Betcha Bottom Dollar The Puppini Sisters

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  • Release Date: 05/01/2007
  • Sales Rank: 9,658
  • Label: VERVE FORECAST
  • UPC: 602498461709

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Betcha Bottom Dollar

1LISTENSisters 3:06
2LISTENMr. Sandman 2:37
3LISTENBoogie Woogie Bugle Boy (From Company C) 2:29
4LISTENJava Jive 3:36
5LISTENBei Mir Bist du Schön 2:19
6LISTENWuthering Heights 3:37
7LISTENJeepers Creepers 2:35
8LISTENI Will Survive 4:04
9LISTENTu Vuo Fa l'Americano 2:37
10LISTENHeart of Glass 2:56
11LISTENSway 3:09
12LISTENPanic 2:16
13LISTENHeebie Jeebies 2:57
14LISTENIn the Mood 3:11

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Editorial Reviews

Poised somewhere between the Andrews Sisters and Nouvelle Vague, the Puppini Sisters modernize vocal harmony pop while keeping its "so traditional, it's hip" appeal. On their debut Betcha Bottom Dollar, the Sisters' style is their substance; it's not a coincidence that the founding Puppini, Marcella, worked for fashion icon Vivienne Westwood before forming the group. Fortunately, the trio's style -- vintage '40s outfits, cheeky covers of new wave and post-punk classics and all -- manages to stay on the likeable, not grating, side of kitsch. Taken individually, the trio's voices aren't spectacular, but they blend together nicely enough to create a convincing homage to the heyday of vocal harmony pop in the '30s and '40s. A very pleasant "Mr. Sandman," a pretty, languid "Java Jive" and "Sway" are among the best vocal pop standards on Betcha Bottom Dollar, but interestingly enough, the Puppini Sisters often sound less campy on the songs they remake than on the classics. Not surprisingly, the original versions of the tracks they've chosen to give three-part harmony makeovers have strong melodies and distinctive singers, so it's not really all that surprising that Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights" sounds lovely with three-part harmonies, or that their version of Blondie's "Heart of Glass" fits right in with "Mr. Sandman." There are times on Betcha Bottom Dollar that things feel a little too knowing and ironic, as on the chirpy cover of the Smiths' "Panic," and the album might be a little too long for the mood it's trying to sustain. On the whole, however, the genuine affection for the styles the Puppini Sisters adopt and adapt saves Betcha Bottom Dollar from being insufferably cutesy. Heather Phares, All Music Guide

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It was excellentby Anonymous

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July 27, 2008: While taking a Jazz class in college I started to get involved more with jazz and the seems strange that I saw this CD and decided to buy it and it was great they make feel like the music of the andrews sisters.

Don't You Wish There Was More Dots? 100 Iby Anonymous

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June 08, 2007: am flabbergasted!! This album is too too great. I stumbled upon The Puppini Sisters by accident this past weekend driving out on Long Island listening to the great WHLI that plays this type of music. With the windows down, you hear some, but not all. While exiting the Expressway, I heard the harmonies, so thought, "Oh, Andrews Sisters." I stopped at the light and realized they were singing Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive". Boing!! I got in touch with the DJ and he pointed me in the right direction. After doing Music Sampler here, it was a must have! It brings back a bit of the past, but something we definitely need in this day and age. Mixing the old songs with newer songs done in the old fashioned way makes a great way to show off the girls' talents. The harmonies are brilliant. I'm sure the Andrews Sisters are smiling down from where they are. The best thing is "you understand all the words". Compared to a lot of the garbage that comes out these days, there is something to be said for absolute quality. This is it. Wunderbar!!


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