D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat

D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
Studio album by Junior Senior
Released March 4, 2002 (Denmark)[1]
August 5, 2003 (United States)[2]
Genre
Length 32:26 (standard European edition)
Label Atlantic / Crunchy Frog
Producer Jesper Mortensen, Thomas Troelsen[1]
Junior Senior chronology
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
(2002)		 Boy Meets Girl EP
(2003)
Singles from D-D-Don't Stop the Beat
  1. "Move Your Feet"
    Released: 6 June 2002
  2. "Rhythm Bandits"
    Released: 27 July 2003
  3. "Shake Your Coconuts"
    Released: 2 November 2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Blender[5]
Entertainment WeeklyA–[6]
The Guardian[7]
Los Angeles Times[8]
Pitchfork Media7.6/10[9]
Q[10]
SpinB–[11]
Uncut[12]
The Village VoiceC+[13]

D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat is the first studio album by Danish pop duo Junior Senior. Originally released in March 2002 in Denmark,[1] an altered edition became available later in the year for the rest of continental Europe, and in 2003 the album was released in both the UK and US.[2] It is most widely known for the song "Move Your Feet", the duo's first and most successful single. The United States release of the album received the Parental Advisory rating on its release.

The album received positive reviews from music critics upon release. Based on 18 reviews, Metacritic calculated an average score of 79 for D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat, with the summary, "This party album from the Danish band Junior Senior has garnered attention throughout Europe with its mix of garage rock, pop and disco."

Pitchfork Media placed the album at number 36 on their Top 50 Albums of 2003 list.[14]

Release history

At one point "Move Your Feet" was the most played song on Danish radio and made the charts in thirteen countries including Australia, France and Denmark. The follow-up EP "Rhythm Bandits" was much less successful, but briefly appeared on the charts in the United Kingdom and Australia. The third single, "Shake Your Coconuts", can be found on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action soundtrack and as background menu music in the video game Worms 3D.

D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat was rated among the best albums of the year by Rolling Stone, NME, Pitchfork Media, Entertainment Weekly and Blender. San Francisco's Sunday Chronicle named "Move Your Feet" as the single of the year, declaring it "the best song ever".

Later editions of the album feature a slightly longer remix of "Rhythm Bandits", an alternate mix of "Boy Meets Girl" and, depending on the edition, either a shorter or longer take of "Shake Me Baby" (which was titled "Just Shake It Brother" on the original Danish edition).

Use in media

The song "White Trash" was used in an advert for Popworld, a UK television show. The dance that accompanied it achieved some cult status and was mimicked many times on YouTube.

The song "Good Girl, Bad Boy" can be heard in the film She's the Man when Viola arrives at the private school masquerading as her brother.

The song "C'mon" can be heard in the 2002 video game The Getaway when Sparky tortures a Chinese man with an electric wire. The song is also featured in the American version of the TV series Queer as Folk in the episode "Stand Up for Ourselves".

"Move Your Feet" was also featured in the 2004 comedy film, White Chicks.

The song "Shake Me Baby" was featured as the opening and closing theme for Chilean TV show Cabra Chica Gritona.

Track listing

All tracks by Jesper Mortensen except where noted.

  1. "Go Junior, Go Senior" (Jeppe, Junior) – 2:56
  2. "Rhythm Bandits" – 2:48 (The original version on the Danish album runs 2:32)
  3. "Move Your Feet" – 3:01
  4. "Chicks and Dicks" – 2:32
  5. "Shake Your Coconuts" (Jeppe, Junior) – 2:26
  6. "Boy Meets Girl" – 3:46
  7. "C'mon" – 3:11
  8. "Good Girl, Bad Boy" – 2:37
  9. "Shake Me Baby" – 3:12 (An alternate recording of this, "Just Shake It Brother", is on the original Danish edition)
  10. "Dynamite" – 2:56
  11. "White Trash" – 3:01
Standard US and special UK edition bonus tracks
  1. "(Shake Your) Coconuts" (movie edit) – 2:40
  2. "Move Your Feet" (live) – 4:04
Japanese bonus tracks[15]
  1. "Cocodub" – 2:29
  2. "Rhythm Bandits" (original version) – 2:32
  3. "Move Your Feet" (live) – 4:02

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 "D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat by Junior Senior". Crunchy Frog on Bandcamp. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  2. 1 2 "Junior Senior: D-d-don't Don't Stop the Beat". PopMatters. 2003-09-04. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  3. ↑ "Reviews for D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat by Junior Senior". Metacritic. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  4. ↑ Browne, Daniel. "D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat – Junior Senior". AllMusic. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  5. ↑ Tannenbaum, Rob (August 2003). "Junior Senior: D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat". Blender (18): 126. Archived from the original on December 13, 2004. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  6. ↑ Frere-Jones, Sasha (August 8, 2003). "D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ Lynskey, Dorian (March 14, 2003). "Junior Senior: D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat". The Guardian. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ Nichols, Natalie (August 3, 2003). "This isn't Hamlet's Denmark". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  9. ↑ Mitchum, Rob (June 2, 2003). "Junior Senior: D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Junior Senior: D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat". Q (201): 108. April 2003.
  11. ↑ "Breakdown". Spin 19 (9): 115. September 2003. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Junior Senior: D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat". Uncut (71): 103. April 2003.
  13. ↑ Christgau, Robert (December 2, 2003). "Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot 2003". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Top 50 Albums of 2003". Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "Junior Senior - D-D-Don't Don't Stop The Beat (CD, Album) - Japan". Discogs. Retrieved 2014-09-28.

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