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i don’t like i bet that you look good on the dance floor as much as i remember
No thank you.
Ok mais c'est pas trop ma came
Im not really into punk rock
Fairly boring rock music.
this album sounded like one long song, but it was okay i guess
noisy up until the riot song!! but then after i liked mardy bum and the song after..overall not my kind of music because it felt loud in a way i don't like even with the lowest volume. also i feel like this would have been sung by a white guy in a dirty blond shaggy imullet and a leather jacket in the 80s. not that i know much about 80s music.
😐
Ugh, this album was a boring melange of bland rock sameness. It's fine, I guess, but I never got into this band and this album did not convince me to go any farther into their catalog.
There's an energy to this but I'm so far left unmoved. I don't love the singer. The playing is certainly adequate, but there's not really a lot of hooks that grab me. Honestly, I know they have bigger hits but based on this I'm not sure how they got so popular. Were we this starved for vaguely garage-influenced post-punk or whatever in the 2000s? I like Riot Van more - it's slower and atmospheric, and Mardy Bum has an actual catchy riff. Meh.
I imagine this is what people listen to when they're too big of virgins to even try Weezer
Album que me abrio la mente a artic monkeys pese a que me disgustaban, pero esto es un paso a aceptar cualquier tipo de artista o agrupacion sin prejuicios. Album no de mi gusto pero eventualmente escuchare mas de ellos
All these songs sound the same and I don’t care for the same vocal effects on every track
Noise.
Ugh ... more recycled drivel. My current average for music between 1990 and 2020 is 2.27. Why is so much of this detritus on this list.
This albums surprisingly not that bad, I kinda expected some ass since ive heard nothing good about arctic monkeys but this is solid, I like a lot of the songs but the album can definitely be repetitive at the beginning.
Wouldn’t listen to it again
A decent album but I don't know if it is '1001 Albums' material.
Sounds like a temu version of Frank Ferdinand from 2004.
not a big fan. used to be so i know this album, not gonna listen to it now im just gonna rate it lkke a 2
i like the concept but every song sounds the same which could be that's what every night at lucy's was like
Kann man gut nebenbei hören, kann man auch lassen. Die Arctic Monkeys haben mich nie so sehr erreicht, wie andere Bands dieses Genres.
What genre does this want to be when it grows up? A bit too on the punk nose for me at this point in time. Listened before? N Saved some tracks? Favorite tracks? San Francisco ⭐⭐ Didn't hate it. Didn't like it. Saved no tracks.
TREND ALERT : instrumental number the monkeys do be drumming that drum and strumming that guitar its definitely tea but its kinda not my cuppa tea music that can only exist in one era of the timeline i dont think this work aged like fine wine but i do get the appeal before if only i lived it who knows maybe i would’ve shoved this down my throat or ears rather.
Just have a hard time getting into the Arctic Monkeys....
Another one that doesn’t do it for me.
Ya I feel this pero so weird that the 500 albums was arcade fire and this is arctic monkey play on alliteration
Not a fan when this came out and nothing has changed. Couldn't understand the appeal then and can't see it even more so now.
they've put horny in the water in the 2000s it seems extremely adolescent as expected from adolescent musicians gave me a headache/10
Musically, I'm digging it. The vocals, though... hate 'em.
Oh my god they’re like lame fall out boy…
It was fine? Nothing really stuck out to me except the dance floor song, and that's mostly because I heard it a bunch when it first came out. I suppose the best part of this album is that I woke up this morning with my mind playing "I wish that you looked good on the dance floor... ", so that's kind of amusing.
i liked the sound of the opener, the vocals and tempo were interesting and varied enough to keep my attention, though i didn’t care for the lyrics. the rest of the album blended together in an irritating background noise and i was just waiting for it to end. 2/5 just because at least i liked one song.
Favorite track(s): Frankly they all sound so similar that I couldn't distinguish one from any other
C'est ce qu'on entendait quand j'avais 17 ans, donc on devrait adorer. mais non..
You can tell the singer just loves the sound of his own (mediocre) voice.....if he could actually sing this would actually have been pretty awesome, but it was so distracting
Maybe I could enjoy this album more if the title was longer, because right now I feel it's a bit short. And also if music could also be a bit more generic it would please me greatly.
