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We Started Nothing is the debut album from The Ting Tings. Tipped in the top three of the BBC's Sound of 2008 poll at the beginning of the year, seemingly they have much to prove. However, The Ting Tings aren't about proving themselves; they are simply here to enjoy it. Making great British pop music - their way - is what they're about.Born of a desire to employ the DIY ethic from day one - Katie White and Jules De Martino escaped the industry trappings they once experienced in a previous band and went back to basics as a duo. They stripped back everything they thought they both knew about making music and the industry that revolved around every note.
We Started Nothing is a debut album brimming with intuitive pop noise. It's pure garage-pop and once heard will in-bed itself into your subconscious for many days, weeks, months to come. Snappy choruses trade off against angular gutar work, whip smart drumming and a succession of loops that they create live with the use of delay pedals.
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
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By Guy
Got this for my kids good simple pop music,I like it, I will give it an 8 for dancability.
By pika2000
I never pay attention to the general pop music, and didn't even realize that they sing the "Shut Up and Let Me Go" used in an iPod commercial.
I only purchased 2 tracks: "Great DJ," and "Be the One." Both are good pop tracks, with a catchy and easy to remember chorus/melody. I'm only interested in those 2 tracks because they are featured in the Japanese drama revolving around Twitter, "Sunao ni Narenakute (Hard to Say I Love You)," starring Ueno Juri (Nodame), Eita, and JaeJoong (DBSK). ;)
By S. Dunphy (Corte Madera, CA)
Turn it on, crank it up, and have a good time. Nothing profound, but so what, nothing that insults your intelligence either. And really excellent, catchy tunes with excellent singing that make you want to shake your money maker. Do it.
By Jeffrey Kallis
I saw them on Sat Night Live and I was impressed. The cd is great.
By R. Spurrier
Only got for the one song anyway. Listened to the whole cd and found it had a couple with a good beat but the words made it unenjoyable. Made me pause and go "WHAT the heck are they talking about".
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