Reviews (page 14 of 15)
Best track(s): Still Take You Home // Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured // Mardy Bum Worst track(s): any of the others. Little to no variation between the tracks. Mostly had to lower the volume on every track and nearly stopped halfway through. I like the song titles.. the songs.. not so much. I like my ears intact. Baselines are good though.
First time listen to this one and I liked it. Good energy with quality vocals and vibrant instrumentation.
Some of these songs I love, some feel a bit average to me. But it's still a really fun album with lots of memories attached to it.
Meh
great songs, some sound similar so it’s hard to tell them apart but added them all to musick sehr sochn
Solid sound, grunge from the very 90's
This would be a 4 had I not already known Arctic Monkeys and really liked their other albums. It was well done and, on par with everyone's sentiments, Mardy Bum is a stand out. I'll probably come back, but it didn't stand out.
best arctic monkeys album and one of my favorite debut albums
It’s ok, not my taste
Stylistically this is exactly the type of music I enjoy. However, this album is not their best in my opinion and therefore does not deserve a top rating. Even though Mardy Bum is probably my favorite song by the Arctic Monkeys, the album is probably a 3/4, so I’ll say 4 stars for the sake of it.
Notes - Debut album by arctic monkeys - Indie rock/garage rock - Lots of energy, fuzz, and driving rhythm sections - Im so upset that arctic monkeys have strayed so far from this sound - I love the rawness and the anger behind it that’s missing in their newer releases - Listening to this makes me nostalgic and a bit sad even though the music doesn’t focus on that Fav - perhaps vampires is a bit strong - love the change up halfway through Least fav - you probably coukdnt see - feels like it runs out of steam halfway 4.5/5 like it more than i expected based on how i feel about modern arctic monkeys stuff
arctic monkeys are a vibe and i high key love that they are coming back. When The Sun Goes Down is on my playlist and a total vibe. 8/10 album
B side saves the album
Love it.
Great album, grungy feel, upbeat
Some absolute bangers on here, flows together well, social message, just great all around, a true 8/10
Didn’t like the first half, it sounded obnoxious. Second half was great
Great from top to bottom, I’d give it a 4.5 if I could. Doesn’t have the “it” factor of a 5 star, but it had no issues.
...И Алекс такой молодой 🤧 Первые альбомы АМ очень любят поклонники, ведь правда, здесь такие драйвовые прекрасные I bet you look good on the dancefloor the view from the afternoon from the ritz to the rubble которые ребята играют по сей день на концертах, и Алекс исполняет их уже совсем другим голосом 🤩🖤 идругиепеснитожезабойные вот поклонники очень любят этот альбом и жалуются, что невозможно слушать невероятно мелодичный и красивый (как по мне) the car я, в свою очередь, раньше не очень любила ранние альбомы а сейчас заценила 5/5 люблюобожаю
я хотела поставить 4, потому что больше люблю поздние альбомы arctic (и асти) monkeys, они могут сложнее, но чертяки все равно офигенные
Really enjoyed this, blast of fresh air
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would
Brilliant. From start to finish. Superb.
Incredible really. The natural progression of where punk/grunge/garage should grow up to. Cool history of being on the edge of internet stardom, but not part of the corporate machine.
If I was 16 and drunk on cheap lager this would be the best thing ever.
I never got into these guys when this came out (or after), but heard how they were the next garage rock revival band. I loved the Strokes, White Stripes, Hives and felt like this was a band I should check out. This was still a good 8-10 before I had a streaming subscription and checking out new bands wasn't as always easy and cheap as it is now. Long story to say that I haven't really listened to their stuff until now. As much as I was "supposed" to like these guys, this album just didn't catch. Maybe it's missing the catchy melodies in the hooks that you get with the Strokes. Maybe it's noisier than where my tastes have shifted to now. Whatever it is, I don't feel the need to come back to this.
"I bet you look good on the dancefloor" got me listening to the Arctic Monkeys already quite some years ago. After listening to this album the first time I was sold. And although they have made some great music over the years, this first album remains my personal favorite.
pretty stock standard they're young, dumb and full of cum a Brit teen's wet dream
I really enjoy this album. It is action packed and exciting but also soothing. I enjoy the vocals and the instruments. My only complaint is that there isn't too much variety between the song. favorite songs: The View from the Afternoon, Mardy Bum, When the Sun Goes Down, From the Ritz to the Rubble.
The type of music I typically enjoy, and a perfectly good listen; would probably have liked it a lot if I had heard it when it came out, but now angular indie rock is less where my tastes lie. Best song: I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
I have mixed feelings about Arctic Monkeys. They fulfil so many of the criteria for being that Beatles-esque, generation-defining band that all the critics clearly want them to be (a gang of smart, witty northern upstarts that represented the youth of the day and took the charts by storm, then experimented and evolved on their own terms while still staying massive), but ultimately fall short due to a smattering of dull releases and lacklustre performances. The acclaim seems to keep coming regardless, which makes it harder to be a fan, I find. There’s no doubt that when they get it right they’re a great band though, and this album is one of those occasions. The lyrics and drumming were always the highlights: hearing Alex Turner rhyme ‘dancefloor’ with ‘romance or’ was the first time I knew these guys had something, and learning to drum along with The View From the Afternoon is a proud teenage memory of mine. I always thought some of the weaker tunes were a bit pedestrian, musically, but returning to them now they sound more full of life and youth than I remember. 4.5
This was cool it’s like the hits but there’s no hits. Feels like some more punk oriented less radio friendly less fuzz on the vocal type stuff
Not bad but a lot of Arctic Monkeys songs just sound like Arctic Monkeys songs.
poor
Rowdy lad music at its finest. Incredible energy and attitude throughout.
Just a nice album really, doesn't really have any boring moments and every song kinda just works
The songs are fantastic, the pacing is good, it feels like a whole album. I could listen to this album any time of the day.
This album is right there at the start of my concious musical discovery. Still great today. Has the early raw energy of the band and at the same time sets a mood like only Alex Turner can in songs like Riot Van.
Lively and urgent
Meilleur que ce que j'ai entendu d'eux à la radio, mais ça devient répétitif à la longue
I wasn't sure why I never really got into Arctic Monkeys. Now I know. It reminds me of a night in the late 90's, at a dive bar, very late. We're drunk and a buddy is pumping money into the jukebox, playing Harvey Danger and going on repeating all the reasons why they were the best band ever. Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone is a great album, ruined for me by mundane drunken repetition. The Arctic Monkeys seem to have encapsulated that feeling for me and now it's playing on repeat as I write this. There could be some merit in this album, but it's lost to me. The lead singer reminds me of to many things I hate. If the drumming was a little more subdued, maybe I wouldn't notice how boring it is. The whole album sounds like the drunk guy in the bar telling me the same ridiculous story on repeat and I'm not drunk enough to go with the flow here. I do think the bass player has got something good to share. I'm not going to look any further into it though. So glad this is over and not upset that I slept through the AM wave 10-15 years ago.
