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As cunning as it is, Anniemal is also deeply affecting.
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Not since the days of The Tom Tom Club, Bananarama, and "Lucky Star"-era Madonna, has dance-pop been this fun, this bouncy, this unabashedly optimistic.
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Blender[Annie] masterfully fus[es] synth-pop rhythms with her own feline coos. [Jun 2005, p.108]
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What makes Anniemal such a strong pop effort is its refusal to drop its high standards for production, melody, and hooks.
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If you have even the teensiest taste for the guilty charms of Kylie, the ‘Babes or Girls Aloud, this album is a must.
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Entertainment WeeklyThis sugar rush of an album proves Mom right yet again: Candy is best consumed in moderation. [10 Jun 2005, p.107]
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FilterAnnie is to Kylie Minogue as Kasabian is to Primal Scream: same song, different packaging. [#16, p.97]
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Los Angeles TimesAnd though a few of the tracks are downright painful... the end product is certainly something to chew on. [24 Jul 2005]
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This all-star team of Northern European electro-house producers infuses the record with often low, rumbling bass, twitchy synths, and an oddly high-altitude light-headedness-- like floating, high on oxygen, just above a dancefloor.
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PlanetKylie Minogue for hipsters. [#10, p.70]
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As much as the album may be a breath of fresh air, it still resembles what the Britney’s on our side of the Atlantic are putting out, closer than many would like to admit.
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Sounding mainstream but thinking indie, Anniemal comes packed with both instant surface fizz and quirky finesse that sustains repeated listenings.
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One of the stronger debuts released this year.
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Annie the songwriter is breathless and unsure of herself, her voice barely registering above a church-wafer-thin whisper for most of the record.
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Annie has delivered a solid pop record that does a lot of things well, but -- and this is the important thing -- that's what we should expect from all of our pop records.... Anniemal isn't a high-water mark; it's a benchmark.
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If you come expecting a great album full of hit singles, you won’t get it. If you come with an open mind, what will greet you is the opening chapter of a tale about a girl living through music, remembering through music, exploring her art and herself, starting out to create something special and different.
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The New York TimesAnnie has a breathy wisp of a voice, and her vocal range is limited; but there is charm in her deadpan delivery, and her songwriting is full of the flair for melody for which Scandinavian pop is famous. [2 May 2005]
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Perfect pop bliss.
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UncutIt excels at that classic pop trick of combining the euphoric with the melancholy. [Apr 2005, p.108]
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UrbAnnie explodes with a white-hot teen spirit that shames 99% of what passes for pop in America today. [Jun 2005, p.76]
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If much of Anniemal isn't vibrant enough to move physically or resonant enough to move emotionally, its peaks suggest a worthy midway state.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 71 out of 82
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Mixed: 4 out of 82
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Negative: 7 out of 82
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Jan 23, 2014OMG!!! I love this album, it's the best pop album I heard in my whole life!! thaks annie for give us this masterpiece. Always too late is my favorite.
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Jan 5, 2021An instant classic in 2004 and in 2021 still one of the best pop albums to come out on this side of 2000.
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Dec 7, 2019a beautiful and unique album, probably the best one i've heard. Underrated gem