Impossible Princess

Impossible Princess
A body image of a young woman (Kylie Minogue) inside a cut cone with multi-coloured lights. From top: Purple, blue, mid-purple/blue, oranges and red. The woman is wearing a small blue mini dress with detail on the top left, whilst the floor has a reflection of the cone.
Studio album by
Kylie Minogue
Released22 October 1997 (1997-10-22)
Recorded1995–1997
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Length49:49
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Kylie Minogue chronology
Kylie Minogue
(1994) 		Impossible Princess
(1997) 		Impossible Remixes
(1998)
Singles from Impossible Princess
  1. "Some Kind of Bliss"
    Released: 8 September 1997
  2. "Did It Again"
    Released: 24 November 1997
  3. "Breathe"
    Released: 16 March 1998
  4. "Cowboy Style"
    Released: 5 October 1998

Impossible Princess (briefly retitled Kylie Minogue in Europe) is the sixth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released on 22 October 1997, by Deconstruction, BMG and Mushroom Records. The singer asserted greater creative control over the project — writing every song on the album and producing material for the first time — compared to her previous work, assisted by Brothers in Rhythm, Manic Street Preachers, David Ball and Rob Dougan. Influenced by the techno and Britpop revolution in the mid-to-late 1990s, sonically, Impossible Princess is a departure from Minogue's previous work. Conceived as an experimental record, the material encompasses a variety of darker styles from dance music, including trip hop, electronica, and rock. Lyrically, the album focuses on Minogue's self-discovery after a series of trips worldwide and delves into freedom of expression, relationships, and emotions.

Upon its release, critical and public reception of Impossible Princess was divided over its new musical direction and Minogue's intimate lyrics. Commercially, the album reached the top 10 in Australia, Scotland, and the United Kingdom; the British media, however, mocked its lack of success in Europe. Four singles were released from the album, including two UK top-20 entries "Did It Again" and "Breathe". Minogue embarked on the Intimate and Live tour in 1998 to support the album.

In retrospect, music commentators have praised Impossible Princess as Minogue's most personal and misunderstood work. The album has been noted to have a cult following amongst fans after various retrospective re-evaluations of the album.[1] To celebrate 25 years since the album's original release, it was released on vinyl for the first time in October 2022, leading to its resurgence and reaching new peaks on record charts.

  1. ^ Summers, Joan (21 October 2024). "Kylie Minogue Brings the 'Tension II'". Paper (magazine). Retrieved 10 November 2024. And also Impossible Princess, which among my peers, has had a sort of critical re-evaluation and new audience.