Product Description
This contemporary, wiggle-dress-wearing trio merges the rich, layered harmonies and pristine pop of the classic Motown Records-era Girl Group sound with modern themes. We Are The Pipettes is a modern indie pop album, and a classic one at that. Having made a splash in the US with a sold-out club tour in June, a wave of early press from South By Southwest and beyond, and the EP/single release for Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me, The Pipettes are now poised to bring their timeless pop hooks and synchronized stage moves to the US with their debut LP, We Are the Pipettes.

1. We Are the Pipettes
2. Pull Shapes
3. Why Did You Stay?
4. Dirty Mind
5. It Hurts to See You Dance So Well
6. Judy
7. Winter's Sky
8. Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me
9. Tell Me What You Want
10. Because It's Not Love (But It's Still a Feeling)
11. Sex
12. One Night Stand
13. ABC
14. I Love You
15. Dance And Boogie (bonus track)
16. Baby, Just Be Yourself (bonus track)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VDDCH4/?tag=imwan-20

This is shockingly good stuff. MTV2 has been playing the video for "Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me" for a while, and from the first time I heard it, I couldn't get it out of my head! Kinda Phil Spector-ish with modern prodcution.
My wife loves the song, so I'll be getting this for her. Aren't I nice?

You're a doll, IP. Here's the video for that song:



Couple of other Pipettes videos:

Hey Linda, thanks for the videos.

This is really catchy stuff. It's pleasant surprises like this that make me grateful for joining IMWAN.

You're a doll, IP. Here's the video for that song:

Tell me something I don't know Linda! Hey-thanks for the other videos-I hope MTV2 will show them on Subterranean the last vestige of good videos there aside from the occassional good clip on Headbanger's Ball when they're not busy showing crappy Screamo and Cookie Monster bands (those are real genres sadly).
I had no idea The Pipettes had other vids-so thanks-the wife will watch these tomorrow!

I've had the import since last year. It's a fun listen and actually pretty good. I recommend it

During today's Jimbo Lunch, I got a free promo copy of the Pipettes' "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me" CD EP. For completists, it contains two non-lp tracks, including the amusingly-titled "Guess Who Ran Off With the Milkman?"



http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QGDJME/?tag=imwan-20

I'll be on the lookout for the regular CD.

The Pipettes' North American tour has gone awry, unfortunately:

http://www.nme.com/news/the-pipettes/31480



The Pipettes cancel majority of North American dates

Oct 1, 2007

The Pipettes have been forced to cancel many of their North American dates, which were scheduled to begin tomorrow (October 2) in Chicago.

The band have experienced problems with the issuing of their US work visas, but expect to make it to the US by October 25 where they will play seven confirmed shows on the west coast.

They are currently working on rescheduling the cancelled dates.

The band's album 'We Are The Pipettes' will be released tomorrow in the US.

The cancelled dates are:

Chicago, IL Park West (October 2)
Detroit, MI Magic Stick (3)
Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern (4)
Toronto, Ontario Opera House (5)
Montreal, Quebec Petit Campus (6)
New York, NY Fillmore @ Irving Plaza (8)
Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club (9)
Washington, DC 9:30 Club (10)
Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church (11)
Pittsburgh, PA TBA (13)
Nashville, TN Exit/In (15)
Atlanta, GA Vinyl (16)
Birmingham, AL Workplay Theater (17)
New Orleans, LA The Parish @ House of Blues (18)
Austin, TX The Parish (19)
San Antonio, TX TBA (20)
Dallas, TX Cambridge Room @ House of Blues (21)
Denver, CO Bluebird Theater (23)

They will play:

Los Angeles, CA Echoplex (25)
San Francisco, CA Bimbo's 365 Club (29)
Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom (31)
Seattle, WA Crocodile Café (November 1)
Eugene, OR John Henry's (2)
Vancouver, British Columbia Plaza Club (3)

I was disappointed to find that J&R had the CD priced at $11.99--two dollars higher than the list price. I'll just have to wait 'til it shows up at 'Rama.

All this talk about the Pipettes did inspire me to dig out CDs by Shampoo, All Saints, and Banarama, to revisit earlier UK girl groups. Viva la Megababes!

Why, oh why could I not have discovered this band two weeks ago?

I would have LOVED to see them at the Croc!

New video released last week for "Because It's Not Love (But It's Still A Feeling)."

Gwenno is now a redhead!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDs0_xw5Po0[/youtube]

As it turns out, We Are The Pipettes might be the only album ever worth getting by the group.

http://www.nme.com/news/the-pipettes/36031



The Pipettes lose two members

Apr 18, 2008

The Pipettes have lost two band members, having today (April 18) announced that vocalist RiotBecki and Rosay have left the band.

An official statement from the band said that the duo had left the group to pursue other musical pursuits. They have been replaced by two singers, named Ani and Anna.

The statement claimed that the former band members remain friends with the remaining Pipettes.

I bought the US version of their album, but I like the cover of the UK version better...But I digress.

The full "statement" can be read at http://www.thepipettes.com/ but this paragraph caught my eye--very Spinal Tap:

"People may be confused by such a drastic change in line-up but please rest assured - if we were to be an imitation of ourselves we would stop. Plus the Pipettes has more members come and go than major labels have A&R men, it's just another day in the office for us (plus we’ve got to go one better than the Sugababes)."

They also claim to be "demoing up 20-25 new songs, with an eye to recording a second album in the Summer."

Also on the official site is a vague "manifesto", which states "Let us make this our starting point and start here to tell our story, from whence we shall move both backwards and forwards (in historical terms, the two are never easy to separate anyway)."

Huh?

(Note to whoever or whatever the Pipettes consist of these days--what made the first CD so much fun was the utter lack of any intellectual pretension.)