More thump for your buck and much more is what you get on Ultimate Kylie (Virgin /EMI; Rs 135, CD Rs 399 - 2CDs). Which also means a lot more lipstick, gloss and downtown disco fare that you might have bargained for is now ready to get bumping on your system. Good enough' Depends on what kind of Kylie you’d like to see Spinning around under the laser. This double-pack anthology is a virtual evolution graph of club style pop music as charted by the Australian bombshell across her 17 illustrious years. And the grooves are gonna make you move all right. Never mind the excluded experiments, but Kylie Minogue was always meant to shake different parts of your dad and you.

From the first volume that has Stock, Aitken & Waterman constructing the early Kylie to the second set, which has the kitten coming into her own, Kylie delights us all the way. What’s noticeable is the politically correct pop Diva of the 80s relegating a whispery cat-like disposition onto her vocals in the latter part of her career, that raunchy tone so unmistakably Kylie Minogue today. No mean transformation considering the fact that her biggest hits appeared late in her career on the Fever album. But these are megahits that just stand out on their own in whatever era you might want to plug them on. So, for those of you who think Kylie Minogue is a sexy 38-year-old pop sensation who made the world stand up to her rear moves with kick-ass hits like Come into my world, Can’t get you out of my head, Red blooded woman, Slow and Love at first sight, it’s time to look upfront.

The dandy 80s had regarded Kylie Minogue a stopover chart act with periodic hits like The locomotion, I should be so lucky and Better the devil you know fluttering up the worldwide pop/glam rock scene, and it’s now even more intriguing to see the eternal Diva marking her territory under the 21st century spotlight.

What’s more' She keeps edging out the Britneys and the Ushers with her sassy, timeless appeal. Countless genres have been copied, pasted and deleted but the Minogue babe keeps entering the scene every few years, burning up a smouldering poppy hit and making her awesome presence felt. Unlike the Madonnas who have a mega image to live up to, Kylie Minogue represents a pop icon that just can’t be ignored, despite her otherwise underrated appeal. Ultimate Kylie is full of shrewd, radio-cracking tunes that make Kylie Minogue what she is today.

Also included are the perks that go with such assortment ' the racy brand new cut, I believe in you and the lush Giving you up reaffirming the fact that this is one babe that looks like rocking forever. Even though the first volume pales in comparison, Ultimate Kylie is a foot-tapping trip down a memory lane that bends into newer avenues. On a poppy note ' it’s the ultimate dance experience with some welcome breathers thrown in between.