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{{Short description|2000 album by Kylie Minogue}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Hits +
| type       = compilation
| artist     = [[Kylie Minogue]]
| cover      = Kylie Minogue - Hits +.png
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|2000|11|7|df=yes}}
| recorded   = 1993–1997
| studio     =
| genre      =
* [[Pop music|Pop]]
* [[dance music|dance]]
* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
* [[trip hop]]
| length     =
| label      = 
*[[Deconstruction Records|Deconstruction]]
*[[Arista Records|Arista]]
*[[Festival Records|Festival Mushroom]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Light Years (Kylie Minogue album)|Light Years]]
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = [[Fever (Kylie Minogue album)|Fever]]
| next_year  = 2001
}}

'''''Hits +''''' is a [[compilation album]] by Australian recording artist [[Kylie Minogue]], which was released on 7 November 2000 by [[Deconstruction Records]]. The album was the last compilation album which was released by the record label at the time, because Minogue had released her then [[Parlophone]] album ''[[Light Years (Kylie Minogue album)|Light Years]]'' (2000). The album peaked at number sixty-three in Australia on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA]] albums chart.<ref name=ryan/>

==Background==
It was announced that Minogue would release a compilation with her songs from Deconstruction Records. The album was entitled ''Hits +''. The photograph used for the original cover art was later scrapped in favour of another shot, from a 1995 session by Michael Williams.

"If You Don't Love Me" was originally recorded by British group [[Prefab Sprout]] for their 1992 album ''[[A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout|A Life of Surprises]]''.

==Composition==
The compilation is made up of songs from the albums ''[[Kylie Minogue (album)|Kylie Minogue]]'' (1994) and ''[[Impossible Princess]]'' (1997). The album includes all seven singles released during the time Minogue was under [[Deconstruction Records]] but does not include the Australian only single "[[Cowboy Style]]". The international release of ''Hits +'' contains only 15 tracks, omitting "This Girl" and just 14 tracks in the U.S. and China, where "[[Where the Wild Roses Grow]]" was also omitted.

==Reception==
===Critical response===
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r507904|pure_url=yes}} link]
}}
''Hits +'' received positive reception from music critics, many praising it for its Deconstruction songs in a major compilation. Mackenzie Wilson from [[AllMusic]] gave it a very positive review, awarding the album four-and-a-half out of five stars. She had explained the album saying "Capitalizing on her surging popularity in the States, [[Arista Records|Arista]] found themselves promoting Kylie Minogue in early 2002 with the reissue of her ''Hits +'' album. This particular record highlights the cuts that made Minogue an [[Indie music|indie]] darling in Europe in the mid-[[1990s in music|'90s]], reflecting back on her 1994 self-titled effort and 1997's ''Impossible Princess''. American fans might be put off just a bit, for this material is less frilly and far darker than ''[[Fever (Kylie Minogue album)|Fever]]''{{'}}s smash single, '[[Can't Get You Out of My Head]]'. But it's still stylish. ''Hits +'' is perfect for any fan, but it's also a great retrospective for those eager fans who are beginning to discover the wild musical world of Kylie Minogue."<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/hits--r507904 Hits + - Kylie Minogue | AllMusic<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===Chart performance===
The album debuted and peaked at number forty-one on the [[UK Albums Chart]].

