When learning to read body language, a shrug of the shoulders usually indicates irony.

Shrugged shoulders may be appropriate when listening to Kylie Minogue’s new album “Body Language,” because it’s ‘80s dance music mixed with a little hip-hop from a dance music queen who sang pop music back in the ‘80s.

-If you’re a fan of her 2001 “Fever” album, be prepared to be surprised. Kylie gets creative and trades in her steady beats and flowing melodies for quirkiness and heavily synthesized experimentation.

Her current single “Slow” warns us what the album will be like. “Don’t wanna rush it/ Let the rhythm pull you in,” she sings. A listener should take these lyrics to heart, especially when it comes to listening to this album.

She really has a gift with her soaring soprano voice, but against all the manufactured elements in her song, a listener is lost like an annoyed dancer in a club. Some of the songs are catchy, but many don’t escape a hazy fate as her voice drowns out the album.

Despite the musical shift in her new album, there are some songs that simply won’t escape the head. “Chocolate” uses slow and throbbing beats against Minogue’s exalted airy tones and double-tracked harmonies.

This “Body Language” suggests respite. Why, Kylie, did you decide to exit the dance floor and watch everyone else groove?