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

D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
Studio album by Junior Senior
Released	August 4, 2003
Genre	Indie Pop, Rock, House
Length	52:16
Label	Atlantic / Crunchy Frog
Junior Senior chronology
- D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat (2003) Boy Meets Girl EP (2003)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
Pitchfork	(7.6/10) [4]
Robert Christgau	(C+) [5]
Slant	[6]
Stylus	(B) [7]

D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat is the 2003 album by Danish pop group Junior Senior, their first album to be released internationally. It is most widely known for the song "Move Your Feet", their 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."

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, 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".

The song "White Trash" was used 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.

Track listing

All tracks by Jesper Mortensen except were noted

1. "Go Junior, Go Senior" (Jeppe, Junior) – 2:56
2. "Rhythm Bandits" – 2:48
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" – 3:38
10. "Dynamite" – 2:56
11. "White Trash" – 3:01
12. "(Shake Your) Coconuts" (movie edit) – 2:40
13. "Move Your Feet" (live) – 4:04

Personnel

• Patrik Bartosch – organ
• Ditte Bringøe – vocals
• Morten Bue – mastering
• Delta Lab Strings – strings
• Eggstone – engineer, mixing
• Henry Hall – harmonica
• Neja Hertzum – background vocals
• Signe Marie Jacobsen – background vocals
• Lulu Jensen – background vocals
• Helena Josefsson – vocals
• Mette Juel – background vocals
• Anna Køster – background vocals
• Allan Lauridsen – drums
• Jeppe "Senior" Laursen – handclapping
• Filip Den Etniske Hendrix Nikolîc – bass
• Jesper Reginal – engineer, editing, mixing
• Per Sunding – engineer, mixing
• Fabian Svensson – photography
• Thomas Troelsen – bass, drums, keyboards, vocals, background vocals, producer, engineer, mixing, guest appearance
• Lars I Lommen Vognstrup – vocals, background vocals
• Sara Wölck – background vocals
• Yebo – synthesizer

References

1. ^ D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat - Junior Senior at Metacritic Retrieved 2011-10-07.
2. ^ Browne, Daniel. "Junior Senior: D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat" at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
3. ^ Blender review^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Mitchum (2003-06-02). "Junior Senior: D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat first=Rob". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/4317-d-d-dont-dont-stop-the-beat/. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
5. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Junior Senior". RobertChristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=5211&name=Junior+Senior. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
6. ^ Blanford, Roxanne (2003-07-27). "Junior Senior: D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/junior-senior-d-d-dont-dont-stop-the-beat/299. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
7. ^ Bloch, Sam (2003-09-01). "Junior Senior: D-D-Don’t Don’t Stop the Beat". Stylus Magazine. http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/junior-senior/d-d-dont-dont-stop-the-beat.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 

External links

• Junior Senior releases page
• D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat at Metacritic