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Label Fortuna Pop
Release Date Nov 16, 2010
Genre: Indie Pop

01 – Call Me


02 – Ain’t No Talkin’
03 – Thank You
04 – I Need A Little Time
05 – History
06 – I Always Planned To Stay
07 – Stop The Music


08 – I Vibe U
09 – Our Love Was Saved By Spacemen


10 – Finding My Way
11 – Captain Rhythm
12 – From Today





So many changes have taken place since the release of the Pipettes' previous album that sorting it out is just too much of a pain. All you really need to know is that members of the group have come and gone and their sound has changed from girl group imitators to disco-pop acolytes. The constant behind the group, songwriter and ringleader Monster Bobby, is still there, still calling the shots on Earth vs. the Pipettes. His decision to leave the girl group sound behind was actually a wise one. Despite the tunes often being quite good, there was something off about the presentation. They seemed trapped between wanting to emulate the sound exactly and trying to add something more modern to the mix, which left them in limbo. The new approach is more blatantly pop and newfangled. Working with producer Martin Rushent (no stranger to ultra-pop with a wink, having worked with Human League and Altered Images), Monster Bobby and the two remaining Ettes, Gwenno and Ani, have crafted just about the shiniest, sleekest girl-pop record you could imagine. Like ABBA with some sass, the Spice Girls with tunes, or Bananarama with pitch, the Pipettes breeze through a batch of escapist, lightweight dance-pop like they were strolling through a sunswept meadow. The shimmering strings and pulsating beats of disco serve as the basis for most of the songs, though guitars and the occasional rock & roll drumbeat get a look-in from time to time. Gwenno and Ani are both strong vocalists, imbuing the songs with just enough passion to keep things at a low boil, but not enough to distract. When they join in harmony, they sound like angels riding the wings of a jet plane. The lead singles "Call Me" and "Stop the Music" and the cute novelty track "Our Love Was Saved by Spacemen" are the best songs on the record, but the rest isn't too far behind. Though almost nothing on the record will appeal to the people who liked their earlier work because of the girl group connection, fans of cotton-candied pop sung by girls who sound like they live on a diet of helium and gummy bears will find Earth vs. the Pipettes just about perfect. ~ Tim Sendra

In their first incarnation, donning polka dot dresses and referencing the girl groups of the late fifties in the heyday of skinny tie indie music, The Pipettes had remarkable success. A top ten album in Japan where the single 'Pull Shapes' was only kept off the number one spot by J-Lo, top ten radio positions all across Europe, two Top Forty hits in the UK and a Top Ten in the US billboard indies. They played on the main stages at Reading and Glastonbury and sold a heap of records. Since then they've been working on their new album with the legendary Martin Rushent, producer of The Stranglers, The Buzzcocks, Shirley Bassey, and, most famously, The Human League's 'Dare'. Now the polka-dot dresses have been swapped for alien chic, and The PIpettes have emerged as a two-girl fronted, six-piece pop band. 'Earth Vs The Pipettes' is chockfull of classic influences and killer pop songs, knocked out by a bunch of pop theorists from Brighton, a pair of golden voices from the valleys and a hibernating genius of a producer. Once again The Pipettes are ready to use the past to trail blaze into the future!

Arrangers: The Pipettes; Martin Rushent.Paste (magazine) - "EARTH VS. PIPETTES is a dance record, featuring a dozen songs culled from a sleek mix of disco, Euro-pop, and New Wave..."