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If you plotted hopes for The Ting Tings’ second album on a graph, the result would be a drawn-out, four-year nosedive. After the boisterous, day-glo brilliance of their 2008 debut, We Started Nothing, the odd-couple duo seemed like one of UK pop’s brightest prospects. Then they announced their second album would be called Kunst, an instantly-wearisome joke that suggested sneery disdain for their pop fanbase, and they became mired in lengthy recording sessions in Berlin, that clichéd halfway house for disillusioned ‘serious’ artists. After dramatically abandoning a whole album of material, the question changed from "will the new album be good?" to "will it ever exist?".
Now it’s finally arrived, it seems reasonable to approach Sounds From Nowheresville with caution, particularly given the hideous cover image of a skeletonised Katie White and Jules de Martino. It might as well be daubed in blood and excreta, announcing "Pop Fans Stay Away". Which is plain bloody-mindedness because – despite its eclectic genre-hopping and snotty art-punk attitude – this is first and foremost a pop album (indeed, one song, the strumming, breathy Day to Day, sounds like a 99% DNA match for It’s OK!, by those revered art-house rebels Atomic Kitten).
The good news is that Sounds From Nowheresville is also a very enjoyable pop album. Opener Silence is a sleek scene-setter, carried along by a slow-burning electro throb and a White vocal that is cool and sweet as ice cream. It’s swiftly followed by Hit Me Down Sonny and Hang It Up, two propulsive blasts of elasticated pop funk which recapture the energy and bratty assurance of their debut, without ever quite relocating the killer choruses.
Elsewhere the album has an intentionally restless ‘playlist’ feel, though it often sounds like a playlist assembled half drunk. Guggenheim fuses beatnik-y spoken word verses with a splenetic punky chorus and narrowly succeeds through sheer eccentric charm, while the fidgety garage rock of Give It Back propels the listener along irresistibly. Less successfully, Soul Killing’s ingredients of a bright reggae groove and fidgety vocal hooks never quite add up to a satisfying dish, while the melodramatic, Spanish-tinged ballad In Your Life is more sketch than song.
Sounds From Nowheresville is neither the Klaxons-style second album catastrophe that seemed increasingly likely, nor the step forward into pop greatness that once seemed possible. It’s fun, but not a lot to show for four years work. If the duo wants to live up to that initial promise, they will need to up their game and their work rate.
--Jaime Gill
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LTD.DELUXE EDIT.DISC 11. SILENCE2. HIT ME DOWN SONNY3. HANG IT UP4. GIVE IT BACK5. GUGGENHEIM6. SOUL KILLING7. ONE BY ONE8. DAY TO DAY9. HELP10. IN YOUR LIFE11. SILENCE - BAG RAIDERS REMIX12. HANG IT UP - INERTIA REMIX13. GIVE IT BACK - DEMO14. HANG IT UP - ABACUS and#38; VARGAS and#039;PREDATORand#039; REMIX15. HANDS16. GUGGENHEIM - GOT IT RIGHT MIX17. HANG IT UP - SHOOK REMIX18. AINand#039;T GOT SHIT19. HANG IT UP - CKB REMIX
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Crowy
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
When The Tings Tings first appeared on the scene they were fun, they were hip, they had imagination and they had some catchy pop songs. They also have a good look. Everything was in their favour. So expectations for their second album comes pretty high.
If i was to listen to the reviews of this album then i would have missed out on a super sounding album. Admittedly it is a more polished version of their first one which is no bad thing. More importantly it is still fun, still fresh and it still provides you with a blast of catchy pop tunes. Also the more i listen to it the more i think it captures some of the energy that the band project during their live performances.
I just wish the band were more prolific and released more material. I hope we don't have to wait another 4 years before the next album.
Anybody who has listened to the poor reviews and didn't purchase the album are certainly missing out on a treat !
It's still cool to like The Ting Tings...........
