DJ-Kicks: Annie

DJ-Kicks: Annie
Compilation album by Annie
Released	17 October 2005
Genre	Electronic, house, nu-disco
Length	59:55
Label	Studio !K7
Producer	Annie, Ercola, Timo Kaukolampi
Annie chronology
Anniemal (2005) DJ-Kicks: Annie (2005) iTunes Live: London Festival '08 (2008)
DJ-Kicks chronology
The Glimmers (2005) Annie (2005) The Exclusives (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Exclaim!	positive[3]
musicOMH	positive[4]
Pitchfork Media	7.5/10[5]
Stylus Magazine	B+[6]

DJ-Kicks: Annie is a DJ mix album, mixed by Norwegian recording artist Annie. It was released on 17 October 2005 on the Studio !K7 independent record label as part of the DJ-Kicks series.

“

When I was asked to do the DJ-Kicks, I was really excited. I have been buying all the DJ-Kicks compilations for years. I've been collecting all of them. So it was a really great thing for me to do. As a DJ, I'm usually playing a set of very different sort of genres. I don't only play pop or electro... I play everything that I'm into. So I would say it is quite a free, quite an open, diverse mix. When I was putting together the track listing, it was quite difficult I have to say. I have such a vivid taste in music. I guess I could have put together a pure rock compilation, with just rock songs that I am into or maybe just a hip hop collection, but I choose to put together songs that I've been really inspired by, and also songs that I don't think many people have heard before. So I have for example artists like Toy, which is a Norwegian artist from Bergen, who is coming out with an album later this year. And Datarock, which is a local Bergen band as well. And then you have songs like: Bow Wow Wow—'I Want Candy', which is quite a classic pop-rock song. So it is quite a vivid compilation, I would say. I chose to have a few classics, and one of them is Alan Vega, from Suicide, with 'Jukebox Baby'. I think it is an amazing song and I have always been a fan of it and I'm always playing Alan Vega. I also have ESG and I have Bow Wow Wow—'I want candy', but most of the songs are quite new and some of them unreleased and some of them have been out for a year or two.[7]

”

The previously unreleased track "Wedding" was offered as a free download prior to the album's release.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Rabbit Pushing Mower"	Alisdair Stirling, Jørgen Træen	Toy	2:42
2.	"I Wanna Be Your Lover"	Angelo La Bionda, Carmelo La Bionda, R.W. Pamler-James	La Bionda	3:16
3.	"Jukebox Babe"	Alan Vega	Alan Vega	4:19
4.	"Nanny Nanny Boo Boo"	JD Samson, Johanna Fateman, Kathleen Hanna	Le Tigre	3:24
5.	"Bongo Song"	S.I. Mukai	Zongamin	5:09
6.	"Flextone" (JD Twitch Optimo Edit)	Dennis Young, Salvatore Principato	Liquid Liquid	3:00
7.	"Wedding"	Anne L. B. Strand, Svein Berge, Torbjørn Brundtland	Annie	2:36
8.	"Black History Month" (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)	Jesse F. Keeler, Sebastien Grainger	Death from Above 1979	4:33
9.	"1939"	Antti Koivisto, Ercola, Timo Kaukolampi	Motiivi:Tuntematon	2:50
10.	"Geared Up" (featuring Annie)	Strand, Brundtland, Therson	Brundtland and Pehrson	3:47
11.	"Lady Bug (I Just Wanna Be Your)"	Greg Carmichael, Patrick Adams, Carmen Truss	Bumblebee Unlimited	5:12
12.	"Gimme Your Money"	Strand, Kaukolampi	Annie	2:59
13.	"I Want Candy"	Jerry Goldstein, Bob Feldman, Richard Gottehrer, Bert Berns	Bow Wow Wow	2:24
14.	"My Love for You"	Marie Scroggins, Renee Scroggins, Valerie Scroggins, Deborah Scroggins	ESG	2:45
15.	"Sally (That Girl)"	Cleveland Bell, Victor May	Gucci Crew II	2:28
16.	"Paris Hilton"	Mutsumi Kanamori	MU	3:21
17.	"Fa Fa Fa"	Fredrik Saroea, Ketil Mosnes	Datarock	5:10

Notes

• JD Twitch is misspelled as DJ Twitch on the CD inlay.^[9]

Personnel

Credits adapted from DJ-Kicks: Annie album liner notes.^[10]

Annie – vocals (7, 10, 12); producer (7, 12); compilation producer, DJ mix, selection Patrick Adams – producer (11) Svein Berge – producer (7) Alan Braxe – remix (8) Torbjørn Brundtland – producer (7) Jim Butler – notes Greg Carmichael – producer (11) Klaus Dahmen – art direction Lawrence Davis – producer (15) Mark Dodson – associate producer (13) Ercola – producer (9); DJ mix, editing Fred Falke – remix (8) Maurice Fulton – producer (16) Junior Senior – remix (4) Timo Kaukolampi – producer (9, 12); DJ mix, editing

Paul Klein – producer (15) Antti Koivisto – producer (9) Kenny Laguna – producer (13) Le Tigre – producers (4) Steve Leeds – associate producer (13) Nicole Naumann – hair, make-up Yngve Sætre – producer (17) Charlus de la Salle – digital remastering (2) Nick Sansano – producer (4) Steviant – additional vocals (5) Alisdair Stirling – producer (1) Joseph Louis Stone – producer (15) Valerie Stahl von Stromberg – photography Will Sweeney – additional guitar (5) Jørgen Træen – producer (1) JD Twitch – editing (6)

References

1. Emmerald. "Annie – DJ Kicks!". About.com. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
2. Kellman, Andy. "DJ-Kicks – Annie". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 January 2006.
3. Lindsay, Cam (November 2005). "Annie / Various – DJ-Kicks". Exclaim!. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
4. Hogwood, Ben. "Various – Annie: DJ Kicks (!K7)". musicOMH. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
5. Sylvester, Nick (25 October 2005). "Annie: DJ-Kicks". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
6. Miller, Derek (27 October 2005). "Annie – DJ Kicks". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
7. "Annie". International Talent Booking. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2007.
8. Timmermans, Arjan (30 September 2005). "Free Download: Annie "The Wedding" (Unreleased Track)". ArjanWrites.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
9. "Discography – JD Twitch / Optimo (Espacio) Remixes". Optimo. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
10. DJ-Kicks: Annie (CD liner notes). Annie. Studio !K7. 2005. !K7190CD.

External links

• Official website