048. Annie – Don’t Stop

Record collecting is a labour intensive activity. While collections do expand organically, they do not osmotically develop. For a killer collection, you need to do your homework. Listening to other DJs is of course the easiest option. Last week, Nemone, playing on BBC 6 Music, the endangered home of intelligent, challenging and high quality alternative music, dropped the stunning Swiss Donnie Sloan Remix of Annie – Songs Remind Me Of You.

Instantly, the urge kicked in; that driving force which painful pushes each and every record collector; the desire to know exactly what your hearing, which record label its on, who produced it, and when. You need to own that record. Life won’t be complete until you do. Already you can see it sitting in the dusty collection, ready and waiting to jump out and clap you round the ears with its sheer sonic brilliance.

While the remix was nice, I was completely unprepared for the original. Firing up the youtube video for the track, the uptempo synthpop chugger made me want to buy the album instantly. Even if this was the only quality track it would be worthwhile buying. Buying blind isn’t something I’ve done in a long time.

Sadly, the LP doesn’t quite live up to the standard of this single. We’re offered a generally inoffensive wonkypop album which doesn’t quite find the same gear as Songs Remind Me Of You manages. At the end of play, you can help but be left with the sad feeling that this song would be number one if only it were performed by Xenomania’s brightest stars: Girls Aloud.

Annie - Songs Remind Me Of You by dcp84

Annie – Don’t Stop : Songs Remind Me Of You
[Smalltown Supersound : STS178LP]
(2009)

Discogs: €26.57 EUR