Meh, ok.
Classic Arctic Monkey album. I liked it but not my favorite album.
HL: “When the Sun Goes Down”, “A Certain Romance”, “Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured” Here’s another album I’m glad that I came across, it’s a fairly strong debut by the Monkeys but I’ll have to dig deeper for an album of theirs I really vibe with. Somewhere between the dance punk of this, the radio-friendly “AM” & the newer, jazzier stuff coming out this year. November 10, 2022
Classic I adored as a teenager
Garage band fun, but an upscale garage, with epoxy floors and glass doors
This is a great record. Lots of solid songs. These guys are my daughter's favourite band, so it's one we can enjoy together.
I was mixed on this.. although thought From the Ritz to the Rubble and Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured were both pretty excellent songs.
What can you say, British indie rock at its best
I liked this one. Sooo British sounding. The simple melodies and riffs provide a good frame for freeform, stream-of-consciousness lyrical outpourings. It got kind of fatiguing on my ears, I'm not sure I would have reached for this one in a vacuum, but I enjoyed it having been prompted to do so. One of those bands that makes me curious about the personalities and backgrounds of the members (especially that of the lead singer).
Yeah this was a bust for me. I get the feeling this would have been a fun album to hear live, but coming out of my office computer speakers as I'm submitting a Walgreens photo order is just not the mood. I also feel the need to mention that 4/5 of the albums weʻve listened to so far have been by British artists, so thatʻs... interesting. This had some moments but overall I kinda despised it. Not enough catchy hooks and a lot of the songs sound exactly the same kind of bland garage rock. Also Iʻm very hungry and the walgreens website is malfunctioning, so that may be feeding into this negative opinion..
Another album that took me by surprise! I didn’t know what to expect coming in. This is the kind of record that oozes authenticity. We’ve all heard the inauthentic, canned, commercial version of this sound, but this feels like a record whose bona fides can’t be questioned. Plus, the band is so tight. And extremely British! Checks all the boxes for me.
Wow, The Artic Monkeys. I really missed these guys in the early 2000s. I was too busy copy/pasting the VH1 top 20 onto my Bat Mitzvah mix to really appreciate them. I thought this would be too punk rock for me and that was true. I liked the beginning of “Dancing Shoes,” and “Riot Van” but the rest of the album sounds so similar to me with the frantic guitar and doubled vocals. I realize I’m just not getting it and that’s okay. I think I need to listen to the whole thing again and I might have a different take. Big apologies to the Artic Monkeys fans out there.
Strong debut from the AM. Very replayable and from my home city. Its probably a 3 but I prefer it over most of my 3s so its a 4. I don't think there is a bad track on the album. Mardy Bum!
It was ok. I couldn't say it was something you needed to listen to before you die.
I dont really know what to make of this. This is my first time ever actually hearing this band. I avoided the hype when this came out in part because that band name is ridiculously awful. There's a slight punky quality running to this, but overall it's a bit more like The Strokes. I think they'd work better if they would lean into that sound. At the same time it's kind of Brit pop? Pardon me if I sound foolish there. I don't really know how to categorize it. Overall, I'm not sure who this record is really for, it's not bad...but it's not especially good. I think it could grow on me? I really wish they had a different name though. Woof.
cool
Pretty good indie rock, I have never been into them. They have always seemed quite far up their own arse. 3.5/5
Enjoyed it!
A D D I C T I V E
I’m happy for anyone that thinks this album is profound. You like new cool, boy bands? Rad. This one is for you. But, honestly, I never understood this album. I was young when it came out, I listened to it in my 20’s and 30’s, and here we are, visiting again and discovering it is nothing special. It is a British guitar rock record that maybe is fast? or fun? or talented at guitar? or? Why is this album celebrated? It has okay guitar lines, okay guitar riffs, it mostly sloggs along in jangly and bouncy dance minor chords. Yuck. Good for you all for loving it. Honestly, I like their later poppier stuff a loooootttt more. Each his own yall. Fuck Arctic Moneys.
Top 3 Songs: 1 - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor (2) 2 - Still Take You Home (6) 3 - When the Sun Goes Down (11)
Massa, curto das antiga
Ils sont égals à eux-mêmes il faut croire. Ça ressemble à leur album qui a cartonné début 2010, mais avec moins de chansons catchy. Très bien pareil!
Great album! And "I bet that you look good on the dancefloor" was one of the first free itunes singles I ever got back in the day. Really enjoyed listening to this one but it was fast!
Cheeky little monkeys, these ones. My first album from them was AM in 2013, which I think a lot the purist fans would say is trashy or poppy or whatever, but I don't care, I love that album. This one has some heat on it too, though maybe not as much for me. I definitely recognized "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor," that's a classic and I'm almost certain it appeared in a Tony Hawk game or something. Definitely a welcome album, love a more recent rock album that actually rocks. Favorite tracks: I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor, Still Take You Home, From the Ritz to the Rubble. Album art: Guy blasting a cig, not much too it but it's definitely memorable. Looks like he wants to fight me. 3.5/5
This is without a doubt one of the best debut albums ever, the sound, guitar, drums, vocal’s everything about this album I love. From the start its non-stop with tune after tune. The second track ‘ I bet you look good on the Dancefloor‘ is top 3 favourite tracks from this album. The second side is slightly slower paced but still the energy’s high with tracks of ‘Mary’s bum’ and the all time classic ‘ when the Sun goes Down‘ this album is so good and honestly nothing bad about it. I give it a rating of 5/5
Lol, I guess I like The Strokes better. Seriously, though, I do like the album a lot better than I thought. "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor" is still a weird banger, and some of the album tracks here are relistenable. Just not as good as the Strokes' debut, although maybe a relisten to that would dissuade me of the notion.
Un choix de genre musical des plus incompréhensibles, eux qui nous avaient pourtant séduis avec des titres pop. Le punk est décidément une calamité qui peut surgir de n'importe où, restons groupés et sur nos gardes.
