Kylie: Ultimate Kylie

Kylie: Ultimate Kylie

CD Review: Kylie Minogue: Aidin Vaziri | Plenty of greatest-hits albums will come out this year, but how many of them will feature a song written by the Scissor Sisters, mouthed by Kylie Minogue and including a chorus that goes, "I believe in you, I believe in you, I believe, I believe, I believe, in you"? The only one that matters: "Ultimate Kylie." Out of all the mysteries that have plagued humankind over the centuries, none is quite as baffling as how America got stuck with boring old Madonna while the rest of the world got to savor the deliciously irresistible Kylie Minogue. "I Believe in You" is one of the new songs on this amazing two-disc career retrospective. And supposing people stop hitting the rewind button on what is clearly one of the greatest pop songs in about a million years long enough to listen to the rest of the material, they would realize how seriously we got cheated. Yes, the Stock Aitken & Waterman-helmed "Loco-Motion" era was pretty much a wash, but by the time Minogue discovered short shorts and soft-porn moves, it couldn't get any better. All the high points are here, including the duets with Nick Cave and Robbie Williams, the classic "Can't Get You Out of My Head," and "Chocolate," complete with the lyrics "In a heart shape come around me and then, melt me slowly down." Britney Spears? Kelly Clarkson? Hilary Duff? Get out of our faces. It's not too late to set things straight.