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Title: We Started Nothing Artist: Ting Tings Average Customer Review:  RRP: £13.99 Price: £6.98 You Save: £7.01 (50%) Seller: Amazon.co.uk Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours | ||
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Product Details:
Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Columbia Records
Publication Date:
Manufacturer: Columbia Records
Package Dimensions: 0.54 x 5.55 x 4.97 inches
ReleaseDate: 2008-05-19
EditorialReview: 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 We Started Nothing 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. -–Louis Pattison
Disc: 1
Track 1: Great DJ
Track 2: That's Not My Name
Track 3: Fruit Machine
Track 4: Traffic Light
Track 5: Shut Up And Let Me Go
Track 6: Keep Your Head
Track 7: We Walk
Track 8: Be The One
Track 9: Impacilla Carpisung
Track 10: We Started Nothing
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Customer Id: A1PGLS0A4PIB4B 2008-11-12
Review Summary: Crap - THAT IS YOUR NAME !
Review Content: THE WORST POP/PUNK/ROCK ..WHATERVER! BAND IN THE WORLD!
please people grow up and listen to some AC/DC !
Most of all VERY ANNOYING ! id rather listen to an entire CD of a toilet being flushed than this garbage !
End of product details for 'We Started Nothing'
Publisher: Columbia Records
Publication Date:
Manufacturer: Columbia Records
Package Dimensions: 0.54 x 5.55 x 4.97 inches
ReleaseDate: 2008-05-19
EditorialReview: 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 We Started Nothing 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. -–Louis Pattison
Track List:
Disc: 1
Track 1: Great DJ
Track 2: That's Not My Name
Track 3: Fruit Machine
Track 4: Traffic Light
Track 5: Shut Up And Let Me Go
Track 6: Keep Your Head
Track 7: We Walk
Track 8: Be The One
Track 9: Impacilla Carpisung
Track 10: We Started Nothing
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Customer Reviews:
0 out of 2 people found the following review helpfulCustomer Id: A1PGLS0A4PIB4B 2008-11-12 Review Summary: Crap - THAT IS YOUR NAME !
Review Content: THE WORST POP/PUNK/ROCK ..WHATERVER! BAND IN THE WORLD!
please people grow up and listen to some AC/DC !
Most of all VERY ANNOYING ! id rather listen to an entire CD of a toilet being flushed than this garbage !
2 out of 6 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A2EBW67ZOAIFNR 2008-10-25
Review Summary: Who the hell gave these idiots a record deal? Utter rubbish!
Review Content: This has to be one of the worst groups I've ever heard. The woman 'singer' cannot even sing, the songs that I have heard are extremely poor and not even catchy. A feeble attempt at being 'punk' and trying to sound like that one hit wonder from the 80s - Mickey. The punk world will no doubt feel insulted and embarrassed by this group and the woman who sang Mickey (Toni Basil) at least sounded like she could sing a few notes!
There is nothing good to say about this group or any of their songs. I know people trying to make it as musicians in some capacity and they have more talent in a strand of hair than these idiots have between them. Its a complete injustice that this rubbish gets recognised, whilst so much better talent goes unnoticed.
I'm sure whoever likes them will get bored very quickly and hopefully this crap will soon disappear and never be heard of again!
Please go away quickly and don't even dream of any form of comeback!
Customer Id: A2EBW67ZOAIFNR 2008-10-25 Review Summary: Who the hell gave these idiots a record deal? Utter rubbish!
Review Content: This has to be one of the worst groups I've ever heard. The woman 'singer' cannot even sing, the songs that I have heard are extremely poor and not even catchy. A feeble attempt at being 'punk' and trying to sound like that one hit wonder from the 80s - Mickey. The punk world will no doubt feel insulted and embarrassed by this group and the woman who sang Mickey (Toni Basil) at least sounded like she could sing a few notes!
There is nothing good to say about this group or any of their songs. I know people trying to make it as musicians in some capacity and they have more talent in a strand of hair than these idiots have between them. Its a complete injustice that this rubbish gets recognised, whilst so much better talent goes unnoticed.
I'm sure whoever likes them will get bored very quickly and hopefully this crap will soon disappear and never be heard of again!
Please go away quickly and don't even dream of any form of comeback!
0 out of 0 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A1YWD5Q9SBKXQ 2008-10-24
Review Summary: not bad but not great either!
Review Content: Katie White sounds like Tony Basil on tracks like "Great DJ", "The Drums", "Thats not my name" while slowing down her act for "Be the one" which are good material which is not backed up even more by some of the duff tracks involved like "Impacilla Carpisung" and "Traffic Lights" which does not lend a great deal to a debut album as of course for every new band or solo act starting debut albums will have the odd one but NME's OTT reviews could come back and haunt them if the Ting Tings fail to come up with a different if winning formual for their second album.
Its not a bad album but its not great either!
Customer Id: A1YWD5Q9SBKXQ 2008-10-24 Review Summary: not bad but not great either!
Review Content: Katie White sounds like Tony Basil on tracks like "Great DJ", "The Drums", "Thats not my name" while slowing down her act for "Be the one" which are good material which is not backed up even more by some of the duff tracks involved like "Impacilla Carpisung" and "Traffic Lights" which does not lend a great deal to a debut album as of course for every new band or solo act starting debut albums will have the odd one but NME's OTT reviews could come back and haunt them if the Ting Tings fail to come up with a different if winning formual for their second album.
Its not a bad album but its not great either!
0 out of 0 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A27M6S7B3K0T99 2008-10-20
Review Summary: Every 8 year old should have it!
Review Content: First heard these early this year, about the same time as I saw the Kills. For me, they are a bit 'candy pop' but it's a great compromise when arguing with my 8 year old daughter about what music is going on the CD player. It's worth it just to catch her doing air guitar and miming the words....very badly! A fun Album.
Customer Id: A27M6S7B3K0T99 2008-10-20 Review Summary: Every 8 year old should have it!
Review Content: First heard these early this year, about the same time as I saw the Kills. For me, they are a bit 'candy pop' but it's a great compromise when arguing with my 8 year old daughter about what music is going on the CD player. It's worth it just to catch her doing air guitar and miming the words....very badly! A fun Album.
0 out of 0 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A234NHH0TPY4S6 2008-10-09
Review Summary: Fun
Review Content: I can't believe I bought this. When I first heard the Ting Ting's I thought they were dreadful. It sounded like really naff cheesy pop. And it is, but it's also very catchy and I have to admit I like it. The more I hear it the more it grows on me. It's not cool to like it, but that doesn't mean it's not okay to like it. It's just probably best not to admit it to people when you first meet them. That's Not My Name is probably the best pop tune of the year for me.
Customer Id: A234NHH0TPY4S6 2008-10-09 Review Summary: Fun
Review Content: I can't believe I bought this. When I first heard the Ting Ting's I thought they were dreadful. It sounded like really naff cheesy pop. And it is, but it's also very catchy and I have to admit I like it. The more I hear it the more it grows on me. It's not cool to like it, but that doesn't mean it's not okay to like it. It's just probably best not to admit it to people when you first meet them. That's Not My Name is probably the best pop tune of the year for me.
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