Normy-core rock pablum. There's nothing here that hasn't been done waaay better before
I like a few Arctic Monkeys songs but hadn't listened to much. Only a couple songs grabbed me here
H: this was the definition of mid. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t good either. There wasn’t anything to get excited about or want to listen to ever again. 4/10 H fav song: A Certain Romance Z: I’m thinking this early 2000s alternative rock genre just isn’t for me. Nothing quite special about this one— fuzzy vocals and loud noises. 6/10 Z fav song: Mardy Bum
Boring, through & through
A mediocre british rock album, and another one that was relatively same-y. I probably would have enjoyed this back when I was in middle school but now its just not my taste
Like a thps exclusive band.
No es mi estilo
too clever and weird pace. relax. its like if the strokes were not cool but were anxious and twitchy.
No do not like this band
Like an iced Frappuccino. You take a few sips, only to realize later that it may have a bit more sugar than you like.
Nope
No me gusta esta banda. No me gusta. No. Nota: 2.5
Meh. Not super into it
Oi, you sed whut, m8? I’ll bsh ur fkin’ ‘ed in m8. Swear on me mum.
Arctic Monkeys, _Whatever Peepo Say What I Am, It's What Im Not Innit?_ 🌟🌟 If early 2000s British pop rock was a little too polished, then maybe late 2000s was a bit sloppy. From the very first words of this album, the lads are here to remind you how rough and tuff and working class they are. It's a fairly generic and unsurprising mix of punky radio and teen-friendly rock and it kinda bridges the gap from... like Franz Ferdinand to... Kasabian? But who cares really. I propose a new title. Whatever People Say Wire Isn't is What Arctic Monkeys Is---so go listen to Wire instead. Or another band with some original ideas.
I kinda feel like this is okay enough, but I can just listen to The Strokes instead and like it way more.
When I hit play, I thought this group was going to be mid 00s house music, so this is immediately jarring. Not a bad thing. This band sounds just like another band I have heard but I just can't place it right now. I'm think Jet or The Strokes, but that doesn't feel right. It distracted me the whole album, maybe franz ferdinand but that feels wrong too. Overall, if I had heard this in 2007, I probably would have loved it, because it sounds just like this other band I already like, but, like this other band, probably couldn't place the group when I needed too. Its a shame I only heard this today.
En pidä. Laulettu todella ärsyttävällä tavalla. Instrumentaaliosiot aivan kivoja.
I’ll never understand people who love Arctic Monkeys. Riot Van is a pretty good song
Why do all these bland early aughts “rock” bands sound exactly the same?
Possibly the most overrated rock band of the 21st century. Never really got into them and this album didn't convince me.
1. The View From the Afternoon – 2.0 2. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor – 2.5 3. Fake Tales of San Francisco – 2.5 4. Dancing Shoes – 2.0 5. You Probably Couldn’t See for the Lights but You Were Starting Straight at Me – 2.0 6. Still Take You Home – 2.5 7. Riot Van – 2.5 8. Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured – 2.5 9. Mardy Bum – 2.5 10. Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But… - 2.0 11. When the Sun Goes Down – 2.5 12. From the Ritz to the Rumble – 2.5 13. A Certain Romance – 2.5
Not list worthy
It's not bad, a lot of catchy tunes. The vocals kind of get stale, I don't know what it is, maybe the effect that was applied. Sounds like he is singing on a walkie talkie. Other than that I enjoyed it but it's not something that I would go back to.
Punk, but with someone who can sing. Not angry enough.
Not for me
Felt like a continuous stream of riffiness with admittedly catchy lyrics. Maybe I was not in the mood but I felt like the album was kind of just not all it was cracked up to be?
Idk like less interesting Strokes. The whole Garage Rock Revival thing with the overuse of seventh chords never worked for me. This album is for nicer people.
Arctic Monkeys har säkert haft roligt i replokalen. Men det är mest tröttsamt och enformigt att lyssna på.
