We Didn't Say That [Import]

Daphne & Celeste | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal
• ASIN: B00004UB90
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #390,068 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Roll Call

2. Ooh Stick You!

3. I Love Your Sushi

4. Peek-A-Boo

5. Spy Girl

6. Never Been To Memphis

7. School's Out

8. Star Club

9. U.G.L.Y.

10. Hey Boy

Editorial Reviews

Debut album for East Coast based pop duo currently wowing them in the UK. Includes their first two hits, 'Oooh Stick You!' and 'U.G.L.Y.' as well as their third single, 'School's Out' (Alice Cooper cover). 10 tracks in all. 2000 release. Standard jewelcas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An evocative and profound statement of longing and pain, July 9, 2001

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K. Klein - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Didn't Say That (Audio CD)

This title is a creative amalgam of two starkly contrasting elements: one is the sacredness of love; the other, love's embodiment in often horrific everyday experience. Ultimately, the transcendental power of spiritual love emerges as the beautifully rendered theme of this evocative and paradoxical masterwork.

Many listeners mistake "We Didn't Say That" for an existentialist treatise on such issues as the death of God and the isolation of man, though this is hardly the case. "We Didn't Say That" contains a powerful, existential line of questioning, but it is hardly an album about Existentialism-in fact, it is quite the reverse.

As artists, Daphne and Celeste are too brilliant and too subtle to examine such superficial questions as whether or not God exists or human kind is alone in the world. Instead, they examine the human condition not so much in a spiritual vacuum but from the perspective that we cannot know the Divine while we are alive. But in that time, we can experience manifestations of the Divine, some of which take place through our own decisions and actions, but most of which take place during the song "I Love Your Sushi."

This is a remarkable piece of work. It will either awaken a thirst for answers or will it leave you shell-shocked. I was shell-shocked. It seems like a simple allegory - a little fable to make you think, yet its uncompromising, riveting vision has been matched by only a few others in our culture.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Daphne and Celeste are brilliant., July 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: We Didn't Say That (Audio CD)

Daphne and Celeste are best known for their catchy, sing-a-long tunes, and that is exactly what you will find on this CD. With Daphne and Celeste, you have to either love them or hate them. And me, I love them. They don't take everything all so seriously, and it's nice to have a laugh here and there. I'm glad I found this CD, because it's just something great to listen to when you need to get in a good mood. Like I said, the songs are extremely catchy, so don't be surprised if you have one of their funny songs stuck in your head all day, or if you find yourself listening to the CD 24/7. I highly recommend this CD, it's the best!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Apparently, everyone misses the joke., May 20, 2010

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Shane Slayton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Didn't Say That (Audio CD)

Daphne and Celeste may seem, on the surface, to be a pair of bubbly teenagers eager to extol the joys of being young, dumb, and exuberant. Don't be fooled. This is a pop music slap in the face to... pop music. It begs questions. Like "Who agreed to release this?", and "What the &*$#?". It's more punk than the Sex Pistols could have dreamed of being. Daphne and Celeste use impossibly high voices and nursery school rhyme schemes to sound like the ultimate snotty teenaged brats. It's no accident. All of the joy, bounciness, and optimism that forms the core of pop music is taken out back and shot. Then stabbed. Then replaced with arrogance, insults, xenophobia, elitist posturing, redneck-baiting, and the most hilarious, catchy arrangements possible. Yet it's dark underneath. Every formulaic pop songwriting cliche is driven into the ground, and it's awesome! Anyone who slams them doesn't understand humor in music. NO ONE in pop music is this oblivious to good taste, and the results are dizzying. Like cotton candy spun on straight razors. Honestly, anyone who believes that name-checking Liberace or spotting Tom Cruise at a party for monsters in a pop song is standard fare needs to go back to humor school. This is a brilliantly produced album of great songs that will never leave your head, no matter how much you scratch it.