Better Album: Blackout or X

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Released in the same year, Britney Spears's Blackout and Kylie Minogue's X have notable similarities. Both albums redefined the pop-stars, with killer production and visuals. Same producers worked on both albums, but resembles are uncanny. Gimme More - Piece of Me - Toy Soldier vs In My Arms - Wow - Speakerphone: You have to choose the better album, and state your opinion!

*Please don't vote if you haven't heard X or Blackout* 

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Interesting Read: 

That's Britney addressing some of the stuff that's written about her, of course. So, one wonders, what does X tell us about the past few years in Kylieworld? Well, basically nothing. Listening to X you wouldn't know that Kylie has looked death in the face or seen one of the most significant relationships of her life implode. Instead, you would think she has just been out dancing quite a bit. Pop of this variety need never dwell on muso notions of cred or authenticity but the emotional distance on X - Kylie's 10th studio album, hence the name - does make you wonder whether there will ever be anything more to Kylie's lyrics than meaningless trilling about 'get me on the floor', 'DJs spinning up my favourite song', 'Boy, you got it, got it, you got me feeling crazy about my body/ I cannot, cannot stop it, you got me moving, got me rocking'. While Britney's fondness for larging it in clubs has been endlessly documented - making some of the more club-based tracks on Blackout seem like a true reflection of her life - Kylie's is virtually non-existent, although she did recently appear DJing at east London cred-magnet Boombox. Boombox specialises in incredible, cutting-edge electronic music. So are Justice, Rex the Dog, Riot in Belgium or Chromeo twiddling knobs on this album? Of course not. X could have been the album to take overground a burgeoning underground club sound; instead, it's largely an approximation of club life fronted by a woman who doesn't go clubbing.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/nov/11/shopping.popandrock1#maincontent

[Guest]

I think the answer is obvious 

[Gagaism 11,703]

I love Kylie but the iconicness of Blackout >>>

[gagaxsebert 5,804]

Blackout 

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Just now, HighRoad said:

Blackout 

Have you heard X? 

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*Please don't vote if you haven't heard X or Blackout* 

[Lucas 26,837]

Blackout!
I think X is one of Kylie's weakest album  She sounds lifeless on this record, like she has no emotions, but she went through a lot during this period, so I totally understand 

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Just now, Lucas said:

Blackout!
I think X is one of Kylie's weakest album  She sounds lifeless on this record, like she has no emotions, but she went through a lot during this period, so I totally understand 

I have seen a lot of Kylie stans praising the album left to right 

[gagaxsebert 5,804]

5 minutes ago, Aarghya said:

Have you heard X? 

I’ve heard a lot of the songs from it, my mum used to play it a lot around 07/08. So I’m pretty familiar with the album 

[Lucas 26,837]

Just now, Aarghya said:

I have seen a lot of Kylie stans praising the album left to right 

Me too! But her vocals sound so lifeless/robotic on this record imo, while usually you can hear passion in her voice on all of her songs. It's probably a result of what she had to go through at the time, so I understand, but I can't stop thinking about her fight vs cancer whenever I listen to this album and it gives me a weird feeling...  And the production/melodies aren't as strong as her other albums (again, in my opinion only).
I absolutely love the singles and 1/2 album tracks but the other tracks, not so much

[CautiousLurker 19,303]

I really like Blackout and think it's by far Britney's best album, but X is easily the best one of the two - but of course all the Britney stans are gonna back Blackout even tho most probably haven't heard X and even if they listened to it now, it probably wouldn't have the same impact as it would if they experienced it in the same way they did Blackout so the results aren't surprising me in the slightest 

X is better tho  

[GaGaLB 367]

1 hour ago, Aarghya said:

Released in the same year, Britney Spears's Blackout and Kylie Minogue's X have notable similarities. Both albums redefined the pop-stars, with killer production and visuals. Same producers worked on both albums, but resembles are uncanny. Gimme More - Piece of Me - Toy Soldier vs In My Arms - Wow - Speakerphone: You have to choose the better album, and state your opinion!

*Please don't vote if you haven't heard X or Blackout* 

I've listened to them multiple times

but Blackout >> X

there are good and bad points about each albums :

1 - Kylie served better photoshoot , Britney's photoshoot is (somehow) good

2 - Musically, Blackout was better than X. Gimme More instrumental & intro  were (and still) iconic. Here's an Xemple 

3- Nu-di-ty is been said to have Britney's BGV (idk if  Brit ever recorded a version) 

4- Also a note,  Britney recorded a Kylie "body Language" outtake You Blow Hot & Cold for GH : MP in 2004 but didn't include it

5- when's X megarate?

[Gimme More 35,369]

I love both Blackout and X.

Blackout >>

Although 'X' is my favourite Kylie album  

[ANVEEROY 61,207]

I hear you all, yes- there are similarities and differences; also with the grace of luck and fame - one album got noticed, and one not. Bleh