Dannii Minogue discussion

[Ezekiel 23:20–21]

The 20th anniversary expanded edition of Neon Nights came out today

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Yes, a Dannii thread! She deserves some love.

The 7 disc boxset for this album is ACE. This is how you pay tribute to an album and give the fans what they want. Definitely stronger than the re-issues of her first three albums. My only quibble, she didn't include the DVD on the boxset, but randomly on the single disc version. RUDE. But Neon Nights is such a killer album front to back, definitely her crowning achievement as an artist. I got so excited when I saw that Initial Talk did a new mix of DWLTF, kinda shook that they went left field and gave us a summery garage moment.

In terms of her solo output in general, I honestly like all of her albums. Her debut is kinda chintzy, but fun and it had some amazing remixes. She honestly might have been better than Kylie in the remix department in the 90's. I genuinely love Get Into You and Girl. And of course Neon Nights was her moment, it's so bizarre how badly her career cratered afterwards. The way Club Disco and it's singles along with all of those random compilations were handled was so bizarre.

[Ezekiel 23:20–21]

Dannii moving to the AATW record label was a huge mistake. They didn’t have the dollars and the reach that her previous label had. And it didn’t help that there was nothing but turmoil with every single release. It also didn’t help that nearly everything they had her release was a cover, or sampled something else or was a remake.

When they canceled the release of “I can’t sleep at night” and replaced it with “perfection” and then they didn’t get that one to the top. That was an easy smash. Then they went with a different single and then they were going to release “I can’t sleep at night” and then the whole Dannie likes fanny scandal happened. And then it leaked anyway and it had a sexual music video.

Similar issues occurred with nearly everything else that label would attempt to release for other artists. N-Trance had a single that had one vocalist and the edit was released and then the response wasn’t what they planned for so they kind of sat on it and then two years later they released it with a different singer and it ended up doing absolutely nothing. And then they would always be caught up in legal hell over sample clearance issues.

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My vinyl is on the way to the US from the Royal Post!!!!

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Looks like we're getting a clear vinyl and four CD set! This album is super underrated, another instance where Dannii doesn't get the credit she deserves. She put Xenomania on the map. Just glad they're expanding past that 2007 reissue, there was a lot missing on that one.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CvPK3Odo7Tr

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The vinyl, 4 CD boxset along with various bundles are available at Cherry Red. They're also doing a physical CD release of the "All I Wanna Do 2020" remixes. Looking over the tracklist, I do see a handful of mixes missing, but nothing that can't be easily nabbed on something else. And there's several tracks making their CD debut. Overall, a pretty nice wrap up of the album and it's singles.

DISC ONE
GIRL
1 All I Wanna Do
2 Heaven Can Wait
3 So In Love With Yourself
4 Am I Dreaming?
5 Everybody Changes Underwater
6 Everything I Wanted
7 If It Moves – Dub It
8 Disremembrance
9 It’s Amazing
10 Movin’ Up
BONUS TRACKS
11 Someone New
12 Keep Up With The Good Times
13 Coconut
14 Movin’ Up [Gettin’ Harder Mix]
15 Movin’ Up [12” Master Mix]

DISC TWO
ALL I WANNA DO MIXES
1 All I Wanna Do [12” Extended Mix] 6:58
2 All I Wanna Do [Trouser Enthusiasts’ Toys Of Desperation Mix] 11:05
3 All I Wanna Do [Xenomania Dream House Mix] 5:57
4 All I Wanna Do [D-Bop’s Innocent Girl Mix] 7:32
5 All I Wanna Do [Qattara’s Mix] 10:05
6 All I Wanna Do [Trouser Enthusiasts’ Ultra Sensitive Dub] 10:16
7 All I Wanna Do [Dizzy’s Mix] 7:39
8 All I Wanna Do [Sharp “System” Instrumental] 7:26
9 All I Wanna Do [Tiny Tim & The Mekon Dream Dub] 7:31
10 All I Wanna Do [Trouser Enthusiasts’ Radio Edit] 4:11

DISC THREE
EVERYTHING I WANTED / HEAVEN CAN WAIT MIXES
1 Everything I Wanted [Radio Edit] 3:44
2 Heaven Can Wait [7” Version] 4:06
3 Everything I Wanted [Xenomania 12″ Mix] 7:09
4 Everything I Wanted [Trouser Enthusiasts’ Golden Delicious Mix] 11:14
5 Heaven Can Wait [Trouser Enthusiasts’ Cloud Nine Mix] 12:13
6 Heaven Can Wait [Trouser Enthusiasts’ Hell Fire Club Dub] 9:20
7 Everything I Wanted [Jupiter 6 Soul Surround Mix] 6:54
8 Heaven Can Wait [D-Bop’s Heavenly Girl Mix] 7:47
9 Heaven Can Wait [D-Bop’s Melt And Sparkle Mix] 7:36
10 Everything I Wanted [Xenomania Radio Edit] 4:46
11 Everything I Wanted [Metro’s 7″ Mix] 3:54

DISC FOUR
DISREMEMBRANCE MIXES
1 Disremembrance [Trouser Enthusiast’s Brittlestar Requiem Mix] 12:15
2 Disremembrance [D-Bops “Lost In Space” Mix] 7:58
3 Disremembrance [Flexifinger’s 12″ Pop Mix] 6:17
4 Disremembrance [Xenomania 12″ Mix] 7:36
5 Disremembrance [Trouser Enthusiast’s Radio Edit] 4:27
6 Disremembrance [Flexifinger’s Full “Orchestral” Mix] 9:29
7 Disremembrance [Sharp Rocket Instrumental] 7:58
8 Disremembrance [Xenomania Edit] 4:25
9 Disremembrance [Trouser Enthusiast’s Diesel Plus Plus Dub] 9:59
10 Disremembrance [Twyce As Nyce 1:40 AM Mix] 6:05

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I'm a little surprised they didn't tack "Everlasting Night" onto this, but it's a nice compilation nonetheless.

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Rumors are swirling that she's representing Australia at Eurovision after she posted this. Watch her just be a host/interviewer or something, lol.

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There was a preview on Apple Music, I think it's been taken down. But the track sounds cute. There's also been more teasing with Eurovision, still not sure what's happening there.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2RVtOIPsrF