![]() "You Won't Forget About Me" is wonderful: an assured, string-drenched career high that should have been another huge hit. A brace of singles from what was to be a fifth studio album, which was ultimately canceled in favor of this hits collection, is sadly more of a mixed bag. "Who Do You Love Now?" and "I Begin to Wonder" were worldwide smashes, and deservedly so. Another career hiatus later and the singles from Neon Nights see Dannii finally hitting a commercial peak. ![]() The radio edit doesn't quite have the impact of the astounding eight-minute orchestral mix, which can be found on the deluxe edition of the Girl album, but it's still a beautiful should-have-been classic. "Disremembrance" is the only non-Top 20 single here it stalled just outside as the third single from Girl, but its inclusion is essential, as it's probably the finest thing she's ever recorded. After a few years in the wilderness, Girl saw a move into full-on trance music, and the sexually charged "All I Wanna Do" is one of her definitive hits. Her second and least successful album, Get into You, is represented here only by her cover of Melba Moore's disco classic "This Is It," which is a shame, as the overlooked "This Is the Way" is one of her best early flirtations with house music. The very earliest hits, "$ucce$$" and "Love & Kisses," sound rather dated now, but from the time Steve "Silk" Hurley remixed "Baby Love" into Dannii's first bona fide floor-filler, she audibly finds her groove. ![]() Sporting 15 hit singles, all but one of which were Top 20 hits in the U.K., it's a convincing argument for Minogue as a viable club artist. That said, she has enjoyed a number of successful singles, and this greatest-hits collection is a timely reminder of her best work. She has never quite managed to achieve the momentum to become a major player in the way her older sister Kylie has, her big hits coming in fits and starts, and never translating into major album sales. She has released just four full-length studio albums since 1990, on three different labels. Includes a bonus DVD featuring 16 music videos.Dannii Minogue has had an enduring but inconsistent career. ![]()
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