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Anniemal
''Anniemal'' is the debut album by Norwegian singer Annie. It was first released by 679 Recordings in September 2004. Annie began recording music in 1999 with her boyfriend, Tore Kroknes, who died in 2001. She returned to recording later that year, collaborating with Richard X, Röyksopp, and Timo Kaukolampi. The album combines Annie's thin, airy vocals with heavily layered beats. It is heavily influenced by 1980s dance-pop. Upon release, the album was successful in Norway. Blogs leaked tracks from ''Anniemal'' before it was released internationally, and publications from other countries soon praised the album for its blissful but melancholic sound. Before releasing the album internationally in 2005, Annie's record label 679 Recordings was not confident in the album's ability to achieve commercial success overseas, so it did not heavily promote ''Anniemal''. The album eventually sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. It yielded four singles: "Chewing Gum", " Heartbeat", "Happy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Greatest Hit (song)
"The Greatest Hit" is a song by Norwegian singer Annie (singer), Annie. It was written and produced by Annie and Disc jockey, DJ Tore "Erot" Kroknes. The song sampling (music), samples Madonna (entertainer), Madonna's 1982 debut single "Everybody (Madonna song), Everybody", and she received a co-writing credit. The track was released as a limited edition Phonograph record, 7-inch single in 1999. It became an Underground music, underground club hit in Norway and the United Kingdom. Retitled "Greatest Hit", the song was later included on Annie's debut album, ''Anniemal'' (2004). Background and release In the late 1990s, Annie ran a club night called Pop Till You Drop in her hometown of Bergen, Norway. There she met producer Tore "Erot" Kroknes, and the two began dating. "The Greatest Hit" was conceived while they were staying in a house belonging to Annie's mother. Kroknes was working on a track, but did not know what to do with it, so he asked Annie for help. Annie was listening t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie (singer)
Anne Lilia Berge Strand (born 21 November 1977), known professionally as Annie, is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. She began her recording career in 1999 with the underground hit single " The Greatest Hit" and gained international acclaim, particularly from music bloggers, for her debut album ''Anniemal'' (2004). After completing secondary school, Annie started DJing in Bergen, where she met house producer and soon-to-be boyfriend Tore Kroknes. In 1999, Annie and Kroknes released the single "The Greatest Hit", which sold out in two days and became popular in Norwegian and British nightclubs. Before Annie and Kroknes could release an album, Kroknes died from a congenital heart defect in 2001. Annie went on to sign a record deal with Britain's 679 Recordings in 2003, releasing her debut album ''Anniemal'' in 2004, for which she received widespread critical acclaim and several Norwegian music awards. She released her second studio album, '' Don't Stop'', on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Without You
"Happy Without You" is a song by Norwegian recording artist Annie from her debut album, ''Anniemal'' (2004). Written and produced by Annie and Timo Kaukolampi, the song was released as the album's third single in July 2005. Critical reception "Happy Without You" received mixed reviews from pop music critics. In a review for Slant Magazine, Sal Cinquemani praised the song for its "mix of live drums and...synth-guitar solo". William B. Swygart of Stylus Magazine wrote that the song was not "particularly hooky or catchy". Track listings *;CD single (ANNIEMIX #01CD; Released 2005) #"Happy Without You" ( Riton vocal mix) – 4:44 #"Happy Without You" (SebastiAn remix) – 5:10 #"Happy Without You" (Riton instrumental) – 4:42 *;12" single (ANNIEMIX #001; Released 2005) #"Happy Without You" (Riton vocal mix) – 4:44 #"Happy Without You" (SebastiAn remix) – 5:10 #"Happy Without You" (Riton instrumental) – 4:42 *;Digital download (Released ) #"Happy Without You" (Riton vocal mix) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbeat (Annie Song)
"Heartbeat" is a song by Norwegian singer Annie from her debut studio album, ''Anniemal'' (2004). Annie co-wrote the song with its producers, Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland. It was released under the title "My Heart Beat" as the album's second single in 29 November 2004. The lyrics of "Heartbeat" describe finding new love at a nightclub, surrounded by close friends. The song received acclaim from music critics. "Heartbeat" was listed at number one on ''Pitchfork''s top 50 singles of 2004 and at number 17 on its list of the top 500 songs of the 2000s. It was also featured in two scenes of the 2005 film '' Melissa P.'', based on Italian writer Melissa Panarello's first novel. Retrieved 21 June 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010. Composition "Heartbeat" is a pop song composed in F-sharp minor. It is written in common time and moves at 128 beats per minute. The song uses a i-VI-iv-v chord progression. There is a key change in the chorus that puts the song in B minor before g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chewing Gum (song)
