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==Release== Deconstruction planned to have the album out in January 1997, but postponed its release to May.<ref name="LaLaLa"/> Even with copies of the album already printed in mid-1997, it was delayed again to September.<ref>{{harvnb|Deconstruction|1997b}}; {{harvnb|Flynn|2019|ps=: "Non-Stop Dancing" by Hurley, Oliver|page=40}}</ref> On 31 August 1997, [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|was killed in a car accident]].<ref name="Smith140">{{harvnb|Smith|2014|page=140}}</ref> Because of the impact of her death, Minogue and Deconstruction felt the album's title was inappropriate and delayed its release for three months.<ref name="Smith140"/> The album also missed the planned January 1998 release.<ref name="Smith147">{{harvnb|Smith|2014|page=147}}</ref> Frustrated with the constant delays, Minogue came to an agreement with her label to re-title it ''Kylie Minogue'' in Europe and the United Kingdom.<ref name="Aspinall 2008">{{harvnb|Aspinall|2008}}; {{harvnb|Minogue|Baker|2002}}</ref> It is her third self-titled studio album, following [[Kylie (album)|her debut in 1988]] and her 1994 album.<ref>{{harvnb|Smith|2014|page=147}}; {{harvnb|Flynn|2019|ps=: "Non-Stop Dancing" by Hurley, Oliver|page=40}}</ref> Released on 28 March 1998, the album had the original cover design; the 1997 copyright year; and Minogue's tribute to Sednaoui in the credits, despite having ended their relationship in late 1997.<ref>{{harvnb|Deconstruction|1998b}}; {{harvnb|Deconstruction|1998a}}; {{harvnb|Smith|2014|page=145–147}}</ref> {{Quote box | quote = "I've <nowiki>[been]</nowiki> told not to be frustrated, but I was frustrated because the album should be out. The point of it is to get it out and maybe people will like it, they may love it or they might hate it, but it was in my hands." | source = —Minogue discussing delays releasing the album.<ref name="Julie">{{harvnb|Aspinall|2008}}</ref> | width = 24% | align = right | style = padding:8px; }} On 22 October 1997, [[Bertelsmann Music Group]] (BMG) released the album in the Japanese market, which included the bonus track "Tears".<ref name="JapanCD">{{harvnb|BMG|1997a}}</ref> The following month, ''Impossible Princess'' was produced in both CD and cassette formats in Russia and Poland.<ref>{{harvnb|BMG|1997b}}; {{harvnb|Deconstruction|1997c}}</ref> The standard edition of ''Impossible Princess'' was finally made available in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan in early January 1998, and was issued in Europe and the United Kingdom in March that year.<ref>{{harvnb|Mushroom|1998d}}; {{harvnb|Deconstruction|1998b}}</ref> The following month, BMG distributed it as a cassette tape in Malaysia, whilst the standard edition with new artwork was released in Taiwan.<ref>{{harvnb|BMG|1998a}}; {{harvnb|BMG|1998b}}</ref> Deconstruction cancelled plans to release ''Impossible Princess'' in North America following the sudden closure of her US distributor [[Imago Records]] in late 1994.<ref>{{harvnb|Malins|1997}}; {{harvnb|Flick|1998}}; {{harvnb|Verna|1995}}</ref> In May 2003, ''Impossible Princess'' was remastered by Festival Mushroom in Australia and New Zealand, and BMG for European and UK regions, as a double CD album; the release contained a bonus disc featured remixes and three unreleased recordings: "Love Takes Over Me", "Tears", and "This Girl".<ref>{{harvnb|''NME''|2003}}; {{harvnb|BMG|2003}}; {{harvnb|Festival Mushroom|2003}}</ref> The album re-instated the ''Impossible Princess'' title in Europe and the United Kingdom upon its re-release.<ref name="EuropeCD2">{{harvnb|BMG|2003}}</ref> In October 2022, 25 years after its original release, BMG released the album for the first time on vinyl. Using its original title ''Impossible Princess'', the 25th Anniversary edition was reissued with three different coloured wax pressings and a limited edition Picture Disc variant.<ref name="2022vinyl">{{harvnb|Jenke|2022}}; {{harvnb|BMG|2022a}}; {{harvnb|BMG|2022b}}</ref> Because of constant delays in 1997, [[Mushroom Records]] premiered six of the album tracks—"Some Kind of Bliss", "Too Far", "Say Hey", "Limbo", "I Don't Need Anyone", and "Did It Again"—on a special sample [[compact disc]] in Australia.<ref name="AlbumSamplerAU">{{harvnb|Mushroom|1997}}</ref> Deconstruction conducted a similar promotional campaign in Europe and distributed six different songs on a sample [[cassette tape]].<ref name="AlbumSamplerUK">{{harvnb|Deconstruction|1997d}}</ref> ''Live and Other Sides'' was released accompanied by Australian releases of the album at [[HMV]] in 1998, with two unreleased ''Impossible Princess'' tracks, one unreleased ''Kylie Minogue'' track, and three live tracks.<ref>{{harvnb|Mushroom|1998a}}</ref> Another EP, ''Other Sides'', featured the two [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]], "Love Takes Over Me" and "Tears" and an unreleased ''Impossible Princess'' track, "Take Me with You".<ref>{{harvnb|Mushroom|1998b}}</ref> Minogue's fourth remix album, ''[[Mixes (Kylie Minogue album)|Mixes]]'', includes singles from the album; it was released in the UK in August 1998.<ref>{{harvnb|Deconstruction|1998c}}</ref> In Australia, the remix album was replaced by ''[[Impossible Remixes]]'', featuring the previously unreleased "Breathe (TNT Club Mix)".<ref>{{harvnb|Deconstruction|1998d}}; {{harvnb|''Kylie.com'' A}}</ref> Several album tracks and three unreleased tracks from ''Impossible Princess'' appear on ''[[Hits+]]'' (2000) released in Europe.<ref>{{harvnb|Deconstruction|2000}}</ref>
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