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We Started Nothing (Digi Packaging) |  | Artist: The Ting Tings
Label: SonyBMG
Category: Music
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Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 75751
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 886973133620
EAN: 0886973133620
ASIN: B0017PCXMA
Release Date: May 19, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Great DJ | | • | That's Not My Name | | • | Fruit Machine | | • | Traffic Light | | • | Shut Up And Let Me Go | | • | Keep Your Head | | • | Be The One | | • | We Walk | | • | Impacilla Carpisung | | • | We Started Nothing |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The debut album by Salford's The Ting Tings comes hot on the heels of their No.1 single "That's Not My Name", a nugget of pop gold that comes on like a genetic splicing of Toni Basil's "Micky" and The Knack's "My Sharona". The bulk of iWe Started Nothing/i follows a similar formula, navigating a path between the smart, angular indie of CSS, Bonde Do Role, et al and the pop mainstream. Here and there, they pull it off perfectly: the stutter-rap of "Fruit Machine" sees vocalist Katie White leading on some poor sap with sultry charisma and lip-gloss sass, while the excellent "Shut Up and Let Me Go" is snappy dance-punk in the spirit of Blondie's "Rapture" or Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love". Elsewhere, they branch out with mixed results. "We Walk" builds from quiet flourishes of piano into a surprisingly steely manifesto: "Smash the rest up/Burn it down/Put us in the corner cause we're into ideas", sneers White. Rather less good is "Traffic Light", a light, jazzy number that employs a number of somewhat forced driving metaphors to describe a relationship hit the skids. Still, it's a debut with promise, and a string of good singles is nothing to be sniffed at. i--Louis Pattison/i
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 A shake up for all the boring British bands of the moment September 20, 2008
R. Essery (Monmouth, UK)
24 out of 28 found this review helpful
OK lets cut to the chase. I was brought up with punk and I can say that the Ting Tings are the best thing that can happen to the over serious, retentive British music industry at the moment. They are quirky, fun and yes original. They are the perfect cure for the boring navel gazing crap that appears from bands such as the Kaiser Chiefs, the Killers, Babyshambles and most particularly the musically inept Artic Monkeys and the arrogant but retentive Kasabien.
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br /The reason I like the Ting Tings is because I am fed up with listening to the dirges produced by the bands named above (and others). Its boring!
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br /Oh and if you want to see hype in action - look at Coldplay - utterly bland and the whole group takes themselves far to seriously. Next thing Chris Martin will be like Bono from U2 giving us lectures about global warming and other subjects he knows nothing about.
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br /I have heard that Chris Moyles from Radio One does not like the Ting Tings and that for me is about the best recommendation I have for buying this CD.
Love CSS? Will like this!!! June 23, 2008
Mr. S. Hewitt (Back-a-beyond UK)
14 out of 20 found this review helpful
What is it with people these days? Looking for that new sound, it only happens once in a decade (if you're lucky). Yes, most of this album is not original but then most these days aren't. This is CSS meets St Etiene. It's funky, it's fun, how can anyone with a hint of musical appreciation think this sounds like Girls Aloud? Obviously they don't know anything about music. It's always gonna be one of those genres that you like or hate with a vengience, but I like it (even if I didn't, Girls Aloud? C'mon, do you have a musical bone in your body?) I have to agree with the NME, this album is good, it's a grower but then "Cansei De Ser Sexy " was with me too. I've only heard the album twice now but it's already gettin' to me. Give it time and for all of you "pop" lovers, don't even think about buyin' it, that'll mean you don't have to give a bad review!!!
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br /Ok, I've had this album a week now and it's the only thing I'm listening to. It is wicked!!! Catchy as hell, even the wife and 17 month old boy like it. As with most albums you have to take the rough with the smooth but for me there's only a couple of bummers on this CD. Give it a go, it's worth it. Anyway, "SHUT UP AND LET ME GO!!!"
They started something! January 25, 2009
Maria Savva (London)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this album, it's the best album from a new band for a very long time. I don't know if it's pop, indie, disco, dance or all of those things... I don't think this is an album that asks you to take it too seriously, it's just great fun! All the songs are fantastic. If you like 'That's not my name' you'll love this album. It's one of those albums you can just put on and play without skipping over the bad tracks. Every music lover should have this in their collection. It sounds like it's 80s influenced but is very much of its time. A real gem.
Happy :) Dancy :p Anthemic ! ! May 9, 2008
Leigh Mallory (Sussex, UK)
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
Basic format of guitar and good drumming: Straightforward, catchy, anthemic; happy, dancy, summersunshine days and party nights!! If this is you, then you're a fan of The Ting Tings :) This duo is Good Times and plenty of them! Buy this: Catch it, enjoy it, see you there B)
Deceptively simple, effortlessly brilliant! July 7, 2008
Jimmy Jefferson (Scotland)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Having seen them at Glastonbury and being blown away by their live set, I'm now blown away at the simple brilliance of this album. It just gets better every time I hear it! Comparisons are always going to be flawed (the Grates, Blondie etc. etc.) - they don't need any. This is some of the best infectious, funky, rough-around-the-edges indie pop you'll hear this summer.
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