DYFL?

Oct. 13, 2009 at 7:17pm with 16 notes

ATTENTION MUSIC CONSUMERS: It has come to my attention that a new version of Annie’s album DON’T STOP has begun circulating on the Internet in advance of its long-delayed physical release date. Unfortunately, it seems that there was once again a miscommunication at corporate headquarters or an error at the pressing plant, as the album still sucks, despite the fact that Annie did in fact record an awesome twelve-song album over the course of the last couple of years.

The obviously correct tracklisting for this album is as follows; everybody please revise their iTunes playlists accordingly.

“Hey Annie”
“I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me”
“My Love Is Better”
“Don’t Stop”
“I Can’t Let Go”
“When The Night”
“Two Of Hearts”
“Anthonio”
“I Don’t Like Your Band”
“What Do You Want (The Breakfast Song)”
“Take You Home”
“Songs Remind Me Of You”

Thank you for your patience during this confusing time.

Seriously though, the new version of DON’T STOP has all the wrong songs on it, even though all three of the added new songs are quite good. It’s unconscionable that “I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me” has been dropped, obviously, among other things. I’ve deleted five songs from the various DON’T STOP sessions – “Loco,” “Sweet,” “Bad Times,” “Heaven And Hell,” and “Marie Cherie” – from this tracklist. Most of those songs are fine, but they lack hooks or clear purposes – some are just exercises in sound/style, some are just repetitive or wear out their welcome, and some are just a mismatch of style and performer. If you really like one or two of them, feel free to sub them into the above tracklist where “The Breakfast Song” and/or “When The Night” currently reside, but I wouldn’t recommend dicking around with it too much past that. I know “Loco” and “Sweet” have their partisans, but I just feel like the Xenomania sound doesn’t really suit Annie, with the exception of “My Love Is Better.” Maybe that’s just me. And sorry, Matthew, but “Heaven And Hell” is just grating. I’m all for Annie doing something girl group-y but that song is just formless and shrill.

Basically this record has turned into the 69 LOVE SONGS of Northern European Internet-era pop: An excuse for everybody to get all A&R-y together, with all of us arriving at a different place but an identical level of satisfaction.