Kylie Minogue is a declaration of dance-floor independence. Recorded with new collaborators—after parting ways with longtime producers Mike Stock and Pete Waterman following 1991’s Let’s Get to It—the 1994 studio effort finds Minogue shedding the last vestiges of her bubblegum-pop days. With production help from forward-looking UK acts such as M People and Brothers In Rhythm, Kylie Minogue dabbles in sleek house music (“Where Is the Feeling”), brisk electro (the whispery "Falling," cowritten by Pet Shop Boys), and laidback R&B (“If I Was Your Lover”). Even more impressive are luxurious midtempo songs such as “Automatic Love” and the orchestra-dusted “Confide In Me,” both instant classics that allow Minogue to showcase a more expressive, sophisticated vocal side.