Je passais un excellent moment en ce début d'après-midi, étant en train de réecouter l'album Foo Fighters des Foo Fighters, précédemment généré par Robert. Quand tout à coup, l'après-midi tourna au drame. Un bateau vint s'ammarer à même le balcon de mon appartement devant mon incompréhension la plus totale (il n'y a en effet pas le moindre cours d'eau rendant cette opération possible près de mon appartement). A son bord, un groupe de punks a chiens venus tout droit de l'Arctique. Ces derniers passèrent alors à l'abordage, et vinrent détruire tout mon matériel d'écoute musicale, sans la moindre explication. Une fois leur travail terminé, les punks a chiens remontèrent sur leur navire, et ouvrirent un pack de Maximator pour fêter ça.
Hard to believe this is 16 years old! Like a more modern oasis. Not my favourite style but I can appreciate
Nice
This is the 8th album since I've started and it's the first one that I know and love. I may not be very objective as it's been one of my favorites for a long time and brings back a lot of memories. It's a perfect mix of garage rock and dance and lyrics tell simple stories of a life as a teenager/early adult that bring out a lot of nostalgia for me. Favorite tracks: I bet you look good on the dancefloor, When the sun goes down, A certain romance. 5/5
All the songs sound the same and I don’t have the benefit of nostalgia to carry this one
Truly not for me. Found the album as a whole to be pretty uninteresting and basic Brit pop/punk. A Certain Romance is a fun song that is 10 years ahead of Vampire Weekend. Still Take Your Home made me bop around a bit. Mardy Bum had an interesting progression. Maybe Im just not into punk.
An incredibly fun album. I generally think people get too much credit for being "first" in a space as opposed to being "best". And this is a better record than either "Franz Ferdinand" or "Silent Alarm". It's more consistent top-to-bottom, Turner is a more charismatic frontman, and they basically never take their foot off the gas. But it's pretty close, and AM quite shamelessly copied Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party's playbook, and no single track on this record is as infectiously catchy as either "Take Me Out" or "Helicopter". I don't think that's too much to hold against them - AM were the best of the 2000s UK indie rock bands, and if it weren't for other AM records (I like "Favourite Worst Nightmare" better, for the added polish and ambition) it'd be the best 2000s UK indie rock album too. I'd have given them five stars if they had opened up this style rather than closing it down. And I'd have given them five stars if they made a slightly more polished record with a little more depth of sound (which they would about a year later).
Some good tracks, but I never quite jived with their overall sound. A lot of this album has great energy and catchy hooks, but it also feels joyless. Saw some stuff online comparing them to The Strokes and The White Stripes, and I think I feel similarly about their sound.
This is not for me. I remember people loving it, but it feels needlessly aggressive and bitter. Like a 20-something pretending to be cynical. It's not my vibe. Some nice sounds, though.
A wonderful surprise. I knew a couple of the tracks but the overall package is sensational - a spitting, snarling record dripping with attitude and menace. It all sounds of a piece, the spiky instrumentation and sweaty post-punk compositions matching the lyric sheet. And what lyrics! Dipping into street vernacular, the whole thing sounds so desperate and sleazy that you imagine the record leaving a stain on your stereo. A triumph. Gonna buy a copy tomorrow.
“Like a 20 something pretending to be cynical.” Lol. It does feel like that doesn’t it?? I’m not even sure these monkeys were 20 when they recorded this. Wasn’t that the story on them when they broke? They were basically babies. It’s fine. I don’t hate it, nor do I really want to listen to it again. I like the poppier record they broke through with a few years back. I think they must have also realized the whole overall attitude on this one wasn’t going to work once they reached voting age. #adulting
one of my favourite. such a good album.
Kinda rough for me I guess.
classic. uk vibes. idk if we'll ever get chance to see them outdo themselves
there isn't a single song on this album that I dislike, which is why I rounded this up to 4, but I swear arctic monkeys have one sound and they do NOT deviate from it. I may have liked every song off the album but I was glad I was done once it was over. Every song just feels like more of the same. 7/10
Upon its release this album became the fastest selling debut album of all time, in the UK, and it still holds that record. The album sparked a cultural revolution in Britain which no band has come close to since, most new UK bands now try to sound like Arctic monkeys. Alex turner's lyrics perfectly describe a night out in a northern town, in England, with witty lyrics accompanied by raw sounding guitars and creative riffs. Matt helders also provides hard hitting drum tracks. Best tracks: view from the afternoon, fake tales of San Francisco, when the sun goes down, mardy bum, a certain romance. Worst tracks: no bad tracks imo. Easily one of my favourite albums ever made.
noice thought it was an edgy franz ferdinand or something
I didn’t need to listen to this. Every Arctic Monkeys song sounds the same.
I've first listened to this album about two and a half years ago and I've always been a big fan of it. Sadly it does feel like it's kind of dying for me but there is a charm about it that is always fun to hear whenever I do stroll back into this album. Even though the album is fun throughout the whole listen, it does feel like if you only heard three songs from this album you have heard everything from this album.
KOVA! Kuunnelut useasti orkesterin yksittäisiä biisejä, mutta harvemmin levykokonaisuuksia. Tuli popitettua päivän aikana kolmesti läpi ja vielä muutaman kerran uudelleen myöhemmin. Jatkoon, edottomasti.
Vekkuli levy. Kokonaisuutena säilyi kasassa ja menoa riitti
Excellent album! Not a single bad song. One of the best so far and I'm already halfway through.
solid. nostalgian ja sen, että levy edelleen toimii, takia pitää antaa monta tähteä. kunnon 2006 kitarat ja brittilyriikat.
Turnerin papatus kulkee pentatonista skaalaa ylös, alas, ylös, alas... Ymmärrän, miksi jotkut näkevät tässä oman romantiikkansa, mutten usko ketään, joka väittää teini-ikäisen biisintekomaneerin käyvän koukusta. Kyllähän tätä kuuntelee. Isompi annostus faijan levyhyllyä olisi kuitenkin ollut näille paikallaan.
Pretty good, listenable. Nothing too stellar.
Austin says to give this a 5
Great debut album that explodes with energy and attitude. I would have loved it if i was a few years younger. I’d kind of lost interest in indie/guitar band music during this period but this still stood out at the time. The themes do get a bit samey towards the end: pubs/bouncers/coppers/clubs but it’s still an easy 5 stars for me.
really good britrock
Brilliant debut. All-time classic.
As debut albums go, this is up there with the best of them.
A band with a sound all their own - this album was a fun listen from open to close. A tried and true new aged classic.
One of the greatest albums of the 2000s. Classic alternative rock.
Didn't expect to like this much, but it's got some really sweet and funky riffs! Solid.
This was okay, I recognize the radio song. It didn't make me want to hurt anyone, but I was kind of glad when it was over.
Great album. Always fella just shy of 5* for me (probably due to a bit of filler in the middle) but still top class and a reminder of what it was like being in your 20s in the mid-noughties.
