Enjoy Yourself (Kylie Minogue album)
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Enjoy Yourself is the second album by Australian pop
singer Kylie Minogue
. It was released by PWL
on 9 October 1989. The album was mostly just produced by Stock Aitken Waterman
, who had written and produced the whole album (exception fro "Tears on My Pillow
"). The album was also mostly similar to its debut album as well.
Minogue had released four singles from the album. The debut single was Hand on Your Heart
, which had charting success, peaking at number four in Australia and number one in the United Kingdom. The album also spawned singles "Wouldn't Change a Thing
", "Never Too Late" and a cover Tears on My Pillow, which was featured on the soundtrack from Minogue's debut film The Delinquents. None of the singles had charted in the U.S. Billboard
.
Enjoy Yourself received mixed reviews from music critics. With some reviews saying that its more catchy stuff, but some did say it was too similar like her previous album. The album had commercial success, peaking in the top ten countries including Ireland, UK, Greece, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand. For promotion of the album, a tour entitled Enjoy Yourself Tour
was taken part, with Minogue travelling to Australia, Britian and Asia.. Enjoy Yourself reached number one in the United Kingdom, and produced two number one singles. In January 1990, the album was certified four times platinum
in the UK, and sold over one million copies within the first ten weeks of its release.
in 1988, Minogue began recording her second album with Stock, Aitken and Waterman
at PWL Studios in London
, England in February 1989. Recording sessions also took place in April and July 1989, with the cover version
of "Tears on My Pillow" being one of the final songs recorded for the album after Minogue had heard the original version of the song while dining at Pete Waterman
's house.
gave it a favorable review, awarding it three stars. He said "It's got a bit more variety than her debut, but one or two fewer strong tunes - and consequently a touch less charm. Still, if you're fond of the singles and Minogue at her most ingenuous, you'll find that Enjoy Yourself makes good on the promise of its title."
However, Rolling Stone
have gave the album a very negative review, as he explained that the album was "inept".
at number one, and reached double platinum
status upon release with pre-sales of over 600,000 copies. In the UK, the album sold over one million copies in its first ten weeks of release. On 1 January 1990, the album was certified four times platinum. In Australia, the album reached number nine, and was certified platinum on release. The album has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.
The album reached number one in Hong Kong
and Ireland, and the top ten in Belgium
, Denmark
, Greece
and Japan. In North America, Enjoy Yourself received limited promotion and did not appear on any major album charts. It also peaked at number six in New Zealand.
", the album's first single release, reached number one in the UK singles chart
and number four on the Australian singles chart
. The second single "Wouldn't Change a Thing
" debuted at number two in the UK and was accompanied by Minogue's first music video to be filmed in the UK. "Never Too Late", the album's third single, was originally scheduled to be released as the second single from Enjoy Yourself. The song became Minogue's eighth consecutive top five single in the UK, where it reached number four and sold over 200,000 copies. The fourth single "Tears on My Pillow" was recorded for Minogue's film The Delinquents and is a cover version of the 1958 song originally recorded by Little Anthony & The Imperials
. The song debuted at number two in the UK and reached number one the following week. In Sweden
, "Tears on My Pillow" was released as a double A-side
single with "We Know the Meaning of Love".
!align="left"|Country
!align="center"|Provider(s)
!align="center"|Certification
!align="center"|Sales/Shipments
|-
|align="left"|Australia
|align="left"|ARIA
|align="center"|Platinum
|align="center"|70,000
|-
|align="left"|UK
|align="left"|BPI
|align="center"|4× Platinum
|align="center"|1,200,000
|-
|align="left"|France
|align="left"|SNEP/IFOP
|align="center"|Gold
|align="center"|100,000
|-
|align="left"|Switzerland
|align="left"|IFPI
|align="center"|Gold
|align="center"|25,000
|-
|align="left"|Total
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3.500.000+
!Year
!Country
!Position
|-
|rowspan="2"|1989
|UK Albums Chart
|align="center"|6
|-
|Australian Albums Chart
|align="center"|96
|-
|}
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
. It was released by PWL
PWL
Pete Waterman Entertainment is the production company one-time pop and dance record label owned by pop mogul Pete Waterman. The label, originally PWL, is most famous for being the home of hit record producers Stock Aitken Waterman....
on 9 October 1989. The album was mostly just produced by Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
, who had written and produced the whole album (exception fro "Tears on My Pillow
Tears on My Pillow
"Tears on My Pillow" is a doo-wop song written by Sylvester Bradford and Al Lewis in 1958. The composition was first recorded by Little Anthony and the Imperials on End Records and was that group's debut recording under that name. Their original recording of the song became a Billboard Top 10 Pop...
