Reviews (page 4 of 9)
this is just we've got arctic monkeys at home
This was pleasant! 3.5 rounded down.
This seemed like a long lost hidden gem from a somewhat psychedelic album from the 60’s. A nice variety of styles and instrumentation. I quite enjoyed it.
I’m glad Alex Turner has an outlet for … whatever this is. Just leave me out of it.
Interesting "supergroup". Completely missed the fact that they existed, they never got any mainstream airplay. Strange to hear Turner's voice in anything other than Arctic Monkeys, but it works. Aping a bit of Muse here. Very listenable album, full of neat twists and turns.
Gostoso de ouvir mas não por muito tempo
I guess Dimery is a big Alex Turner fan, but this is far from the Arctic Monkeys and certainly not list worthy. I remember this being a big disappointment in 2008. It still is.
3.5 - Good
Først og fremmest vidste jeg sgu ikke at Alex turner havde lavet andet musik. Men han havde åbenbart også en vision om at lave noget musik som tog aftryk i hans kærlighed til filmiske kompositioner inspireret fra 60'erne. Det kommer til udtryk i at have været meget teatralsk (tror det mest er i vokalerne jeg oplever det) og orkesteragtigt. Selvmytologisering (hvor man skaber en form for myte omkring sine tidligere traumer og skaber identitet og bedre forståelse for en selv. det her baroque pop/orchestral pop bærer faktisk også over i nogle af hans andre projekter bla AM. Det må jeg prøve at lægge mærke til næste gang. Synes derfor det er et udtryk for at det her projekt er et meget personligt et og også autentetisk et eller andet sted.
Arctic Monkeys
this album surprised me, just reminded me of prime arctic monkeys but less heavy and more mellow, great album though
I really wanted to like this more than I did. I really like some of the music, but I hate Alex Turner's vocals...and I'm not sure who the other guy is singing, but I don't like him either. Never really liked Arctic Monkeys and I certainly don't like this. Definitely wouldn't listen to it again. One of my issues is that they're trying to capture a specific kind of feeling, like spaghetti western music, stuff you'd find in a James Bond film and maybe some Bowie-like stuff. They have the sweeping orchestral vibe that's like movie theme music, that cinematic production style...these guys singing are trying to be crooners but they can't pull it off. I'd probably like this a lot more if it were JUST the music and no vocals...but even then, it's almost too polished. I said it before on the Hot Fuss review, but this is music for a "Now That's What I Call Music" CD that you'd find at CVS. I'm giving this an album a 2 because I do like some of the music.
Good bit of fun indie. Doesn't take itself too seriously, probably a bit heavy on the orchestration but a pleasant afternoon listen.
Kind of a fun listen but can’t help feel the production is too much.
This doesn't sound bad and I do really appreciate the orchestral stuff. Don't regret hearing it but didn't really change my day.
Surprisingly enjoyable for 2008. I liked the cinematic feel with a 1960s vibe. They did it well. Could have been interesting if they let some of the instrumentation breath a little more without vocals at times.
This was a surprise album. Really enjoyed it. I think they took the gimmick out of Arctic Monkeys and just made some really good songs.
First album, great way to start off spooky season. Listened on a walk today. I really enjoyed, it brought me back to elementary/middle school indie rock vibes.
Sounds out of its time which is probably what they wanted
This was a nice ride. Got that classic Alex Turner sound with a nice twist here and there
Wow!! I loved this album. This is the first time in a while I’ve been introduced to something new on here that really impressed me. And, what’s more, some of the songs reminded me of the theme song to Underdog. And who doesn’t like the theme song to Underdog. Really loved this one. I think I’ll listen again. I’m giving it a 4, but maybe it could be a 5 with a couple more listens.
tranquility base should be on here before this’n but its still a 5
Great album and probably marks and interesting turn on Alex Turner's songwriting to branch out from his indie rock roots. You can definitely hear the influence of the soundtrack composers on The Last Shadow Puppets, the orchestral elements in particular give this a really epic quality. Considering there's also a 60s / mod type feel too, i thought it actually sounded incredibly fresh in 2008 and still does now
An OK Artic Monkeys side project. Wouldn't put it here otherwise.
British Cowboy music? BARF! 🤮
really enjoyed this album. I had no expectations and was really pleasantly surprised.
I only have terrible memories of 2008. I literally lost interest in everything, so the year completely passed me by. So did this, and what a shame... This is well good. I really enjoyed some of the songs on here. Separate and Ever Deadly, The Chamber then In My Room later on all pricked my ears. Great 60s quality with added cleanness. Interesting listen. Not quite a 5, because some tracks didn't grab me as hard as others, but definitely a strong 4.
It’s fine. Better name than music
I like the throwback sound of British pop on this fairly modern all-star cast album. It kind of got bland after listening for awhile, but still an album you can just put on and listen through it. Another album that I didn't know existed before this. The Meeting Place stood out. 3.5/5
Depuis le début des écoutes, c'est le premier "artiste" que je ne connaissais pas du tout: de nom, de cover d'album. En faisant une recherche je vois que c'est le gars de Arctic Monkeys qui n'a jamais attiré tant que ça mon attention. De bonnes chansons et d'autres moyennes.
Belle ambiance moelleuse, mais je ne peux pas dire que je trippe pour l'instant. Ça vaut sûrement la peine d'y revenir.
Correct. On voit le style que Arctic Monkeys allait prendre dans ses derniers albums, avec un sont plus lent et symphonique. Ça vient pas me chercher tant.
British punk rock Ish
Ok light alt rock
God no, and yes. It wins a fucking Mercury prize. Because of course it does. Good for ballast. Or weighing down stuff. Or by deleting it freeing up your disc space. Musically worthless .
You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! There, that's about the only 60's/70's reference they missed in constructing this construct of an idea, which is art maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan. Alex, well he kind of got ahead of himself, you know what I mean? We are a fooking long way from Sheffield mate, banging tunes and all. My Mistakes Were Made For You is a great song and must be acknowledged. But Serge, sorry I mean Alex, seriously jammed his head up his backside on this one. And the next stop for Alex and Miles you might ask? I'm sure they are trying to get the funding for a re make of Blowup...je t'aime...je t'aime..
This sentence in the wikipedia article for this album caught my attention: "The band lived in the studio while recording, in their free time Turner and Kane would ride their bikes through the countryside, listen to old records, watch The Pink Panther film series, and have dance parties." It sounds like they were living in a Wes Anderson film. Actually, that's _exactly_ what this album is like -- a Wes Anderson film. It is a self-consciously cinematic and highly designed simulacrum of 60s French orchestral pop. And, like a Wes Anderson film, it can feel like an exquisite and expensively crafted genre exercise but emotionally distant. I can't believe they talked their record company into funding this flight-of-fancy-slash-bohemian-lifestyle project. Man, record companies really did have plenty of money to throw away in the early 2000s.... Wildly inessential, but pretty good at what it is trying to be. Personally, I quite enjoy a Wes Anderson film on occasion.
