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We Started Nothing Reviews

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Summary: They call me Stacey.
Comment: What a breath of fresh air it was to listen to The Ting Tings debut cd. Reminding me of Blondie, The Go-Go's and The Waitresses, this English duo really brings the heat on their debut.

What I'm talking about is the catchy, memorable beats, melodies and lyrics. From "Great DJ" to the super-infectious "That's Not My Name" and "Shut Up And Let Me Go", to the more straightforward pop of "Fruit Machine", "Traffic Light" to the electronic undertones of "Keep Your Head", "Be The One" and "We Walk" to the hypnotic chanting and rhythms of the cd closers "Impacilla Carpisung" and "We Started Nothing".

This duo puts life back into pop music and makes it exciting again. Now, the difficult task will be whether they fizzle out after this or whether they can sustain this momentum--or, even better, whether they surpass this four star debut.

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Summary: Indie Pop/Rock
Comment: This is a energetic CD with a lot of creative lyrics and fast background music. I especially love listening to this CD while doing something creative. It really makes you happy as well because its so energetic. I also think this is great dance music. I cannot stop listening to it, its so unique!

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Summary: Sassy and Smart Debut
Comment: When I first heard a performance by this English duo on MTV's Palladia HD, I immediately thought wow, that's really catchy and different. Are they a one-hit wonder or do they have the talent to play with this unique, off-beat vibe in other ways? Turns out the latter, as evidence by this clunker-free album and the rapid assault onto the UK Singles Chart.

I was concerned, actually, when I heard the opening riff on "That's Not My Name" because it sounded to me like a rehash of Toni Basil, which wouldn't have worked because "Hey Mickey" was never, er, "my thing," but the song goes in a different direction, and for a chart-topping, devil-may-care pop single it has an agreeable level of variety and complexity. It's my least favorite track on the album, but since it's also the most popular one, the band's certainly doing something right here.

The lyrics and videos are what they are, but White and De Martino have gobs of talent, and if they carry their raw, effervescent attitude and musical inventiveness through multiple albums, I think they'll easily find themselves in a position not unlike the B-52s. That is, wildly popular and probably rich. Good luck to them. If you have eclectic tastes and like to manage iPod playlists that range from Beethoven to Rush to, well, this, then I definitely suggest checking it out.

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Summary: Islands of awesomeness swimming in Eh
Comment: I really wanted to love this whole album after dying for the singles (and the band's cover of Happy Birthday, present, of course, on the Yo Gabba Gabba soundtrack). Alas, I can't call this one a play-through.

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Summary: Watch out, it's catching!
Comment: Somewhere between Toni Basil's "Oh Mickey" and The Beach Boys "Kokomo" (no, seriously), lies what may be the catchiest single of 2008--"That's Not My Name." I figured I needed to get that out of the way right off the bat. The song is kind of the 800-pound glob of goo on the CD--you can't deal with the rest of the album until you've dealt with it. It has all the elements of a great pop song--super catchy, easy-to-remember chorus suitable for shouting along with, a punchy beat suitable for doing a robot dance to, and lyrics that (if you bother to listen to them) are all about being treated poorly as a child. Yeah, it's pretty much a perfect pop song. I was worried when I bought this that it'd be a one-trick pony that would end up in a LaLa trade or at Half Price Books within a month, but the rest of the CD is a lot of fun. It's nine solid tracks of danceable, groovable indie pop. I realize there are 10 tracks on the CD. For me, the only "skip" track is "Impacilla Carpisung," which is too repetitive for my tastes. This is one of those albums that will not change your life, but it's solid pop fun that will give you something to dance to while you're changing your life.

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