Can’t stand this guys voice so far
This does nothing for me. It's like The Libertines: it's the same empty, overly refined music that wants desperately to be anything but. At least The Libertines were first. And on heroin. The writing here really is - and I hate to use this word - sophomoric, telegraphed plainly by that god awful album title. Get out of your own ass, Turner. There's nothing good up there.
Oh good, I'd always wondered what an Arctic Monkeys was. I'm kind of surprised: I had no idea that "indie rock" was a genre that I apparently do not enjoy at all. Maybe this sounds like a descendant of grunge, and since I missed the 90s, I don't have the background to appreciate it? So yeah, pretty much just fell flat for me.
Listened to about half the album. It all sounds very unserious, not-so-good, and very very mediocre.
Nope
This album voted for Brexit. Nothing surer.
This started out, like I wasn't going to like it, and wondering how they survived putting out an album like this. It did get better about half way through, and I could hear the band I'm more familiar with. If I was in a store, listening to this ... I would not have bought it.
It is ok. I was familiar with the more popular songs from radio and clubs back in the day. Loved some of the lyrics, phrasing and delivery. Outstayed its welcome pretty quickly though. Good, rugged no frills production.
Not for me. Good energy. 5/10.
Big monkeys fan. Not their best, however. Fair go. Worst Song: Still Take You Home Best Song: The View From The Afternoon Songs added to Liked Songs:
Ei mikään biisi noussut pinnalle ja odotin kieltämättä että koska tämä loppuu.
I am not an Arctic Monkeys fan, I am an 'AM' fan.
the oasis of the 2000s (both suck)
I used to listen to these guys a lot a decade ago but there's a reason not a single song from this album was in any of my playlists
I have very little experience with these blokes. But it’s fun I guess? 2000s pop punk was such a full genre and then these muppets came about. It all feels like background music for the OG version of Shameless (derogatory)
i actually can't do this i'm getting flashbacks to my a level art classes
This is not extremely bad, but is rather boring/mediocre. I like the sound, but not the songs, which are not that good. The "indie rock" bands that preceded this one (e.g. The White Stripes) are way better and more interesting. Back when all these bands popped out, I hated them. I don't hate them anymore, but still consider (at least this particular one) too soft for my tastes.
I should like this more than I do. The britishness of it gets to me after a while. The songs themselves have great parts but jump around a bit too much.
Not for me. Never been a fan.
New to me. Like the overall vibe, but seems very derivative of the strokes. All of the songs are at the same tempo.
Like all Arctic Monkeys, it's pretty whatever, but I had a good time
point4.
Sorry, but I’m going to put this album in a basket with other shouty stuff from the late ‘90s and early 2000s - The Strokes, The Killers, Arcade Fire, Franz Ferdinand. I didn’t love any of it then, don’t love it now.
Largely forgettable. Lead singer sounds like Sean Connery live
It’s a good sound but feel like I have to be drinking IPAs or some sort of made up coffee drink at a trendy Indie bar to really understand who they are and be cool enough to recommend them.
Lyrics are intersting, but musically what was the fuss about? Truly meh
"get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook" Feels very very 2006, like working through a checklist of what was hot then. Or what was hot just before then, really. Like a Green Day cover band pretending to be Oasis doing cheeky Strokes covers. Somehow this formula makes for The Walkmen, but annoying. The Walkmen at least bring showtune vibes, these guys are a little more Rohypnol® than theater kid. I mean, at least they want you to think that they might date rape you. Pretty sure a lot of 17 year old British kids got laid to this. The children born in the aftermath of that nation-building rut would be 18 today. Listenable, but boring. Production is flat. Dance songs should have bass that sounds richer than farting through a straw.
Couple of good party sounds.
I understand the merit here but I don’t like punk, I don’t like indie, and I don’t like the British. Three strikes you’re out
Fine i suppose, but not essential. Their newer albums are so much better. 2
One of those bands that give me a hangover
Just no✨
not horrible.
Too british sounding. Not charming enough for how badly written. Edgy, but only if i had never tasted anything but beans on toast
They’ve done the fakeout ending trick 3 times, and most of the songs seem to be about
this was too noisy and raw for my tired saturday head. “mardy bum” was basically the only song i enjoyed. i have heard it before, along with “i bet you look good..”. the last song was quite nice.
