Editing Impossible Princess (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| subtitle = Initial reviews (in 1997/1998)
| rev1      = ''[[Herald Sun]]''
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="heraldsun"/>
| rev2      = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|first=Caroline|last=Sullivan|url=https://theguardian.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-kylie-minogue-impossible/128746632/|title=Good Effort, Kid|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=20 March 1998|page=43|access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Music Week]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-09-13.pdf|title=Reviews: Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=13 September 1997|page=14|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[NME]]''
| rev4score = 4/10<ref name="NME"/>
| rev5      = ''[[Smash Hits]]''
| rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=John|last=Hindmarch|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/35576898232/in/album-72157683066329024/|title=Albums|work=[[Smash Hits]]|date=24 September 1997|page=65|access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref>
| rev6      = ''[[Who (magazine)|Who]]''
| rev6score = 8/10<ref name="whoweeklyb"/>
}}
{{Music ratings
| subtitle = Retrospective reviews (after 1997/1998)
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AllMusic"/>
| rev2      = ''[[Digital Spy]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="DigitalSpy"/>
| rev3      = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="encyclopedia"/>
| rev4      = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev4score = 7.6/10<ref name="Myers">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kylie-minogue-impossible-princess/|title=Kylie Minogue: Impossible Princess Album Review|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Myers|first=Owen|date=22 January 2023|access-date=22 January 2023}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev5score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{harvnb|Duerden|1999}}</ref>
| rev6      = ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
| rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Slant"/>
}}

Upon its release, critical reception of ''Impossible Princess'' was sharply divided.<ref>{{harvnb|Smith|2014|page=148}}; {{harvnb|Minogue|Baker|2002}}; {{harvnb|True A}}; {{harvnb|True B}}</ref> UK magazine ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' lambasted the record's repetitious nature, while ''[[Music Week]]'' acknowledged the improvement in Minogue's vocal range and abilities.<ref>{{harvnb|Malins|1997}}; {{harvnb|Duerden|1999}}</ref> Ben Willmott of ''[[NME]]'' criticised the production of collaborator James Dean Bradfield, and labelled Minogue a "total fraud" for introducing new musical genres that were disparate from her previous work.<ref name="NME">{{harvnb|Willmott|1997}}</ref>

Some reviewers, mostly from outside of the UK, gave overwhelming praise to its production and Minogue's contribution.<ref>{{harvnb|Smith|2014|page=148}}; {{harvnb|''Who''|1998b}}; {{harvnb|Adams|1998}}; {{harvnb|Dwyer|1998}}; {{harvnb|Flick|1998}}</ref> An editor at ''Who'' magazine and Cameron Adams of ''[[Herald Sun]]'' called it Minogue's best and most complete work, praising her vocal delivery.<ref>{{harvnb|Adams|1998}}; {{harvnb|''Who''|1998b}}</ref> Mangan commended her songwriting skills and the diverse set of styles, writing that the album "sounds right and constitutes another step in the right direction."<ref name="britsoap">{{harvnb|Mangan|1998}}</ref> Adams opined that Minogue had produced "the classy, personal pop album she has always threatened."<ref name="heraldsun">{{harvnb|Adams|1998}}</ref> Dwyer highlighted the club-dance tracks as the better cuts, adding that the album shows Minogue's progress musically despite its wide range of styles and collaborators.<ref name="westaust"/> Flick commented that Minogue "has finally found her voice—both literally and spiritually".<ref name="Billboard">{{harvnb|Flick|1998}}</ref>

Retrospective reviews of ''Impossible Princess'' have been much more positive. In the ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' (2011), British writer [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]] gave it three out of five stars, classifying it as "recommended" and "highly listenable".<ref name="encyclopedia">{{harvnb|Larkin|2011|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=RA9-PA1981 "Kylie Minogue"]|pages=3435–3437}}</ref> True found the album stronger and more natural than her previous efforts, and it flows together as an album.<ref name="AllMusic">{{harvnb|True A}}</ref> Cinquemani was impressed with the album's personal and unified cord, saying it is "the work of an artist willing to take risks".<ref name="Slant"/> Levine noticed its lack of commercial appeal, while praising the diverse set genres and Minogue's input. He called the album a "brave, revealing and rarely less than surprising" piece of work.<ref name="DigitalSpy">{{harvnb|Levine|2010}}</ref> While reviewing her tenth album ''[[X (Kylie Minogue album)|X]]'' (2007), Evan Sawdey of ''[[PopMatters]]'' commented that ''Impossible Princess'' is "one of the most crazed, damn-near perfect [[dance-pop]] albums ever created."<ref>{{harvnb|Sawdey|2008}}</ref>