Kylie Minogue's Kylie by Dr.Liz Giuffre

Kylie Minogue's self-titled debut album produced hits, controversy and a perfect mainstream storm. The then soap and children's television star `crossed over' to music with hit writer/producers SAW - and the shamelessly commercial approach of all involved saw the `real' music industry get its back up. This book interrogates the way that commercial pop albums are remembered in both the popular music press and in academic research. Is there a way of dealing with `mainstream' pop without denigrating the music and (just as importantly) without validating it according to the terms of a `high art' canon? This text sheds light on the way that notions of `mainstream' and `other' play out in a local context-specifically, Australia and New Zealand music on a global stage.
Binding: Paperback / softback