The Abbey Road Sessions is an orchestral compilation album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue , released on 24 October 2012 by Parlophone and on 6 November 2012 on Astralwerks in the United States. This album peaked at #2 on the UK Albums Chart and #120 on the Billboard 200 and #7 on the Australian Albums Chart. The album's production was primarily produced by Steve Anderson and Colin Elliot. The album features sixteen tracks, all radically reworked, spanning Minogue's 25 years in t...
The Abbey Road Sessions is an orchestral compilation album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue , released on 24 October 2012 by Parlophone and on 6 November 2012 on Astralwerks in the United States. This album peaked at #2 on the UK Albums Chart and #120 on the Billboard 200 and #7 on the Australian Albums Chart. The album's production was primarily produced by Steve Anderson and Colin Elliot. The album features sixteen tracks, all radically reworked, spanning Minogue's 25 years in the music industry. The album was recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios with Minogue's band and a full orchestra during November 2011. Musically, the album is primarily orchestral music, which features several instrumentation of guitars, pianos, strings and drums. The album was promoted using the albums renditions of "Never Too Late" in the UK and "Locomotion" in the U.S. The album's lead single "Flower", which was originally written in 2008, was a new titled song to the album. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, with many finding the recordings her best vocal delivery to date, while some dismissed her transition to orchestral music. Upon its release, the album received generally modest success worldwide, entering the top forty in countries including Scotland, Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, France, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, where it received a certification. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