"). The album was also mostly similar to its debut album as well.
Minogue had released four singles from the album. The debut single was Hand on Your Heart
Hand on Your Heart
"Hand on Your Heart" is a dance-pop song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue and written by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman...
, which had charting success, peaking at number four in Australia and number one in the United Kingdom. The album also spawned singles "Wouldn't Change a Thing
Wouldn't Change a Thing
"Wouldn't Change a Thing" was the second single released from Australian singer Kylie Minogue's second album Enjoy Yourself. The single was released on 24 July 1989 and was written by Stock Aitken Waterman.-Song information:...
", "Never Too Late" and a cover Tears on My Pillow, which was featured on the soundtrack from Minogue's debut film The Delinquents. None of the singles had charted in the U.S. Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
.
Enjoy Yourself received mixed reviews from music critics. With some reviews saying that its more catchy stuff, but some did say it was too similar like her previous album. The album had commercial success, peaking in the top ten countries including Ireland, UK, Greece, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand. For promotion of the album, a tour entitled Enjoy Yourself Tour
Enjoy Yourself Tour
The Enjoy Yourself Tour was Kylie Minogue's first world tour following the success of her second studio album, Enjoy Yourself. By the start of the European leg of the tour, Minogue had started to take control of her image and musical direction, demonstrated by the release of the career milestone...
was taken part, with Minogue travelling to Australia, Britian and Asia.. Enjoy Yourself reached number one in the United Kingdom, and produced two number one singles. In January 1990, the album was certified four times platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
in the UK, and sold over one million copies within the first ten weeks of its release.
Backgrond and recording
Following the commercial success of her debut album KylieKylie (album)
Kylie is the debut album by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue, released by PWL on 4 July 1988. Stock, Aitken and Waterman produced and wrote eight of the ten tracks on the album....
in 1988, Minogue began recording her second album with Stock, Aitken and Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
at PWL Studios in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England in February 1989. Recording sessions also took place in April and July 1989, with the cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of "Tears on My Pillow" being one of the final songs recorded for the album after Minogue had heard the original version of the song while dining at Pete Waterman
Pete Waterman
Peter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles...
's house.
Critical reception
Enjoy Yourself received mixed reviews from music critics. Chris True of Allmusic describes the album's songs as "catchy stuff", and calls Enjoy Yourself a "good companion to her debut". But he did say that the album was still the same from her debut. He awarded the album two-and-a-half stars out of five. Nick Levine from Digital SpyDigital Spy
Digital Spy is a British entertainment and media news website. According to Alexa Internet traffic statistics, as of February 2011, Digital Spy is the 93rd most popular website in the United Kingdom, with an overall Alexa ranking of 2,088....
gave it a favorable review, awarding it three stars. He said "It's got a bit more variety than her debut, but one or two fewer strong tunes - and consequently a touch less charm. Still, if you're fond of the singles and Minogue at her most ingenuous, you'll find that Enjoy Yourself makes good on the promise of its title."
However, Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
have gave the album a very negative review, as he explained that the album was "inept".
Chart performance and sales
Enjoy Yourself debuted on the UK albums chartUK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
at number one, and reached double platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
status upon release with pre-sales of over 600,000 copies. In the UK, the album sold over one million copies in its first ten weeks of release. On 1 January 1990, the album was certified four times platinum. In Australia, the album reached number nine, and was certified platinum on release. The album has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.
The album reached number one in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
and Ireland, and the top ten in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
and Japan. In North America, Enjoy Yourself received limited promotion and did not appear on any major album charts. It also peaked at number six in New Zealand.
Singles
"Hand on Your HeartHand on Your Heart
"Hand on Your Heart" is a dance-pop song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue and written by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman...
", the album's first single release, reached number one in the UK singles chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
and number four on the Australian singles chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
. The second single "Wouldn't Change a Thing
Wouldn't Change a Thing
"Wouldn't Change a Thing" was the second single released from Australian singer Kylie Minogue's second album Enjoy Yourself. The single was released on 24 July 1989 and was written by Stock Aitken Waterman.-Song information:...
