D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
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D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat is the first album by Danish pop group Junior Senior to be released internationally. Junior Senior formed in 1998 when Jesper Mortensen (Junior) and Jeppe Laursen (Senior) got back together after their previous band Ludo-X broke up in 1995.
Chart Information and Critical Reaction
The band released D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat in 2003. The first single "Move your Feet" was the most played songs on Danish radio and eventually made the charts in 13 countries including Australia, France and Denmark. The follow up single "Rhythm Bandits" has made the singles charts in the UK and Australia.
The album was rated one of the top albums of 2003 by Rolling Stone, NME, Entertainment Weekly and Blender. The Sunday Chronicle in San Francisco rated Move your Feet as the single of the year calling it "the best song ever". In White Trash, Junior Senior stated it wanted to sing like Nancy Sinatra, play like Stevie Wonder and "show it has balls" like the New York Dolls.
The third single, "Shake Your Coconuts", can be found on the Looney Tunes: Back In Action soundtrack.
Track listing
- "Go Junior, Go Senior" - 2:56
- "Rhythm Bandits" - 2:48
- "Move your Feet" - 3:01
- "Chicks and Dicks" - 2:32
- "Shake your Coconuts" - 2:26
- "Boy meets girl" - 3:46
- "C'mon" - 3:11
- "Good Girl, Bad Boy" - 2:37
- "Shake me, Baby" 3:38
- "Dynamite" - 2:56
- "White Trash" - 3:01
The US album contains a live and dub mix of "Move Your Feet". All of the tracks were written by Junior.
Links
- Junior Senior Releases page (http://www.juniorsenior.com/releases.htm/)
- All Music Guide album page (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311071654390588&sql=Aii2zefek3gfj/)