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Neon Nights is the fourth studio album by Australian singer Dannii Minogue. It was released through London Records on 17 March 2003. Spurred by her success with the 2001 single "Who Do You Love Now? ", Minogue signed a new record contract and began working on her first album in six years with the likes of Ian Masterson, Korpi & Blackcell, Neïmo and Terry Ronald. The effort culminated in a dance pop record largely influenced by 1980s music and the European club scene. Neon Nights became the most successful album campaign of Minogue's career, peaking at number eight in the United Kingdom and spawning four top ten singles in the territory, including "Put the Needle on It" and "I Begin to Wonder". Neon Nights received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised its cohesion and mixture of styles; it has come to be regarded as a cult classic among pop music fans. Minogue went on a limited tour in support of the album, which included a one off show in New York City. Neon Nights has been reissued twice since its release, marking its 15th and 20th anniversaries.

Despite producing a top five hit with 1997's "All I Wanna Do", Minogue was dropped by record label Warner Brothers after her third studio album Girl became a commercial disappointment, and she saw herself as effectively retired from the music industry. She appeared in productions of Macbeth and Notre Dame de Paris during this time. "Sometimes you need that bushfire to clear the slate and regenerate. We all get to know—when we've got enough years behind us—when you need to firmly shut a door for a very different one to open. It was like that. I was at peace with everything being finished. "In 2001, DJ Pete Tong approached her to record vocals for the trance instrumental "Stringer" by DJ duo Riva, which was becoming a hit in European clubs. The track became "Who Do You Love Now? ", which peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart in late November and remains her longest charting entry, spending 16 weeks on the chart; in Australia, the song peaked at number fifteen. The single's success led to a six album record deal with London Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music, and work on a new album soon began with London giving Minogue free rein of its production. Minogue turned 30 while recording the album, a milestone that she wanted to celebrate with Neon Nights and reflect her positive mindset as a time capsule. Minogue worked on the album in London, Paris, and Stockholm, and was majorly involved with the songwriting process, having writing credits on 12 of the 15 tracks on the standard edition. Longtime collaborator Terry Ronald accompanied her on many of the songwriting trips. The recording process commenced in 2002 at Murlyn Studios, a cabin located in the outskirts of Stockholm. She first met with Henrik Korpi and Mathias Johansson, better known as Korpi & Blackcell, and Karen Poole; the four wrote three of the tracks on Neon Nights, including opener "Put the Needle on It". The French indie rock band Neïmo became involved with the album after sending several backing ideas to Faversham.

Neon Nights is a dance pop album with a prominent early 1980s music and French house direction, capturing the European dance zeitgeist of the early 2000s. Minogue recounted that Neon Nights was the first time she had a major involvement in writing any album, from the lyrics to its production. The album was described by David Trueman of Amazon as "[dripping] with sleazy synth funk and production risks unheard of in polished pop music".<blockquote>"Dance music is such a huge passion of mine, so [the production process] was a dream. I wanted to hear the songs and feel, as I closed my eyes, that I'm on a dance floor, in the club, under a mirror ball. That's what that album is for me. In fact, that's why we called it Neon Nights—it just had to be something that felt like when you're at a glitzy party with your dancing shoes on." "On the Loop" continues this experimentation with the use of distortion. Elsewhere, "For the Record" and "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" are pure pop songs. The album utilizes several samples: "Mighty Fine" features the 1980 song "Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)" by Tom Browne, and Prince influenced "Push" borrows from the 1983 song "White Horse" by Laid Back. As mashups gained traction in the early 2000s, "I Begin to Wonder" and "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" were augmented for promotional use, blended with "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (1984) by Dead or Alive and "Into the Groove" (1985) by Madonna, respectively. The album's lyrical themes revolve around romance and sex. "Put the Needle on It" is innuendo laden, and "Vibe On" is about vibrators, reportedly an inside joke from the 1997 film Private Parts where a woman straddles a speaker between her legs. Critics have noted that Minogue infuses the record with a "sultry" and "sleazy" persona, more "trashy hot rather than gossamer gorgeous", with John Lucas of AllMusic writing that she is "sexually charged but smart and slightly aloof". Kirke and Smith described her vocals as "powerful", which she credits her stint on the musical Notre Dame de Paris with developing. The cover photograph for Neon Nights was taken by Matthew Donaldson. Its minimalist composition sees Minogue against a white backdrop, propping herself up from the floor with one leg extended and reaching for her shoe: "[I]t was like, there's a white board, just lie on it and roll about and we'll see what we come up with. There was a freedom to it and we wanted it to feel like an outtake from Studio 54 or something." Minogue said that its laidback approach was due to her camera shyness. Rob Copesy of Official Charts called the artwork "strangely brilliant", while Ron Slomowicz of About. com compared it to Calvin Klein—"slice of life, like a bedroom photographer". Neon Night has seen three separate re issues, with the track list expanded on nearly each: the 2007 deluxe edition was made into a 33 track double disc, which the 15th anniversary edition issued onto vinyl for the first time. Neon Nights 20 boasted over 100 tracks across seven CDs.

Neon Nights became Minogue's most successful album release, reaching number eight in the United Kingdom, where it was certified Gold. The album was also nominated for Best Pop Release at the 2003 ARIA Music Awards, making it Minogue's only ARIA nomination to date.

Neon Nights was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. John Lucas of AllMusic felt that it was the "most confident and forward thinking release yet for Dannii" and commended the album's cohesion; its variety of influences notwithstanding. In a positive review, Alexis Kirke contrasted Minogue with her older sister: "[Kylie] is in danger of being engulfed and surpassed by her darker side." Kristina Feliciano of Entertainment Weekly echoed this sentiment and felt that Minogue "[needed] some of her big sister's cheekiness" on a set of "dance floor trifles that's passable (especially "Put the Needle on It") but not very memorable." Retrospective reviews of Neon Nights were predominately positive. Writing for The Arts Desk, Thomas H. Green found it to be "a sassy and bouncy surprise" full of "chewy, invigorated club pop, imaginatively constructed". Peter Piatkowski of PopMatters called it a "minor classic" that "displayed an artistry that Minogue hadn't shown before". Quentin Harrison of Albumism outlined Minogue's "club siren transformation" and commented that "Neon Nights remains a distinct dance pop marker". Mike Wass of Idolator wrote that "it's one thing to create an excellent three and a half minute dance pop song, but another to sustain the appeal over an entire album. Kylie managed it with Fever, Madonna followed suit on Confessions on a Dance Floor. Dannii's contribution to the genre is every bit as good as those classics."

On 1 April 2023, Minogue confirmed the deluxe, expanded anniversary issue of Neon Nights would be released later in 2023. On 16 June 2023, Minogue released Neon Nights 20; the 33 track album was made available on all digital outlets and CD and vinyl. The reissue release saw the album re chart at number 17 in Australia, higher than the original issue's peak of 25, and number 55 in the UK.