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==Commercial performance and aftermath== ''Let's Get to It'' is among Minogue's least successful albums to date.<ref name="maxtv"/> It debuted and peaked at number 15 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] after initially being released, becoming her first studio album to not reach the top 10.<ref>{{harvnb|Flynn|2019|ps=: "Non-Stop Dancing" by Hurley, Oliver|page=32}}; {{harvnb|Official Charts Company B}}</ref> In January 1992, the album re-entered at number 68 for one week.<ref>{{harvnb|Official Charts Company C}}</ref> When "Give Me Just a Little More Time" reached its peak at number two on the UK Singles Chart, ''Let's Get to It'' returned to the UK Albums Chart at number 50.<ref>{{harvnb|Official Charts Company D}}; {{harvnb|Official Charts Company E}}</ref> The album lasted for a total of 12 weeks on the chart, the shortest run by a Minogue studio album at the time.<ref name="kylieuk"/> In her native Australia, it peaked at number 13 and spent only five weeks on the chart.<ref name="auspeak">{{harvnb|Hung Medien B}}</ref> Nevertheless, ''Let's Get to It'' was certified gold by [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) for selling 35,000 copies in the country in March 1992.<ref>{{harvnb|Australian Recording Industry Association C}}; {{harvnb|''The ARIA Report''|1992}}</ref> ''Let's Get to It'' peaked at number 37 on the [[Oricon Albums Chart]], becoming Minogue's third consecutive top 40 entry in Japan.<ref name="oricon2"/> It remained on the chart for three weeks, and has sold 25,350 copies as of 2006.<ref>{{harvnb|Oricon A}}; {{harvnb|Okamoto|2006}}</ref> On the [[European Top 100 Albums]], a chart compiled by ''[[Music & Media]]'', it peaked at number 59 on the week of 9 November 1991.<ref name="europeak"/> The lack of public interest in ''Let's Get to It'' was discussed, which pointed towards the "SexKylie" image and the change in musical direction.<ref name="naked76"/> "The public saw [Minogue] dressed as a prostitute, and they wouldn't accept it," said Waterman.<ref name="naked76"/> Minogue was disappointed with the album, feeling that SAW had reverted to formulaic tunes and by the time ''Let's Get to It'' came, "the magic [had] gone and the record sank quickly".<ref name="lalala">{{harvnb|Baker|Minogue|2002}}</ref> Besides from work commitments, she spent much of 1992 being away from the public.<ref name="naked77">{{harvnb|Goodall|Stanley-Clarke|2012|p=77}}</ref> By the end of 1992, PWL did not renew the contract with Minogue, who felt the singer "was [not] moving in a direction that was going to be successful", according to PWL co-owner David Howells.<ref>{{harvnb|Goodall|Stanley-Clarke|2012|p=78}}; {{harvnb|Flynn|2019|ps=: "The Hitmen & Her" by Lindsay, Matthew|page=31}}</ref> Following her release from the label, Minogue stated that she felt stifled by SAW, saying in an interview with ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' in 1994: "I was very much a puppet in the beginning. I was blinkered by my record company. I was unable to look left or right".<ref>{{harvnb|Sullivan|1994}}; {{harvnb|BBC|2018}}</ref> Minogue's final release under PWL was ''[[Greatest Hits (1992 Kylie Minogue album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (1992).<ref name="classic32"/> In a 2015 interview, Waterman said that he already knew ''Let's Get to It'' was Minogue's final studio album with SAW during the making of it, saying Minogue "was overshadowing us and killing our creativity... we should have actually sold that album before we made it."<ref name="louderthanwar"/>
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