Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie

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Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie
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Compilation album by
Released16 July 2007 (2007-07-16) [1]
Recorded1993–1997
Genre
Label Music Club
Kylie Minogue chronology
Showgirl: Homecoming Live
(2004)
Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie
(2007)
X
(2007)

Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie is a compilation album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by Music Club on 16 July 2007 in the United Kingdom. The album contains every song from Minogue's two Deconstruction Records albums Kylie Minogue (1994) and Impossible Princess (1997), as well as rare songs and B-sides.

Contents

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Confide in Me" (from Kylie Minogue , 1994) Brothers in Rhythm 5:51
2."Put Yourself in My Place" (from Kylie Minogue, 1994) Jimmy Harry Harry4:54
3."Where Is the Feeling?" (BIR 7" Mix, from Kylie Minogue, 1994)
  • Wilf Smarties
  • Jayne Hanna
Brothers in Rhythm4:11
4."If I Was Your Lover" (from Kylie Minogue, 1994)HarryHarry4:45
5."Some Kind of Bliss" (from Impossible Princess , 1997)
4:12
6."Did It Again" (from Impossible Princess, 1997)
  • Minogue
  • Anderson
  • Seaman
Brothers in Rhythm4:22
7."Breathe" (from Impossible Princess, 1997)
  • Ball
  • Vauk
4:37
8."If You Don't Love Me" (from Hits+ , 2000)  2:12
9."Tears" (from Impossible Princess [Japan Bonus Track], 1998)
  • Minogue
  • Ball
  • Vauk
  • Ball
  • Vauk
4:29
10."Gotta Move On" (from Hits+, 2000)  3:35
11."Difficult by Design" (from Hits+, 2000)  3:43
12."Stay This Way" (from Hits+, 2000)  4:34
13."This Girl" (from Hits+, 2000)  3:08
14."Automatic Love" (from Kylie Minogue, 1994)
  • Minogue
  • Inga Humpe
  • Charlie Mallozzi
  • Marco Sabiu
Brothers in Rhythm4:45
15."Where Has the Love Gone?" (Roach Motel Mix, from Kylie Minogue, 1994)
  • Alex Palmer
  • Julie Stapleton
 9:25
16."Surrender" (from Kylie Minogue, 1994)
  • DeVeaux
  • John Waddle
  • Tim Bran
4:25
17."Dangerous Game" (from Kylie Minogue, 1994)
  • Anderson
  • Seaman
Brothers in Rhythm5:30
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Time Will Pass You By" (from Kylie Minogue, 1994)
  • Dino Fekaris
  • Nick Zesses
  • John Rhys
M People 5:26
2."Falling" (from Kylie Minogue, 1994)6:43
3."Nothing Can Stop Us" (from Kylie Minogue, 1994)
  • Mike Percy
  • Tim Lever
  • Tracy Ackerman
Brothers in Rhythm4:06
4."Love is Waiting" (from Kylie Minogue, 1994) Saint Etienne 4:48
5."Cowboy Style" (from Impossible Princess, 1997)
  • Minogue
  • Anderson
  • Seaman
Brothers in Rhythm4:44
6."Say Hey" (from Impossible Princess, 1997)MinogueBrothers in Rhythm3:37
7."Drunk" (from Impossible Princess, 1997)
  • Minogue
  • Anderson
  • Seaman
Brothers in Rhythm3:59
8."I Don't Need Anyone" (from Impossible Princess, 1997)
  • Eringa
  • Bradfield
3:14
9."Jump" (from Impossible Princess, 1997)Minogue, Rob Dougan Dougan4:04
10."Limbo" (from Impossible Princess, 1997)Minogue, Ball, VaukBall, Vauk4:05
11."Through the Years" (from Impossible Princess, 1997)Minogue, Ball, VaukBall, Vauk4:20
12."Dreams" (from Impossible Princess, 1997)
  • Minogue
  • Anderson
  • Seaman
Brothers in Rhythm3:44
13."Too Far" (from Impossible Princess, 1997)MinogueBrothers in Rhythm4:43
14."Confide in Me" (Brothers In Rhythm mix)
  • Anderson
  • Seaman
  • Barton
 10:28
15."If You Don't Love Me" (Acoustic version)  2:10
16."Falling" (Alternate Mix)
  • Tennant
  • Lowe
 8:40

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