After hearing RAVES about this album, here and everywhere, I decided to check it out. And I just don't get it. Silly lyrics set to hooks with no guts, sung by the thinnest voice imaginable, backed up by blippy beats and sounds that are so cutesy they're sickening.

It's no Postal Service. It's no Tom Tom Club. Heck, it's not even up to Gwen's level. Just curious what fans like about it...
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Yep, shite

MendesCity said:

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...yes i think moonbeam has been pushing this album and as much as i respect his/her musicial opinion....i think this is another strange one aka kylie minogue.

Is this why she was dropped from her U.S. label? I admit though that I did like some of the samples I had heard. Then again, I also like Geri Halliwell so that's no big surprise.

grammar edit
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MendesCity said:

May I recomend Pyschic cat by Kelli Ali instead? It's a similar thing but she's a bit better.

dancerella said:

Horrible album cover.

dancerella said:

Never heard of it...I'll check it out, thanks. I'm also loving MIA's Arular.

MendesCity said:

Kelli is the ex-vocalist of Sneaker Pimps.

Uh oh. Where's Moonie?

Y'all suck. Anniemal is amazing on every level.

Moonbeam said:

Hey, I liked it!

sextonseven said:

All y'all who don't like it suck.

I've listed many reasons why I like it here.

Moonbeam said:

Wow. I knew there was a thread where people were gushing, but that's a lot of love! I'll sit with it a little more. But it just doesn't catch my ear for some reason. Very flat-footed rhythmically, and not very interesting chord-wise either. It just sounds like a bad impression of St. Etienne.

MendesCity said:

Some of my appreciation of it is admittedly due to her background experience and mine. She struggled to make this album as she had lost her boyfriend and collaborator due to a heart birth defect. He was 23. She was going to complete the album with him and then went into seclusion to recover. The fact that she is able to have the positive attitude she has ("Come Together") is awe-inspiring to me, particularly because I lost my father and both of my grandmothers in rather excrutiating manners within the last 13 months. The album has been a great source of inspiration for me. "My Heartbeat" is particuarly moving to me considering the way her boyfriend died.

Moonbeam said:

I can see why might have connected to it (and now feel kinda scoogey for my post)

MendesCity said:

There's no law that says you have to like it. It has just been an incredibly beneficial listen for me this year, as has Funeral by the Arcade Fire.

sextonseven said:

I like Geri, too, so it sounds right up my alley. So this won't be released in America? That's sad! No faith in dance pop here.

VinnyM27 said:

It will be released here on June 7th, preceded by the amazing single "My Heartbeat" on May 10th. http://www.prince.org/msg/8/142140

It's pretty good. I like it better than I thought I would. And it's better than most of the others doing it in the same genre right now.

Where was this album hyped?

Moonbeam said:

Ah, I see what happened now. Vice Records shifted Annie over to Big Beat/Atlantic.

sextonseven said:

Sounds like a bigger label (was Vice indepdent?).

VinnyM27 said:

Very independent. What I had heard was that even though the label thought the Anniemal album was very good, it was too pop to fit in with their roster of other artists (Bloc Party, The Stills, etc.).
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Novabreaker said:

Check out Moonbeam's link above. In that post there are numerous raves.

I'm on the "Heartbeat" video.

Novabreaker said:

Where? That would be a cool thing to see you in the video.

sextonseven said:

That's true, I really don't like the cover at all. The pics on the inside are way better. Don't know why she chose that one for the cover.

Moonbeam said:

I'm totally blurred because of the playing speed. It might just as well be anyone else. They just didn't have too many extras so my friend asked me to come.

dancerella said:

I think the cover's good. She looks cute.