Annie

On her full-length debut, Annie dives right into waters once inhabited by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam and Nu Shooz: pure, electro-fied dance pop. Her voice is like fairy dust sprinkled on top of powdered sugar. Tracks like "Chewing Gum" and the totally excellent "Heartbeat" are perfect examples of guilty pleasures.

Bad pop is a daily occurrence, and great pop singles come and go with the seasons, but
pop albums with substance, style and more than a handful of knockout tunes are as rare as
sincere politicians. Hailing from the same Norwegian scene that produced Ršyksopp and
Kings of Convenience, Annie Lilia Berge Strand -- mercifully known as Annie -- is a sparkly
dance minx in the esteemed Madonna/Kylie Minogue tradition. Her debut has ent... More >

She can't be saying "greatest tits"--she's just too thin ("Chewing Gum," "Greatest Hit"). (Grade - *)