The Ditty Bops

by Warner Bros / Wea

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Release Date:2004-10-26
Label:Warner Bros / Wea
UPC:093624865728
Binding:Audio CD
Published By:Warner Bros / Wea
ASIN:B00063MCKW
Category:Music

Tracks on The Ditty Bops by Warner Bros / Wea

  1. Walk or Ride
  2. Wishful Thinking
  3. Ooh La La
  4. Sister Kate
  5. Breeze Black Night
  6. Gentle Sheep
  7. Pale Yellow
  8. Four Left FEet
  9. There's A Girl
  10. Unfortunate Few
  11. Short Stacks
  12. Wake Up

Editorial Reviews and Product Descriptions

Album Description

When Mitchell Froom (Suzanne Vega, Crowded House, Elvis Costello) produces a debut album, it is well worth taking notice. Thanks to their strangely beautiful voices, magnetic personalities, brilliant playing,bizarre storytelling and stunningly diverse range,The Ditty Bops —the duo of Amanda Barrett and Abby DeWald —earned his attention. A musical celebration embracing everything from contemporary folk pop to ragtime to musical theater, their self-titled debut is as gloriously unique as their name.
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As charming as the McGarrigle Sisters and pulsating as a scaled-down Lucious Jackson, Los Angeles duo The Ditty Bops call upon a 20th century grab bag of musical trends for the dozen songs that make up their eccentric debut album. Abby DeWald (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Amanda Barrett (vocals, mandolin, dulcimer) employ their effortless harmonies as instruments as they sashay through an influential spectrum that spans Bix Beiderbecke’s swinging twenties, through the Hot Club Quintet of France by way of Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, and into the contemporary experimentation of producer Mitchell Froom (Elvis Costello, Suzanne Vega). The lyrics may never garner a Walt Whitman prize ("Why does blood turn brown when it dries?" and "Why can’t white people play the blues?" the Bops wonder in "Wishful Thinking"), but they do offer the perfect, sing-a-long complement for the twosome’s intoxicating, foot-tapping melodies. Give the record three spins. You’ll know every song. --Scott Holter

Customer Reviews

AHHHH The Magical Ditty Bops - Reviewed on 2008-10-15
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After listening over and over to the first Ditty Bop CD I bought, Moon Over The Freeway, I knew I had to buy another. These girls harmonize and play their instruments with such a quirky, old fashion sound, that I would love to sing with them.

I sang once with the Sweet Adelines. We did a lot of harmony, it's hard work. The Ditty Bops make it sound like it's second nature for them. If they came to town, I be the first in line to by tickets. This is their first CD and I can tell the writing skills have grown with time.

My favorite cuts are Wishful Thinking, so much fun. And There's a Girl which for some reason reminds me of a Mama's and Papa's song. Then there is the cut I had heard before, Sister Kate, the old melody they made there own. I jazzercise to this song. (Also to Fish To Fry, on the Moon Over Freeway CD). When I heard these songs, I bought the CD, not knowing what a treat I had in store for me. I've played these CDs over and over and I love them each time.

Good to the last drop.
A great record - Reviewed on 2008-09-07
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I love the folksy/ western swing sound of The Ditty Bops. I first came across them while listening to Pandora. I picked up this record a couple of days later and it didn't leave my CD player for more than a month. Every song on here is solid and different.

"Ooh La La" reminds me of Rasputina. It is dark and has a great talking/singing chorus and an evil, rumbling bass line.
"There's A Girl" is a garagey song with a real jangly electric solo.
These are just a couple of the stand-out tracks, in my mind. I'm so glad that someone out there is making music like this. Check it out!
General Review - Reviewed on 2008-08-28
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Never, in my years of existence on this planet, have I heard a group as talented as The Ditty Bops. Their song "There's A Girl" is a defiant counterpoint to Etheridge's "The Angels". The Ditty Bops combine/alternate musical stylings in a way thay will please any fan of music. One can only hope that this is the first of many releases.
Pure perfection - Reviewed on 2008-08-05
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Here are two cool chicks who sing and play blue-grass straight from the heart! Their sound are throughout charming and pure and so with the lyric. About the lyric, it can be the sweetest feel-good tunes, or it can be like The Smith's on a rainy sunday! That kinda depends on the one who listen.

I love this quirky stuff. They deserve to be discovered.
Shimmy With The Dittys - Reviewed on 2008-06-25
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I don't know how to describe The Ditty Bops except perhaps maybe a bit like a band you might see in those old travelling carnival shows. Full of little music interludes featuring accordians and acoustic guitars, these girls tell pain stakingly stories of death and love with the utmost sense of morbid humor.

Featuring lines like "you can find the meaning of life in the barrel of a shotgun.." this is not the teenagers pop song but I love them - perhaps more because of that rather than in spite of it. I first saw the video for "Wishful Thinking" on Logo and immediately ran out and got the album. Now I can shimmy like my sister Kate as I dance with the Dittys... and so could you.
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