Good energy but not that into the guitar tone and the frenetic energy. All the songs I like are on their AM album better apparently
ts ass avoid at all costs
I don’t get it. It sounds like all the worst parts of good genres smushed together. Not unlistenable but bleh.
Such a 90's sound but all the songs sound the same. Shame if you listen to this rather than The Strokes or even Franz Ferdinand. Though I wonder if FF all sounds the same now too. I bet it might.
Hate this band but gave them benefit of the doubt. Album was a solid little romp, saves them from 1 star...
It had some edge, but not enough to save it from sounding repetitive.
The band that dares to ask: what if the Strokes, but worse?
I remember this one. It's alright. Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
This sort of grew on me as I listened, then unfortunately I grew off it again. This probably just means the tracks in the middle were OK, while the rest weren't. Worth a 2 though.
4/10
"Whatever people say I am, that what I am not" feels like an overwhelming sensory experience — loud, jangly guitar riffs, powerful percussion, assertive vocals, and everything else thrown in. It's a complete information overload hitting you at the frantic pace of a blurry night out. This exudes the confidence of English charm, presenting a vivid (and somewhat satirical) depiction of pub culture. Influences from the Pistols, Jam, Smiths, Oasis, and Ian Dury can be found throughout these tracks. However, I don't find any of the songs particularly memorable or engaging. This might be due to the rapid tempo and similar rhythmic foundation that most of the songs share. Overall, it's a decent album, though not particularly memorable. It's not something I would choose to listen to again.
fine
Every song sounds the same with his voice
I thought that maybe this album will gather more of something when getting to closer to it's end. I was than listening second to last track. I gotta admit that I was rather focused on my writing tasks while listening to this album and distraction played significant role on this occasion.
Feels like another fad band I'm not familiar with, except from the critic circuit hype of the time. I'm happy to say that they don't sound as irrelevant as I was expecting up front. I can't say whether I've heard their music before or not, probably yes, but who knows. The time this came out I was part of the heavy/extreme metal scene; doing interviews, reviews and also DJing at relevant clubs and events, few of them I was part of crew or were my own. At first listen this plays like a rougher on the edges Blur. Soon I realized this was the from the new era of british rock music, but the initial impression is hard to shake off. I like the edge this has sound wise, it doesn't sound too polished and mostly has the gritty feel a rock album should. I don't care about the lyrics, so they're irrelevant to me. Feels like they're about partying and young people romance, but beyond than that I don't care.
I do not like this band, no matter how many times you try to make me listen to them, i do not like this band
Some good ones here and there but it all sounds very similar
Never listened to this back in the day. Feels a like basic and samey samey, but good energy. I probably would’ve liked it more when it was new (I was 24). Kinda like blur without the depth, the strokes but British, reminds me a little off the hives too. Closing track was the only one I really liked.
I am not the target demographic for this. My late ex loved this album and I could never truly get into this guy’s stuff. From a distance this hardly stands out from its crowd of early 00s bands.
Idk kinda boring. It's not really groovy and the guitar tones are mid.
there's not really anything wrong with it but i just have no affinity or patience for all of the 2000s indie garage rock shit
Sweet but it gets pretty boring after listening it for a while
Clicky bits of british rock. I can't say I'm a fan of this type of music. It lacks any edge to me and the lyrics are always dumb teenager shit
Mittelprächtig!
The name Arctic Monkeys implies that there is fun to be had. This album proves that theory wrong.
Not a huge fan of the Monkees or their polar variety.
I dunno, man. I love the Artic Monkeys but literally every other album of theirs is better.
Yet another average rock album, by another average rock band.
Never really was my thing, and I didn't connect with it this time around either.
Nothing special
Never was a big fan of it.
Nothing that hasn’t,t been heard before, don,t understand the hype other than the generations own shouty boys. Highly derivative
Nope. Didn't like it when it came out, don't like it now. 2/5
I like the guitar work but nothing else.
Didn't like this much. Too noisy.
