Ken4155 - "I totally agree but i think the blame lies with Stock Aitken and Waterman! For without their early influence, she would not have had the career she has had."
Blame??? SAW are the Holland/Dozier/Holland of the 1980's - they perfected a sound of perfect pop music and their sales echo the success they had with it.
But ... you cannot sustain a twenty-year-plus career on the influence of the pop-masters - they stopped writing and producing hits for Kylie years ago.
Kylie succeeds because she makes fantastic pop records, and looks wonderful doing it - and that is really all pop is about.
Anyone who thinks Kylie is a frothy pop puppet should check out her murder ballad recorded with compatriot Nick Cave, who on his best day, would not be seen as a suitable singing partner for the divine Ms M!