It was outstanding then, it’s outstanding now. I wouldn’t skip a second of it!
sounds like modern clash hadnt heard any of their music before but would again
Honestly a vibe, even thought I don’t really like rock, the second half of the album was nice
This is a good solid album, but not in my top albums
Respectable album that has kickstarted AM era. Seems to be loved in the UK, but I never really understood its appeal apart from a few songs. Songs are pretty solid, but uninteresting to me.
Great short songs that don't outstay their welcome, and I think this will become a 5 for me upon relistens in the future but for now is a high 4
Not bad, just not my type. Riot van and marry bum are my favorites - two slower songs. I can understand it’s popularity in indie/alternative UK scene. Mix of indie/punk sound. To me, not enough intricacy in the instruments, but overall it’s a very cohesive album.
Liked
Good music, but lots of songs sounds the same
This is one of my favourite debut albums of all time. The Arctic Monkeys are my favourite band so of course this album is one of my favourites. Personally I think there are no skips. My top 3 songs would be: - From the Ritz to the Rubble - Fake Tales of San Francisco - Perhaps vampires is a bit strong
Heard Fake Tales of San Francisco and When the Sun Goes Down ages ago not really feeling the rest of the album, the two aforementioned at least have some hint of nostalgia
Perhaps vampires is a bit strong but... is my fav song on this album
I like a few of their later albums more than this one but it is undeniable that this is a hell of a debut album
Pretty good. Nice vocals and lyrics. Don't think any track stood out but they were all above average to me.
it's ok, had some bangers
very nice h
Already knew quite a lot of the songs. Will listen to this again, it do be my jam.
Have some vague memories that later AM albums get better but never cared too much for their debut and always struggled a bit to get through it in one go. Had the same experience today, but things got better after a second listen. There is a lot of energy and some of the songs are actually quite nice. Highlight: "Fake Tales of San Francisco" (a great song!)
Sounded okay, but there was nothing special about it. Very unlikely that I'll be listening to this again.
Catchy, bold, melodic, sharp, clean: an ultimate pop/rock album.
Dig this early sound from them. Very punk, progressive sounding. Good album
Brit pop yes
Bought this when it came out - good pop punk
Finally a an interesting british indie album that actually deserves to be on the list. Rad sound capturing young nightlife attitudes and good grooves.
Pretty noisy, but better than the shite songs that got overplayed on the radio.
Well, I'm a simple man - I hear Arctic Monkeys, I feel the dopamine rush in me' bloodstream. I've known some of the tracks from the record already, but it's never occurred to me to listen to it whole. Didn't expect it to be so energetic. Feels a bit naive, but in a positive way. Some might argue that lyrics are a bit dull, but does it really matter? A really pleasant album, would consider it the essence of '00 Britpop. Highlights: I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, When The Sun Goes Down
Good tracks at 2, 11, and 13; the rest is monotonous filler.
Dancing shoes, Riot van, When the sun goes down, from Ritz to the rouble, A certain romance... just to list a few of my faves this album is loaded with exceptional songs and it's hard to pick just one or two to praise.
Good album, a little too grungy at times for me, but still great!
Whole album good
Nisam se bas previse vezala uz album nikad al mi je njihov drugi najdrazi
Kad se ovom albumu vratim, onda ga slušam par dana. Vrhunski album.
Every song name is long lmao but a jam
Ok
Not for me!
2.5
Can't believe it's 16 year since this was released. Where has the time gone. At the time I remember all the hype. It was (and still is) a very good album, obviously cherished by hardcore fans. One slight criticism, it probably is a bit one dimensional, whereas their later albums added some variety.
A classic worthy of the moniker. Witty, catchy tunes
A couple of cracking songs but overall the album dragged a little. Cheeky fun lyrics but felt like a lot of filler.
Full of the swagger and grandiosity of a young new band who knew they were gonna be big
F-ing marvelous. Solid gold songwriting, attitude and riffs.
I was living in Spain when this album came out, thought it was pretty cool. A few months later I was back in north-west UK, in the car with a few mates - they put this on and they knew EVERY SINGLE WORD. Never underestimate the local cultural impact of a local band doing songs that were so relatable. 4.5
We all have the generation al album of our teen years and this is mine!
Touted as some kind of generational game changer for rock. I don't hear that.
arctic monkeys have this typical alt rock style that reminds of a more sophisticated punk rock alt rock style of the 90s and older. nowadays copied by more bands but still very decent music
What a ride the Arctic Monkeys took me on. I had pretty low expectations; I'd never listened before honestly because when I was younger I thought the band's name was stupid. Turns out 'I' was being stupid! A fantastic, rocking romp by this British band. You can listen for the lyrics, or listen for the instrumentals, or both! It's one of those albums that excels at all the pieces it tries to nail. Will definitely be listening to it again.
I was quite taken with this album when I first heard it. The lyrics of Fake Tales are still hilarious and When The Sun Goes Down and A Certain Romance are wonderfully-observed slices of life. But coming back to this now, the lumpen backing sounds even more so now. The band aren’t really pulling up any trees. I’d love to hear those songs with a more interesting band behind them. It’s all a bit one-dimensional. Worth it for the words of Fake Tales alone, and the songs pick up a bit towards the end, but it’s all pretty straight ahead for much of this album.
This album was first released roughly when I lost all interest in most things Indie. It meant that it passed me by. I didn't miss much. I still find it dull. It reminded me of the reasons I looked elsewhere for my musical thrills at the time. It feels like the band is forcing the tunes out, almost out of breath before the end of each track. There's no control or pacing. Chill, dudes. I'm such a snob. The whole Northernness really annoyed me. Riot Vans came close to saving it.
Whatever People Say This Album Is, I'm Rating It 5 Stars
Oh, right. It's that British White Stripes band. At least, that's how I mentally categorized them back when this album came out. Just another copycat. But, with the clarity of hindsight and the perspective of the intervening years, I think I was being unfair. There's a lot going on here that's unique and delightful. The lyrics, in particular, are really stinkin' clever. Add to that a sound that's utterly relentless and you've got some pretty great songwriting. It's an album that never lets the listener sit back and relax. Once you hit play, you're on the hook. And I'm here for that. In fact, after listening to the whole thing, I think it's not so much an imitation of White Stripes as it is an evolution of the sound. I think that, on balance, this is superior. I didn't expect to give Arctic Monkeys full marks but here we are.
Still sounds great.
They set the British record for fastest-selling debut album of all times. British pop-rock that has been around before. Still great (7/10) FT: I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, A Certain Romance, From the Ritz to the Rubble
I’m not sure why I’ve always had the impression they were a Strokes knock off. Not for me.
