2008-5-14 14:00
Allenkoby
[0514] The Ting Tings : We Started Nothing [Pop / Rock]
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[color=blue]专辑名称：We Started Nothing
歌手姓名：The Ting Tings
唱片公司：Columbia
发行日期：2008年5月19日
专辑流派：Pop / Rock
专辑语言：英语
文件内容：mp3 vbr 50 MB[/color]
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By not making their minds up as to what sort of a band they want to present
themselves as, The Ting Tings come unstuck on their debut album by treading a
middle ground between dizzying toxic pop and dirty, scratchy indie. We Started
Nothing is a lot of gloss short of being a full-blown glitzy behemoth a la all
those Timbaland- and Pharrell-collaborating divas, and too clean to mix it up
with the likes of the similarly structured but infinitely sexier The Kills. It抯
a flat-sounding exercise in maximising a limited palette of inspiration,
fleshed-out in a way that finds its few highlights suffocated by banal
repetition and amateurish compositional ability.
Its reception on a critical level can抰 be aided by 慣hat抯 Not My Name? an
appalling pre-LP single in the context of what else is on offer here,
essentially a five-minute intro to a much bigger song that never emerges. Better
is the only other standalone to date, 慓reat DJ? a sweet and sour stroll
through the mundane weekend excesses of regional revellers a not-so-super club
short of ever having a night of their lives, which begins these ten tracks. When
vocalist Katie White keeps her lyrics playfully nonsensical there抯 a definite
charm to her ?the album抯 opener is a neat enough example of this, nagging
揳h-ah-ah攕 burrowing the song into the listener抯 skull. Less brilliant is when
she抯 getting bitchy: 揝hut Up And Let Me Go?(as heard on ads for iPods), among
this record抯 better-arranged pieces as it presents a funk-infused guitar line
or two to the fore, suffers from White抯 unconvincing tough-gal attitude.
Unlike the relationship between Crystal Castles?Alice Glass and Ethan Kath,
where the female singer plays only a supporting role on the band抯
similarly-hyped debut record, White and comparable 慻uy at the back?Jules De
Martino share a relatively equal billing here, and both showcase strengths. De
Martino handles production duties decently, and although the final mix has been
tidied by stateside hired hand Dave Sardy you抳e got to show the backroom half
of The Ting Tings some respect for guiding this project through 憈il (near
enough) completion himself; clearly it抯 something he very much believes in.
White抯 an ever present across the ten songs, and while her contributions vary
in terms of effectiveness her appearances lend We Started Nothing necessary
cohesion. Her most-striking shrieks irk, but when she softens her sometimes
shrill tones down somewhat you get the impression there抯 a pop princess inside
her super-trendy exterior desperate to be heard.
The pair come together vocally a handful of times on We Started Nothing, 態e The
One?an endearingly simplistic indie-pop head-nodder in the vein of early-era
Cardigans; elsewhere, 慦e Walk?is a lush ballad in hiding that抯 too scared to
show its true spots for fear it抣l be laughed out of town by cool-as indie
types, its incessant cowbell effects eventually tiring the attention despite the
album抯 most heartfelt vocal from White. 慣raffic Light?is almost jazzy of
structure, and makes for an enjoyable diversion from the hammered-home
percussion evident on the majority of these songs.
But these glimpses of something unexpected are few and far between, much of We
Started Nothing tonally muddled into a weird new form of MOR: cool for five
minutes amongst the fashionable crowd but unlikely to reach audiences beyond
those fascinated with the hot and happening. There抯 not enough meat to these
bones to tempt fans of the biggest female pop stars around, and by seemingly
resisting the call to add a little excess to proceedings The Ting Tings have
accidentally constructed their own glass ceiling. How high is it, exactly? I
don抰 know, but they抮e likely to strike it soon unless they raise their game on
a swift-turnaround second LP.[/color]
[color=green]The Ting Tings are an English indie/electronic band, consisting of two members: Jules De Martino (drums, vocals) and Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drum). They formed in 2006 while based at Islington Mill, Salford.
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1. Great DJ 3:23
2. That's Not My Name 5:12
3. Fruit Machine 2:54
4. Traffic Light 2:59
5. Shut Up and Let Me Go 2:52
6. Keep Your Head 3:23
7. Be The One 2:58
8. We Walk 4:05
9. Impacilla Carpisung 3:41
10. We Started Nothing 6:22[/color][color=crimson][/color]
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