Artist: Annie Review: With fizzy tunes like "Greatest Hit" and "Chewing Gum" in the early-to-mid-'00s, Norway's blog-pop poster gal Anne Lilia Berge Strand helped draw up the blueprints for today's post-Madonna electro-disco meta-divas (Lady Gaga, Little Boots). Her second LP, re-tweaked after a leak and a label change, refines her Euro-disco with more flavors and fewer hooks. Still, the music remains rapturous and cheeky. The rowdy drum chant "Hey Annie" dialogues with an imagined fan base. And the synth-disco "I... Rating: 3.5 Stars

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