I like it. 3.5.
2 sterne
So so so indie, always interesting to get an album that i feel like defined what would be the sound of 2010's indie rock and stuff like that. The oldie influences are used kinda tastefully (which is insane cause i don't like most rock to come out in the 60's)
It's quite a soothing album, with various instrumentation that helped progress the modern indie rock scene. It is quite boring, though.
They didnt have the full album on yt music so I didnt get the whole thing. It was distinctly arctic monkeyish but I didnt find the choruses as catchy.
I’d never heard of this group before thus but I had heard of the individual parts that make it up. It is very much an exact amalgamation of those parts, with a ton of reverb. It’s not bad but I’d rather just listen to arctic monkeys. Pretty average.
I enjoy the Arctic Monkeys but had never heard of this project before. It was surprisingly delightful. Loved the vibe especially the mellow vibe of the last couple of songs.
An interesting listen, especially given what else I've heard from the Arctic Monkeys guy. Probably not something I'll listen to again, though.
I'm assuming this is on here because it influenced someone. It's not cool enough to be Arctic Monkeys, but not dorky enough to resonate with queer people. The result is... Fine, but I don't believe it's anyone's favorite album anywhere
Bueno
It feels more like an exercise in being very British in a mod sixties way than an actual album
Enjoyed it, fell off a little towards the end for me but good overall. More like a 3.5
This one was good. I’d give it a 3 of 5, enjoyable but I wouldn’t go out of my way for this again. But a cool project to hear
Snoresville 2.5/5
I can't say this with 100% certainty that this is better than any Arctic Monkeys album because I haven't heard any of their albums in full, but I CAN say that on average I like this band more than Arctic Monkeys, and by a lot. This was a cool album.
These songs just seem like they are from a musical and I just ain't in the mood for it today. Props for keeping these mid songs short.
The age of the understatement - vibey, makes me feel like im in a sallon with a live band dancing with a strange 4/5 Standing next to me - makes me wanna dance, a little bit too repetitive for my taste 3,5/5 Calm like you - love this sooooo much 4/5 (2nd fav) Seperate and ever deadly - something was off cant tell what, but overall solid 3/5 The Chamber - i love the more calm vibe, want to sway in my room to this, especially the echos felt really interesting, but the outro was to long imo and didnt feel necessary 4/5 (fav) Only the truth - back in the saloon, but this time i stand on a table declaring my stand while raising my glass 3,5/5 My mistakes were made for you - liked the change of key, wasnt a fan at the start but it grew on my as the song progressed 3/5 Black Plant - why would you say sorry????, okay but i did actually like this 3/5 I dont like you anymore - so i liked the begining but wasnt a fan of the first change to the more energetic part, but the energy kinda grew on my ig 2,5/5 In my room - the build ups were reallyyyy cool, 3,5/5 The meeting place - a bit boring in comparison to the rest 2,5/5 (least fav) Time has come again - this made me weirdly very sad, but i did like it alot 4/5 coherence: 4/5 overall impression (x2) : 4/5 (x2) I overall really liked the use of instruments, his voice and diversity in sounds all while maintaining a certain way of coherence ---> 3,5/5
Interesting album goated first song. 5.4/10
Parfois, dans ce grand foutoir qu'est la liste des "1001 albums", on tombe sur des cas d'école. Des disques qui illustrent parfaitement une tendance, une époque, ou, comme ici, l'écart abyssal qui peut exister entre une ambition démesurée et le résultat final. Je parle de "The Age Of The Understatement", le projet monté par les deux coqueluches de l'indie rock britannique de la fin des années 2000, Alex Turner et Miles Kane. Il faut se souvenir du contexte. À l'époque, Turner était le poète surdoué des Arctic Monkeys, le mec qui avait redonné ses lettres de noblesse à la chronique sociale sur fond de guitares nerveuses. Le voir s'associer à Miles Kane pour un projet parallèle avait de quoi intriguer. Et puis la première bombe a été lâchée : le single éponyme. Une production d'une ampleur folle, des cordes wagnériennes, une tension de film noir... On nous promettait un chef-d'oeuvre de pop baroque, un hommage vibrant et moderne aux Scott Walker et autres John Barry. Sur le moment, j'avoue, l'appât était de qualité, ça sentait bon, ça avait de la gueule. Sauf qu'un plat de résistance ne se juge pas sur son amuse-bouche. Et une fois l'album entier sur la platine, la sensation est tout autre. Le grandiose annoncé vire très vite au boursouflé. Soyons clairs, l'idée de départ est respectable, car rendre hommage aux orchestrations épiques des années 60 est un pari audacieux. Mais pour que ça fonctionne, il faut deux choses : des chansons d'une qualité irréprochable et, surtout, une âme. Or, c'est là tout le problème car passé l'effet de surprise des premières minutes, on se rend compte que l'orchestre symphonique n'est pas tant un écrin pour les compositions qu'un gigantesque cache-misère. Les deux compères semblent avoir appliqué la même recette sur la quasi-totalité des pistes : une mélodie pop correcte, et hop, on balance par-dessus des louches entières de violons, de cuivres et de percussions dramatiques. C'est le "syndrome Michael Bay" appliqué à la musique : pourquoi faire dans la subtilité quand on peut tout faire exploser ? Le résultat est épuisant, l'album manque cruellement de dynamique, d'air, de silence. Tout est constamment au bord de l'hystérie, chaque morceau se veut un climax, si bien qu'au final, plus rien n'a d'impact. C'est un long monologue crié dans un mégaphone. "The Age Of The Understatement" est un album du "trop plein". Trop d'arrangements, trop de prétention, trop de poses savamment étudiées. On sent que Turner et Kane se sont fait un plaisir monstre en studio, qu'ils se sont regardés en se disant "putain, on est des génies", mais ils ont oublié l'auditeur dans l'équation. C'est de la branlette de studio, aussi impressionnante soit-elle techniquement. Dépouillez ces chansons de leur faste orchestral. Que reste-t-il ? Quelques bonnes lignes de chant, une poignée de riffs corrects, mais surtout beaucoup de titres qui, livrés à eux-mêmes, sembleraient bien fades. "Standing Next to Me" s'en sort bien parce qu'elle a la structure d'un tube pop efficace qui aurait fonctionné même en acoustique. Mais combien d'autres morceaux se noient dans leur propre emphase ? Le pire, c'est que ça manque de vécu. On a affaire à deux jeunes mecs de vingt ans qui chantent avec la gravité d'un crooner de Vegas en fin de carrière. Ça sonne faux, c'est un déguisement, un exercice de style appliqué, scolaire, mais sans la fêlure qui rendait un Scott Walker bouleversant ou un Lee Hazlewood crédible. On n'y croit pas une seconde, on regarde deux acteurs talentueux jouer une pièce de théâtre, mais on n'est jamais dupes. Alors oui, la production est impeccable. Oui, les musiciens sont excellents. Mais la musique, ce n'est pas qu'une performance technique. Et cet album en est la preuve flagrante, c'est une coquille magnifique, mais désespérément vide. Un projet d'ego qui a séduit une partie de la critique par son ambition, mais qui, avec le recul, peine à masquer ses faiblesses de composition et son manque criant de sincérité. Sa place dans les "1001" ? Je la questionne sérieusement. Peut-être comme l'exemple parfait du "style over substance", l'album qui a plus d'allure que de fond. Une curiosité, un caprice de rockstars, mais certainement pas un disque essentiel Verdict : 3/5. Un album qui en met plein la vue mais qui laisse sur sa faim. C'est boursouflé, souvent indigeste, et ça a le charme artificiel d'une fleur en plastique. Ça brille de loin, mais de près, ça ne sent rien.
