Loaded wth great singles, Spinning around, On a Night Like This, Kids (with Robbie) and Please Stay, the rest of the album is actually stronger than the singles, but all the songs complenting each together so well. ALL but one of the tracks are upbeat pop tunes, with the exception of Bittersweet Goodbye, a sweet ballad which falls halfway through the cd.

Difficult to list a favourite as they are all so damn good, but if forced, Disco Down, Your Disco Needs You (a CRIME this wasn't an international single release!!!), I'm So High and the very Donna Summer-ish Light Years.

If you are unsure which kylie album to get - this one wins HANDS DOWN. Its pop / disco / dance at its best.

A truly brilliant pop album.

The extras - additional remixes, most very good. The new cover is in actuality a card slip-sleeve, with the original sliding into it.


Two cd set of Light Years plus bonus remix cd.   July 11, 2002
K. Eisenberger (Defiance, Ohio United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I had ordered this cd because I was looking for the remix of "Butterfly" and a Vocal mix of "Spinning Around" which is on here. First off I actually bought "Light Years " for my brother earlier this year(from amazon.co.uk) and listen to it before I gave it to him. This cd is more disco in feel than her new "Fever" cd. You get the hits "Spinning Around","On A Night Like This","Plaese Stay" and "Your Disco Needs You" plus even better non hits like "So Now Goodbye","Under The Influence Of Love","Light Years","I'm So High" and the beautiful (and rare)ballad "Bittersweet Goodbye. "Kids" with Robbie Williams and "Butterfly" which was released on a small label in 2001 are here too. A great album of disco dancing fun by Kylie.
Disc 2 features remixes of tracks from the cd that are great too. "Spinning Around" comes in the vocal mix by 7th District and a dub by Sharp. "On A Night Like This" comes in two mixes :the Rob Searle dub mix and the Bini & Martini piano driven 6:35 mix. Missing is the superior Movtiv8 Mix but I have it. Then 3 mixes of "Please Stay"- A dub by Hatiras and a single and 12" mix by 7th District again. This is really good too. Then the 9 minute Sandstorm dub of "Butterfly".I just bought an American cd single of "Butterfly" from another on line place that features the vocal Sandstorm mix as well as mixes by Illicit and E-Smoove that are even better. And lastly you get the Casino radio mix of "Your Disco Needs You". A really good price for both the full cd and bonus remixes. The cd is from Holland.


Excellent CD   June 21, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

Granted, this CD may be a little difficult to find, but but's well worth the trouble ... As a fan of mostly hard rock / punk, it takes an especially good dance / disco CD to excite me ... And Kylie Minogue's "LIGHT YEARS" is that good ... While not TOTALLY retro sounding, LIGHT YEARS does have the feel of the great disco era of the 1970s : a song like "So Now Goodbye" could sit proudly next to many of the great disco songs, and would have been great at Studio 54 circa 1977 .... And "Disco Down" is right there between "Dancing Queen" and "Love To Love You Baby" on my favorites list ... "Disco Down" even has lyrical references to the ABBA classic and "Le Freak" ... But that's not to say LIGHT YEARS is in a time-warp ... The songs and performance on LIGHT YEARS is timeless, filled with great songwriting and wonderful production ... Not to mention one great singer :) ... I was drawn to this CD because ( despite my love for rock and roll ) I absolutely love ABBA and 70s disco in general, and I think Kylie has created an album that sounds fresh and timeless, while continuing to bring out a feeling of an era that still has yet to be equalled ... In my opinion, a great song is a great song, regardless of the style: and LIGHT YEARS has alot of great songs !!!


Kylie Rocks!   July 30, 2002
Colleen Martin (NY)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I bought this to add to my Kylie Collection. I started with her 'Fever' CD and knew I wanted more. Unfortunately her stuff is hard to get. This Album was definately worth buying. This is one of those CD's where you can listen to the entire thing and like every song. This is now my favorite Kylie Album. The songs are so upbeat and catchy. The remixes are an added bonus as well. This is one cd all Kylie fans must have!


The bonus disc   March 20, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Every Kylie fan who has the original album of "Light Years" should know what that disc is like, so I will just focus on the bonus disc of remixes.

There are two remixes of the #1 hit single "Spinning Around". One of them is by the very talented 7th District, who also remix "Please Stay" on this disc and the other is by Sharp Vocal. I personally prefer the 7th District Remix but they are both great. Next come two remixes of the #2 hit single "On A Night Like This". These remixes are even better. The first, remixed by Rob Searle, is a heavy-trance remix and is it actually very danceable and great. The second is by Bini and Martini, just out of interest, who also remixed Gabrielle's "When A Woman", it sounded similar. Kylie's mix is better, but check that remix out too. The best from "On A Night Like This" is the Rob Searle Remix. Missing is the Motiv8 Nocteral Remix which is also great, so get that if you can too. Even though it was not the biggest hit, "Please Stay" is up next and features three remixes! I must admit that the remixes of "Please Stay" are the best on the disc! The Hatiras remix is very random but it has a very unique sound. The next two are remixed by 7th District. The first, a radio remix, is very good if you like your remixes bite-sized. The second is a six-and a half-minute club mix which is the best on the whole disc. It has a very grasping 'ping-pong' beat which sounds great! The eighth track is a remix of "Butterfly". The is the weakest on the disc for me, as it does not sound as club-based as some other remixes, despite being nine minutes long, it still only sounds like a day-time remix. The remix of "Your Disco Needs You" is my second favourite remix on the disc. (The radio and hatiras mixes of "Please Stay" come in close after this.) It was used for the single when it was released in Germany.

Get this 2-CD set or you are really missing out! There is a hidden track called "Password" on the original album, very good, as the other fourteen tracks. The aussie tour-edition features two extras tracks on the bonus tour disc. "Physical" and "On A Night Like This (Motiv8 Nocteral Remix)". Kylie performed "Physical" on her On A Night Like This tour, also entitled Live In Sdyney. It is a Oliva-Newton-John cover song.