I’m not a fan of Arctic Monkeys
Good album
Classic album!
Yet another band that I've slept on for reasons I don't know. This was a banger and now I have to dive deeper into their discography. A fantastic album from start to finish.
Des fois, je crois que la nouveauté vient de gens qui ne sont pas formatés par l’éducation. Il y a des musiciens là-dessus qui sonnent un peu novices, mais ça donne un ensemble rafraichissant. Du moins à la sortie de l’album.
Excellent premier album pour ce groupe. Superbe énergie. Cet album est aussi important parce qu'il marque les débuts d'une démocratisation dans la façon de faire découvrir sa musique avec son succès monstre sur Myspace avant la sortie même de l'album. Le succès d'un groupe ne dépend plus de quelques personnes de l'industrie musicale qui décident des nouveaux bands à promouvoir à la radio ou sur MTV. Bien sûr c'est un succès des ventes parce que le groupe a du talent, mais c'est un changement majeur dans la façon de découvrir les groupes.
meh. couldn't vibe.
"Do I Wanna Know?" and "R U Mine?" are basically the only Arctic Monkeys songs I know, and every time I hear them, I think "I really need to look into these guys more." This album proves I should have followed that instinct before now. Two things struck me right off the bat. First, the less polished, almost punk-like feel to many of the songs (no surprise, since the aforementioned songs I know are from their fifth album, "AM"). Second, the fact that Alex Turner's delivery reminds me of Matt Schultz from Cage the Elephant. But Cage came after the Arctic Monkeys, so I guess it's the other way around. Either way, I think it's the varying tempo of his singing--he'llrunabunchofwordstogether andthen slow ... things ... down. Can't say why, but I dig it, and the Sheffield accent adds a little something extra to the effect. Thoroughly enjoyed this album, especially "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor." The "whoa whoa whoa dadadada..." bit in "Still Take You Home" bit could have sounded cheesy, but somehow doesn't, and "Mardy Bum" and "When the Sun Goes Down" were surprisingly playful. Not sure I can give this a 5, but I'd give it a 4.5 if I could.
What a mess. This album was all over the place with no real theme or direction. It wanted to be pop, punk, and rock all at the same time. Even though I like Alex Turner's voice and I like some of AM's songs (seen them live), this album left me annoyed and irritated. I couldn't wait for it to be over so I could sonically rinse my ears with something else.
Yup. Tried a few times with this band and nope. Still not a fan. I have no idea what it is.
I very much enjoyed. Took me right back to when I Bet You Look Good On The Dance-floor came out. I am in one particular room in the house I used to clean. Memories are funny aren’t they.
This was a real pleasant surprise. I knew the big hit "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor," but pretty much every song on this album is really good. It's not just your standard early 200s rock-fare, maybe it's the combination of all the different styles? I dunno. The start-stop beat of that first track really hooked me in. I also liked the fake ending for "Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But..." Maybe it was something I was in the mood for, but I really enjoyed this one. More than I was expecting to.
I was never a fan of the Arctic Monkeys - felt like knock offs of earlier 2000's artists or like everyone was jumping on the bandwagon of a so-so band. Kinda like Jet - feels a bit all too familiar, or their lyrics are too simple. I might forever detest I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor. But maybe my view would've been different if their debut single was the first track - The View From the Afternoon. Great sound (albeit a bit like Supergrass) - pumping. I also really liked the final track - A Certain Romance. In between I still felt a bit divided. Sometimes cheeky lyrics and good beats, but also sometimes so little depth to lyrics (about party life or who is/isn't a wanker) and recycled beats - Fake Tales of San Francisco being a great example of this. I give it a 3.5 because I still can't shake that this just feels like a slight tweak to the sounds of Franz Ferdinand, The Fratellis, or even Interpol (with worse lyrics).
The first thing I noticed about this album is that it starts with almost the same drum fill that Porcupine Tree’s Fear of a Blank Planet ends with. Solid playing on all the tracks and their sound made me think that they were Rush fans although that’s not listed as an influence on their wiki page. I didn’t think I was going to like this at first, but each track has a good hook that draws you in and takes you along for the whole album and there were quite a few clever moments, both in the production and the writing. I never found myself wondering when it was going to end and enjoyed it even more on subsequent replays.
First listen it was kinda, yeah britpop, whatever. Second listen - this album RAWKS. Fun, good stuff. I don't find a whole album on clubbing all that deep, but I'd listen again - hence the 4.
Loved this sound. So much energy and angst.
Enjoyed it. Was good.
Indie rock, punk
5, too good
This is an album I know--good start. Record starts off strong but kind of tapers in terms of song strength (basically after Riot Van). The exception to that is From the Ritz to the Rubble.
I like this album but don’t feel much of a need to return it. I remember liking it more in high school and college
★★★★☆ still love this album, start to finish
This album is possible the best entry in the British alt-rock/garage revival period of the mid 2000s. The bass is driving and the guitar is punchy. Overall there is a lot of post-punk influence in this album. The production and arrangement are phenomenal. One of my favorite qualities in music is when a song is allowed to build and scale back in a way that almost renders it suite-like. This album is full of that dynamic shift which makes the emotional payoff so much more potent. I think if I had been exposed to this music when it came out it would resonate more, but I can recognize that this album truly belongs on this list.
Cult for a reason. Theses tunes are all full of enough energy to make you dance all night long
pretty forgettable imo. felt like one song stretched out into a whole album. not my cup of tea.
This is a really fun album from the Arctic Monkeys. Personally, I think it is their second best album. I would have loved to be in my prime when this music was popular. Best Songs: Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor, From Ritz to Rubble, A Certain Romance, Mardy Bum Worst Songs: You Probably Couldn't See For the Lights..., Dancing Shoes
Always enjoy this album their best work
I was a bit down on these at the time but this is a good album. Quite sneery in a very 2005 way but I like that.
Best Song: From The Ritz To The Rubble. Something about the rapid-fire lyrics of the intro really sticks with me. Paired with the layered vocals, this sounds like a perfect song to hear live. Worst Song: You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me. Not a bad song, but the inclusion of other vocals really just reminds you how great Alex Turner's vocals are. Overall: A classic album that I'd already listened to extensively before this. As a Canadian, that commitment to the accent sounds incredibly attractive and endearing. The music behind it rocks too, creating this fun and cheeky album that feels like an icon for post-2000s indie rock.
Pretty fun, energetic, and inventive. Couldn't really relate to some of the lyrics but even in those cases the music was worth listening to. Overall it was a great ride.