Unfamiliar with this, my first impression was that it sounded like an Arctic Monkeys-Muse mashup, which I guess was half right. It’s good. Hints of 60s era theater tunes and Sergio Leone. Maybe could have used a banger hit to distinguish itself.
i will never not love an alex turner strings album. fucking BANGERS
Solid album!
Never heard of this project before, but when i saw that Arctic Monkeys and Simian Mobile Disco are involved, i was excited. Was a bit disappointed in the end, since it felt like a movie soundtrack (James Bond vibes right here), but most of the songs were quite forgettable for me.
Not a bad album. I kept getting distracted and losing where I was in the album, but I didn't have a problem picking up at any point and repeating songs. 4/5
Really interesting album. It sounds like a soundtrack, and I could like it as one. Or a concept album (which I guess maybe it is, but it didn't feel like it and that structure). Without that form to fit all these stories into, it felt rambling. Not bad, but not well-formed.
Takie meh. Ani ziębi, ani grzeje. Utwory zlewają się w całość. 3/5
Interesting. Retro sounding yet modern. It was ok.
Ein cineastisches Indie-Album mit opulenten Streicherarrangements und Retro-Charme. Alex Turner und Miles Kane liefern dramatischen Barockpop mit Western-Flair, inspiriert von Scott Walker und Ennio Morricone. Besonders stark: „Standing Next to Me“ und der Titeltrack. Etwas zu sehr Hommage, aber stilvoll und mutig. Ein klangvolles Abenteuer abseits des Mainstreams.
A true dirtbag album (complimentary)
It's like early Arctic Monkeys meets 60s movie soundtracks, lots of Morricone vibes, Mariachi beats, and boosted by the Orchestral arrangements. No song stood out too much on first listen but the sound and vibes from this record was great.
Kinda dig this one. I'm a sucker for symphonic rock sometimes and they definitely lean into the vibes of a spaghetti-western orchestration. Favorite tracks: The Age of the Understatement, I Don't Like You Anymore
Rambling, busy, and more enjoyable than expected
The Scott Walker comparison was apt but while well produced/generally well played, nothing really that interesting/new about it.
dirty glam crooning..... love it.
I wasn’t sure what I was getting into with this one, but what a pleasant surprise! Turns out I really dig the 60s sound that this album weaves throughout—not surprised to find that the Arctic Monkeys played a part of this one! I’m definitely going to have to give this a relisten too.
Totally new to me, but I really dug Arctic Monkeys first album and the lead singers voice. Album starts really strong, and the first track "the age of the understatement" is my favourite. Its like arctic monkeys meets a cinematic orchestra. Pretty upbeat, good guitar work and overall consistently good songs.
made to sound older than it is
439/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
I was surprised by this album first by its release date (I would have sworn it was from the 60s), and then by how much I liked it. I’ll definitely listen again.
Pretty good find, and good story. I like the references back to the postpunk era that I like a lot.
The orchestral accompaniment is saccharine and boring. The lyrics are mundane and the singing is grating. This was a tough one for me to get through. Pretentious rubbish.
like if the white stripes were better and frank ferdinand were worse
Another surprise.
This was as advertised. Sounds like a slight different arctic monkeys album.
Ooh, I like this opener. Gallops along. Track 2: decent rhythm as well. Not quite as attention-grabbing as the previous. The album tailed off after this superb start, but there's still plenty good stuff on it.
As a spinoff to the Arctic Monkeys, rather than continuing the indie rock style they’ve been known for, The Last Shadow Puppets instead takes inspiration from Rock in the 60’s and 70’s. This project was formed after band mates Alex Turner and Miles Kane both talked about their love for Bowie’s Soul Love after all, and in some ways, this album feels like a love letter to this era in time. Going into this album, I was already familiar with two of the songs on here: My Mistakes Were Made for You and the Meeting Place. Finishing up my album listen, I still think these two are by far the best on the record, but all the other songs feel really replayable, to the point where on my 3rd listen, I was singing to some of these while running. Still, sometimes the lyrics for some of these songs can feel like a cheap imitation of the pop-rock influences they drew from, and if you’re not willing to play along with the album knowing this, it may sour the experience. This album is by no means revolutionary to the industry compared to some of the albums I’ve been listening to up to this point, but it’s a fun album with a good portion of catchy and replayable songs, and that’s what music should be all about.
Very bored by this. Nothing grabbed my attention except for the first few seconds. Meh or maybe worse than meh.
It's good but nothing about it really stands out so three stars.
This is the only one on here that I listened to again after my first listening!
I saved a couple songs from this album. I really liked the themes throughout, whole the way they sang fit the emotion. Each song had a different sound to it
I loved the orchestral infusion into indie rock, the sound on this album was incredible. I felt it overstayed it's welcome by 5-10 minutes though, andAlex Turner's vocal style is a little tiring by the end of it
This one was a surprise. Indie rock with big band/orchestral elements to fill in the sound profile. I really enjoyed a lot of this album, and it seemed to consistently evoke memories of other songs I hadn't heard in a while.
Tricky one to rate! I've known and enjoyed this album since it was released in 2008, and do like it a lot. However, I was surprised to see it made a list like this. It's a great listen which has a fairly unique mix of epic orchestral music and classic mod rock. Alex Turner's voice is as excellent as ever, and particularly the first two tunes stand out. However, as a whole the album does get a tad repetitive, and doesn't hold up amongst the best few Arctic Monkeys albums. On that matter, it's interesting and very notable how this was a bridge from the first two AM albums to Humbug and it's successors. 7/10
Sort of the soundtrack to an as yet unmade Austin Powers film, in a massively good way.
Sounds like what it is, an Arctic Monkeys side project. I don't know how essential the Artic Monkeys are, this project even less so.
perus
It's got personality and creates a solid atmosphere throughout, but I'm not sure it goes much beyond that. 3 feels harsh, but 4 feels too generous.
Day 50 First listen- I enjoyed the album, I love alex's vocals and the songs were catchy. (3.5/5)
If I didn’t see the release date on this, I would have thought they were a dime-a-dozen pseudo-psychedelic pop-rock bands from the mid- to late-60s. Being “retro” doesn’t really make them any more compelling.
Not only do they embrace the spaghetti westerns music vibe but the 60’s pop sound, in general. The songs are catchy, although I keep expecting a whip crack or gunshot to ring out.