Finds itself soooooooooooooooooooo clever
Nicht meine Musik, zu stressig und punkig
Look my reasoning is petty but I can’t stand the lead singers voice and accent. It made the album unlistenable. Which is a shame because I liked the lyrics and the music was fine enough. But bleh overall
This sounds like someone....I can't place it. This album is trying too hard. I don't know but there was a British band that sounded like these guys at a roughly similar time. This doesn't sound "bad" but it's not compelling.
Not a fan.
Frantic and aggressive British pop rock. Cookie cutter crap that isn’t special but filled a void when it was released. Nothing special, but dudes seemed to dig it.
Arctic Monkey’s debut album did not move waves for me personally. Instrumentally, the angular riffs and taxing chord shapes served to add some much needed liveliness on this project. However, Alex Turner’s vocal performance, coupled with lacklustre songwriting, really hindered what was already a stale sonic experience.
All adrenaline, no feel. Decidedly British.
Lots of love for this across the board, but I lost interest by about the halfway mark. It’s fast frenetic and energetic, but perhaps that the problem as it’s just a bit too busy. It’s not terrible it just all kind of sounds the same after a while.
En löytänyt paljoa diggailtavaa.
Бибизяна 4/10
Third time giving this a go. Annoying.
Polished punk pop sound. But utterly forgettable music. They're like the Libertines without the magic. Cocaine may make for great musicians; but heroine is so much better for making music.
Raw, frenetic, powerful. Yet, personally, the Stratocaster sound and the noisiness gets on my nerves. 4/10
Sonido interesante, parecido a The Strokes, pero not my cup of tea.
I was a teenager in clubs when this came out and I thought it was a bit immature and cheesy even then.
Makes me want to go to a concert and jump up and down Listening on the drive from Breckenridge to Keystone Guitar and drums!!!!! In the mood for something softer so like riot van
It was "ok". I probably would not go back to this album although, I do like the band.
I don't fucking get it. To me, this album sounds as generic as it possibly can. Maybe this was really influential on a bunch of stuff that came later, and that's why it sounds generic to me, but to me it just sounds like shitty, overproduced, underwritten rock that isn't really adding anything to the music that came before it 2/5
This album is a British wet dream Came out when everyone was screaming about real guitars It’s annoying
In the brief moments where I can understand what Alex Turner is yapping about, I find it thoroughly uninteresting, and not relatable, just pap. I really dislike Alex Turner's vocal style with the Artic Monkeys, this is subjective but it certainly precluded me from listening to the album a second time. The best performance I've ever heard from Alex Turner was a live acoustic cover of 'Feels Like We Only Go Backwards' by Tame Impala. I quite like it and that performance is better than anything I've listened to on this album. The instrumentals have glimpses of unique hooks and momentum but it's few and far between. The instrumentals are quite repetitive even between tracks albeit technically sound. Very much a product of its time but I don't think it's held up. The songs in this album elicit very little from me, nothing to chew on. Really not an album for me.
All the tracks on this album have obnoxiously long names. I bet the guy who wrote this album LOVES the smell of his own farts. First track was ok I guess. Nothing special. Second song has a lovely opening riff. I've sorta tuned out the lyrics a bit due to a natural audio filter for British accents but whenever I tune back in I hear the gayest lyrics man. I enjoy the song "When the sun goes down" but other than that I really have no strong feelings about this album one way or another. It's just ok. I enjoy the instrumentation but it's balanced by having lyrics that sound like they were written by a teenage who thinks wearing a leather coat to school is cool. Only like two memorable tracks for me.
Feels wrong to award this the same as Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory, but I've never really liked Arctic Monkeys and listening to an entire albums just confirmed this for me.
If I were to put Arctic Monkeys' amusingly titled album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not into one genre, I would call it indie punk. A lot of this album pulls from punk in the late seventies and early eighties--and it's even reminiscent of glam rock but without the stage presence. Arctic Monkeys put a modern spin on their music, and it's different and refreshing. The vocals, I fear, are drowned out and the album suffers from it--and my enjoyment, too.
Good energy. Punk ish. Not great but ok. I’d prefer to just listen to the clash when I’m want this level on manic energy. More art from the clash.
