Club Disco is the fifth and most recent studio album by Australian singer Dannii Minogue. It was released by All Around the World as digitally on 5 November 2007 worldwide. It was also re-released in Australia on 27 May 2008 physically with the new single, 'Touch Me Like That', and a bonus disc of club remixes. The album is heavily inspired by 1980s disco. Six singles were released from the album, "You Won't Forget About Me", "Perfection", "So Under Pressure", "I Can't Sleep at Night", "He's the Greatest Dancer" and "Touch Me Like That" five of which, reached number one on the UK Dance Chart.
Album background
After the success of her previous album Neon Nights, Minogue was asked by All Around the World Records, a major dance label, if she would write the lyrics to a popular dance instrumental track called "Flower Power", which was a huge hit in clubs in Ibiza. Minogue agreed and wrote the lyrics to the song that would soon become "You Won't Forget About Me". About writing lyrics for the song Minogue said: "I'd heard it without vocals and I thought, 'Fantastic'. I had already written loads of vocals for myself and knew I had something that would be perfect for it." By 2005 sessions were well underway with Minogue writing and recording material with longtime collaborators Thriller Jill, J.C.A, who wrote her, "biggest hit", "I Begin To Wonder", Roger Sanchezon the track and "Do You Believe Me Now". Sessions with The Location, Rob Davis, Jewels & Stone, and The Fourty4s also took place. The album took on the working title of Heavy Disco during this time after the line in the J.C.A.-produced "Feel Like I Do". In early 2005, The Location produced, 'Love Fight' was considered for single release, before 'I Can't Sleep At Night' was decided upon. The song received a video and remix treatment before being delayed in favour of a new collaboration with the Soul Seekerz on their instrumental track, 'Turn Me Upside Down'. As a result, "Perfection" was released in October 2005 as the album's second single becoming a major dance hit and reaching number one on the UK Dance Charts. During this time, All Around The World decided to release a hits compilation to support the upcoming album and her success on the dance music scene. In 2006, Minogue continued writing and recording material with British dance group LMC. During one of their sessions, they penned "So Under Pressure", which was inspired by the cancer diagnoses of her sister Kylie Minogue as well as that of an unnamed friend. Minogue has described the recording of "So Under Pressure" as a "real achievement" as she was "brave enough to put all into words". This song was used to launch the compilation, The Hits & Beyond which included fifteen previously released singles as well as some of the new material as a taster. One of these 'beyond' tracks was 'I Can't Sleep At Night' which was finally released to digital retail outlets as the fourth single in January 2007. At this time Minogue also recorded a cover of He's The Greatest Dancer as the charity single for that year's Children in Need, it was dropped when Minogue pulled out of Strictly Come Dancing to work on rival TV show The X Factor. The single was replaced in favour of a cover of “Downtown” former Spice GirlEmma Bunton had performed. In December 2006, the track was released to dance clubs in the United Kingdom. It was physically released in Australia by Central Station Records on 14 April 2007 with the UK only receiving a digital release. It was ultimately featured on the album along with another cover track, Xanadu, which was initially recorded for a Departure Lounge compilation series. The album, now titled 'Club Disco' a reference to Minogue's hypocorism, "Disco", finally saw a release on 5 November 2007. It was initially only released to online music stores. In an interview Minogue stated the decision to release the album digitally saying, "I'm always on the internet buying music so I always want to make it something good". The following month a new single, 'Touch Me Me Like That', a collaboration with Jason Nevins was also released. In 2008, Central Station, Minogue's Australian label, re-released the album physically featuring 'Touch Me Like That', along with a bonus disc of club remixes.
Track listing
"Do You Believe Me Now?" is not included on the Australian edition and "Touch Me Like That" is included instead as the opening track with the rest of the songs following.
