Fever (album)

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Fever
Studio album by Kylie Minogue
Released	October 1, 2001 February 14, 2002
Recorded	2001
Genre	Dance, Pop
Length	45:40
Label	Parlophone, Mushroom, Capitol
Producer(s)	Cathy Dennis Steve Anderson Rob Davis Paul Statham Mark Pichiotti Pascal Gabriel Tom Nichols Julian Gallagher Tommy D
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link musicOMH.com (Favorable) link Rolling Stone link
Kylie Minogue chronology
Hits Plus (2000)	Fever (2001)	Body Language (2003)
Alternate cover
US cover
Limited Edition cover

Fever is Australian singer Kylie Minogue's eighth album, released in late 2001 in Europe and Australia, 2002 in North America by Parlophone, Mushroom and Capitol.

Contents 1 Album information 2 Track listing 3 Singles 4 Worldwide sales & certifications 5 External links

[edit] Album information

The lead single, Can't Get You Out Of My Head, was a number one hit in multiple countries. The album reached number one on the Australian and most European charts and sold a million copies in the United Kingdom alone. To-date the album has sold 8 million copies worldwide. It was followed by the Kylie Fever Tour. It became Minogue's highest-selling album in Australia and was her most successful album in the United States and Canada, making its debut on the Billboard albums chart at number three and peaking at number ten on the Canadian albums chart.

There are three different versions of the album cover. The original versions had Minogue wearing white and holding a microphone. This version was distributed to Australia, Europe, Latin America and Canada. When the album was later released in the U.S. and Asia, the cover was changed to the headshot with the necklace. This cover is also available in Canada. The cover for the bonus disc edition is similar to the original, but with Minogue wearing a blue PVC costume instead.

The album reached number one in over ten countries and charted in the top five or ten in many others. It reached number one in both the UK and Australia, spending 75 weeks on the Australian albums chart where it had achieved platinum status 7 times. It peaked at number three on the United States album chart, spending over 45 weeks on the chart, longer than any other album released the week it was. Fever is Minogue's most successful album to date in that market. It also peaked at number ten in Canada.

One possible reason for the record's huge commercial and critical success is its mix of simple dance rhythms with Europop. Stylish but danceable songs like "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", "In Your Eyes" and "Fever" appealed to both teenage girls and clubbers. Many club owners saw the record as Minogue becoming 'cool' again and even non-single tracks became club staples in 2002.

[edit] Track listing

1. "More More More" (Tommy D, Liz Winstanley)
2. "Love at First Sight" (Kylie Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes, Martin Harrington)
3. "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" (Cathy Dennis,Rob Davis) — Sample
4. "Fever" (Greg Fitzgerald, Tom Nichols)
5. "Give It to Me" (Kylie Minogue, Mark Picchiotti, Steve Anderson)
6. "Fragile" (Rob Davis)
7. "Come Into My World" (Cathy Dennis, Rob Davis)
8. "In Your Eyes" (Kylie Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes, Mimi Tachikawa)
9. "Dancefloor" (Cathy Dennis, Steve Anderson)
10. "Love Affair" (Kylie Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Mimi Tachikawa)
11. "Your Love" (Kylie Minogue, Pascal Gabriel, Paul Statham)
12. "Burning Up" (Greg Fitzgerald, Tom Nichols)
13. "Tightrope" (Kylie Minogue, Pascal Gabriel, Paul Steinberg) — Australian bonus track
14. "Good Like That" (Kylie Minogue, Pascal Gabriel, Paul Steinberg) — Japanese bonus track
15. "Baby" (Kylie Minogue, Pascal Gabriel, Paul Steinberg) — Japanese bonus track
16. "Boy" — U.S. bonus track
17. "Butterfly" (originally a track from Light Years) — second U.S. bonus track

• Bonus disc

1. "Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head"* (Cathy Dennis, Rob Davies, Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris)
3. "Love at First Sight" (the Scumfrog's beauty and the beast vocal edit)
4. "Can't Get You Out My Head" (Deluxe's dirty club)
5. "In Your Eyes" (Roger Sanchez release the club mix)
6. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff & Jam US radio mix)
7. "Come Into My World" (Fischerspooner Mix)
8. "Whenever You Feel Like It" (Kylie Minogue, Billy Steinberg, Rick Nowels)

• Note: Due to an error at the record company, most editions of this disc include a version of "Whenever You Feel Like It" featuring noticeably uneven sound levels, with the chorus playing much more muffled, low volume than the rest of the song. It is reported that some Asian editions are unaffected.

[edit] Singles

• "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" was released in September 2001 in Europe and Australia. It debuted at number one in Australia, Ireland, and the UK and remained there for four weeks in each of the three countries. In 2002, the song was released in the U.S. and became her second ever top-ten hit, reaching number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. It was her first top-ten hit in the U.S. since 1988, the first being "The Loco-Motion". It also reached number one on the US Dance/Club Play chart.
• "In Your Eyes" was released in February 2002. It reached the top position in Australia, while peaking at number three in the UK, number six in Ireland and number eleven in Canada. It was not released in the United States.
• "Love at First Sight" was released in June 2002. It reached number two in the UK and number three in Australia. (The b-side was the acclaimed "Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head" remix.) The track was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2003, after reaching number one on the U.S. Dance/Club Play chart. It reached number twenty-three on the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at number seven on the Irish Singles Chart.

Note: this is not the same song as the "Love at First Sight" that appears on Minogue's 1988 debut, Kylie.

• "Come Into My World" was released in November 2002. It reached number four in Australia, number eight in the UK, number eleven in Ireland and number ninety-one on the US Billboard Hot 100. The track won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2004.
• "Fever" was released as a promo in very early 2003. Thers was no new video shot for it, but the KylieFever 2002 performance was used as the official video.

[edit] Worldwide sales & certifications

Country	Certification	Shipments	Sales
Australia	7x Platinum	490,000+
Austria	Platinum	30,000+	40,000
Belgium	Gold	25,000+
Brazil	Gold	50,000+	65,000
Canada	2x Platinum	200,000
Denmark	Gold	25,000+
Europe	3x Platinum	3 Million+
France	Platinum	300,000
Germany	Platinum	200,000+	300,000
Greece	Platinum	40,000+
Hong Kong	Platinum	20,000+
Hungary	Gold	10,000+
Indonesia	Platinum	50,000+
Italy	Platinum	40,000+
Japan	Gold	100,000+	106,640
Malaysia	Gold	15,000+
Mexico	2x Platinum	200,000+	250,000
New Zealand	2x Platinum	30,000+
Philippines	Platinum	30,000+
Slovenia	Gold	5,000+
South Africa	4x Platinum	200,000+
South Korea	Platinum	30,000+
Spain	2x Platinum	160,000+	200,000
Sweden	Platinum	60,000+
Switzerland	2x Platinum	80,000+
Taiwan	Platinum	30,000+
Thailand	Platinum	40,000+
The Netherlands	Gold	35,000+
U.K.	5x Platinum	1,5 Million+	1,6 Million
U.S.	Platinum	1 Million+	1,2 Million

[edit] External links

• Kylie.com's page on Fever