Kylie Minogue - Rhythm Of Love (1990)

Rhythm of Love is the third studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released on 12 November 1990 by Pete Waterman Entertainment (PWE) in the UK, and on 3 December 1990 by Mushroom Records in Australia. Opting to re-establish her music career, Minogue started to become independently more involved in the process of creating and arranging the project. Recording sessions took place in London and Los Angeles during Spring and Summer 1990. Minogue was credited as co-writer for the first time, while Stock Aitken Waterman were the primary producers of the album, along with new producers and collaborations including Keith Cohen, Stephen Bray and Michael Jay. Rhythm of Love represents a musical departure from her earlier bubblegum pop works, with a more sexually liberated image and dance-influenced sound. It received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented it as her best work with Stock Aitken Waterman and considered by many to be a definitive turning point in Minogue's career, showing her as a more credible musical artist. It was not as much of a commercial success as her previous albums, becoming her first studio album not to reach number one in the United Kingdom, but was still certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling 100,000 copies. In her native Australia, it was her third top-ten studio album when peaking at number 10 four months after its release. It also peaked in the top twenty in Ireland, France, and Spain. The album spawned four singles—"Better the Devil You Know", "Step Back in Time", "What Do I Have to Do", and "Shocked"—all peaked inside the top ten in the United Kingdom and Ireland, making Minogue the first artist to have the first thirteen releases inside the top 10 in the former region. Promotional efforts for the album, such as controversial music videos for "Better the Devil You Know" and "Shocked", continued to associate Minogue with an increasingly provocative image. Minogue promoted the album with her Rhythm of Love Tour, which traveled to Australia and Asia. The album was re-issued in the United Kingdom for the first time in 2015, when it returned to the UK Albums Chart.