If i was to listen to the reviews of this album then i would have missed out on a super sounding album. Admittedly it is a more polished version of their first one which is no bad thing. More importantly it is still fun, still fresh and it still provides you with a blast of catchy pop tunes. Also the more i listen to it the more i think it captures some of the energy that the band project during their live performances.
I just wish the band were more prolific and released more material. I hope we don't have to wait another 4 years before the next album.
Anybody who has listened to the poor reviews and didn't purchase the album are certainly missing out on a treat !
It's still cool to like The Ting Tings...........
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
'We started nothing', for me was great but the reviews suggest that The Ting Tings have got themselves a hate club?
Unlike the debut however, Sounds from Nowheresville, lives up to its name. Fantastic opening tracks have you thinking they've got an album full of catchy tracks that they have most definitely proved to be capable of. But no, after track 4 things fall apart for me. In 4 years unfortunately, The Tings Tings have only managed to come of with 33 mins of a mixed bag. Unfortunately, in 2012 this just isn't good enough to survive. Big shame.
Passive Me, Aggressive You
If you're looking for slightly similar style but way way better.
Unlike the debut however, Sounds from Nowheresville, lives up to its name. Fantastic opening tracks have you thinking they've got an album full of catchy tracks that they have most definitely proved to be capable of. But no, after track 4 things fall apart for me. In 4 years unfortunately, The Tings Tings have only managed to come of with 33 mins of a mixed bag. Unfortunately, in 2012 this just isn't good enough to survive. Big shame.
Passive Me, Aggressive You
If you're looking for slightly similar style but way way better.
By A. M. Davies
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Whilst not their best I felt it a shame that it was so low-priced on Amazon. I would have paid more than £2 (?) happily, but then I won't complain about saving money on the real thing! Plently of tunes, including half the CD filled with remixes which weren't simply a different back song but generally good. Stand out song for me is Soul killing with it's beat and happy context.
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Deluxe Edition Tracks Are The Best Thing On This Album
I find Ting Tings' album Sounds From Nowheresville an odd one. With the exception of Standard track 'Hang It Up' the rest of the standard tracks lack much likability, some sound... Read more
Published 5 months ago by DeclanJay
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ting Tings - Sounds from Nowheresville
Excellent album - came on time as expected. Would definately buy more of their material. Also bought the same CD for a family member for Christmas.
Published 5 months ago by Disco 72
4.0 out of 5 stars
Grows on you (well it did me)
Their first album was one of those brilliant first albums which bands seem to be able to do, because they've a shedload of material to draw on, but the second album is always a... Read more
Published 11 months ago by M. Saxby
4.0 out of 5 stars
Welcome new sounds
It's taken 3 and a half years to release their 2nd album. After the success of the 1st album with it's catchy songs they released the single Hands mixed by Calvin Harris back in... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Matt182
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pleasant Surpise
After reading a few poor reviews of this album I wasn't holding up too much hope for it, although I bought it anyway. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Myshkin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible
Reviewed said single but never got round to the album. Well, it`s a bloody amazing one from the said Ting Tings. Read more
Published 12 months ago by LM
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well worth the wait, love it.
This album offers the listener an aural delight, I love it. Was given Started Something as a gift having been impressed by their performance at Glastonbury a few years ago and was... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Lynn H
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Ting Tings Grow Up and Cock a Snoot at X-Factor Chartsville
A great album of diverse styles which is a really grower.
I bought this CD when it came out, despite some horrible reviews. Read more
I bought this CD when it came out, despite some horrible reviews. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Vilson
5.0 out of 5 stars
WORDS FROM THEIR NOWHERESVILLE UP THEIR BUMSVILLE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE THREE STAR RATING?! It's very rarely I write reviews on these sites concerning a specific record as everybody acquires to different tastes. Read more
Published 13 months ago by jackNblonde
5.0 out of 5 stars
new material and better music
The Ting Tings first album was called We Started Nothing which was an amazing first album (9/10 )but now they have reached 10/10 .The new songs really suits their style. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Louis
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