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PlanetKylie Minogue for hipsters. [#10, p.70]
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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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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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Blender[Annie] masterfully fus[es] synth-pop rhythms with her own feline coos. [Jun 2005, p.108]
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“Anniemal” is a textbook pop album – with all the passion that entails (i.e. none).
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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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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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One of the stronger debuts released this year.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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Anniemal is pleasant enough to listen to; when I played it in my car while I was stuck in traffic, it helped take the edge off. It reminded me of music heard in malls, peppy and buoying, but not so compelling as to distract you from the clothes.
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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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FilterAnnie is to Kylie Minogue as Kasabian is to Primal Scream: same song, different packaging. [#16, p.97]
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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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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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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.
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