Yeah, can't be arsed with this one. Enjoyed it back in 2007 or whenever, but not a single one of their records since and the Alex Turner hero worship that followed is kind of annoying. But mainly I just didn't like the music. This is clearly the best one though and obviously the lyrics are clever. Blah
Excellent, a fresh take on the concept album. Don't much like the dischordant jerky guitars, but this was a ground breaking piece of work.
Amazing debut. Great garage rock album and one of the earliest examples of internet fame translating into a massive success. I love this album and keepnit in constant rotation. It's hard for me to find a bad track here.
Somehow they have all the components I would normally enjoy, but the muffled vocals, lack of melodies, lack of special songs really just make this band super average to listen to for me. I could never get into them in my life.
Decent alternative rock but without any real highlights or standout songs
"Laddish" mentioned as both a positive and a negative. Bill - 1 Shannah - 2 Conor - 3.75 (2.25/5)
perfect what else should I say? Perfectly captures 00s nostalgia and the accents are just superb. Always worth a listen.
I listened to this album quite a bit during high school. I wasn't in the mood for it very often, but it was enjoyable each time I played it. It still holds up somewhat, although I don't really care for it as much as I used to.
Like a simultaneous breath of fresh air and a bolt of lightning, Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys blazed their way towards the well travelled roads of British indie and added new perspectives in dizzying wordplay and tightly constructed instrumentation, whilst using the novel advantage of the internet to the lexicon of how to create lasting impacts. What followed is a career that has led towards twists and turns that only the Monkeys can take, with the aplomb and ambition that few groups of their ilk could muster and master and they wouldn't have gotten there if they hadn't made this album. What a stellar debut album, what a band they'll be.
Despite the Do I Wanna Know cover by Chvrches being one of my favourite songs ever, I've never really listened to much Artic Monkeys. I can see why this album was a breakthrough. Mucho awesome O.
A bit snarly for me but there's shades of Franz Ferdinand which I quite like.
Qué gran golpe de energía es este disco. Mis favoritas son …dancefloor y Mardy Bum. Pero aún así no lo escucho tanto como los posteriores.
3.75
Very good track lengths and they flow into each other well This is kinda a fav album?
wow. I'd only ever heard their singles before this album, I had no idea that they rocked this hard. pretty kickass album with lots of good guitar parts.
wish they still sounded like this
Probably their best album
The Arctic Monkeys entered the garage rock revival of the 2000's right around the peak, so they had a lot to gain from their debut album with a honed attack of tight drums, jittery guitar, and a driving bassline to hold it all down. Most notable of the Arctic Monkey's sound is vocalist Alex Turner's accent, which makes Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not feel like a natural sequel to the britpop of the 90's (the band has cited Oasis as an influence; quelle suprise). One of the impressive things about this record is how danceable it is. Not only is it filled with energy and fun grooves, but it explicitly makes references to dance. "Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984", "Get on your dancing shoes", references to clubs and drinking. This is an album for a night out on the town. You can even see it on the album cover, with the glazed over eyes, enjoying a drunk cigarette. Between the blaring dance tracks are the occasional slow, tender songs that break things up. Ultimately this album plays out like a Saturday night, ending as the sun rises on a Sunday morning and the boys stumble home having worn themselves out. Well-paced, but still maintains the fun factor throughout. This is a widely successful by many metrics. It moved units, was praised by critics, and landed several awards including a grammy (but the grammys are a sham anyway). Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is worth your time. Take a glimpse into english nightlife in the 2000's.
fav track: red light indicates doors are secured
Super first album.
Boy did the press ever try to will this into being acknowledged as the greatest album ever recorded when it first came out. Overhype aside, the album is just fine. It's not going to change your life, and I'm almost envious of those who get to listen with fresh ears minus the fanfare.
I conferred with my son Dylan about this one. Our conclusion is that we don't dislike it but if we listened to it more often we would probably hate it.
It’s hard to imagine an indie rock band coming up with a fresh sound in 2006. But these guys are certainly punchy, using lots of starts and stops and in-your-face guitar to give the music added energy. The lead singer has a great voice, the lyrics are clever and the hits are quality, especially “I Bet You Look ….” It’s the fastest selling debut album by a band ever, but I’m not so into this sound these days. I think I’d prefer their later material.
This debut album from this post Brit-pop band is pretty ok innit. They are insouciant and full of attitude and it comes out in their music. Just when Brit-pop was waning in the early 80s the Monkeys came to the rescue with a more aggressive, harder sound. There's some decent guitar and drumming on this record.
I appreciate the eclecticism, but this is ultimately not for me
This album is fun as fuck. 4.5
Got to be 5 stars
Classic of my youth
Hi- Fake Tales of San Francisco, Dancing Shoes, Still Take You Home, Riot Van, From the Ritz to the Rubble There was a time in the mid-90's when your "Alternative" band might not fit into the scene unless they had a nonsensical name like Screaming Trees or Harvey Danger or Manic Street Preachers. Arctic Monkeys recognizes this and goes right to work to evoke what made that era fun. The View from the Afternoon trolls you into thinking the song ends, just to come back full-force, perhaps a preview that Arctic Monkeys have no compunction about subverting expectations. Dancing Shoes is poppy, bouncy little ditty. Still Take You Home opens with serious crunchy driving rhythm that sort of kinda goes "loljk" and turns back into thrashy, silly fun. Riot Van is a lush, relaxing breath of fresh air in the middle of the set. From the Ritz... has a furious tone and is layered with excellent progressions and does a nice job of setting us for the final act, A Certain Romance, which has a nice ska/reggae rhythm and feels like a nice closing act for all the controlled chaos that preceded it.
What a fun, energetic album. Incredible debut, especially considering the band were pretty much just kids.
Not my cup of tea. I sort of liked a couple of songs.
Boring, forced, scratchy and annoying, apart from the obvious ones, which are ok.
Artic Monkeys are one of those bands that's peppered through my listening history so it was nice to sit down and listen through this album. I found it very enjoyable and keen to hear again. Love the accent and the stories. Fave: Fake Tales Of San Francisco
It's been a long while since I've listened to this in full, but it's proper good. Brilliant lyrics but it doesn't drag. Bit dated these days (I never even had a phone where pressing star after unlock was a thing) but love a bit of Monkeys.
Fantastic debut but not as good as some people feel it is. To me it is dated and clunky in places the singer's wry lyrics sounding a lot more affected as the years pass. I do enjoy the album, don't get me wrong but it just feels like a safe nephew or what the Libertines had already just done. Could be worse it could be Coldplay
Exceptional when it's going all out, largely meh sadly
It’s pretty good but I feel like the intense popularity of this album has more to do with when it came out than it’s quality.