Not bad! I like Arctic Monkeys, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. 3.5*, but I don't think I can round up.
Nice. Worth the listen.
2.33
Quite average rock
Good album.
White people music. Not bad tbh. Alex Turner is a good musician and he makes this album a solid indie rock listen, not much stood out to me.
Patiko, kai kurios dainos labai geros, kitos vidutiniskos
Thought I’d like it more given the artists but nah.
It's giving FIFA 10 character creation menu. Boring. 2 stars.
A boring version of the Arctic Monkeys.
Court, efficace, pétillant et énergique, parfois emballé. Influencé par les Beatles dans les arrangements vocaux?
I really feel like I should've liked this much more than I did. Oh well.
3.5
Quite nice.
1st album review it was cool just very loud and fast not into indie rock but the chamber was good.
This album cover turns me on but you’ll never know who I am so it doesn’t matter anyway
It's OK, but not my flavor.
As someone else said. There are some very good songs on it, but the rest just filled up the album. Best Song: The Age of the understatement
A 1,001 albums surprise! This sounds like a mix of 1960s and modern. I liked it, and I will listen again one day.
it deleted my notes. it sucks anyway
Didn't love it. Felt bland. 2 stars.
I didn't love this. Flory loves this. I think my opinion has been swayed.
I like this. Almost every song made it onto my liked songs. If I had to criticise one thing, it would be that every song uses basically the same formula, so it’s very similar.
Nort too shabby... Very millenial
As a long time fan of arctic monkeys, I enjoyed this album. Sounds a lot like their AM album.
Arctic Monkeys swagger mixed with a cool surf guitar sound and a 60s Bond swishy orchestral arrangements makes for a very fun, stylish sugar rush of an album.
Alex Turner's 12 desperate attempts at making a Bond song. 2.5/5
Pretty great--cinematic and worth a revisit. 4 for now, but could rise ...
That Alex Turner can write a song.
Bon, je suis revenu de vacances! Frais, reposé et optimisme, je suis prêt à rattraper mon retard! J'ai partiellement écouté cet album en défaisant mes valises, le sourire toujours étampé sur le visage, ça sonnais vraiment mieux que l'autre moitié que j'ai écouté le lendemain. Je vais lui accorder un 4, avec mention à réécouter plus tard EDIT DU FUTUR: ouain, c'est vraiment moins bon que ma première impression
It's basically the Artic Monkeys without the energy.
oki indie
Uinspirerande
Decent album.
interesting, kinda good
Quite good. Nearly gave it a 4. Sound that is paradoxically generic and hard to compare to anything else. Very much informed by alternative rock of the 90/especially 2000s, lots of strings in the background and some horns every once in a while. Alex turner vocals but not AM sound. Lyrics lack ‘depth’ as I would define it but aren’t bad at all.
Banger
I don’t really know what I thought of this album. It was very 2000s indie Brit alt rock which was fine. Idk, nothing special I guess
Pretentious 1.6
cool sounds, nothing groundbreaking
I've been due to give a 2, good god modern UK rock post-Strokes is a snoozer
Very neutral on this for good and bad. Vocals are nice and almost Bowie esque but it definitely takes the magic that an artist like Bowie would infuse into his music. I don’t love or hate anything on this, not unpleasant, it has a couple good moments but not memorable either. Solid 3 star average rating for me.
Just two years after the maestro himself peaked in his experimental late-career phase with The Drift, two British boys (barely adults and still one of them already spearheaded the new British wave of post-punk-ish indie in the mid-2000s), decided to make a Scott Walker (circa Scott 2-4) pastiche record. It wasn’t something that won me over when it was initially released. Maybe it was because I was still a teen, and anything that sounded vaguely like grandeur drenched in Morricone-style string arrangements seemed automatically like the product of some pseudo-intellectual bourgeois. But now that I’m older and wiser, I can finally correct my ignorant past self and say: this is a pretty decent record and proof of just that would be My Mistakes Were Made For You. Plus, the line “Declaring war on the underclass / Public enemy, I guess / But we’ll find out in the end” in the album opener actually speaks against my initial “bourgeoisie” suspicion, haha. Alex Turner has always been a great lyricist, and his texts work quite well in their orchestral incantation on The Age of the Understatement. The album sounded far more ambitious than his prior work with Arctic Monkeys, and in retrospect, you can tell that - rather unusual for a side project - the writing and recording of this album influenced the trajectory of Turner’s “main” career. Just play this back to back to Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino… Unlike Scott Walker’s career, I don’t love the “later” Arctic Monkeys albums. This is why The Age of the Understatement is a rare example where I think Turner’s artistic vision and crooner-style really shine in such a highly embellished musical setting. So it’s a blessing that this collection exists. By the way, Miles Kane: his voice blends well with Turner’s - especially the vocal interplay is great but it reeks like Alex Turner must be the brainchild of most of these songs. But sometimes to add vibe is just as important.
An ok if forgettable baroque pop album. I just can’t get into Alex Turner but this is ok background music
I think this is great art but like many of the other albums on this list, I feel like it's an album that someone who likes a specific kind of music would like and consider important. I listen to a lot of death metal and I don't know that I would include any foundational DM albums on a list like this.
Genre: Indie Rock Just in case you didn’t have enough Alex Turner in your life, The Last Shadow Puppets are there for you. Taking his rock approach to a bigger, cinematic kind of sound, with lots of reverb and big Western-style instrumentation, this is an interesting look into what Alex truly was looking to make at the time. Not bound by the shackles of Garage and Indie Rock, but able to flesh out his ideas in more of a lush manner. Some really great stuff here, and definitely one I’ll come back to again. 4/5
8/10 - this is the first album in a while that had songs that I am planning on listening to again. I enjoyed the meeting place a lot
Worse arctic monkey
Good songs from a Google colab
It's nice. Pleasant to listen to but not particularly interesting
really really boring
First time hearing this album. Enjoyed it very much.
Dit is een supergroep, lees ik. Gevormd uit mensen die ik niet ken, okee. Hoe dan ook, het luistert wel aardig weg, een beetje softe Brit-indiepop, zoiets. Tijdloos, maar niks valt verder positief op.
Ocean's 11 heeft heel wat kritiek ontvangen. Het zou met een klassiek script en vooral veel bekende acteurs alle elementen hebben om een mega film te worden. Dat viel tegen. Niet dat het een slechte film werd. Maar het miste de ziel om een kans te maken om vereeuwigd te blijven in de IMDB250. Al die sterke elementen moeten wel duidelijk naar voren komen en vechten daardoor eerder met elkaar dan dat ze elkaar versterken. Nu mogen we luisteren naar de Ocean's 11 van de muziekalbums. Alle sterke elementen zijn aanwezig. De muzikanten komen als schrijver en zanger van gevestigde orde. Het geluid is loepzuiver opgenomen. Maar als geheel mist het de ziel, waardoor het een kwalitatief sterke vergeetbare 3+ wordt.
