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Kylie Minogue, “X” (Parlophone)
It’s been three years since this Australian diva issued an album, and here she continues to inch toward electroclash and the edgier pop sounds of “Body Language.” Collaborators include Cathy Dennis (Janet Jackson, Kelly Clarkson) and Richard “Biff” Stannard (Spice Girls).
Mudvayne, “By the People, for the People” (Epic)
Live cuts (“Dig,” “World So Cold”) and demos (“Fall Into Sleep”) rule this collection from everyone’s favorite melodramatic nu-metal foursome from Peoria, Ill., including a left-field cover of the Police’s “King of Pain.”
John Wenzel