" debuted at number two in the UK and was accompanied by Minogue's first music video to be filmed in the UK. "Never Too Late", the album's third single, was originally scheduled to be released as the second single from Enjoy Yourself. The song became Minogue's eighth consecutive top five single in the UK, where it reached number four and sold over 200,000 copies. The fourth single "Tears on My Pillow" was recorded for Minogue's film The Delinquents and is a cover version of the 1958 song originally recorded by Little Anthony & The Imperials
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Little Anthony and the Imperials is a rhythm and blues/soul/doo-wop vocal group from New York, first active in the 1950s. Lead singer Jerome Anthony "Little Anthony" Gourdine was noted for his high-pitched falsetto voice, influenced by Jimmy Scott...
. The song debuted at number two in the UK and reached number one the following week. In Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, "Tears on My Pillow" was released as a double A-side
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
single with "We Know the Meaning of Love".
Track listing
Personnel
The following people contributed to Enjoy Yourself:- Kylie Minogue - lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, backing vocals - Jason DonovanJason DonovanJason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
- vocals - Mae McKenna, Miriam StockleyMiriam StockleyMiriam Stockley is a British singer. She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and her work is influenced by the African music in her home country. Her unique vocalese style gained international acclaim when Karl Jenkins' launched the "Adiemus" project with "Songs of Sanctuary", featuring...
- backing vocals - Matt AitkenMatt AitkenMatthew James Aitken , is a British songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as the creative force behind the 1980s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman....
- keyboardsMusical keyboardA musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, productionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, arrangements - Pete WatermanPete WatermanPeter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles...
- production, arrangements, mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may... - Mike Stock - backing vocals, production, arrangements, keyboards
- Ian Curnow - keyboards
- LinnRoger LinnRoger Linn is an industrial designer, mainly of electronic drum machines, and has recently branched out into guitar effects pedals. His products have become underground hits, being used on many famous recordings...
drum machineDrum machineA drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Jason Barron, Dave Ford, Julian Gingell, Peter Hammond, Phil Harding, Chris McDonnell, Barry Stone - mixing
- Peter Day - engineeringAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
, mixing - Karen Hewitt - engineering
- Greg Fulginiti - masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
- Simon Fowler - photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- David Howells - designDesignDesign as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
- Lino CarbosieroLino CarbosieroLino Carbosiero is a British hair stylist. Over the years. his client list has featured some of the world's most famous names, including Madonna, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rachel Weisz, Sharon Stone and Dustin Hoffman...
-HairHairHair is a filamentous biomaterial, that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Found exclusively in mammals, hair is one of the defining characteristics of the mammalian class....
Formats
These are the formats of major album releases of Enjoy Yourself.| Release format | Country | Cat. no. | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian CD album | Australia | MUSH322092 | Mushroom Records Mushroom Records Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros... |
| Australian vinyl album | Australia | TVL93294 | Mushroom Records |
| UK CD album | United Kingdom | HFCD9 | PWL PWL Pete Waterman Entertainment is the production company one-time pop and dance record label owned by pop mogul Pete Waterman. The label, originally PWL, is most famous for being the home of hit record producers Stock Aitken Waterman.... |
| Japanese CD album | Japan | 29B2-77 | PWL |
| Japanese vinyl album | Japan | 25B1-77 | PWL |
| U.S. vinyl album | United States | GHS24272 | Geffen Records Geffen Records Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:... |
Charts
| Charts (1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
9 |
| Belgian Albums Chart | 3 |
| Danish Albums Chart | 10 |
| French Albums Chart | 24 |
| German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
33 |
| Greek Albums Chart | 2 |
| Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
1 |
| Japanese Albums Chart | 5 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 6 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 33 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 13 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
1 |
Sales certifications
{|class="wikitable"!align="left"|Country
!align="center"|Provider(s)
!align="center"|Certification
!align="center"|Sales/Shipments
|-
|align="left"|Australia
|align="left"|ARIA
|align="center"|Platinum
|align="center"|70,000
|-
|align="left"|UK
|align="left"|BPI
|align="center"|4× Platinum
|align="center"|1,200,000
|-
|align="left"|France
|align="left"|SNEP/IFOP
|align="center"|Gold
|align="center"|100,000
|-
|align="left"|Switzerland
|align="left"|IFPI
|align="center"|Gold
|align="center"|25,000
|-
|align="left"|Total
|
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3.500.000+
Year-End Charts
{|class="wikitable sortable"!Year
!Country
!Position
|-
|rowspan="2"|1989
|UK Albums Chart
|align="center"|6
|-
|Australian Albums Chart
|align="center"|96
|-
|}