Fever: The Album That Finally Made America Love Kylie Minogue

Best Record of 2001: Day 55 Cover art courtesy of Parlophone. Good morning! We’re in for a treat today, as Lavender Sound (Max Freedman) takes the wheel and shares his take on Kylie Minogue’s Fever LP. Today, as part of the Best Album of 2001 series, Lavender Sound (Max Freedman) is back to share his take on Kylie Minogue’s Fever album. He previously covered Björk’s Vespertine. The words—and work— below the jump are all his, and I’m beyond grateful he let me share this with everyone! I think you’ll dig it, too. When you’re done here, please be sure to check out more of his work at Lavender Sound and his interview series over at the Creative Independent! KA— Even shimmering gold hot pants couldn’t break Kylie Minogue in the United States. After the Australian pop icon ditched everyday pop lyricism and production for sleeker, more trip-hop-indebted introspection on her sixth album, 1997’s Impossible Princess, she pivoted back hard to highly accessible pop with 2000’s “Spinning Around,”…