Blijkbaar halen de Last Shadow Puppets onder andere hun inspiratie van Ennio Morricone. En nu ik dat eerste nummer weer hoor, haal ik er gelijk zo'n spaghettiwestern uit. Daarom loont het vaak om die wiki even door te lezen, dat geeft zo'n album weer extra glans. Ik kende de eerste twee nummers uiteraard al. Met name het eerste (en het zevende) nummer wordt nog steeds met enige regelmaat gedraaid op radio als K!NK. Ik hou meer van Arctic Monkeys, omdat dat iets ruwere rock is. Maar dat die Alex Turner muziek kan maken, dat staat buiten kijf. Dit is allemaal iets rustiger en wat dromeriger. En het heeft zelfs iets theatraals in zich. De wiki vermeldt ook baroque pop bij de muziekstijlen, terecht dus. Dat theatrale baroque maakt het wel dat het niet echt mijn stijl is. Het zet wel een typisch sfeertje neer en het is allemaal prima gemaakt, maar ik heb niet per se de behoefte om dit vaker op te zetten. Als het langskomt, zal ik het ook niet wegzappen, dat ook weer niet. Klinkt als een 3 dus.
better than the arctic monkeys, but most things are
A bit less than remembered but nevertheless good.
Melodramatic, retro guitar pop. Ok but a little overblown for me to really love it.
nah. Pretty basic songs. Nothings really creative.
Sounds like a work out for a new James Bond movie. Has its moments and lacks credibility.
A couple of tracks are absolute belters, but not the great album i had in my mind when it popped up
Everything Alex Turner does is worth checking out although I was slightly underwhelmed by this
Unmistakable Alex Turner vocals set against cinematic 60s style orchestra backdrop.
New to me. I like. 4
Enjoyed it quite a bit. Like The Arctic Monkeys with a bigger sound, but less catchy.
60s sound with frantic rich orchestration similar to Elton John’s Madman Across the Water. Time Has Come has the mellow sound of The Decembers. What excited me was how the lead singer pronounced the word again as agane. Never heard of them, but I’ll play it gain.
Favorite Songs: The Age Of The Understatement, Standing Next To Me, I Don't Like You Anymore Pretty good! I love Arctic Monkeys, and this felt like that with a bit more twang. I will say I prefer the Arctic Monkeys albums from around this time period, but it was interesting to see this side of Alex Turner. [3.5 Stars]
Great retro 70’s smooth baroque pop mixed with 60’s garage grit.
Solid.
I need Alex Turner to record an audiobook or something
Meh. A 2000's indie rock album that sounds like a lot of other 2000's indie rock albums.
I really enjoyed this one. Chill rock-pop vibes to me
Just not clicking
Hard not to hear it as just a slightly less popular AM album. Meaning pretty good!
Longest 35 minutes I've spent in a while. Every song was pretty samey and there were a couple times I checked the playlist to make sure a song didn't get duplicated. No thanks.
6/10 Favourite: The Age of the Understatement Least Favourite: In My Room
4 out of 5. I think people are being a little harsh in their reviews of this album. It's a fun groove.
Very cool album. A lot of it sounds like a western movie soundtrack. Entertaining. 4
4/5. Always a fan of the Arctic Monkeys so seeing Alex Turner was a good sign for me. It is definitely reminiscent of older music, pre-Beatles while still being catchy. It reaches epic proportions, like a chase on horseback while slowing down to a slow poker game. Seeing it was inspired by some movie soundtracks, that is not surprising. Overall, a pretty complex and dense album that has a lot to explore. I don't know if I loved every second of it but it was good enough to give it a great score. Best Song: The Age of the Understatement, Standing Next to Me, Only the Truth
3.5
I sort of overlooked this on release as a bit of a novelty project. I didn't dislike it, but it didn't get regular rotation and it sure as hell wasn't a patch on the Arctic Monkeys. Now after a couple of Arctic Monkeys albums that draw from similar inspiration, I'm viewing it differently. It sounds lush, the lyrics are great, and there are a few pop hooks in there. Well worth revisiting.
This is another gem of an album that I have never heard before this list. This was a fantastic throwback. A modern tack on some 60s rock that was a lot of fun. I will definitely be returning to this one.
Hat mir sehr gefallen, ne Band die ich vorher nicht auf dem Schirm hatte
Was ein Überraschungsalbum für mich. Passiert ja nicht so häufig. 2008 dacht ich mir, kann nix geiles bei rumkommen. Aber ich liebe die Stimme vom Arctic Monkey Sänger, gepaart mit diesem geilen Rocksound. Trifft genau meinen Geschmack. Kommt mit in meine Rotation. 5 Sterne
Pretty fun songs, solid the whole way through. Best song: My Mistakes Were Made For You
Really not that great, after many listens.
its okay
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sounds like so many other bands of the time nice sounds
Very forgettable often interesting intros to songs but end up sorta fleshing out into well produced indie rock troupes. The instrumentation is very lush but every song sorta blends together and the drums sound to cleanly compressed if that makes sense not bad but like a very good imitation of drums. The Chamber is a stand out track with a more sparse arrangement letting the song breath and the song concept is very straightforward yet clever. Overall though the songs just don’t really make me feel too much on a songwriting front even if the soundscapes can at moments vivid if a little artificial. The song The Meeting Place is also a highlight with its throwback Lee Hazelwood production being very enjoyable. Not a horrible album just bit cluttered on the instrumentals and bland songwriting add up to a little less than average album.
Never heard of this album/band Never needed to hear this album Never need to hear this album again
HIgh production quality with lots of symphonic additions and multi-instrument parts. Might require mutiple listens to get the hang of the lyrics. Otherwise the album is good but not thrilling. For it’s not worth a re-listen. Gave it two starts but could have been only one
This is arctic monkeys in the age of indiana jones
Not my favorite but I was definitely bobbing my head by the end. 3.5/5
Pretty mediocre.
Dang what a surprise. I've never heard of this supergroup combo before, but they are all talented in their own right. Great throwback 60s cinematic British rock album. -mitona
One of those albums that you just wonder how it even made a list on this for anybody. Head scratcher
I know I’m not even 20 albums in but this is just so infuriating. 1001 albums is genuinely far too short to be including forgettable Anglo butt rock side projects. I tried my best to listen and be in the music, and I can’t remember anything besides the same recycled jangle-brit-pop garbage. Alex Turner makes good music. But not here.
Cool that it sounds like an album from the 60s but ultimately kind of boring.
Best Song: Standing Next To Me. Loved the rolling rhythm on this one. Worst Song: The Chamber. Not terrible, but just a bit too ordinary. Overall: Alex Turner just has such a lovely voice. There is a wonderful energy throughout the album. really enjoyed it and will definitely be coming back to listen to it.
pretty good. alex turner knows what he's doing
I like Alex Turner's voice but it does work better in some contexts than others. I don't think it was bad here but as there was a lot going on I found it harder to latch on to, I think I'll need more time with this one to really know what I think.
