IT’S Kylie as you’ve never heard her before.

For her 12th album, the Australian pop princess has decided to forego the high-end production and fancy effects, instead relying on her voice and full orchestra for strippeddown versions of the biggest hits of her 25- year career. Her voice, which may sometimes be lost within the mainstream renditions, sounds amazing on these acoustic revisits, with stand-out tracks including an emotional Better The Devil You Know, a stylish take of first hit The Locomotion, an epic I Should Be So Lucky featuring dramatic strings. Recorded at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios, the record is a reminder of why Minogue continues to be top of the pops more than two decades later.

Shereen Low