We Started Nothing

We Started Nothing
Studio album by
the Ting Tings
Released16 May 2008 (2008-05-16)
Recorded2007–2008 in Salford
GenreArt pop[1]
Length37:47
LabelColumbia
ProducerJules De Martino
The Ting Tings chronology
We Started Nothing
(2008) 		Sounds from Nowheresville
(2012)
Alternative cover
International cover
Singles from We Started Nothing
  1. "That's Not My Name" / "Great DJ"
    Released: 28 May 2007
  2. "Fruit Machine"
    Released: 19 November 2007
  3. "Great DJ"
    Released: 3 March 2008
  4. "That's Not My Name"
    Released: 12 May 2008
  5. "Shut Up and Let Me Go"
    Released: 21 July 2008
  6. "Be the One"
    Released: 13 October 2008
  7. "We Walk"
    Released: 23 February 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubB−[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[5]
The Guardian[6]
Mojo[7]
NME6/10[8]
Pitchfork3.8/10[9]
Q[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
The Times[12]

We Started Nothing is the debut studio album by English indie pop duo the Ting Tings, released on 16 May 2008 by Columbia Records. The US edition has a different cover image in several background colours. The album was also released in the United Kingdom on red vinyl limited to 2,000 copies. The US vinyl version is a standard black vinyl pressing. As of November 2014, We Started Nothing had sold 639,876 copies in the United Kingdom.[13]

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  2. ^ "Reviews for We Started Nothing by The Ting Tings". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  3. ^ Phares, Heather. "We Started Nothing – The Ting Tings". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  4. ^ Koski, Genevieve (16 June 2008). "The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  5. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (30 May 2008). "We Started Nothing". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  6. ^ Petridis, Alexis (16 May 2008). "The Ting Tings, We Started Nothing". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
  7. ^ "The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing". Mojo. No. 175. June 2008. p. 109. ISSN 1351-0193.
  8. ^ Fullerton, Jamie (15 May 2008). "The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing". NME. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  9. ^ Moerder, Adam (19 June 2008). "The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  10. ^ "The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing". Q. No. 263. June 2008. p. 143. ISSN 0955-4955.
  11. ^ Endelman, Michael (12 June 2008). "We Started Nothing : The Ting Tings". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 5 April 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
  12. ^ Elan, Priya (17 May 2008). "The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing". The Times. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference UK-sales was invoked but never defined (see the help page).