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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from Australian pop artist Kylie Minogue features contributions from Oliver Heldens and Lostboy. The deluxe edition includes three additional tracks.
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  1. Sep 19, 2023
    100
    There’s enough originality pumped throughout each track that ‘Tension’ will undoubtedly stand as one of the most favoured contemporary Kylie eras. There’s no pretension to its greatness, just our Kylie, once again, humbly proving how easily she can forge gold and transform into pop culture phenomenon.
  2. 90
    Tension’s a knockout, and Kylie is this world’s gem.
  3. Sep 25, 2023
    90
    It’s powerful, empowering, and, most importantly, fun.
  4. 80
    That’s what listening to Tension feels like: 100 per cent “Whheeeeeee!”
  5. Sep 22, 2023
    80
    Tension is Minogue’s 16th album, and certainly ranks among her best.
  6. Sep 22, 2023
    80
    Shrewdly, she rarely repeats herself, keeping things fresh by always being adventurous. That’s worked throughout her career, and it works on Tension especially.
  7. Sep 19, 2023
    70
    Only Tension’s title track, with its digitally enhanced vocal hook, veers into territory that could be described as “experimental.” Which is to say, for better or worse, Tension is another Kylie Minogue album.

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