I didn't love it
British aught rock! There's definitely some catchy tunes on here, and it's kinda teetering on three stars for me. Honestly I'm just pretty sure I would never choose this on the jukebox, unless it was a really shitty jukebox.
Ok. Kinda like Radiohead but more boring and the singer is meh
Like some of it. Good lyrics.
OMG - I guess I missed the email in 2006 that said \"if you want to be in the Cool Club, you have to kitten to Arctic Monkeys\". Damn! well,I never heard of them, nor heard of any of these songs. Didn't miss much - not one stands out worth re-liteing to. I see the band has above average ratings this site, but, you got me~
Yeah, nah.
talented
Kind of fun, but nothing stood out.
Not my genre so I say 😕
Reason why I stayed away from this when I was 19 - pretty basic indie/garage/pop-punk. Tries to be cool and catchy and fails at both. What's with the simpering titles? You couldn't see for lights but staring at me (or whatever)? Vampires is a bit strong but...? Easy 2.
Okay but not my cup of tea.
Middling early 2000s alt rock with a very boring B side.
Like if QOTSA were annoying instead if cool.
Not a huge fan
Blev väldigt taggad då jag tänkt lyssna på arctic monkeys eftersom jag fått för mig att jag skulle gilla dem!! Början av albumet var inte dåligt men tyvärr inte alls min grej dock. Andra halvan var mycket mysigare!! Tror When The Sun Goes Down är en favorit
Naaaah Bästa låt var I bet you look good on the dance floor
A lot of incoherent British rambling. They’re trying to be high energy while not being exciting or danceable. The best parts of the album are the couple slower parts where you can actually understand what’s going on.
every song on this album sounds like the same song and it's not even a good one
Don't love his voice
Replaceable mid-aughts pop rock.
This album didn't connect with me m
Never been a huge fan
I enjoyed the energy of the drums and would probably dig this live. But I mostly found this pedestrian. On an unrelated side note, this 'random' generator has given me 6 albums in a row and 17 out of the last 21 by British artists.
I don't have any use for the ten thousand bands that sounded like this music: hated. (⌐■_■)
Meh. Lad rock. Not my thing. 2.7
Boring
Another puzzler. What's with this writer and British rock bands? There seems to be a bias in favor of British indie rock groups for some inexplicable reason. I don't see the big deal.
Despite British Indie of the 00’s as my preteen/teenage jam, I never really enjoyed the Arctic Monkeys that much compared to their contemporaries.
Don't get the accolades.
I don’t get this album at all! Not very good in my humble opinion
Not my type
Upbeat but repetitive
Irriterande
acoustic is kewl vocal is not so kewl
Mmm
Woof. Noisy.
Not a fan, too jumbled for my taste
Ok but not really my jam
Overall, an annoying sounding band with one catchy song per album
Bland and boring. Every song sounds the same, there may be a few ones that are a bit different and unique. It's not bad but it just gets repetitive, therefore, I got quite bored after the first songs. I don't think it's a bad record but I don't really get the hype.
secondo la mia modestissima opinione, è un album banale e non troppo interessante
Not my taste. But I did listen to the whole album.
Funny, but not my taste
All sounded the same. Nothing really melodic.
Two decent songs. Otherwise, all the songs sound the same.
Not bad, maybe 2-3 good songs, gets a little repetitive. Sounds like a British Cage the Elephant
One or 2 groovy moments. Mostly just ok. I’m not blown away.
I'm not really sure I like this band, if there's one album I should live it's this one but every time I try to listen to it I can't get through it. I tried again, same results, this just isn't for me
I know that arctic monkeys know how to use distortion on their guitars because they do it on this album and yet they spend so much time opting instead for the most annoying guitar tone ever recorded
Eh
The album opened up strong with the first track; odd time signature, interesting. Then it fell off till the last track for me. Not a fan of the lead singer's delivery and whatever processing they put in it for most of the tracks. Best Songs: A View From the Afternoon, A Certain Romance Listen Again: No
Love AMs newer albums, hadn't listened to this one before but it was kind of a let down. Some of their sound now is definitely here, but they've changed a lot for the better in my opinion. Best songs- Mardy Bum, From the Ritz to the rubble
Ok, but not for me
I don't get the hype
So so
Talented chaps and, while I like the energy of this album, I didn’t dig the sound much nor the lead singer’s voice.
