001)	Body Language (2003)

Fever is a 2001, (see 2001 in music) album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It is Minogue's eighth album. The record label was: Parlophone / Mushroom / Capitol. It reached #1 on the Australian and most European charts, and sold 1,500,000 copies in the UK, and 7 million world wide. It was followed by the Fever Live Tour. The album is one of Minogue's most successful, and gave her great success throughout the world. It was her first successful album in the US making its debut on the Billboard Albums Chart at number 3. The hit "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" was the most successful song on the album.

There are three different versions of the album cover. The original versions had Minogue wearing white and holding a microphone. This version was distributed to Australia and Europe. When the album was later released in the USA and Asia, the cover had changed to the headshot with the necklace. The cover for the bonus disc edition is similar to the original, but with Kylie wearing a blue PVC costume instead..

The album did very well in the charts reaching number one in over 10 countries and charting in the top five or ten in many others. It reached number one in both the UK and Australia. Its peak at number three on the United States album chart, where it lasted over forty-five weeks on the chart, longer than any other album released the week it was. "Fever" is Minogue's most successful album to date in that market.

Track listing

1. "More More More" (Tommy D, and Liz Winstanley)
2. "Love At First Sight"* (Kylie Minogue, Richards Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes, and Martin Harrington)
3. "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"* (Cathy Dennis, and Rob Davis)
4. "Fever" (Greg Fitzgerald, and Tom Nichols)
5. "Give It To Me" (Kylie Minogue, Mark Picchiotti, and Steve Anderson)
6. "Fragile" (Rob Davis)
7. "Come Into My World"* (Cathy Dennis, and Rob Davis)
8. "In Your Eyes"* (Kylie Minogue, Richard Strannard, Julian Gallagher, and Ash Howes)
9. "Dancefloor" (Steve Anderson, and Cathy Dennis)
10. "Love Affair" (Kylie Minogue, Richards Stannard, and Julian Gallagher)
11. "Your Love" (Kylie Minogue, Pascal Gabriel, and Paul Statham)
12. "Burning Up" (Greg Fitzgerald, and Tom Nichols)
13. "Tightrope" (bonus track - Australian edition only) (Kylie Minogue, Pascal Gabriel and Paul Steinberg),

The album was subsequently reissued with a bonus disc.

Bonus disc track listing

1. "Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head"* (Cathy Dennis, Rob Davies, Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris)
2. "Love At First Sight" (the Scumfrog's beauty and the beast vocal edit)
3. "Can't Get You Out My Head" (Deluxe's dirty club)
4. "In Your Eyes" (Roger Sanchez release the club mix)
5. "Love At First Sight" (Ruff & Jam US radio mix)
6. "Come Into My World" (Fischerspooner Mix)
7. "Whenever You Feel Like It" (Kylie Minogue, Billy Steinberg, Rick Nowels).

Singles

"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" was released in September 2001 in Europe and Australia. It went straight to number one and stayed at the top for four weeks in the UK. In 2002 "CGYOOMH" was released in the USA and became only her second ever top ten hit, reaching number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, her first top 10 hit in the US since 1988. (the first being "The Loco-Motion"). It also reached number one on the US Dance/Club Play chart.

"In Your Eyes" was released in March 2002. It reached number three in the UK charts and number one in Australia but was not released as a single in the US.

"Love At First Sight" was released in June 2002. It reached number two in the UK charts. (The B-Side was the acclaimed "Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head" remix). This track was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2003, after reaching number one on the US Dance/Club Play chart. It reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. This song is different to the "Love At First Sight" that appeared on Minogue's 1988 album Kylie.

"Come Into My World" was released in November 2002. It reached number eight in the UK charts and number ninety-one on the Hot 100. The track won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2004, after peaking at number twenty.

Worldwide sales & certifications

• 7xPlatinum sales in Australia (490,000 copies sold)
• 5xPlatinum sales in the UK (1,600,000)
• 4xPlatinum sales in South Africa (100,000)
• 3xPlatinum sales in Europe (3,000,000)
• 2xPlatinum sales in Germany (600,000), Switzerland (80,000), Canada (200,000), The Netherlands, New Zealand (30,000), Spain
• Platinum sales in USA (1,000,000), France (300,000), Austria (40,000), Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia (100,000), Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico (150,000) Greece
• Gold sales in Poland (50,000), Hungary, Belgium, Denmark (25,000), Brazil, Malaysia (15,000) and Slovenia (over 6,000)

External links

• Kylie.com's page on the album (http://www.kylie.com/gh_site/music/fever.htm)