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Origin

| title1       = [[Confide in Me (song)|Confide in Me]]
| note1        = master mix
| writer1      = {{hlist|[[Steve Anderson (musician)|Steve Anderson]]|[[Dave Seaman]]}}
| extra1       = from ''[[Kylie Minogue (album)|Kylie Minogue]]'', 1994
| length1      = 5:55
| title2       = [[Put Yourself in My Place (Kylie Minogue song)|Put Yourself in My Place]]
| note2        = radio edit
| writer2      = [[Jimmy Harry]]
| extra2       = original version from ''Kylie Minogue''
| length2      = 4:12
| title3       = [[Where Is the Feeling?]]
| note3        = [[Brothers in Rhythm|BIR]] Dolphin Mix
| writer3      = {{hlist|Wilf Smarties|Jayn Hanna}}
| extra3       = original version from ''Kylie Minogue''
| length3      = 4:13
| title4       = [[Some Kind of Bliss]]
| writer4      = {{hlist|[[Kylie Minogue]]|[[James Dean Bradfield]]|[[Sean Moore (musician)|Moore]]}}
| extra4       = from ''[[Impossible Princess]]'', 1997
| length4      = 4:14
| title5       = [[Did It Again (Kylie Minogue song)|Did It Again]]
| note5        = radio edit
| writer5      = {{hlist|Minogue|Anderson|Seaman}}
| extra5       = original version from ''Impossible Princess''
| length5      = 4:16
| title6       = [[Breathe (Kylie Minogue song)|Breathe]]
| note6        = radio edit
| writer6      = {{hlist|Minogue|[[David Ball (electronic musician)|Dave Ball]]|Ingo Vauk}}
| extra6       = original version from ''Impossible Princess''
| length6      = 3:40
| title7       = [[Where the Wild Roses Grow]]
| note7        = with [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]]
| writer7      = [[Nick Cave]]
| extra7       = from ''[[Murder Ballads]]'', 1996
| length7      = 3:58
| title8       = If You Don't Love Me
| writer8      = [[Paddy McAloon]]
| extra8       = B-side of "Confide in Me", 1994
| length8      = 2:11
| title9       = Tears
| writer9      = {{hlist|Ball|Minogue|Vauk}}
| extra9       = B-side of "Did It Again", 1997
| length9      = 4:29
| title10      = Gotta Move On
| writer10     = {{hlist|Charlie Mallozzi|[[Marco Sabiu]]|Minogue}}
| extra10      = from the ''Kylie Minogue'' sessions
| length10     = 3:36
| title11      = Difficult by Design
| writer11     = {{hlist|Mallozzi|Sabiu|Minogue}}
| extra11      = from the ''Kylie Minogue'' sessions
| length11     = 3:43
| title12      = Stay This Way
| writer12     = {{hlist|Minogue|Anderson}}
| extra12      = from the ''Impossible Princess'' sessions
| length12     = 4:35
| title13      = Automatic Love
| note13       = acoustic version
| writer13     = {{hlist|Mallozzi|Sabiu|Minogue|Inga Humpe}}
| extra13      = original version from ''Kylie Minogue''
| length13     = 4:24
| title14      = Where Has the Love Gone?
| note14       = [[Fire Island (duo)|Roach Motel]] remix
| writer14     = {{hlist|Alex Palmer|Julie Stapleton}}
| extra14      = B-side of "Confide in Me"
| length14     = 9:26
| title15      = Take Me with You
| writer15     = {{hlist|Minogue|Anderson}}
| extra15      = from the ''Impossible Princess'' sessions
| length15     = 9:11
}}
{{Track listing
| headline     = Australian & UK version
| extra_column = Origin
| title13      = This Girl
| writer13     = {{hlist|Minogue|Uschi Classen}}
| extra13      = from the ''Impossible Princess'' sessions
| length13     = 3:08
| title14      = Automatic Love
| note14       = acoustic version
| writer14     = {{hlist|Mallozzi|Sabiu|Minogue|Inga Humpe}}
| extra14      = original version from ''Kylie Minogue''
| length14     = 4:24
| title15      = Where Has the Love Gone?
| note15       = Roach Motel remix
| writer15     = {{hlist|Alex Palmer|Julie Stapleton}}
| extra15      = B-side of "Confide in Me"
| length15     = 9:26
| title16      = Take Me with You
| writer16     = {{hlist|Minogue|Anderson}}
| extra16      = from the ''Impossible Princess'' sessions
| length16     = 9:11
}}

'''Note'''
* Track 7, "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), was not included on copies of the album released in the United States and Canada.

==Personnel==
Adapted from liner notes.<ref>{{Discogs release|424421}}</ref>
*[[Brothers in Rhythm]] – [[Record producer|Producers]] (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 15); [[remix]]ers (track 3)
*[[Jimmy Harry]] – Producer (track 2)
*[[Dave Eringa]], [[James Dean Bradfield]] – Producers (track 4)
*[[David Ball (electronic musician)|Dave Ball]], Ingo Vauk – Producers (tracks 6, 9)
*[[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]], [[Tony Cohen]], [[Victor Van Vugt]] – Producers (track 7)
*[[The Rapino Brothers]] – Producers (tracks 10, 11)
*[[Steve Anderson (musician)|Steve Anderson]] – Producer (tracks 12, 13)
*[[Fire Island (duo)|Heller & Farley]] – Producers, remixers (track 14)

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for ''Hits+''
! scope="col"|Chart (2000)
! scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name=ryan>{{cite Ryan|page=190}}</ref>
|align="center"|63
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|49|date=20001022|rowheader=true|access-date=29 July 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|41|artist=Kylie Minogue|album=Hits+|rowheader=true|access-date=29 July 2017}}
|}

==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Hits+|artist=Kylie Minogue|type=album|award=Silver|id=10842-3313-2|certyear=2013|certmonth=7}}
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==References==
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[[Category:2000 greatest hits albums]]
[[Category:Kylie Minogue compilation albums]]
[[Category:Contemporary R&B compilation albums]]
[[Category:Trip hop compilation albums]]