Music CD - Puppini Sisters: Betcha Bottom Dollar

	Music CD: Betcha Bottom Dollar Artist: Puppini Sisters List Price: $13.98 Our Price: $9.99 Your Save: $ 3.99 ( 29% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Verve Forecast
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Tracks: 1. Sisters 2. Mr. Sandman 3. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy 4. Java Jive 5. Bei Mir Bist Du Schon 6. Wuthering Heights 7. Jeepers Creepers 8. I Will Survive 9. Tu Vuo Fa L'Americano 10. Heart Of Glass 11. Sway 12. Panic 13. Heebie Jeebies 14. In The Mood
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0602498461709 Label: Verve Forecast Manufacturer: Verve Forecast Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Verve Forecast Release Date: 2007-05-01 Studio: Verve Forecast
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Very upbeat music Comment: I enjoy listening to the CD in the car, especially on long road trips as the music is fun and upbeat. Customer Rating: Summary: Move over, Andrews Sisters, the Puppinis are here to stay! Comment: '40s-inspired girl group The Puppini Sisters (Marcella Puppini, Stephanie O'Brien, and Kate Mullins) were originally inspired by the trio featured in the Quebecois animated film The Triplets of Belleville(Belleville composer Benoit Charest produces here), and take their tight harmonies from 1930s and 1940s swing-era bands such as the Andrews Sisters. Their debut Betcha Bottom Dollar is a blend of retro faves such as In the Mood, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Mr. Sandman, Sway, Tu Vuo Fa L'Americano and Bei Mir Bist Du Shon with '40s makeovers of new classics like Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights, Blondie's Heart of Glass and Gloria Gaynor's disco manifesto I Will Survive. The songs range from the playful, drip-brew slow Java Jive to a Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy on speed. The remakes of newer songs sound seamless and fresh, and fit in with the big band style on the rest of the CD. This may sound like a gimmick, but the girls are amply qualified: Marcella plays piano and accordion, Stephanie plays jazz fiddle, and the group's stunningly chic '40s fashions are the result of Marcella's career at Vivienne Westwood's design studio (Westwood's fashions are featured in the new video for Jilted from the Puppini Sisters' sophomore album The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo). Their harmonies sound absolutely stunning together, and the three are great performers live, adding the little synchronized flourishes that the Andrews Sisters and other bands used on stage. Fans of big band and 1940s female vocalists such as Peggy Lee, Doris Day, and the Andrews Sisters will feel right at home with the Puppini Sisters. Their debut album features more vintage material than their recent sophomore release The Rise & Fall of Ruby Woo, which is recent material such as Beyonce's Crazy in Love and Spooky along with original compositions by the girls. Customer Rating: Summary: They should stick with the standards Comment: It's not that these girls can't sing or harmonize, but they should stick with the standard swing jazz songs and not branch out into other territory. I Will Survive was barely passable, Heart of Glass was dreadful, and listening to them sing Panic (by the Smiths) made me want to gouge my eardrums out with a sharp knife. Panic is a dark, depressing song about rioting in England. These gals sang it like rioting and death is a fun thing. I have to admit that I did copy the song to my iPod just so I can let other people hear what is possibly the WORST cover song ever. Customer Rating: Summary: A Lot Of Fun Comment: The best parts of this album are where the Puppini Sisters sing modern songs, like Blondie's "Heart of Glass" or Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive." These remakes of contemporary hits appear in the 2nd half of the album. They're smart and fun. In the first half the sisters sing 1940s standards like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B." The Puppini Sisters don't distinguish themselves here. Frankly speaking, I'd rather hear the originals (by the Andrew Sisters, or Dolly Dawn, or Rosemary Clooney) or the later remakes by that great warhorse, Bette Midler. But if PS keep pumping out CDs with new versions of late 20th Century songs, I'll buy them. Customer Rating: Summary: thrilled me Comment: The Puppini Sisters have an album that absolutely thrilled me. These girls can sing without the studio "vocal enhancement" that so many singers have to rely on these days. The songs are known, beloved and happy. The only one I didn't like was Wuthering Heights but I didn't like it when Kate Bush did it either. I thought their Heart of Glass was more fun than the original and I played In the Mood over and over. I just loved it. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: From the first strains of the opening track, "Sisters," it's clear that Betcha Bottom Dollar is not a typical debut album. But then the Puppini Sisters are not a typical pop act, at least not in the 21st century. Their close, three-part harmonies are reminiscent of the vocal groups of the 1930s and 1940s, and particularly the Andrews Sisters. But rather than sounding like an anachronism, the Puppini Sisters merely demonstrate the timelessness of some of these songs. Betcha Bottom Dollar is fresh, fun and vibrant, blowing the dust off of cobwebby classics like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Mr. Sandman". Elsewhere, they also put their own unique stamp on more recent hits, with varying results. While Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights" and Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" fail to get things swinging, Blondie's "Heart of Glass" and the Smiths' "Panic" are both injected with a fresh new (old?) sound. Much credit must also be given to producer Benoit Charest, who manages to employ a whole host of instrumentation and orchestration, whilst never forgetting to put the voices of the Puppini Sisters front and centre. It might be easy to dismiss the Puppini Sisters' debut as another novelty album, but their intentions and love for the style--like their voices themselves--are crystal clear. --Robert Burrow