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The Rip Off Artists : Esque
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Lyrically esoteric, melodically inspired pop.
Genre: Pop: Britpop
Release Date: 2008
Esque Record Label: The Rip Off Artists
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Intro/Normal People 0:38 Album Only
The Present, Tense 3:43 Album Only
What Just Happened? 3:56 Album Only
...Do you Like Music? 0:06 Album Only
The Wishful Thinker 4:22 Album Only
The Worst News In The World 3:24 Album Only
So Happy 4:06 Album Only
...What Time Is It? 0:51 Album Only
The Girl Behind The Bar 3:26 Album Only
Sidetracked 3:04 Album Only
Love And Uncertainty 3:15 Album Only
Without You, I'm Something 4:05 Album Only
... A True Story ... 0:25 Album Only
The Look Of Like 4:25 Album Only
I Thought It Over 3:39 Album Only
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Album Notes

Two years ago, Nick Pipitone and Peter Batchelder went on a mission, getting together once a week to write a song. The challenge was to finish that song in one night. The first song they completed was titled "The Overthinker" and they both were very pleased. The next song they wrote was equally good. So now their project became ambitious. And that ambition turned into passion. They had chemistry. Which was made evident by the fact that their agreements were as heated as their disagreements. "The Overthinker" later became known as "I Thought It Over" and would go on to become part of their debut album, "Esque." It's all there, pieces of Bacharach and Costello, Lennon and McCartney, John Barry and Jon Brion. For a project that started out to simply write songs, it's ironic to say that it is more of a cohesive piece of work, greater than the sum of it's parts.

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