Limbo (Kylie Minogue song)
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| Song by Kylie Minogue | |
| from the album Impossible Princess | |
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| Recorded | 1996 |
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| Length | 4:06 |
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"Limbo" is a song by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, included on her sixth studio album Impossible Princess (1997). Written by Minogue, Dave Ball and Ingo Vauk, and produced by the two latter, it was later included in the track list of Minogue's compilation albums Confide in Me (2002), Kylie Minogue: Artist Collection (2004) and Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie, while the Junior Vasquez remix of the song appeared on her remix album Mixes (1998). The song is a dance track in which Minogue singers about her frustration with not seeing anyone and feeling trapped.
"Limbo" was met with positive reviews by most music critics, many of whom commended the songs composition and highlighted it as an album stand out. "Limbo" was released as a promotional airplay single in Australia and New Zealand by Mushroom Records and the b-side for the album's lead single "Some Kind of Bliss". "Limbo" was performed on her Intimate and Live Tour and KylieFever2002.
Background[edit]
In 1996, while in Barcelona, Spain for a holiday, Minogue had written "Limbo" by herself.[1] She envisioned the song to sound "pretty" and "polite" and took different lyric sets and putting pieces together to create "Limbo". However, Minogue said during her holiday in Barcelona, she was upset most of the time there because she could not see anyone outside of Spain due to bureaucracy law.[1] She felt she was trapped the entire time in Spain and the title derived from her constant use of the term limbo while she was there, feeling it was the only way to describe her time there.[1] After she returned to her home in Chelsea, London, Minogue and the Impossible Princess producers Dave Ball and Ingo Vauk had re-written the track because she felt the original lyrics "didn't feel right that way".[1] Ball and Vauk composed the track at Mayfair and Sarm West Studios and Minogue recorded it at Ball and Vauk's home studio, and was mixed by Richard Lowe.[2] The vocals on the track were demo cuts she recorded for the song, but used them because she felt the "gritty" delivery worked with the sound.[1]
Composition[edit]
—Minogue talking about "Limbo".
Written by Minogue, Ball and Vauk, and produced by the two latter, "Limbo" deals with frustration and feeling trapped.[1] The opening lyrics "I see them all smiling, Those all around me, They tend to my wounds and alert my senses," describes Minogue's friends aiding her when she needed help, but Minogue was reluctant towards the sympathy. She said "People came up to me and said ‘Oh don't worry you'll be okay, it will only be a couple of days’ but I said ‘I can't wait a couple of days!’"[1] She felt their made no difference to her emotionally.[1] "Limbo" is a dance song that has a duration of four minutes and six seconds.[2][3] Instrumentally, Steve Sidelnyk played the drums and percussion sections, Geoff Bird played the guitar and all other instruments were performed by Ball and Vauk.[2] Nick Levine from Digital Spy said "Limbo" was one of her "toughest club cuts" of her entire career.[3] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine compared "Limbo" to the works of The Chemical Brothers and labelled it a "techno/rock hybrid track".[4] Sam Upton from Select magazine had compared tracks "Limbo" and "Did it Again" to British musician Shirley Manson and her bad Garbage.[5] Larry Flick from Billboard noted the sonic influences of "moody" electro-funk music which was "layered" with contemporary pop music.[6] C.Adams from Herald Sun said the music is "heavy metal you can dance to."[7]
Release[edit]
Minogue wanted to release "Limbo" as the lead single because she felt it was a "good choice", but her creative director Steve Anderson felt either "Too Far" or "Jump" were better offerings to promote the album.[8] Deconstruction reviewed both their views, but did not promote any them and released "Some Kind of Bliss" as the lead single; "Limbo" appeared as it's b-side.[9] After several postponements of the album in 1997, Minogue's Australian record label Mushroom Records decided to distributed six songs as promotional singles in both Australia and New Zealand.[10] Mushroom released "Limbo" and alongside Impossible Princess tracks "Some Kind of Bliss", "Too Far", "Say Hey", "I Don't Need Anyone" and "Did It Again" on Australian and New Zealand airplay as promotional singles; clippings from the radio plays were then included on a CD published through Deconstruction in the UK.[10] In January 1998, "Limbo", alongside five other album tracks, were included on an exclusive cassette tape and given to Deconstruction members to select their opinion on which should be the third single; "Limbo" lost respectively to "Breathe".[11]
Critical reception[edit]