This was an unexpected new favorite. This album has so much energy and great melodic twists and turns. Definitely something I'll be replaying many times in the near future. 4.5/5
Great album. As an Arctic Monkeys fan, this hits those buttons, but with some extra suave thrown in from like, french cinema soundtracks and Scott Walker. I liked it a lot and listened through it twice, and am ready to listen again. 4/5
I was listening to a lot of Arctic Monkeys in the early days of the band, and yet I somehow missed this? What the hell was I doing?
Never knew Alex Turner was a part of this project. Very orchestral arrangements, with an in your face movie soundtrack sound rather than as background embellishments. Gives a very 60's pop song feel with the organs and drum style and a reverby tambourine. Some tuba here and there. Vocal delivery still very arctic monkeys-esque but lyrics have more depth (akin to some AM releases that would come later) . Understated acoustic guitars throughout - not a strum along type album and when there are electric guitar sounds they are dark, echoing out of a tunnel. Overall, this album isn't an understatement, but a grandiose embracing of 60's baroque pop, epic movie soundtracks, and orchestral romanticism.
For being labeled as a ”super group”, this doesn’t exactly live up to expectations for me. It just feels like a worse version of Arctic Monkeys without all interesting and catchy riffs. You still have Alex’s trademark singing style that makes it at least somewhat interesting, but apart from that it feels quite boring frankly. Weak 3.
Like a more '60s-inspired version of Arctic Monkeys. I remember not being a huge fan of The Last Shadow Puppets (even though I am a fan of Arctic Monkeys). Some of my skepticism was probably undeserved. The music is quite good, and there are some strong tracks here. For some reason, the arrangements remind me of James Bond soundtracks. There are also a few standout tracks, with my favorite being “My Mistakes Were Made for You.” It might be the most Arctic Monkeys-esque song on the album, too. It’s hard not to compare this to Arctic Monkeys. It’s less abrasive, but in the process, it loses some of its edge. I think if Alex Turner had never played in Arctic Monkeys, this project would be more widely remembered. As it stands, it feels more like a side project. Strong 3.
Better than I thought it would be. A fun listen.
Reliable Alex Turner! Enjoyable throughout. Not as good as Arctic Monkeys though.
It’s like the Arctic Monkeys decided they wanted to make a 60s album and they killed it
An album made for indie rock fans who grew up on Westerns and or people who have those mustache tattoos on their fingers. Unfortunately I do not fall into either category.
I am baffled by the author's obsession with Brit Pop and why we should hear SO much of it before we die. It's not that this album is bad or anything. It's just nothing earth-shattering or groundbreaking like a lot of the other albums on this list are. It's just bland BritPop. 2/5 because it's boring and nothing special.
7/10. Beter dan verwacht. Veel vermakelijker dan gedacht. Ik kan me voorstellen dat ik het nog beter ga vinden als ik het vaker luister.
I tried. I just couldn't make it through it
Not anything outstanding. Lots of forgettable tunes.
Proof it’s possible to have a great sound but no good songs
I thought a few songs were okay but it was a very plain, middle of the road album for me.
OK
The lead singer's voice reminds me of something I can't place. I'm liking the first song so far though. I'm really liking this album. The back half of the album isn't as good as the first half. It's not awful, but worse. The back half, particularly I Don't Like You Anymore and In My Room, sounds like the soundtrack to the Haunted Mansion with slightly creepy organ music, Psycho-esque violins and the vocals. Kind of a Paolo Nutini vibe to this, same time frame. Time Has Come Again is a good song to end the album on.
Ah yes - Mr Turner and Mr Kane are here and they've bought the '60s with them. This album is the soundtrack to a film which both never existed but also always has. Stylish, vibrant and melancholic with bursts of manic energy. Favourite tracks: The Meeting Place, Age Of The Understatement, Standing Next To Me
Sounds like arctic monkeys. Dont get the significance.
A pretty cool retro vibe with their sound. Overall really fun album
It's an interesting album. Lots of retro elements. The opening track has a definite spaghetti-western feel and the next couple tracks have a 60's pop thing going on, complete with strings and occasional brass. These songs would have felt at home in the 60s scenes in the movie "Last Night In Soho". This is a pretty impressive modernization of the style. It doesn't sound like they're just doing interpolations of songs from back then. There's a surprising authenticity to it, while still being modern. 4 stars
alex turner really likes america huh. its an okay album highs: standing next to me, black plant lows: nothin truly offensive
Trying too hard
It's arctic monkeys. I'm fine with it Will I listen to again: 31%
There's something I love about grandiosity in pop music, when a song is really pushed over the top into something much larger than itself. This is particularly and especially the cash when a symphony (or orchestra) is involved: my favorite Metallica album **is** S&M, and I am rather fond of those releases where the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra adds new accompaniment to old Elvis and Beach Boys songs. So when I say I like this album, please note that it has nothing to do with the actual lyrics. I tried giving them a chance — honestly, I did. After a while, though, I just couldn't pay attention to them any longer. They're... Fine. A little wordy and capital P "Poetic" like I imagine most indie rock lyrics are (one of the guys from Arctic Monkeys does make up one of the trio that made this album, after all), but I'm not gonna knock it for that. Like I said, after a bit, I barely paid attention. They faded into the background while what I was really here for came to the forefront: the scale. I cannot recall the last album I've listened to that attempted this level of grandiosity and (I know the Internet has diluted the use of this word, but I do truly mean it) epicness. The opening track is straight-up a piece of Spaghetti Western score with modern lyrics laid overtop. It's kind of remarkable to behold. Like... Dang, y'know? I feel like I should be watching a cowboy played by an Italian and dubbed into English streak across the desert; not listening to Alex Turner sing about... Whatever. Something relatable to a young adult, I'm sure. I suppose the only thing I can really knock this album for, given how I listened to it, anyway, is just a true sense of "Why should I specifically listen to this?" With a lot of albums that play on other sounds, I can always pinpoint something about them that makes it unique to the artist. Take Harry Nilsson, for example — a lot of his works sounds Beatlesesque, but with how he jumps between genres and styles, and with his harmonies and witty lyrics, I wouldn't be able to say it's anybody else's work. Meanwhile, I'm sure if I took lyrics into factor I wouldn't be able to say this sounded like anyone else, but given how little I noticed them, it does make me wonder: why **should** I put on this in lieu of the Sergio Leone scores and Scott Walker albums they're imitating? And don't get me wrong, they do it incredibly well — take the album without a year and I don't think you'd be able to guess that it was released in 2008. But ultimately, I don't know; I feel like I could find any number of older albums that did this sound and I'd probably return to them a number of times first before I came back to this. Still, for what it's going for, it does it very well, and I can hardly give it any guff for that. Besides, it deserves at least a little credit that I should probably be listening to more Spaghetti Western scores and pre-psychedelic 60's mod pop. So I can't tell you that it entirely blew me away, nor that I even think it's all that essential for anyone to hear... Yeah, I enjoyed myself, and that's no understatement. (And seriously, this is completely unrelated, my taste for "epic music" is why "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" has always been one of my favorite Aerosmith songs. It's so stupid and cheesy and over-the-top... Aaah, it's so good.)