Alex Turner and the boys set out to give the world a memorable debut…they gave the world a few memorable tracks in an overall album full of too much filler. The hits in this are bangers though.
If that's the case, what a horrible album. No catchy songs, not one song that's got me dancing and smiling.
Blijkbaar zitten er nog behoorlijk wat albums tussen deze en AM, mijns inziens het beste werk dat de apenkoppen uit de UK hebben voorgebracht.
Nooit zo'n fan geweest, hoewel ik het latere werk wel beter vind. Dit is me gewoon te puntig en te Brits.
Dit was best wel ok! Get on your dancing shoes, You sexy little swine!
Best wel ADHD-muziek eigenlijk. Niets ten nadele van ADHD'ers en ook niet van deze muziek, maar het is nogal up-tempo en daar moet ik wel voor in de stemming zijn. Er staan wel een paar echt goede nummers op (zoals een van onze bruiloftsliedjes 'dancing shoes').
When I first heard Arctic Monkeys way back when, the lack of melody made it hard to get in to. Now I love this album. Pace, rock guitar, and a singer who is sometimes yelling.
Fun album, the accent sounds like George Formby at times, but generally a good guitar pop record with loads of fun lyrics and great riffs. Wasn't life changing for me personally, but there's nothing to complain about.
It's a perfect album less some recording quirks picked up on this time around. There's a perfect LP flip and an immaculate run of songs from A6 to B1 and B2. Plays like very few concept albums can with its flow and false starts and stops, packs so much with so little into forty minutes.
Solid.
Day 10: Artic Monkeys is a band I've listened to a couple times before, I enjoy there music when I'm in the mood for it. They have catchy tunes, decent lyrics you can follow. There music may not be ground breaking for me but I would definitely say it's good. This album did not disappoint, Couple songs that are already in playlists of mine were fun to listen to and the ones I hadn't heard before were still good. Overall an easy album to listen to. Favourite Track: Mardy Bum, I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
One of a very few albums I've bought for myself. Loud, messy, laddish, I love it. Highlights: Dancing Shoes, Still Take You Home.
Could easily be a contender for greatest debut album ever. How a band so young could sound so assured is extraordinary. Turner is a genius observer of the world around him, conjuring up portraits of late night Sheffield. And the music is so so good, catchy and exuberant and thrilling rock. Do believe the hype.
Exuberant, observant, gritty
Este disco me encanta!!!
De va helt cheeling
Confident, well-paced album. Would definitely rock with this if I was a white girl in the 2000s. StronG 3
Ett flertal riktigt bra låtar, ett flertal som inte gör så mycket alls för mig. Trea!
I liked it. Not too many songs I'd specifically add but as a whole it was pretty good
High energy, catchy, fun stuff. Best so far of the post-2000 albums I've reviewed on here. Fave Songs: You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me, From the Ritz to the Rubble, A Certain Romance, Mardy Bum, When the Sun Goes Down, Riot Van, Fake Tales of San Francisco
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not by Arctic Monkeys (2006) For a Britpop album that was marketed primarily on MySpace (remember that?), it turned out to be better than I was expecting. It’s a nice 21st century rock sound—plenty of fun with accented off beats, exaggerated triplets, cross-channel dancing, innovative rhythmic breaks, this music keeps you guessing. Very nice drumming by Matt Helders, and the lead vocals by Alex Turner are sassy, confident, crisp (very crisp), and recorded cleanly enough that they’re not smothered in the considerable sonic background. The rapid-fire and highly referential lyrics are not very deep, but the word pictures keep flying past with disciplined cadence. And when it’s time to slow down (“Riot Van”), the words are authentic and vivid. Makes me wish I had been there. Forty-one minutes of good frolic. I could pretend to be young again. 3/5
It is good not great.
Yes yes yes. Listen to Alex Turner?? YES
white man music but its alright idk this albums concept does not resonate heavily with me but i do enjoy the instrumentals
Reminds me of the Clash but with a worse vocalist. Also kind of pop punkish. Seemed to annoy my cat.
03/25/2022 Nice debut album, full of energy. Not really into punk, but there's not really a bad song on this album. Good for them and their success! lol.
Not a bad tune on this. Keeps you up and listening to every hilarious second.
6/5
Punk rock, from their early days. Really good.
Heel wat jeugdsentiment met dit album, dat waarschijnlijk een groot stuk mijn muzieksmaak heeft beïnvloed. Het is rauw, stevig, swingend en rockend. En perfect meezingbaar (of brulbaar). Geen twijfel over de 5* vandaag!
It was alright. Can’t say I’d seek them out. 3*
It was fine. Like the Springsteen one (Nebraska) before, it was OK on first listen but then became very samey/grating on subsequent listens. So as per Nebraska it gets knocked down from a 3 to a 2 on grounds of pettiness.
Ballert aber das war ja bekannt
“It turned out that all the Monkeys needed to conquer the world was scrappy, lager-fueled tunes about being young and bored in a bleak steel town.”
A profile picture of a man smoking, in a dark monochrome. A caption that goes like "whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not". Yep. This is definitely a Facebook profile of a millennial trying to be "edgy". And weirdly, this association sums up the album.
Whip-smart debut, this.
Mildly annoying shout-singing stop-start songs that all sound the same.
Favorites: Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong Mardy Bum I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Começando os 1001 álbuns justo com um dos favoritos da adolescência <3
I enjoyed returning to this album with all its quirks!
Classic
One of the best
Excellent album. So much energy
The thing that stands Arctic Monkeys aside is their unique sound, which - generally speaking - I dislike as too noisy. That said, I prefer and even like the added sophistication of AM so much more, but AM is the exception rather than the rule.
I hate the singer's voice, but the actual music is pretty decent.
SOLID BOPS An album that was huuuge for me growing up, and still holds up SO WELL I forgot how much I love the energy of Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But... A Certain Romance is such a perfect closer I can't list faves because they're all faves
Reyt good this. 100% biased by nostalgia but there's just so many bangers.
I still think this is a fun and solid album!! When the sun goes down is honestly my favourite Arctic Monkeys song and when I saw them back at reading fest I’m like 75% sure someone threw a cup of pee at me during I bet you look good on the dance floor but it was so fun I leant into the 25% chance it was apple juice and had a lovely time. Good album fun tunes. The CD of this had lots of cigarettes on it and mum didn’t let us play it so it feels a lil rebellious too.