One of the MOST overrated indie albums ever. Decent, but not AOTY status like it was hyped at the time. 2/5
Didn't hate this, but also would never listen to this again.
Ok album, don't really understand how this made this list though. Most of the songs sound like the same song.
Seems like rock I guess
Fine- just not for me
not rlly my thing
Boring. Didn't like it when it was released and still don't like it now.
I listened to this album excessively in college and loved them. There are a few really good hits, but overall the album doesn’t feel timeless. It feels very specific to the time period it came out of (2006)
Meh. Lad rock. Not my thing. 2.7
Some catchy guitar riffs and lyrics. As a northerner I appreciate the accent and dialect but to me the vernacular turn of phrase used throughout made this seem like a Viz comic rather than musical record.
Sound fun live, but couldn't get into it.
It’s ok
Another very British album. Vampires is the best track among a very monotonous album.
Tries a bit too hard at times to be edgy in what I call a "bloke pop" kind of way. A few good tunes.
Favorite Song : When the Sun Goes Down Runner Up: A Certain Romance
I find this singer irritating.
Meh
Ugh.
Very cohesive, but may be so much that the songs sound too much alike. electric guitar heavy rock album
I feel like I could like them if they toned down the poppiness. Some cool baselines.
Overhyped
The album apparently is in the "indie" genre but it wasn't overtly indie music to me. There are elements of it but more rock if anything. With that said I cannot recall one song or part that is particularly noteworthy or to point to and say listen to this. It is better than a 2 but not really a 3.
I absolutely hate this band and always have. Having said that, the only 3 songs of Arctic Monkeys I could ever listen to are all on this album (Fake Tales of San Francisco, Mardy Bum and When The Sun Goes Down), They remind me of student days so maybe it's more the nostalgia than the music!
Not for me. Too frenetic. Two stars.
Hmm, this is at times OK, but mostly is a type of energetic and upbeat that I'm not really a fan of.
Some Good, some alright, some MEH. Best: "Mardy Bum"
1.7 really was hoping to have my mind changed about AM but alas.... just very boring nothing exciting going on, all the songs sound pretty much the same. fave songs: a certain romance
I like the arctic monkeys, but this album in no way belongs on a list of the best albums of anything ever. 2/5
I don’t know why I can’t get into this album/band. I feel like their guitars have the same tone in each song. Not saying it’s bad, probably just not for me.
Acho que já ouvi alguma coisa deles, é um indie que conheço, mas não pretendo escutar novamente.
ei vaan kiinnostas vittuakaan brittiläinen kulttuuri...underground indie band. moni ei kuulukkaan moisesta... on niin turvallista musiikkia kun mahdollista, onko huono asia? no ei välttämättä mutta tällä kertaa on heh... no kaikki biisit on ok. onneksi en montaa tästä ole joutunut eaa. kuulemaan (ennen albumien aikaa) vaikka massiivinen populäärialbumi kyseessä. on tässä hyvääkin, basso... mutta yksi asia tästä puuttuu, ultimate lyriikki ''You think you're special'' olisi sopiva tämänkaltaiseen runkutukseen. olen antanut indieperseilylle vitosia aiemmin joten objektiivisuus on todistettu. tämä ei vitosen suuntaana edes vilkuile. red light indicates doors are secured
arctic monkeys mid
Generic uninspired Brit rock that tries too hard. Is it horrible, not really but why is it on the list? At least it wasn't the AM album.
wasn’t a huge fan but okay
Ikke deres beste album
2.5
Another of those bands that I should have liked but just didn't. I think alex turner is just trying too hard to sing 'cool.' The strokes mastered the 'try hard and say it's easy' and looked so damn easy. The arctic monkeys always looked like they were trying very fucking hard. Maybe the melodies just aren't there? Rock stomp after rock stomp. Not very memorable or catchy.
p913. 2006. 2 stars. Loud, obnoxious, shouty, average pub band that got lucky. Alex Turner's voice grates like chalk on a board - every time he opens his mouth I wanted to smack him to make him shut it. Bonus star for When The Sun Goes Down.
