We Are The Pipettes
- The Pipettes
- Band Name: The Pipettes
- Record Label: Memphis Industries
- Release Date: Oct 2, 2007
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100Three polka-dotted women with perfectly suited voices front The Pipettes, but it's the work of mastermind Monster Bobby and the rest of the backing band that elevates these 16 nuggets far beyond the disposable pop implied by the setup.
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90'We Are The Pipettes' is perfection.
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84While We Are the Pipettes often swells and soars... it doesn't come near the symphonic grandeur of the best of 60s girl pop. At its best, however, these pocket-sized songs still burst with verve and vitality, mixing heart-pumping melodies with carefree, almost conversational vocals.
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And while every song contains allusions to forgotten surf rockish guitar chords and Duke Ellington violins, the real fun is in the way the Pipettes play off each other in harmony.
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82Not since Thee Headcoatees has English retro sounded so cute. [#25, p.92]
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The Pipettes are a one- trick poniesy for sure but they offer one hell of a ride. [#15]
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If not particularly important, We Are the Pipettes is both witty and filled with ear-catching melodies.
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80It's heavy on Motown basslines, dramatic strings and love affairs that thrive and die on the dance floor. But the victim culture of the girl group classics is replaced by a punk-edged, polka-dot feminism.
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80There's so much of this record that causes a big smile to split your face that it can't be described as anything other than a success.
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80Every song is laced with harmonies that will weave their way deep under your skin.
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Their debut album, released in the U.S. this week, proves that the Brighton lasses aren't only well constructed, but sharp and tough all on their own.
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We Are The Pipettes is possibly the only pure-pop record you need own this year.
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The Pipettes have none of Winehouse’s soul aspirations--just better songs and more sex.
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70A disco-swept dreamland. [Aug 2006, p.83]
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What is interesting about the Pipettes is that they're creating incredibly catchy, well-made pop music.... But their music could be something more.
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70Aside from the copious harmonies, what characterizes the Pipettes’ is a blend of rinky-dink instrumentation with an almost smug confidence in their concept, which allows them to carry it over without ever provoking the listener’s skepticism.
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Outwardly, We Are the Pipettes is fun, sweet, and attractive. If you hang around, it starts to feel brittle, frigid, bitchy, and weird.
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60Though more than pastiche, it's not pop genius yet either. [Aug 2006, p.114]
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50Trouble is, despite the band's concerted efforts to beef up and broaden their schtick with a radio-friendly production, too many aspects scream "novelty act".
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The record comes off as hokey.
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Faux-feminist tracks such as 'Dirty Mind' are more Austin Powers than Phil Spector, too self-conscious to hit the heart-bursting heights of the originals, too much a pastiche to forge anything new. [15 Jul 2006, p.37]
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40Almost succeeds through sheer force of personality. [Aug 2006, p.108]
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The Pipettes are only fresh in the sense that they've appropriated Spector-influenced girl-pop for a new era.
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martina.10I love them, great songs, great album, great band, different style, I like it, cute girls
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Andy6