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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886973133422
Format: Import
Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Phantom Sound & Vision
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Sales Rank: 88883
Studio: Phantom Sound & Vision
Disc 1:- Great DJ
- That's Not My Name
- Fruit Machine
- Traffic Light
- Shut Up and Let Me Go
- Keep Your Head
- We Walk
- Be the One
- Impacilla Carpisung
- We Started Nothing
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Editorial Review:
Album Description:
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.
Amazon.co.uk:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Great album!
These songs come on... and I start jumping around the room like the dork I am deep, deep inside. And you will too. Or at least you should, because these songs are great, dancy, fun, minimalist ditties.
Sure, the singles stand out stronger than most of the other tracks here, but the rest of the tracks all have the same feel... the same vein. They're all enjoyable. The closest comparison I can make is to the B-52s song "52 Girls."
I could, can, and will listen to this ... Read More
Rating:  - Just Buy the Singles...
...I really should have kept to buying their singles on iTunes. The rest of the album is a slight departure from the three funky, dance, hits: "Great DJ, "That's Not My Name", and "Shut Up..."
The rest of the album is forgettable, and if you actually bought the whole thing, expecting amazing music- regrettable.
I'm usually reluctant buying whole album from new artists that I've only heard a few songs from, and this is exactly why.
Rating:  - Great Suprise
I first became interested in this group after seeing them on the Craig Ferguson Show. After sampling their songs on Amazon I decided to purchase the album. It was a great suprise! While it is not the type of music that I usually listen to, I am completely hooked! The beats are infectious and the lyrics are fun and addictive. I find myself humming the tunes in my head all day long. The music reminds me of the best dance/punk songs from the late 80's and 90's. The best word to describe this album is ... Read More
Rating: - Awesome CD
The Ting-Tings rock! They have such a unique sound--like a mixture of something from the 60's-70's mod-style world mixed with modern elements. The female singer has such a cute voice and she dominates most of the tracks. Fun, happy music--a great escape.
Rating: - It's about time
Well it's about time there's artists like The Ting Tings being noticed in the mainstream. Before they came along I've given up on listening to the radio when all they play is from mindless Britney Spears to winy voice of My Chemical Romance. I'm beginning to wonder about the scouts and major labels that sign up these people. Have they given up on real talent and just decided to only label bands and singers that sound alike? Where the music is based on meaningless non-melodic sound of distorted guitars ... Read More
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EAN: 0886973133422
Format: Import
Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Phantom Sound & Vision
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Sales Rank: 88883
Studio: Phantom Sound & Vision