Dark Hearts has a scattering of stellar moments–and one could even argue that its highpoints are some of Annie’s best to date.
Dark Hearts opts for a different kind of escape. Ten years on from her last full-length album, the singer is reckoning with the present by diving headlong into her past with equal parts regret and wonder.
Dark Hearts is a beautiful journey that illustrates a shared sadness for lonely souls driving towards a fraught and empty future.
With Annie’s third studio album, Dark Hearts, she once again engages in new paths, with much less excitement but no less fortitude.
Shit! I can't believe I slept over this album. There's some really good songs in this record, a well-made synthpop album that has the right instrumentation. Annie's voice has such a sense of comfort, sweet but hits the right areas, the lyrics are simple but catchy, perhaps a project made to be easily digestive.
There's such a timeless and effortless energy to this album. Really great comeback for Annie
Picks:Dark Hearts, The Countdown to the End of the World, It's Finally Over
May be one of the best, if not the best, plain simple synthpop album this year. Molto bene
Reinventing herself as 80's synthpop diva, Dark Hearts delivers dramatic storyline and pleasant vocals altogether creating hauntingly beautiful atmosphere of the whole listening experience
To me, this is a departure from the old days of Anniemals, but not in a bad way. The first few listens i would describe as underwhelming, but i came to really appreciate the smoothness of this album. It is just mostly calming; the production also surprised me a couple of times with some really unique synths and combinations. Why isn't it a 10 then? Well, even though not 100%, this isn't as groundbreaking as her first album, and the ideas in this album aren't THAT original. Still, I go back to ... read more
Fav tracks: Mermaid Dreams, Dark Hearts, The Bomb, The Streets Where I Belong, Forever '92 e Miracle Mile
Least fav: Corridors of Time
1 | In Heaven 3:42 | |
2 | The Streets Where I Belong 4:11 | |
3 | Dark Hearts 3:58 | |
4 | Miracle Mile 5:07 | |
5 | Corridors of Time 4:32 | |
6 | Forever '92 4:06 | |
7 | American Cars 3:47 | |
8 | Mermaid Dreams 4:57 | |
9 | Stay Tomorrow 4:05 | |
10 | The Countdown to the End of the World 3:08 | |
11 | The Bomb 4:01 | |
12 | The Untold Story 5:17 | |
13 | It's Finally Over 3:14 |
#13 | / | musicOMH |
#14 | / | Slant Magazine |
#20 | / | The Quietus |
#33 | / | Idolator |
#50 | / | The Line of Best Fit |
#61 | / | God Is In The TV |
#88 | / | Albumism |