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==Critical reception== {{Music ratings<!-- Please do not add more than 10 reviews in the template --> | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{harvnb|True A}}</ref> | rev2 = [[Digital Spy]] | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="ds"/> | rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' | rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="encyclopedia"/> | rev4 = ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]'' | rev4score = 7/10<ref name="pagenme"/> | rev5 = ''[[PopMatters]]'' | rev5score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref name="reissue15"/> | rev6 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' | rev6score = {{rating|3|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}<ref name="select"/> | rev7 = ''[[Smash Hits]]'' | rev7score = {{Rating|5|10}}<ref name="smashhits">{{harvnb|Andrews|1991}}</ref> }} ''Let's Get to It'' was met with mixed reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]]. True and Sweeney praised Minogue for co-writing most of the album and taking more control of her career. However, they felt the album sounds unnatural and more dated than ''Rhythm of Love''.<ref>{{harvnb|Sweeney|2015}}; {{harvnb|True A}}</ref> Griffiths hailed it as her best album because of the improved production, but still viewed it as a "false tease" and admitted that Minogue's music "is still for virgins, even if they now read ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]''".<ref name="select">{{harvnb|Griffiths|1991}}</ref> Betty Page of ''[[NME]]'' wrote that Minogue had made an "exceedingly good pop record", praising her strong vocal performance on "No World without You".<ref name="pagenme">{{harvnb|Page|1991}}</ref> A writer from Australian programme ''[[Rage (TV program)|Rage]]'' opined that the album had been successful in showcasing a more seductive side of hers.<ref name="rage">{{harvnb|Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> Mark Andrews of ''Smash Hits'' and Oliver Hurley were less impressed with the album's ill-advised R&B influence, saying that Aitken's absence was notable and the material is forgettable.<ref>{{harvnb|Flynn|2019|ps=: "Non-Stop Dancing" by Hurley, Oliver|pages=32, 37}}; {{harvnb|Andrews|1991}}</ref> Levine commented that the album "lacks a moment of pure pop brilliance" to match Minogue's earlier works.<ref name="ds"/> Retrospect reviews by Cinquemani, True, and Hurley viewed the album as a clear statement for Minogue's departure from PWL, whose musical relationship had become too restrictive.<ref>{{harvnb|Cinquemani|2018}}; {{harvnb|True B}}; {{harvnb|Flynn|2019|ps=: "Non-Stop Dancing" by Hurley, Oliver|page=32}}</ref> In 2018, Cinquemani wrote that none of the musical genres featured on the album were particularly flourishing, and compared SAW-produced tracks unfavorably to the American sounds of [[Clivillés and Cole]], [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis|Jam and Lewis]], and [[Full Force]]. He ranked it as Minogue's third-worst studio album.<ref name="slant">{{harvnb|Cinquemani|2018}}</ref> A writer from ''Classic Pop'' magazine ranked it as the eighth-best Stock Aitken Waterman album, deeming it as a bold statement.<ref name="top15">{{harvnb|Elliot|2018}}</ref> Wood highlighted "I Guess I Like it Like That" as a signal of her transformation into an artist with diverse genres, and paved the way for her next dance-oriented releases.<ref name="maxtv"/> In the biography ''Kylie: Naked'' (2012), Nigel Goodall and Jenny Stanley-Clarke called it her first album to have "a personal feel, with influences from her own tastes in music".<ref name="naked76"/> The album was Minogue's only studio album, apart from [[Kylie Minogue (album)|her 1994 self-titled]] album, to receive a two-star rating from British writer [[Colin Larkin]] in the ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' (2011), who classified it as "disappointing", "weak or dull and not recommended".<ref name="encyclopedia">{{harvnb|Larkin|2011|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=RA9-PA1981 "Kylie Minogue"]|pages=3435–3437}}</ref> Despite the mixed critical reception, Minogue received a nomination for [[ARIA Award for Best Female Artist|Best Female Artist]] at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1992]] as a result of her work on ''Let's Get to It''.<ref name="ARIA1992">{{harvnb|ARIA Music Awards A}}</ref> It was her third nomination in the category, following nominations for ''Kylie'' [[ARIA Music Awards of 1989|in 1989]] and ''Enjoy Yourself'' [[ARIA Music Awards of 1990|in 1990]].<ref>{{harvnb|ARIA Music Awards B}}; {{harvnb|ARIA Music Awards C}}</ref> Minogue lost the award to Australian singer-songwriter [[Deborah Conway]] for her album ''[[String of Pearls (album)|String of Pearls]]'' (1992).<ref>{{harvnb|ARIA Music Awards B}}</ref>
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