Betcha Bottom Dollar

Puppini Sisters - Betcha Bottom Dollar

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Artist: Puppini Sisters
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-05-01
Music Label: Verve Forecast
Soundtracks:
  1. Sisters
  2. Mr. Sandman
  3. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
  4. Java Jive
  5. Bei Mir Bist Du Schon
  6. Wuthering Heights
  7. Jeepers Creepers
  8. I Will Survive
  9. Tu Vuo Fa L'Americano
  10. Heart Of Glass
  11. Sway
  12. Panic
  13. Heebie Jeebies
  14. In The Mood

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Free Music Review: Move over, Andrews Sisters, the Puppinis are here to stay!
Hit: 4 Stars

'40s-inspired girl group The Puppini Sisters (Marcella Puppini, Stephanie O'Brien, and Kate Mullins) were originally inspired by the trio featured in the Quebecois animated film The Triplets of Belleville(Belleville composer Benoit Charest produces here), and take their tight harmonies from 1930s and 1940s swing-era bands such as the Andrews Sisters. Their debut Betcha Bottom Dollar is a blend of retro faves such as In the Mood, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Mr. Sandman, Sway, Tu Vuo Fa L'Americano and Bei Mir Bist Du Shon with '40s makeovers of new classics like Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights, Blondie's Heart of Glass and Gloria Gaynor's disco manifesto I Will Survive.

The songs range from the playful, drip-brew slow Java Jive to a Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy on speed. The remakes of newer songs sound seamless and fresh, and fit in with the big band style on the rest of the CD.

This may sound like a gimmick, but the girls are amply qualified: Marcella plays piano and accordion, Stephanie plays jazz fiddle, and the group's stunningly chic '40s fashions are the result of Marcella's career at Vivienne Westwood's design studio (Westwood's fashions are featured in the new video for Jilted from the Puppini Sisters' sophomore album The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo). Their harmonies sound absolutely stunning together, and the three are great performers live, adding the little synchronized flourishes that the Andrews Sisters and other bands used on stage.

Fans of big band and 1940s female vocalists such as Peggy Lee, Doris Day, and the Andrews Sisters will feel right at home with the Puppini Sisters. Their debut album features more vintage material than their recent sophomore release The Rise & Fall of Ruby Woo, which is recent material such as Beyonce's Crazy in Love and Spooky along with original compositions by the girls.

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From the first strains of the opening track, "Sisters," it's clear that Betcha Bottom Dollar is not a typical debut album. But then the Puppini Sisters are not a typical pop act, at least not in the 21st century. Their close, three-part harmonies are reminiscent of the vocal groups of the 1930s and 1940s, and particularly the Andrews Sisters. But rather than sounding like an anachronism, the Puppini Sisters merely demonstrate the timelessness of some of these songs. Betcha Bottom Dollar is fresh, fun and vibrant, blowing the dust off of cobwebby classics like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Mr. Sandman". Elsewhere, they also put their own unique stamp on more recent hits, with varying results. While Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights" and Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" fail to get things swinging, Blondie's "Heart of Glass" and the Smiths' "Panic" are both injected with a fresh new (old?) sound. Much credit must also be given to producer Benoit Charest, who manages to employ a whole host of instrumentation and orchestration, whilst never forgetting to put the voices of the Puppini Sisters front and centre. It might be easy to dismiss the Puppini Sisters' debut as another novelty album, but their intentions and love for the style--like their voices themselves--are crystal clear. --Robert Burrow
Inspired by the Oscar?-nominated film The Triplets of Belleville (a French animated movie which features a `40s-style harmony group), The Puppini Sisters -- Marcella Puppini, Kate Mullins, and Stephanie O'Brien -- formed in London. Dressed in 1940's-style wardrobe, the three sing like The Andrews Sisters with inspiring harmonies, and perform classics such as "Mr. Sandman," "In The Mood," and "Jeepers Creepers." But what make The Puppini Sisters truly stand out are their show-stopping interpretations of more current tunes.

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