Annie (From Norway)

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I saw her gig last year at the Koneisto festival, it was pretty lame. Even the Opel Bastards dudes (including the said Timo) lacked the usual spirit.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:51 (nineteen years ago)

initial annie (from norway) hype: july '04
album (properly) released: march '05

initial lily allen hype: april '06
album released: july '06

GEE, I WONDER WHY ANNIE'S ALBUM DIDN'T SELL.

― finest quality internets beef (haitch), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:58 (nineteen years ago)

Don't most electro acts struggle to sell well?
I mean, apart from Kylie Minogue and Madonna who are both already well-established names with roots in the same 80s the electro trend takes its main inspiration from.

"Anniemal" did sell well in Norway, although here she is a bit overshadowed by Bertine Zetlitz, another female Norwegian electro act who has been one of the most popular Norwegian artists of the past 3-4 years.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 17 July 2006 10:50 (nineteen years ago)

nothing will ever, ever sell well if you release it nine months after everyone actually wants it!

― finest quality internets beef (haitch), Monday, 17 July 2006 10:59 (nineteen years ago)

but 'chewing gum' didn't exactly set the charts on fire.

― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 17 July 2006 11:03 (nineteen years ago)

wasn't it released in the same limited promo fashion as the album though? by the time it was out again, everyone had downloaded it.

it's the same reason no-one bought the rapture's album - anyone who cared had it six months earlier off p2p.

― finest quality internets beef (haitch), Monday, 17 July 2006 11:05 (nineteen years ago)

in the uk 'chewing gum' came out september '04, so a couple of months after the big features, but a few weeks ahead of the planned lp launch. it was a regular release, but probably the hipster internet dudes already had it d/ld yeah.

― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 17 July 2006 11:11 (nineteen years ago)

'Chewing Gum' did relatively well (#25 in the charts) with poor promotion and precious little airplay/Tv exposure. Presumably because many downloaders/net-buzz types also bought it (who else would've?).

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 17 July 2006 11:14 (nineteen years ago)

i bought it. almost the last cd single i bought.

― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 17 July 2006 11:20 (nineteen years ago)

Still, I mean, I love Annie and all. But if they want to market something even better than Annie, then they should go for Bertine Zetlitz.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

who says lily allen won't suffer teh same fate?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

you mean in the States? i doubt she'll have any success at all over there but she's already considerably more popular and successful than Annie in the UK (not hard).

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 17 July 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

There's been other Scandanavian songstresses who haven't hit big here when they could have, like Robyn and Lene Nystrom who at least had past UK recognition and surely in "It's Your Duty" a quirky enough song to score a novelty hit. Still not as good as "Chewing Gum" though.

― Nick H (Nick H), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

I agree with Tom when he says there's a massive market for adult-orientated pop in the Kylie vein - it's just a matter of marketing to them effectively. Put Chewing Gum in an advert, release as single, put Heartbeat on Glamour magazine free CD, release album, watch people lap it up.

I reckon this album will still appear in one form or another somewhere. Problem is it will probably coincide with the return of BraveKylie, which will obviously obliterate everything in its path.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

Missing something, yes. Presumably Annie's UK and US branch thought they could break her with DJ shows, 12" singles and commissioning remixes from hipster-friendly types rather than focusing on the people who actually, you know, buy singles when they are in the stores.

UNPOPULAR OPINION ALERT. Well, that new single "The Crush" or whatever it was certainly wasn't going to do anything, was it?

― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 23:05 (nineteen years ago)

no it's true that song was ass.

― jergins (jergins), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 23:35 (nineteen years ago)

did you see her live ed? crush was pretty ace then.

― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 20 July 2006 05:06 (nineteen years ago)

The live show was interesting in that her better songs didn't work so well and her not-so-good ones sounded much better - "The Wedding" was one of the highlights!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 July 2006 06:01 (nineteen years ago)

"Chewing Gum" is currently being used in the background for the trailers for Rob Brydon's new show, although it is very much the background and just the instrumental part.

― Nick H (Nick H), Thursday, 20 July 2006 07:57 (nineteen years ago)

the people who actually, you know, buy singles when they are in the stores

the trouble is that these people don't really exist!

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 July 2006 08:00 (nineteen years ago)

i guess empirical evidence would suggest that advert placing is a surefire way to at least get a song heard, which leaves me feeling v removed from the british public once again. who are these people who watch adverts? weirdos!

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 July 2006 08:01 (nineteen years ago)

That 'Crush' single is rubbish, like a really poor retred of 'A Stroke of Genie-us'. Why? Very disapointing

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 20 July 2006 08:08 (nineteen years ago)

the trouble is that these people don't really exist!

Yes they do, but they don't buy what you like, Lex! "The Wedding" was also rubbish, sorry, people! "Gimme Your MOney" was kind of amusing, though.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 20 July 2006 08:10 (nineteen years ago)

who are these people who buy these cd singles then? i mean we have established over the past five years that the number of singles keeps on dwindling, how many copies do you need to sell to get in the top 10 these days, 70?

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 July 2006 08:33 (nineteen years ago)

Depends what you mean by "sell" doesn't it? It incorporates ("legal") downloads as well now you see.