Some nice symphonic pop tracks on here. 4.5 bumped down to 4.
I’m at a 5. I’ve had a pretty healthy respect for Arctic Monkeys for a while, and I think I might’ve read about this side project from Alex Turner once on a Wikipedia dive, but I’ve never listened to it until now. Of course, calling this an Alex Turner side project sort of undermines how much of a group effort this truly is, so some big kudos to Miles Kane, James Ford & Zach Dawes. With that said… yeah, this is an Alex Turner side project. It is not another Arctic Monkeys album, instead opting for a more cinematic feel, inspired by stuff like James Bond soundtracks, golden age Hollywood (the strings are SO good on this album) & spaghetti westerns of the 60s, blended with some of the indie rock sensibilities of Arctic Monkeys (& everyone else within that general style) to create a really cool set of tracks that feel really captivating, even without the lyrics or vocals to go with them. It is a blessing that the lyrics & vocals match their quality – in essence, this is a much, MUCH better version of “16 Lovers Lane” by the Go-Betweens, which our group got about 6 days ago. All of these tracks tackle the same ideas of breakups, manipulation, peer pressure, and more, but this album underlines them all with a true sense of lost connection & lost love, written with such earnesty that they all feel plausible, real, and more emotionally fruitful. That added sense of relatability ultimately gives a lot more for Alex Turner to work with vocally, and he knocks it out of the park. There’s a really strong flexibility to his voice, and while it’s explored a bit more on “AM” (which is CRIMINALLY not on this list), the earliest showcases of it are here, gliding through angrier & softer tones in a way that pulls the proper sense of emotion out of each track here. If you’re not a fan of Arctic Monkeys or other bands with a similar style, this album will probably not hit like that. I loved this style though, and I really, really enjoyed this album – it’s a breezy 35 minutes that feels perfectly paced. If anything, I’m kicking myself for reading about this on Wikipedia years ago & not bothering to give it a listen, because this is right down my alley. One of the better albums from the back half of the 2000s that we’ve gotten so far, and a very easy 5 for me. Great stuff.
I mean; it didn't feel like it was doing anything Arctic Monkeys wasn't already doing except lulling me to sleep
Doesn't quite hit the mark, a good idea that doesn't quite translate to a full album. Some decent songs but not something that I'd be in a rush to listen to again. I actually bought this album when it came out but I can't remember ever wanting to listen to it.
The first couple songs reminded me of the moody blues, in my room was pretty dramatic sounded like a James Bond theme and the meeting place sounded like annold boss nova like jazz tune, all over the place but somehow still boring
Okay, so the album artwork and the beginning of the first song screamed 70s but I looked at the year and it said 2008... Overall, this was a very nice album and the vibes that I get are similar to what Arctic Monkeys has. UPDATE - turns out that both bands have the same frontman, Alex Turner, so that explains a lot. Overall, there are some songs that are a bit mid, but there is no empiness in the songs - each beat is very well filled up with sound.
Side project time! There aren't a ton of side projects on this list, but I guess The Last Shadow Puppets is one of them. This is a supergroup of sorts, with a few notable musicians forming it. The two most notable people involved here are Miles Kane of... some bands I've never heard of before, and Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys. Now, I happened to thoroughly enjoy the Arctic Monkeys album on the list, so I at least had it in my head that this album here would have some good qualities to it. I wasn't excited to listen to this per se. I don't really think this album or group has enough of an impact to warrant inclusion on this list. However, I was certainly not dreading this listen. I mean, it can't get much worse than that album from the Streets that I just got! Fortunately, I got pretty much exactly what I wanted: a solid album with things to praise that somewhat appeals to me. That's basically all I wanted from this. There's not a ton of Arctic Monkeys overlap that I noticed in terms of sound, at least not in comparison to what I've heard. That's okay. As much as I loved their debut album, I'm not in a desperate need for more of that style or anything. This album's style is pretty cool, albeit in a different way. Sometimes it sounds like something from a James Bond movie, other times it kind of sounds like a cowboy movie, other times it just sounds cool. I am definitely noticing a feel to this album that is pretty theatrical overall. I like it. The writing's alright. Nothing that's crazy good, but nothing bad either. It does the job. The vocals are pretty alright. Alex Turner's voice was the thing that appealed the least to me in WPSIATWIN, but I think it's grown on me over time. It sounded good there and sounds good here. Miles Kane's voice is similarly good. There's nothing particularly special about this album, and I probably wouldn't include it in my own 1001 albums list, but it's a perfectly harmless inclusion that doesn't exactly upset me or even baffle me. It's not going to rock anybody's socks off, but it won't hurt anyone either. Solid album. Light 4/5.
Uinspirerande
I liked this, as I'm a suckered for 60s mod stuff. 4/5
Dull
2007 England. Symphonic pop, pop rock, baroque pop. !!!!!
"This sounds like the Arctic Monkeys with a 60s mod rock feel" - was the first thought I had when I started listening to this album. Turns out that's exactly what it is, and, well, I like both those things and I like this album. 4⭐️
lots of mush along with some good
4.5 I'm being slightly generous here but unfortunately not even I am immune to Alex Turner
This was so unexpectedly fun! It felt like the soundtrack to a kooky mystery movie.
This was a fun listen. It felt like the soundtrack to a rock-western at times. At other times the album does date itself as very millennial-core.
3.5
I'll probably listen again, interesting and lots to it. Not exactly my thing but the songs are unique and I love Alex Turner
Kids, we have Scott Walker at home.
Feels like sped up mod music. Better than I remembered.
Quite liked this, catchy songs but they do repeat the title in lyrics a lot. Good energy and range too
Really, really fun album. 4.5/5
I feel I might get into this more if I listened to it a few more times. But I’m just not interested in it enough to do that.
Len Houmous used to have a side hustle. Remarkable how he’s kept it up throughout such a busy Houmous & Chutney schedule. It was a shadow puppet act using his cock and balls! The giraffe he could do was outstanding! 2.5 7/12 My Mistakes Were Made For You
Fine, but I don't get it
Semana particular en Argentina y hoy miércoles la recibo con éste proyecto de Alex Turner y otros muchachos. Con un tono más darkie, es quizás un adelanto de las búsquedas musicales futuras del Mono Ártico. Sexi, oscuro, es un disco lleno de temazos. Muchas gracias y hasta mañana.
Album starts off brilliantly with the title track, but then tails into a very samey kind of 60’s fused psychedelia rock. Enjoyable but not amazing.
Este grupo debería volver, qué fantasía lo que hicieron juntos Miles Kane y Alex Turner. Y el propio Miles luego ha tenido, quizás, menos reconocimiento mainstream, pero el tío es un currante de lo suyo y además con un estilo muy marcado y definido. Ambos mezclaron sus personalidades musicales sin predominar demasiado uno sobre otro, de forma equilibrada, sobresaliente y muy interesante.