This has a bit more filler in the middle than I remembered but when it slaps it slaps and oh boy does it slap
Absolutely refreshing take on all music that had preceded it. Poppy, punk, indie, catchy and danceable all at once. Some of the most arresting songs of the decade. All on a debut album. Cover art 3/5. Striking in its own way and explains the attitude on the album
A great album tied to a horrible time in my life. The scenes, personalities, and dilemmas described in each song are the stuff of younger year legend and the backing tracks are pumped full with the same vim and ornery playfulness. Each song is impossibly better than the one before. I miss the memories, but I’m glad I’m past them!
Die langweilige uninspirierte Version der Libertines? Mich hats nicht überzeugt. 2 Trostpunkte.
1001 Albums Generator Day 1 "We were in a dressing room next to the Arctic Monkeys. This time most of us had ventured out to see some bands, leaving just Mikey's sister and Ian curled up in separate corners of the dressing room trying to sleep. Mikey's sister had just managed to doze off when a champagne bottle flew over the partition wall and smashed on the ground dangerously close to her head. Ian, not yet asleep, witnessed this, grabbed the bottle from the floor and stormed over to give the excitable children from the Arctic Monkeys a piece of his mind. I returned to the dressing room a few minutes later to find Ian kicking their dressing room door in while wielding the shattered bottle as a weapon and shouting, 'which one of you little cunts threw this?!!! Own up!!! Oi! Trophy Head, was it you? You are not fucking with the Kaiser Chiefs now. I'm going to kill you.'" - Eddie Argos, 'I Formed A Band' This album came out when I was 16, and I loved it. It was miles ahead of all the other bands doing similar things back then. They had an amazing rhythm section, lyrics with actual wit and flow and details chosen for effect rather than mindlessly accumulated. I'd gone off them a bit by the time Humbug came out, and they've turned into trophy-headed little cunts, but their music has mostly kept to a fairly high standard while trying different things. They've done a pretty good job of making rock music that draws on music from the last 20-ish years without being reliant on backing tracks, and I think that's the bare minimum any band should be doing, but as that isn't the case I applaud them for it. The moments that hold up best on this one are the funkiest, lightest on their feet and the most vulnerable, where the jokes are self-protective. The lumbering heaviness that briefly dominated their sound was already present in places, and those have always been the bits I like the least. The weakest song for me has always been Perhaps Vampires, which certainly isn't a plodder, but it's played with a ferocity that steamrollers the groove. I guess they were quite into The Jam at the time. A Certain Romance turns into one of the best songs, but starts out as Ocean Colour Scene. From the Ritz to the Rubble, on the other hand, is all about rhythm and space. Elsewhere we were talking about recent talky bands, and while Yard Act seem to be getting compared with The Fall, I think they have more in common with this album. They come across like decent and funny people from what I've read, too, so it's a shame they're just not in the same league. I don't know if I'd call this a classic, but it's still my favourite of theirs and one I'd rank above a lot of albums which do get put in that category. It was a real pleasure to listen to it for the first time in a few years.
Hadn't heard this before. They manage to do quite a lot in under three minutes that the songs running over three minutes somehow feel a lot longer than they are. Quite liked this.
It's banger after banger, the peak of Arctic Monkeys, what an iconic sound and how quickly it whips you back to a certain time. Incredible story-telling, I can remember finding the songs fascinating as they gave me a window into a different kind of life when I was like 14/15. Now however, there is a tinge of misogyny which I hadn't picked up on at the time songs like "Still take you home" can be hard to listen to now when you're properly listening to the words and everything. Still love you though Monkeys.
I found listening to this album a bit of a strange experience because it feels like these songs are so securely anchored in a particular time that to listen to them, like, seriously on my own was odd. It was a bit dated, like some serious misogyny going on there that I was not aware of at the time, but the bangers are still absolute bangers and I really like the down to earth way that the artic monkeys sing about things.
Well what an album. Artic Monkeys are just so iconic, I don't think they can be classed as landfill indie (like similar bands of their era). I love the story telling in their songs
Sound of our generation ennit. What an excellent album, not a bad track on it. Such a sound and just holds a perfect memory in space and time for me. Shame they got shit.
Best album from the 00s indie era (from Britain anyway). Great story telling and so much energy
Good until it wasn’t
Still sounds great today. Minor quibbles with the guitar tones but songwriting, performance and vibe are just legit
This is an okay album, the type of music you can play on a young people's radio station. I'm honestly having trouble telling one song from another, but that might just be my neurons getting old.
One of my favorite albums when I started getting into music around age 13.
Fun and energetic! Not a fan of AM but this is the best album by them I've heard. I will definitely relisten more times. Favorite tracks: * The View From The Afternoon * From The Ritz To The Rubble * A Certain Romance
Proto-pop-garage-punk? I'm not sure how this is classified, but take the irritating parts of all of those styles, blend them together into a homogenized slurry of early-00s rock and you get the Arctic Monkeys? 3/5
Pretty pretty good
This project is really starting to wear me down. Too many generic, uninspired rock albums, too few classic jazz albums and boundary-pushing avant garde albums. Every heavy metal album on this list is incredibly obvious and mainstream. This album sounds like a bunch of songs written to be on commercials for cell phone companies. This is so polished and clean and antithetical to the rebellious spirit of rock. It's not clever, or unique, or original. I listen to this and all I can ask is "why?" Why does this exist. I'm sure it will score in the high threes to mid fours too. Much like Metallica, Oasis, and Foo Fighters, this is the sort of basic shit that people on here really eat up. Downvote Pere Ubu and John Zorn and Laibach and upvote this generic garbage.
Hatte ich mir auch wesentlich schlimmer vorgestellt, stellenweise ganz ok. Aber keine 3 Sterne.
Fantastic album. Wasn’t a fan of them until I heard this album just this Friday
This album was a lot of fun. I’d listen again
Love the energy. The world needs more artic monkeys
First few songs in was great, after two thirds it got a bit grating on the ears, then after the final couple it turned enjoyable again. A rollercoaster of emotions when listening to this. Favourite song was I Bet You Look On The Dance Floor.
Top notch album one of my favs
3.6 - I remember NME or some British music magazine fawning over this record with bold superlatives, claiming it as the "best British rock" or the "best rock period" or some such. The few songs swirling around failed to grab me and that's how I felt after listening to this album. I bet these guys put on a spectacular live show and I can imagine a packed venue filled with attractive people dancing joyously. I just never connected with this prince of the hooligans persona complaining about nightlife and how girls can be a drag.
I used to listen to the songs in this album a lot when I was 16. Never stoped to listen to it as a whole, though. It has a really youthful theme, some shallow, funny and annoying situations of young adulthood. I love it.