All The Lovers: 9 Musically this is a lot like “I Believe In You,” which I enjoy more, but she switched it up thematically and the results are great. I love the lyrical content of this song, it’s so sweet. Imagine believing in the hope of love in the future… but like really, imagine.

Get Outta My Way: 10 Hot take but while this song is a mega bop, it shouldn’t have been a single. It clicked for me when played it for a friend and she got really confused by it but this song is kind of unusual, isn’t it? Maybe it’s just my own inexperience but when I think about it, even at the height of maximalist pop it didn’t quite sound like this. The house beat, the wash of cool synths, the unabashed theatricality, Kylie’s voice, it’s all a bit too much for most situations. Like, there’s so much raw power in this song that you can’t just play it on the radio. The stars have to align for a song like this to reach its peak potential, and when that moment hits and you strut like an untouchable goddess to this track, damn, that’s pop at its best.

Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love): 7 This is a pretty good song but it pales against some of the others on the album. It’s a bit pandering? Like, this is what Lorde was talking abut when she said she was tired of being told to put her hands up in the air, Kylie repeats that so many times over the course of the song it loses all meaning by the end. However the song is saved by a solid hook and some interesting production towards the end.

Closer: 10 The soundtrack of the singularity. Seriously, this sounds like it’s ripped right from *2001 A Space Odyssey* or something, I love how spacey and robotic this track sounds. The spiraling, nautilus shell instrumental is one of the most stunning things on the album.

Everything Is Beautiful: 10 The lyrics of this song are killer! Like the language used is so interesting and poetic. Overall it’s a very elegant track, it’s probably the best at summing up both the regal/fantasy vibes of the album with the romantic dance music concept.

Aphrodite: 10 I feel like I keep giving out 10s but goddess Kylie demands them! This is probably one of the best “boast” songs I’ve ever heard because Kylie ls like, ACTUALLY the queen of dance music so she’s totally earned the right to murder this song like she does.

Illusion: 7.5 I disagree with people who say that this is filler, I think the strong lyrics and interesting themes in the song save it. Musically it is a bit weaker than the rest of the album, the chorus/hook just feel a little flat.

Better Than Today: 8 This is wildly out of place on the album so it shouldn’t surprise anyone to learn that it’s a leftover from the earliest iteration of the album before the executive producer was brought on and the album was retooled. It feels a bit cheaper and more “garage band” than the rest of the album, but I still find it pretty charming on its own merits. It makes me smile and at a certain point that’s all I’m asking for. It has one of my favorite Kylie videos too! The Murakami/Rocky Horror/pixel art shoutouts are so my speed and I love the bright tackiness of it/

Too Much: 11 I’m fully prepared for this song to be robbed but let it be known, any elimination short of Top 10 will be a ROBBERY. This song isn’t just the best song on the album, it’s not just Kylie’s best song, it’s quite possible one of the best pop songs EVER. This song is pure lightning, pure energy, pure magic. There have been a lot of love songs written throughout history about this kind of topic but very few of them reach the heights this song reaches and sound just so monumental. The song is constantly switching itself up and staying fresh until the very end, I don’t even know how to describe it so I’m just gonna list cool things about the song. The production slowly builds on itself during the first verse, starting with just Kylie’s voice then building to the chorus then completely switching it up for the second verse. The hammering synths that keep the song going contrasting with the sliding synths running over the top. The spacey synths on the second pre chorus that build into that falsetto note. The weird, glitchy production at the very end of the song. The bridge and outro where Kylie is trading lines with herself. It’s just brilliant production. The lyrics are smart as well, using unconventional language that’s very ear catching and neatly implying a character and a history with just a few times. And then Kylie is *crushing it* vocally the whole time. It’s just soooo good. It’s the flawless cherry on top of a virtually flawless album.

Cupid Boy: 7.5 I’m a bit biased towards this song because it reminds me of a boy I used to date but it does kind of signal a dip in quality on the album. I can’t pinpoint anything exactly wrong with this song (I’m not a fan of the slightly trashy production but I also don’t hate it) but it just doesn’t hit like everything before it did. Still good though!

Looking For An Angel: 8 One of the weaker tracks on the album, but not without its charms. I love how wonderfully cinematic it is with all the strings, and the bridge is lovely. I wish this had been the closing track.

Can’t Beat The Feeling: 6.5 I actually think this is the least memorable song on the album, the album so consistently rises to excellence but this is just generic (albeit good) dance music. I kinda get why they used it as the last track though, at least it makes it easier for me to skip.

Heart Strings: 6 I’m glad we included the bonus tracks for this album (I literally asked for their inclusion) because the other two are fantastic but this one… yikes. It’s cute but also it’s the worst song recorded for this album, it just feels lazy compared to everything else in the rate.

Mighty Rivers: 10 Wow what an iconic song, and how iconic that I bullied Junky into including it in the rate. The low-key chorus with that synth in the background is perhaps the most “cool” I’ve heard Kylie sound. Plus the lyrics are really cool and uplifting.

Go Hard Or Go Home: 8.5 This song slaps hard, it’s perhaps the most conventionally “2010” sounding song on the album but wow it’s a banger. But um, am I mishearing something or did she say she’s going to St. Elsewhere? Does Kylie need [a hospital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elsewhere)? A [Gnarls Barkley album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elsewhere_(album))? What’s the story there girl?