Love and Kisses (Dannii Minogue album) explained

Love and Kisses
Type:studio
Artist:Dannii Minogue
Cover:DanniiMinogueLoveandKisses.jpg
Released:3 June 1991
Recorded:1989–1991
Length:55:21
Prev Title:Party Jam
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:U.K. Remixes
Next Year:1991

Love and Kisses is the international debut studio album by Australian singer Dannii Minogue. It was released by MCA Records on 3 June 1991, in the United Kingdom. The album, featuring artwork shot by Simon Fowler serves as the international issue of Minogue's original Australian debut album, Dannii, with two additional recordings and new mixes. In November 1991, the album was reissued worldwide, including Australia, as Love and Kisses and... with additional remixes. In August 1991, the album was certified Gold in the UK,[1] and its reissue has sold more than 75,000 units.[2] The album was reissued again in 2009 featuring B-sides and remixes.

Track listing

Love and Kisses and...

Reissued in December 1991, this version features the single mix of "Baby Love" and a re-recorded version of "I Don't Wanna Take This Pain" and four extended 12" mixes.

Deluxe edition (2009)

Remastered edition issued by Palare Records on 7 December 2009, includes the full album plus B-side, "Hallucination".

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)!scope="col"
Peak
position
European Albums (Music & Media)[3] 40
Chart (1992)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 98

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)! scope="col"
Position
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 90

Release history

Release history for Love and Kisses! Country! Release date! Format! Cat. no.
United KingdomJune 1991CD[6] MCAD10496
JapanCassette[7] MCC10340
1991CD[8] ALCB-352
Taiwan1991CD[9] MCD10340
United States1991CD[10] MCAD10467
United Kingdom7 December 2009Deluxe CD[11] PALARE003CD

Love and Kisses: Video Collection

A collection of music videos produced to promote the album's singles was released on 2 December 1992 by MCA Records. The VHS reached number 23 on the UK video chart.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Jump to the Beat"
  2. "Love and Kisses"
  3. "I Don't Wanna Take This Pain"
  4. "$ucce$$"
  5. "Baby Love"
  6. Interview and Home and Away footage

Dannii and Party Jam

Dannii
Type:studio
Artist:Dannii Minogue
Cover:danniioz.jpg
Released:22 October 1990[12]
Recorded:1989–1990
Genre:
Length:50:16
Label:Mushroom
Producer:
  • Alvin Moody
  • Vincent Bell
  • Andy Whitmore
  • Emma Freilich
  • Les Adams
  • Dancin' Danny D
Next Title:Party Jam
Next Year:1991

Dannii is the original debut album by Australian singer Dannii Minogue. It was released by Mushroom Records in October 1990 for the Australian market only. The album was released in Japan by Alpha Records in April 1991 for the Japanese market under the title Party Jam, and later released in the European and again in the Japan market with a slightly altered track listing, and entitled Love and Kisses.

Track listing

Notes

Chart performance

Chart (1990)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 24

Release history

Release history and formats for Dannii! Country! Release date! Format! Cat. no.
AustraliaOctober 1990CD[14] TVD93333
Vinyl[15] TVT93333
Cassette[16] TVC93333

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=2907 "British sales certificate for Love and Kisses"
  2. http://www.danniimusic.com/chronologycontent.php "Chronology"
  3. European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 8. 26. 29 June 1991. 21. 29800226. 9 July 2024. American Radio History.
  4. 190.
  5. 1991 Top 100 Albums. Music Week. 11 January 1991. 21. World Radio History.
  6. http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=85336 "Love and Kisses UK CD album"
  7. http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=258548 "Love and Kisses UK Cassette album"
  8. http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=259869 "Love and Kisses Japanese CD album"
  9. http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=287716 "Love and Kisses Taiwanese CD album"
  10. Web site: DANNII MINOGUE LOVE AND KISSES :: CD ALBUM :: MCAD-10467 - as New .
  11. http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=295693 "Love and Kisses Deluxe Edition
  12. Web site: Product Available from: 22/10/90 > Albums (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 41). Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). 21 August 2016.
  13. Web site: australian-charts.com > Dannii Minogue – Dannii (album) . Hung Medien . 29 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150522092835/http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Dannii+Minogue&titel=Dannii&cat=a . 22 May 2015.
  14. http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=80436 "Dannii CD album"
  15. http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=73667 "Dannii Vinyl album"
  16. http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=3027 "Dannii Cassette album"