"Chewing Gum" is a song by Norwegian singer Annie from her debut studio album, ''Anniemal'' (2004). Written by Richard X and Hannah Robinson, the song is based on metaphor which likens men to chewing gum. The song was released as the album's lead single on 30 August 2004. It received positive reviews from music critics. "Chewing Gum" was the album's most commercially successful single, reaching number eight on the Norwegian Singles Chart and number 25 on the UK Singles Chart. Background and writing Producer Richard X was impressed with Annie's debut single " The Greatest Hit". He asked Annie to record vocals for his debut album '' Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1''. In exchange, he contributed "Chewing Gum", co-written with Hannah Robinson, to ''Anniemal''.Draper, Jimmy"Norwegian would" ''San Francisco Bay Guardian''. Retrieved 26 August 2008. Richard X's songwriting was inspired by a put-down that his girlfriend devised to describe self-important, vain people. The song's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard X
Richard Philips, better known by his stage name Richard X, is a British songwriter and music producer. Gaining attention as a pioneer of the bootleg craze, Richard X has earned success as a producer and remixer. He has helmed hit singles for artists including Annie, Kelis, Liberty X, Rachel Stevens and Sugababes. According to an early issue of the now defunct '' Popworld'' magazine, Philips' alias comes from a postcard which was sealed with a kiss misinterpreted for the letter X. Richard X is known for his "synthesised, grungy pop music", which was inspired by bands such as The Human League and Kraftwerk. His original intention was to "reinvent" pop music by making records that are "deliberately unplayable". Referring to his 'Girls on Top' bootlegs, Richard X says, "At the time it was inspired by anti the po-facedness of the electronica scene as much as anything. The production side, how it sounded – rough and spiky, electronic and modern – was what did it for me. Taking pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Robinson
Hannah Robinson (born in Derbyshire) is a British songwriter. Her best-known compositions include Rachel Stevens's UK No. 2 hit "Some Girls", Ladyhawke's " My Delirium" and Annie's "Chewing Gum". Robinson began her career as a vocalist and in 2006 she achieved a No. 1 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Give Me Your Love", a collaboration with Carl Cox. Career Robinson began her career, having no formal music or vocal training, by responding to adverts for session singers in the British music papers the '' New Musical Express'' and '' Melody Maker''."Interview With Hannah Robinson" ''HitQuarters'', 21 December 2009. After an initial struggle she began securing backing vocal work firstly in Italy and then in London where she began working with d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Mirror
''Montreal Mirror'' or just ''Mirror'' was a free English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was distributed every Thursday. It had a circulation of 70,000 and reached a quarter of a million readers per week. First published on June 20, 1985, the publication became a weekly in September 1989. It was bought by media giant Quebecor in 1997. It was published by ''Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée''. On June 22, 2012, Sun Media (the division of Quebecor that the Mirror belonged to) announced that the paper would be ceasing publication effective immediately. See also * List of newspapers in Canada * Ken Hechtman Ken Hechtman (born December 16, 1967) is a freelance journalist and convicted drug dealer from Canada who achieved brief international prominence in late 2001 when Afghanistan's Taliban government charged him with being a United States spy while he ... References External links ''Montreal Mirror'' (official website)(via the Internet A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothamist
Gothamist LLC is the operator, or in some cases franchisor, of eight city-centric websites that focused on news, events, food, culture, and other local coverage. It was founded in 2003 by Jake Dobkin and Jen Chung. In March 2017, Joe Ricketts, owner of DNAinfo, acquired the company and, in November 2017, the websites were temporarily shut down after the newsroom staff voted to unionize. In February 2018, it was announced that New York Public Radio, KPCC and WAMU had acquired Gothamist, LAist and DCist, respectively. Chicagoist was purchased by Chicago-born rapper Chance the Rapper in July 2018. History Early history and other blogs The namesake blog, Gothamist, focused on New York City, was founded in 2003, by publisher Jake Dobkin and editor Jen Chung. other blogs operated by the company include LAist (for Los Angeles), DCist for Washington, D.C., Chicagoist, and SFist (for San Francisco) in the United States, as well as Shanghaiist internationally. Canadian blog T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars. Disco started as a mixture of music from venues popular with Italian Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans and Black Americans "'Broadly speaking, the typical New York discothèque DJ is young (between 18 and 30) and Italian,' journalist Vince Lettie declared in 1975. ..Remarkably, almost all of the important early DJs were of Italian extraction .. Italian Americans have played a significant role in America's dance music culture .. While Italian Americans mostly from Brooklyn largely created disco from scratch .." in Philadelphia and New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Disco can be seen as a reaction by the 1960s counterculture to both the dominance of rock musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include " Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (disambiguatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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