"Limbo" received favorable reviews from most music critics. Upton was positive towards the track, stating "Limbo, hollering out the attitude and sass as opposed to the twee chirruping of old...", referencing her older PWL music.[5] Upton, however, gave the parent album an overall mixed review.[5] Chris True from Allmusic highlighted the track as an album stand out from Impossible Princess.[12] Larry Flick from Billboard was positive towards the entire album, and highlighted "Limbo" as the album stand outs. He praised the tracks "groove poems" and felt that the tracks were "trend-hopping" and fused perfect "modern pop music."[6] Sputnikmusic called it the most "aggressive track" on the studio album, comparing it to "Too Far" and eventually selected the song as one of the album highlights.[13] Darrin Farrant from The Age praised Minogue's vocals, stating "Limbo showed off her vocal flair, as well as the indie-flavored directions that her music is now taking."[14]
Adrian Denning felt "Limbo" was the sentimental reason that the second half of Impossible Princess was "listenable" and said that the song was a "noisy yet industrial clatter", highlighting the track from the album.[15] Gary James from Entertainment Focus praised all her written tracks and selected "Say Hey", "Too Far", "Cowboy Style" and "Limbo" for her being able to portray an "sense of claustrophobia and uncertainty."[16] A reviewer from Who Magazine commended the track, stating "Complete dance-floor chaos. Almost, dare we say it , Prodigyesque. Anyway, wasted as a B side to Bliss. Should have been a single in its own right."[7] Gareth Gorman from X-Press Magazine commented that "Where she really takes off is on tracks such as LIMBO completed with members from The Grid. Here, proceedings get as momentum-filled as anything this side of the Propellerheads."[7]
Live performances[edit]
Minogue performed the track on her Intimate and Live tour in June–July 1998. The track was used in act four along with several other tracks on the Impossible Princess album and featured Minogue in her crop top and black pants.[17] The performance was recorded on 30 June and 1 July at Capitol Theatre in Sydney, and appeared on the related CD and DVD.[17][18] Four years later, "Limbo" was remixed and was included on the set list for her KylieFever2002 concert tour. It opened the segment for Cybertronica which saw Kylie rise out of the stage in a pink tank top and white cargo pants. The performance was recorded on 4 May 2002 at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, and was released on 4 November that same year as a CD and DVD format.[19][20]
Promotion and other usage[edit]
In conjunction with "Some Kind of Bliss", "Limbo" was included on the standard CD Single, housed in cardboard sleeves, the promotional CD releases,and the cassette of the single; "Limbo" was replaced by another track "Love Takes Over Me" for the vinyl release.[21][22][23][24] "Limbo" was released in mid-1997 in the UK on a cassette tape with all other album tracks as part of a promotional release.[11] "Limbo" has been featured on many of Minogue's compilation albums. It's first appearance was on her 2002 BMG greatest hits compilation album Confide in Me, a compilation consisting majority off her singles and tracks from her Deconstruction period; Heather Phares from Allmusic praised the Impossible Princess tracks including "Limbo".[25] It then appeared on her 2004 compilation album Artist Collection, which included most of her Impossible Princess era.[26] The song's last appearance was on her second disc of Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie released in July 2007 by UK independent label Music Club.[27] A remix by Junior Vasquez appeared on early pressing editions of her 1998 remix album Mixes.[28]
Personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and the singer's official website.[2]
- Songwriting – Kylie Minogue, David Ball, Ingo Vauk
- Production – Ball, Vauk
- Vocals production – Minogue
- Recording – Richard Lowe, Sunny Lizic; Mayfair Studios and Sarm West Studios, London, England
- Guitar – Geoff Bird
- Drums and Percussion – Steve Sidelynk
- Other instruments – Ball, Vauk
References[edit]
- Notes
- References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Minogue, Kylie (1997). "An Interview with Kylie Minogue booklet "Limbo"". An Interview with Kylie Minogue (Audio CD). Kylie Minogue. London, England: Deconstruction. p. 37. KM002.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Minogue, Kylie (January 2003). "Impossible Princess booklet". Impossible Princess (Double CD Album). Kylie Minogue. London, England: Deconstruction. p. 1. 82876511152.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Levine, Nick (6 June 2010). "Digital Spy - Kylie Revisted: Impossible Princess #6". Digital Spy. p. 1. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (19 November 2003). "Kylie Minogue: Impossible Princess". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Upton, Sam (22 September 1997). "Select Magazine - Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess review". Select. p. 1. Missing or empty
|url=(help);|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Flick, Larry (4 April 1998). "Minogue Makes Mature Turn On deConstruction Set". Billboard. 110 (14): 18. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Impossible Princess Reviews, by Kylie Minogue". Adapted by kylie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 October 2006.
