What makes My Love Is Better by Annie notable?

The single belongs to the release campaign for Don’t Stop, whose path to release had been disrupted by Annie’s departure from Island. Pitchfork reviewed the eventual album, bringing her return to the attention of its indie-music readership. This 2009 single arrived five years after Annie’s debut album, Anniemal, around the release of her long-delayed second album, Don’t Stop. Annie had left Island Records, and Don’t Stop eventually appeared on Smalltown Supersound.

Who is My Love Is Better for?

My Love Is Better works well if you're into playful remixes for dancefloor energy, varied interpretations of a single and short bursts of upbeat enjoyment.

How many songs are on My Love Is Better?

My Love Is Better has 5 tracks, running approximately 27 minutes.

My Love Is Better

Annie · 2009

27 min · 5 tracks · pop music

A tart synth-pop hook becomes raw material for longer club reconstructions across this single’s vocal and instrumental mixes.

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Top tracks — play these first

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My Love Is Better (original version) — The compact original puts the competitive pop hook up front, establishing the song before the longer remixes pull it toward the dance floor.
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My Love Is Better (Emperor Machine vocal mix) — Stretching the original beyond six minutes while retaining the vocal, this mix gives the hook more room to work as a club record.
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My Love Is Better (Emperor Machine instrumental) — Removing the vocal redirects attention from the song’s taunting hook to the arrangement beneath it, making a useful companion to the vocal mix.
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My Love Is Better (Sukh Knight remix) — The appearance of dubstep producer Sukh Knight brings a different club perspective to the package and offers a contrast to the Emperor Machine versions.

Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

57 /100

Foothills

Higher than 6% of albums we've rated

A tart synth-pop hook gives the original a clear identity, but four successive reconstructions make this single package less cohesive and more useful as a set of club treatments.

What we noticed

The original version opens the set; the remaining four tracks recast the same song as club mixes rather than introducing new material.
The Emperor Machine vocal mix is followed immediately by its instrumental, then the Sukh Knight and Justin Robertson remixes close the sequence.

Composition 25% of the score: 6/10
Craft 20% of the score: 7/10
Durability 25% of the score: 5/10
Distinctiveness 18% of the score: 6/10
Sequencing 12% of the score: 4/10

Influence 2/10

Little footprint beyond its audience. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

playful remixes for dancefloor energy
varied interpretations of a single
short bursts of upbeat enjoyment
headphone detail hunting across mixes

Maybe skip if you

prefer lengthy, immersive albums
want deep lyrical exploration

Where this album fits

Career context: This 2009 single arrived five years after Annie’s debut album, Anniemal, around the release of her long-delayed second album, Don’t Stop. Annie had left Island Records, and Don’t Stop eventually appeared on Smalltown Supersound.
Stylistic neighbors: Robyn· Grimes· Chvrches