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The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing (Columbia)

Andy Gill, The Independent, 16 May 2008

IF THERE'S A more immediately catchy single than 'That's Not My Name' released this year, it will have to be recorded with Velcro instruments on a disc made of glue. It's one of the more inevitable chart-toppers of recent times, though it has taken virtually a year to realise this destiny, having been originally issued last May on a tiny indie.

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