Rubbish… Absolute rubbish innit? I don’t even know where to start with this dog-water of an album. Honestly this is the worse thing England has done to us since the Beatles, I can’t even understand half the words they’re saying with that mid accent. Thank god for the revolutionary war so we don’t have to put up with this chicanery. If you know someone who’s into this stuff, keep an eye on them, they very well could be a traitorous loyalist to the crown. Long live the American revolution 😤 💯🗽🇺🇸 🚫🇬🇧🫖
Likes: Drumming and rhythms reminiscent of In Utero at times, solid band, fun vibe that stays consistent Dislikes: Vocals and melodies don’t do anything for me at all, songs feel a little too similar/one-note Overall, this is an album where if you like one song, you’ll probably like the rest. But I don’t, so it was a bit of a slog for me.
I've never been a punk fan. I don't know why, it just doesn't appeal to me. This record was mostly that: a more modern punk-inspired English rock album. I didn't hate it but didn't find it enjoyable either.
I found it difficult to hold on to anything on this album. It sounds really samey overall and I can't understand why it is so praised.
Tja...wat voegt dit nou weer toe aan onze muziekgeschiedenis? Zang en instrumenten zijn hier twee losse dingen. Vaak een lekker tempootje hoor. Maar dat maakt het geen voldoende.
Highlights: "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured" The Strokes were five years ago at this point, so with added dashes of garage and surf aside, the main contributions here to the broad blend of pop punk and classic soul is Spencer's larger-than-life ethnography of Northern English pubs. Which is to say there's not much to say but lots of fun ways to say it. The clever rhyme schemes, eye for detail, and loads of punchy rhythms have the vocals and drums carry us through, but it's rare for a track to go by without a minute of jamming on some truly tedious and stale guitarwork. A lot of 00s retro hasn't aged well.
I've somehow managed to never listen to Arctic Monkeys even though I think I was their target audience during college because this album was everywhere and everyone was going gaga over it. This is the album I would have checked out during that period if I gave it a chance. I had a feeling I knew what they sounded like anyways and I had a feeling it wasn't for me. Now cut forward about 17 years and here we are. It's exactly like I thought it would sound and still isn't for me.
Always struggled with this. Messy and just doesn’t hook me - Later stuff much better.
The Artic Monkeys debut is a fine modern punk pop album. I fail to see what all the fuss is about. They are fine.
This band and album came just a bit too late for me to get into. Sadly, full-time work and the misery of adulthood had hit hard by this point, and I wasn't really listening to music much. So I've heard "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor" before, I'm sure every one in the world has. Everything else is new to me so far, decent indie rock and I love the singer's accent. Frank Spencer! I like the copper bashing song, "Riot Van". I thought I might recognize "Mardy Bum" but nope, new to me this one! Ooh, I know this one! (When The Sun Goes Down) Who came first, The Strokes or Arctic Monkeys?! I checked, I think The Strokes were first. "Just cos he's had a couple of cans, he thinks it's alright to act like a dickhead." Haha, just about everywhere on a Friday / Saturday night in the late 90s / early 00s!! That was alright, that. Can't give half stars, as I'd give it 2.5 / 5, so I'll go with 2 because it wasn't /that/ good.
Just ok.
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.
It’s ok, not my taste
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.
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..
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.
It was ok. I couldn't say it was something you needed to listen to before you die.
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.
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.
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.
“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
I didn’t need to listen to this. Every Arctic Monkeys song sounds the same.
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.
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.
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.
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
2.5
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.
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
meh. couldn't vibe.
pretty forgettable imo. felt like one song stretched out into a whole album. not my cup of tea.
"Laddish" mentioned as both a positive and a negative. Bill - 1 Shannah - 2 Conor - 3.75 (2.25/5)
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.
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.
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.
Reminds me of the Clash but with a worse vocalist. Also kind of pop punkish. Seemed to annoy my cat.
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.
“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.”
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.