| We Started Nothing | 
 enlarge | Artist: Ting Tings
Label: Columbia Records
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 82
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 886973133422
EAN: 0886973133422
ASIN: B0017PCXM0
Release Date: May 19, 2008
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 A guilty pleasure Ting October 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fun, funky and successful debut from the hot UK group with the onomatopoeic name. All the songs are original material, written and composed by the fresh and fabulous duo, and it's a great pity that the album is so short.
Turn on the radio at any time of the day, and before long you're probably going to hear either of the two really big singles from this album, or both of them. The single "Shut Up and Let Me Go" recently won the MTV Video Music Award for "Best UK Video", the other hot single being "That's Not My Name". "Great DJ" is yet another single, with "Be the One" scheduled for release soon. I recently received some PepsiStuff Points to buy an MP3 download from Amazon, and I had no hesitation in picking "Shut Up and Let Me Go"
Most of the tracks are cool, catchy and current, and although you can't honestly say that the lyrics are either deep or profound, you'll remember the infectious beats and at least you'll be able to sing along while you're dancing.
Fans of Brit pop will enjoy this album, but there are a couple of tracks that were just a little too trippy for my liking. Other than the singles mentioned above, you should also try "Keep Your Head" and "We Walk".
Buy the singles, if not the album, and prepare to shake your groove Ting.
Amanda Richards
 Don't knock it until you've tried it... September 22, 2008
It's not that bad I suppose. The main flaw this album carries is that most of the songs sound the same: the structure, rhythm, vocals and instruments have very little variation between tracks. Unfortunately this tends to be the case with a lot of Indie Pop albums, but I won't go into that.
I think the standout track on the album is probably the single "That's Not My Name" (which, to be fair, is probably why people buy the album). It's fun and catchy, although We Walk has quite a nice chorus as well. Mind you, because of the similarities throughout the album, if you love one of the songs you'll probably love the album, and the reverse if you loathe one of the songs.
Overall though I would have to say that I feel that the album will begin to bore people after a few plays. This music is probably best handled one song at a time, so if you're not buying this to fill space on your Ipod then perhaps just buy a single.
 A shake up for all the boring British bands of the moment September 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
OK lets cut to the chase. I was brought up with punk and I can say that the Ting Tings are the best thing that can happen to the over serious, retentive British music industry at the moment. They are quirky, fun and yes original. They are the perfect cure for the boring navel gazing crap that appears from bands such as the Kaiser Chiefs, the Killers, Babyshambles and most particularly the musically inept Artic Monkeys and the arrogant but retentive Kasabien.
The reason I like the Ting Tings is because I am fed up with listening to the dirges produced by the bands named above (and others). Its boring!
Oh and if you want to see hype in action - look at Coldplay - utterly bland and the whole group takes themselves far to seriously. Next thing Chris Martin will be like Bono from U2 giving us lectures about global warming and other subjects he knows nothing about.
I have heard that Chris Moyles from Radio One does not like the Ting Tings and that for me is about the best recommendation I have for buying this CD.
punky!!!! September 2, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
On first listen this reminded me of very early 80's Culture Club beats with early Kim Wilde vocals mixed with loads of funk!! Then it hit me, that The Ting Tings are a reincarnated Transvision Vamp, with the punky / rocky edge!! It's gonna take a few listens to get me hooked but the tracks Great DJ, the huge No.1 single That's Not My Name and Shut Up And Let Me Go are so full of attitude and funk they over-power everything else what's on the cd - worth a listen definately - not a bad cd, and they sound like nothing else around at this moment in time.
Marmite August 31, 2008
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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