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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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THE TING TINGS We Started Nothing (2008 UK 10-track CD album - A deliriously appealing mix of Go-Gos beat pop clubbier beats and Katies grippingly rankled vocal delivery The Ting Tings fashioned their entire album in six weeks at The Mill; its a rollercoaster mash up of energy anger and pure pop arousal; including the singles Great DJ Thats Not My Name Shut Up And Let Me Go Be The One and We Walk.)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Maria Savva
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I love this album, it's the best album from a new band for a very long time. I don't know if it's pop, indie, disco, dance or all of those things... I don't think this is an album that asks you to take it too seriously, it's just great fun! All the songs are fantastic. If you like 'That's not my name' you'll love this album. It's one of those albums you can just put on and play without skipping over the bad tracks. Every music lover should have this in their collection. It sounds like it's 80s influenced but is very much of its time. A real gem.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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My inner music snob should despise this slice of british catchy hock riddled pop, but i don't. There is a simple reason that this album has done so well, it is very good! Unpretentious and with just enough originality on its side, this album deserves it's popularity. Ok so the vocals can be occasionally a little nasal, and the lyrics a little odd, but underneath all the pop chart sheen and multiple appearances on T4, there are real signs of talent and song writing ability here.
Free of any radical ideas or a pompous mission statement, the Ting Tings are refreshing and cheerful and at only 10 tracks long, the album is devoid of padding. In total five singles have been released from this album, which when you consider this is half the tracks on the CD and those singles are all strong enough to stand up in their own right, that is quite some acheivement for a debut release, even the much hyped Arctic Monkeys didnt acheive this.
It bothers me not if we never hear from the Ting Tings again after this album, that they will never fill a stadium, conquer the world (or preach to us how to save it, or sell us a t-shirt with a right-on slogan), but that is the appeal here, catchy bright and memorable music for the moment. Lighten up and enjoy.
Free of any radical ideas or a pompous mission statement, the Ting Tings are refreshing and cheerful and at only 10 tracks long, the album is devoid of padding. In total five singles have been released from this album, which when you consider this is half the tracks on the CD and those singles are all strong enough to stand up in their own right, that is quite some acheivement for a debut release, even the much hyped Arctic Monkeys didnt acheive this.
It bothers me not if we never hear from the Ting Tings again after this album, that they will never fill a stadium, conquer the world (or preach to us how to save it, or sell us a t-shirt with a right-on slogan), but that is the appeal here, catchy bright and memorable music for the moment. Lighten up and enjoy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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God knows where I picked up on The Ting Tings, but this is rather fun - an up-dated Altered Images/Primitives bubblegum pop outing with all the attitude of Transvision Vamp. It opens with the fizzy/poppy "Great DJ" and the rappy in-your-face "That's Not My Name" and there's plenty of variety to follow - "Traffic Light" sounds fluffy and inconsequential but I spotted an intriguing and distinct flavour of the Velvet Underground and Nico (I'm Sticking With You). "Shut Up And Let Me Go" is power-funky, "Keep Your Head" is punky and "We Started Nothing" is spunky. The title track is possibly my favourite on the album - rhythmic and persistent with a jazzy/bluesy horn-line - it's a fantastic work-out track.
A friend of mine described the Ting Tings as "repetetive and irritating". Possibly fair comment and they certainly could be accused of being more than a little derivative. Lightweight, superficial? Maybe. But if you want to catch me dancing 'round my kitchen, singing (badly off-key) into a soup ladle, this is the album that you're most likely to find in the CD player at the moment.
A friend of mine described the Ting Tings as "repetetive and irritating". Possibly fair comment and they certainly could be accused of being more than a little derivative. Lightweight, superficial? Maybe. But if you want to catch me dancing 'round my kitchen, singing (badly off-key) into a soup ladle, this is the album that you're most likely to find in the CD player at the moment.
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Amazing style
This is the Ting Tings first album and a really good one too .They have done so much recently putting songs on Myspace and Youtube and they have been so busy in the studio lately... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Louis
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A girl and a drummer!
When I first heard the Tings tings it was way back in April 2008 when I saw the video for That's not my name. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Matt182
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Great Value
I heard "That's Not My Name" and loved it. Looked them up on youtube and I am not disappointed. Good 2-piece band. Great value for money MP3 album.
Published 16 months ago by M. Parsons
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More!
Fun and funky. The debut album of the Ting Tings. Already a mainstay for adverts and programmes with their fresh new sound the videos are also weird and wacky. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Jackiesmackie
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AMAZING <<<< THAT'S THEIR NAME! THAT'S THEIR NAME!
I love The Ting Tings so much.
They are amazing live and EVERY song on this album is... so enjoyable. Read more
They are amazing live and EVERY song on this album is... so enjoyable. Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2010 by Mr. J. O. E. Reed
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This album was a good dance, sing along cd and good for the car, the best song of course is "its not my name" i must of played it a 100 times. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2010 by Ms. A. J. Tinkler
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fab album
Love this cd, get on the road with your roof off and the sound maxed up. Brilliant
Published on 9 Sep 2009 by P. As Need
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my opinion
a very good cd it lived up to expectations on hearing several tracks before hand
Published on 29 July 2009 by G. Barker
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Ting Tings R Tops
A fantastic pop album with around half a dozen top tunes. Easy listening, catchy tunes, a lovely voice and some quirky lyrics to boot. I'd highly recommend the album.
Published on 26 Mar 2009 by CRAIG E. MILLWARD
3.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining fluff when the mood takes you
First of all, I absolutely love "That's Not My Name". There - I said it.
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Published on 20 Mar 2009 by Peter Lee
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