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$10.79 - We Started Nothing
Product DescriptionWe 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.
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
Most Recent Customer ReviewsDate : 2010-03-09
Summary : sadly only one song was good
Only got for the one song anyway. Listened to the whole cd and found it had a couple with a good beat but the words made it unenjoyable. Made me pause and go "WHAT the heck are they talking about".
Date : 2010-02-18
Summary : we started nothing
I heard and saw the ting ting for the first time on SNL and I loved the and ordered the cd.I love it!!\
Date : 2010-02-10
Summary : Fun and with a meaning... for those who get it
The music is fun,upbeat, it's british pop. I don't agree with the people who gave it one star only. You either get it or you don't... they didn't. The lyrics don't have to be deep in order to have a meaning, or use complex words, you can communicate with methaphors,irony, and even just sounds. You don't have to take everything literally. So listen again and try to understand. Good cd, i love the ting tings and if you see them on stage its amazing, they both have so much energy and are down to earth.
Date : 2010-02-05
Summary : Ting Tings Have That Beat
The only thing wrong with the album "We Started Nothing" is there are only 10 songs. I'm looking forward to their next release.... just can't get enough of this "Rock Pop" duo. Speaking of duo... I recently heard them again on a TV show and could tell the difference between their performance and their recorded music. Both are great but the TV appearance lacked the background tracks... still it was *very* good and the first place I heard them which led to my buying the album. I've seen Katie White not only perform vocals but also guitar, drums and other insturments.
Definitely music you will feel in your bones and have you wanting to move them. The voice of Katie White has that unusally good sound and is one often missed in the "sound the same" world. A rarity is that I like *all* tracks on the album. It's too often that most, some or occasionally only the hit track on an album are great.
Date : 2010-01-28
Summary : Best Album I've Bought In The Last Two Years
I bought this because I fell in love with "Great DJ". I haven't stopped listening since. You either get it or you don't. If you don't, that's ok, too
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