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~ The Ting Tings
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Product details

  • Audio CD (3 Jun 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony Japan
  • ASIN: B0018OAPI4
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 87,508 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

1. Great DJ
2. That's Not My Name
3. Fruit Machine
4. Traffic Light
5. Shut Up and Let Me Go
6. Keep Your Head
7. Be the One
8. We Walk
9. Impacilla Carpisung
10. We Started Nothing

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Amazon.co.uk Review

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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars They started something!, 25 Jan 2009
This review is from: We Started Nothing (Audio CD)
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.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars I like it. How bizarre., 17 Mar 2009
By Eric Ambleside (North Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Started Nothing (Audio CD)
I actually like this CD. I'm stunned.

The first time I heard The absurdly named Ting Tings I merely raised my eyes skyward and moved on. Somewhere along the line however, I heard a couple of tracks I liked and here I am!

Like The White Stripes, but with better tunes. How about a name change though? Squeaky and Thumpy?
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4.0 out of 5 stars Marmite, 31 Aug 2008
By O. Neale (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Started Nothing (Audio CD)
This is one of those pop groups that divide opinion along pre-determined lines. For some, this group's work is a dreadful indictment of everything wrong with pop music. For others, it is the greatest record of the decade. Well, it's not THAT good, but anyone who dislikes it so vehemently as some reviewers here must not have a cheerful atom in their body. The first two songs are basically perfect. The rest of the record can be judged by how you view these two singles. If you like these, you'll like the rest. Shut Up and Let Me Go is also pop genius. Traffic Light is floaty enough to be inoffensive. Keep Your Head is buoyed by a nice chorus. My favourite song on the whole album is Impacilla Carpsung, a tune with few discernible lyrics, but, rather like the work of the Cocteau Twins, manages to be remarkable anyway.

Lauren Laverne of the Culture Show has the idea that the best pop songs are ones designed for a guy to be able to dance to with a girl. Every song hear fits that criterium perfectly. It's not emotionally engaging - in fact, at times, it feels cold and efficient. But these guys are veterans of pop. It is a clean, shiny, piece of perfect pop. It may not stand the test of time, but then, in pop music, what does?
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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
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I like the album a lot , it reminds me of many of the good things that came from the eigthies . Not sure they'd thank me for that but it's my opinion .
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4.0 out of 5 stars my opinion
a very good cd it lived up to expectations on hearing several tracks before hand
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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.
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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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I downloaded it because it was cheap and i new 1 track on the album, but what a great album, well worth it.
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Happy, catchy, fun, cool, pop!! Love the singles 'great DJ', 'shut up and let me go' and 'thats not my name' . Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars LIGHTEN UP A BIT!!!
Why are people taking the Ting Tings so seriously? Its a great album, ok its not trying to send a message or be mind blowingly intelligent its just a simple album with simple... Read more
Published 12 months ago by NELLY

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