We Started Nothing
by The Ting Tings
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    We Started Nothing comes packed with a peppy parade of songs likewise steeped in electro beats and chant-along vocals.
  2. Dot Music
    80
    We Started Nothing sounds exuberant and chiefly concerned with pleasing itself. Which--as is always the way--only makes it more pleasing to others.
  3. Mojo
    80
    The singles--'Fruit Machine,' 'Great DJ' amd the electro Krautrock of 'That's Not My Name'--are supported by the equally impressive 'Shut Up and Let Me Go' and closing title track, all bouncing beats, shiny samples and an invigorating knack for a pop tune. {june 2008, p.109]
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  5. Observer Music Monthly
    80
    The synth-punk shout-pop of this boy/girl duo was cobbled together in a Salford arts complex for a budget of zero pence. And--in a totally great way--it sounds like it.
  6. Filter
    72
    Every song on this record pulsates with so many heart-thumping beats per minute, you'd think this was some newfangled cardiovascular exercise for ravers. [Spring 2008, p.99]
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  7. The New York Times
    70
    The Ting Tings are crafty, not naive, but they can fabricate elation.
  8. Rolling Stone
    70
    On their full-length debut, the Ting Tings craft peppy New Wave that's relentlessly catchy.
  9. The A.V. Club
    67
    the album's inconsistency suggests that this heavily buzzing band--Nothing debuted at No. 1 in the UK--could've used a little extra time to finesse its spazzy sound into a more coherent pop treat.
  10. Prefix Magazine
    65
    As a four-track EP, this would have made for an indelibly catchy collection; as an album, it plays like four lone meatballs awash in a pot of bland noodles.

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User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 80 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 80
  3. Negative: 14 out of 80
  1. iamanicon
    May 24, 2011
    1
    I was expecting chanting anthemic thats not my name-esque bangers all the way through. Instead I got an album that disintegrated quicker thanI was expecting chanting anthemic thats not my name-esque bangers all the way through. Instead I got an album that disintegrated quicker than sugar in tea. Absolute DRIVEL.… Full Review »
  2. fabsrocha
    Jan 26, 2021
    9
    It's a great effort from Ting Tings. Sad that they didn't follow the same achivement on the following works.
  3. JefersonXCX
    Aug 20, 2017
    9
    "We Started Nothing" nos remete a um álbum com grandes referencias retrô. Nos bate uma nostalgia do EDM anos 80/90 que os críticos da época"We Started Nothing" nos remete a um álbum com grandes referencias retrô. Nos bate uma nostalgia do EDM anos 80/90 que os críticos da época não souberam interpretar. Certamente se este álbum fosse lançado nos dias atuais seria obviamente aclamado. Este é o melhor álbum da The Ting Tings sem dúvidas. Temos letras com batidas dançantes, temos uma baladinha dançante e contagiante, tipo aquelas de inicio de festas. Uma pena grandiosa a banda não ganhar o devido reconhecimento que realmente merece, com um álbum fantástico.… Full Review »
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