- ↑ Smith, Sean (13 March 2014). Kylie. London, United Kingdom: Simon & Schuster Ltd. pp. 138–139. ISBN 978-147-113-5804. Retrieved 3 April 2015. Search this book on
- ↑ Smith, Sean (13 March 2014). Kylie. London, United Kingdom: Simon & Schuster Ltd. pp. 138–139–141–142. ISBN 978-147-113-5804.
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- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Minogue, Kylie (November 1997). "Mushroom Records press release; included with disc". Impossible Princess Sampler (Audio CD and press release). Kylie Minogue. Australia and New Zealand: Mushroom. KYLIE-1.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Minogue, Kylie (1997). Kylie Minogue sampler (Cassette). Kylie Minogue. London, England: Deconstruction. Kylie001.
- ↑ True, Chris. "Impossible Princess – Kylie Minogue". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ↑ Unknown, Author (17 July 2009). "Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (review)". Sputnikmusic. p. 1. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ Farrant, Darrin (3 June 1998). "Impossible Princess Review". Adapted by kylie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006.
- ↑ Denning, Adrian (17 July 2009). "Kylie Minogue Albums". adriandenning.couk. p. 1. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ James, Gary (19 March 2014). "Kylie the Songwriter - Entertainment Focus". Entertainment Focus. p. 1. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Minogue, Kylie (March 2002). Intimate and Live (DVD). Kylie Minogue. Sydney, Australia: BMG; Mushroom. MUSH33183.2.
- ↑ Minogue, Kylie (November 1998). "Intimate and Live booklet". Intimate and Live (Double CD Album). Kylie Minogue. Sydney, Australia: Deconstruction. p. 6. MUSH33183.2.
- ↑ Minogue, Kylie (November 2002). "KylieFever2002 booklet". KylieFever2002 (DVD). Kylie Minogue. Manchester, United Kingdom: Captiol, Mushroom, Parlophone. 7243 490101 9 2.
- ↑ Minogue, Kylie (November 2002). "KylieFever2002 booklet". KylieFever2002 (CD). Kylie Minogue. Manchester, United Kingdom: Captiol, Mushroom, Parlophone. 7243 4 90154 9 4.
- ↑ Minogue, Kylie (September 1997). Some Kind of Bliss (CD single). Kylie Minogue. Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan: BMG, Deconstruction, Mushroom. MUSH01695.2.
- ↑ Minogue, Kylie (September 1997). Some Kind of Bliss (Cassette). Kylie Minogue. Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan: BMG, Deconstruction, Mushroom. 74321 517254.
- ↑ Minogue, Kylie (September 1997). Some Kind of Bliss (Vinyl). Kylie Minogue. United Kingdom: BMG, Deconstruction, Mushroom. 74321 51725 7.
- ↑ Minogue, Kylie (September 1997). Some Kind of Bliss (Cardboard CD single). Kylie Minogue. Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan: BMG, Deconstruction, Mushroom. 74321 51725 2.
- ↑ Phares, Heather. "Confide in Me (Album) – Kylie Minogue". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ↑ Minogue, Kylie (2004). "Artist Collection booklet". Artist Collection (CD). Kylie Minogue. London, England: Deconstruction. BMG. p. 1. BVCM-37560.
- ↑ Minogue, Kylie (July 2007). "Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie booklet". Confide in Me: The Irresistible ylie (Double CD album). Kylie Minogue. London, England: Deconstruction. BMG. p. 4. MCDLX043.
- ↑ Minogue, Kylie (1998). "Mixes booklet". Mixes (CD). Kylie Minogue. London, England: Deconstruction. p. Back cover. PRO-CDR-74321 58715 2.
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