It's sex, sex and more sex for Dannii Minogue

	Review by Heather Metherell

THERE'S no questioning the concept behind Dannii Minogue's new album, from the lyrics of Put The Needle On It, 'come inside, you're drippin' desire, let the music make you rise up…' to the unabashed Vibe On, 'why don't you show me you're powerful, I, I put in xxx batteries so you'd give me something wonderful…'; not to mention more than her fair share of scantily clad writhing in the videos; it's quite clear this is all about sex, sex and more sex.

What Dannii is delivering with her new album, Neon Nights, is classy, well-produced pop, though you'd best not try looking beyond that. In the same ilk as Madonna's (and, dare I say it, Kylie's) latest efforts, it borrows a lot of ideas from 80's synthesized dance music. This is an album with plenty of good tracks that'll get you up on the dancefloor, and boasts more originality than much of the R&B that's dominating the charts at the moment.

Highlights include her singles Put The Needle On It, and I Begin To Wonder. Both are incredibly catchy, and guaranteed to get you moving. Give Me Just A Piece Of Time is a Moloko-influenced, funky track, with a great, heavy synth bass line.

Fans of 80's Jazz funk will love For the Record; it wouldn't sound out of place on a Pure Groove compilation.

With no pauses between tracks, it really is non-stop party music, and builds to a climax with the popular Riva trance track, Who do You Love Now? featuring Dannii's vocals.

The only real low points are On The Loop, which just seems to go on forever, and has no discernible originality, and It Won't Work Out, the only slow track of the album. The Minogue sisters just don't suit ballads, they're pop through and through, and Dannii's voice sounds weak and grating without the support of a good beat.

As much as you can try not to compare Dannii to her sister, there's no denying some huge similarities. For a start, their voices are more similar than ever, both choosing a breathy style of singing, and both heavy on vibrato. They've also both pushed their images forward as their main selling points, and it's no wonder that Dannii has chosen such an overtly sexual image for her new campaign - after all, she's competing with 'that bottom'.

This is one for the girls to listen to, while getting ready for a big night out on the town. If your boyfriend's getting fidgety, you can always sit him down to watch one of the three videos included on the CD - I'm sure he won't object to the pole dancing, but watch out for Dannii drying her arm pits under a hand dryer - am I missing something?

Track listings:
1. Put the needle on it
2. Creep
3. I begin to wonder
4. Hey (so what)
5. For the record
6. Mighty fine
7. On the loop
8. Push
9. Mystified
10. Don't wanna lose this feeling
11. Vibe on
12. Piece of time
13. Who do you love now - Riva & Dannii Minogue
14. It won't work out
15. Come and get it (Sebastian Kreig remix - hidden track)
16. Who do you love now (video) - Riva & Dannii Minogue
17. Put the needle on it (video)
18. I begin to wonder (video)