― Nick H (Nick H), Thursday, 20 July 2006 08:41 (nineteen years ago)

Who's buying the singles? ~~Indie kids~~. Who knows, but it ain't the kind of people who are impressed by this producer, this remixer, this hipster-friendly DJ tour.

Well, I don't know about in the UK. 10,000 would guarantee top 10 most weeks, I think.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 20 July 2006 08:43 (nineteen years ago)

CD singles are horrible.

― fandango (fandango), Thursday, 20 July 2006 08:46 (nineteen years ago)

I like CD singles when they have some B-sides, a remix that hasn't just been plunked out to fill the space and THIS VERY IMPORTANT, the video for the song in a NON QUICKTIME FORMAT.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 20 July 2006 08:48 (nineteen years ago)

actually it IS indie kids, isn't it - the kind of idiot who needs to be completist about everything, who cares about artwork and packaging and formats.

but those people tend to also care about producers and remixers and so on, so.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 July 2006 08:58 (nineteen years ago)

whoever it is it's not Ver Kidz, and consumers of popular music who are not either a) Ver Kidz or b) me do not count!

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 July 2006 08:58 (nineteen years ago)

Lex, Ver Kidz almost exclusively listen to music you detest, this is why the charts are full of things you hate, innit.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 20 July 2006 09:10 (nineteen years ago)

I bought 'Chewing Gum' CD single cos I wanted it to do better in the charts. More recently I bought GA's 'Biology' CD single mainly because I actually wanted to see the video (had missed it on TV) ha ha - the video was shit tho.

I don't think I've bought any other singles on CD in the last 12 months, other than old stuff I needed for '92 and '93 mixes.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 20 July 2006 09:14 (nineteen years ago)

no Ver Kidz listen to Sean Paul and Ciara (who are also in the charts when they release singles) whom I love

(btw - new Ciara single is omg brilliant)

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 July 2006 09:14 (nineteen years ago)

"Biology" was also the last single I bought.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 20 July 2006 09:18 (nineteen years ago)

x-post Lex you are deluding yourself quite a lot.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 20 July 2006 09:19 (nineteen years ago)

It isn't just the needing to be completist about formats thing - I think the "if I buy this it will get into the charts! let's break the top forty!" evangelist impulse is pretty important in buying singles from an indie-kid/Truu Fan/Street-Teamer standpoint.

― permanent revolution (cis), Thursday, 20 July 2006 09:31 (nineteen years ago)

I bought GA's 'Biology' CD single mainly because I actually wanted to see the video (had missed it on TV) ha ha - the video was shit tho.

yes, yes, you wanted to see the girls aloud video, and why not.

cis otm

― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Thursday, 20 July 2006 10:14 (nineteen years ago)

ed what am I deluding myself about!

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 July 2006 10:26 (nineteen years ago)

That "the kids" only listen to things you like. Lots of them are also listening to things you hate, and you can't pretend they don't exist. These are the people who virtually decide whether artists get to keep their deals or not. And why Muse and The Feeling and Orson can go top 10 and Annie can't.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 20 July 2006 10:28 (nineteen years ago)

there just don't seem to be schoolkids on the bus in the morning playing music Lex hates tho.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 20 July 2006 10:32 (nineteen years ago)

on their phones, i mean.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 20 July 2006 10:33 (nineteen years ago)

there aren't! the day i hear muse on the bus is the day society crumbles. i STILL don't know who orson are and have never heard of the feeling!

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 July 2006 10:34 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe they are playing it but are nicely using earphones rather than force their listening preference on other people.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 20 July 2006 10:44 (nineteen years ago)

I imagine Lex listening to samplings of Teh Muse catalogue EVERY NIGHT at home, on headphones, so that he can correctly identify them on buses and get outraged

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 20 July 2006 10:52 (nineteen years ago)

I imagine that Alex does this to make me laugh my way out of my low moments.

PS: The Muse single floats not far behind 'Promiscuous' in my estimation right now.

― Headspin (Barima), Thursday, 20 July 2006 11:06 (nineteen years ago)

i thought you liked 'promiscuous' barima :(

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 July 2006 11:08 (nineteen years ago)

but Lex yr kids-on-bus-sample system is insufficiently scientifically rigorous! why you braek heart?

― permanent revolution (cis), Thursday, 20 July 2006 11:13 (nineteen years ago)

The Muse single is better than "Promiscuous", but it is not better than "Maneater".

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 20 July 2006 11:19 (nineteen years ago)

Lex, buddy, I do like 'Promiscuous', but not as much as other things. If I have ranking, 'Supermassive Black Hole' would be right behind it, because it is a reasonably cool song.

x-p ed o semi-otm (this could change)

― Headspin (Barima), Thursday, 20 July 2006 11:19 (nineteen years ago)

no muse song will ever ever ever ever ever be anywhere near 'promiscuous' in terms of quality! what are you lot talking about.

('promiscuous' >>> 'maneater' btw, though 'no hay igual' is better than either)

(pop != scientific rigour! i hated science at school)

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 July 2006 11:21 (nineteen years ago)

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