Surprised to learn that this is also a music project by Alex Turner. Really love his voice and the distinctive sound
Why did we need this?
This album is competently played and well-produced, but basically consists of 60s soundtrack clichés layered on top of run-of-the-mill songs.
the problem with this record is the same as the problem with half of scott walker’s 60s output: gorgeous orchestration can’t make up for a lack of hooks or transcendence
It's a very whatever album. I personally don't really like the Artic Monkeys so this does nothing for me except wonder why there's so much of this on here.
++: Only the Truth, My Mistakes Were Made for You, I Don't Like You Anymore, In My Room +: The Age of the Understatement, Calm Like You, Separate and Ever Deadly, Black Plant, Meeting Place, Time Has Come Again +-: Standing Next to Me, The Chamber 5,5/10
I only wish Arctic Monkeys would've gone further in this direction on their future albums. /s Seriously though, once this album gets going, it really doesn't stop. There's a complex simplicity to the arrangements here that, while we certainly got a lot of in the mid to late aughts, feels like was all too fleeting. And people certainly don't talk enough about TLSP.
Voices dance, strings swell, and songs stampede in this sweeping symphony of swagger and melancholy.
Ok the first like 15 seconds was LIT like omg western themed song??!! But then a man started singing :/
Que surpresa agradável! As primeiras faixas do álbum The Age Of The Understatement, da banda The Last Shadow Puppets, não me chamaram muita atenção. No entanto, conforme o disco avançava, ele foi ficando cada vez melhor — e curiosamente, o som me soava familiar, como algo que eu já conhecia, mas não conseguia identificar. Depois de uma breve pesquisa, descobri que o álbum conta com a participação do vocalista do Arctic Monkeys, uma das minhas bandas favoritas. A conexão fez todo sentido. Um álbum excelente, sem dúvida. Nota: 4,5.
Interesting concept, but rather dull execution. I didn't enjoy the vocals, and there was a distinct absence of hooks. Two stars.
So while I have heard all the Arctic Monkeys albums I havent heard anything by The Last Shadow Puppets besides the singles(title track and Aviation fromt their second album). The first song gives me a Knights of Cydonia vibes, Only The Truth gives hints of future Monkeys track Dangerous Animals, but with an orchestra flavor, instead of the desert rock of Humbug. This is a transitional album in the Alex Turner discog and while I like the sounds, I dont believe it influenced much, I dont think it should be on a "1001 albums you must hear before you die" list I'd rather hear something that was an influence on this album Favorite tracks: Title Track, My Mistakes Were Made For You https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lY_1Ertxl4o
Another completely new group for me, and enjoyable enough, but not memorable.
Sounded like a bit too polished version of Artic Monkeys.
Meh
really great sound from alex turner
This album somehow feels older than it is, in a good way. It's very dramatic and still stylish. Favorite track: "My Mistakes Were Made For You"
Blind album and artist. Arctic Monkeys side project? Are they even on this list. It was a good listen, some slumps and not so good B sides but good singles.
I haven't listened to Arctic Monkeys in quite a while and this album made me think I should. I thought this album was similar to other "super group" releases. Enjoyable as a bit of lore if you are a fan of the original band but maybe missing some of the zest that captured so many new fans in the first place.
There doesn’t seem to be any understatements in this album, but I’m down for some Arctic Monkeys with a bit of a Western flair. Overall, I’m happy to have listened to this, but not really interested in listening to this again.
Great 60’s pastiche. Called to mind Scott Walker amongst others. An album I’m seriously thinking of adding to my collection
It was all right.
I enjoyed it, it's similar genre-wise to my normal tastes and I'd listen again. I recognised the voice of the Arctic Monkeys guy immediately, lol.
Alex Turner has such a distinctive voice and style. It was hard to not feel I was listening to the Arctic Monkeys. Enjoyable but not outstanding
I don’t know what it is but I’ve just never really got into the Arctic Monkeys as a band. Not sure if it’s the lack of tuneful melodies or what but I just find a lot of their songs rather boring and awkward. As for this, it didn’t feel much different from that but if anything was even less inspiring and duller so didn’t really enjoy it that much.
An early indication of the direction of travel of Arctic Monkeys would subsequently take and not a bad effort. The title track is immense and a few of the others are great too although if anything they are too short. The album has a great cinematic feel and in places hits the mark although give me fake tales of San Francisco any day!
I’ve always felt a bit confused by this album. The title track is fantastic, there are some other strong tracks as well. However, unless you really love Bond music and general 60s/70s film soundtracks you’re gonna struggle. To be brutally honest, if one is trying to evoke the feeling of this style of music, then having a drab northerner singing it misses the mark somewhat. Shirley Bassey he ain’t. Perhaps it would be a stronger album with some different vocalists. Anyway, good idea and effort, but I just can’t love it.
Calm Like You is always a banger, but some of the others didn’t have the same vibe. Probably sitting at a 3.5?
Definitely the most undeserving album to be included on this list. Just utter nothing landfill indie. Alex Turner at his most mediocre. I’ve no idea what dirt Miles Kane has on him to continually be involved with his music projects, but the man brings nothing to an already empty table. Doesn’t even warrant the notoriety of getting 1 star.
Arctic Monkeys meet libertines Enjoyed
<listen with cocked eyebrow>
Alle! Calm Like You
A more interesting version of the arctic monkeys. It’s fine, a little derivative.
really like the stuff with strings. some beautiful stuff in here, but most of it just kinda brushed over me instead of grabbing me. probably better on a relisten
Someone submitted from this album in Music Experience II, let's see who it was... Wow it was Mando and it was this opening track, which I guess I gave a whopping 6 score. A lot of fun stuff going on here, but I think I understand why this got 23rd place in the 2008 round. Black Plant > The Age Of The Understatement > Calm Like You > My Mistakes Were Made For You > The Meeting Place > I Don't Like You Anymore > Time Has Come Again > Separate And Ever Deadly > Standing Next To Me > In My Room > The Chamber > Only The Truth Yeah I think that first song is still hitting haha. Do I want to listen to more of this album, though? It's good but unremarkable, maybe the most mid an album can be? Like there's stuff that is catchy but it falls out of my brain the moment it switches to the next song. There's no heart in it. It's a 60's mod pop style experiment. It's parody. Maybe I'm just tired today, but I'm getting less into this album the more I think about it and the more it plays on. Wow, now it's making my blood boil! I may need to revise this rating later when I am less temperamental.
don't know if this is actually good, but I gotta give this at least 4 stars because it would be so much my shit had I discovered this in 2008. exactly what 17-year-old would've loved. and you know what I still kind of loved it!
Never heard of this group before but this is really good
Arctic Monkeys never disappoints. Their boisterous rock intertwined with their soft and heartfelt acoustic songs here makes this an album worth listening to because of how much of this album you can relate to your personal life: rowdy and chaotic at times, but also beautiful.
Never heard of these guys before, it's radical!
Definitely would’ve been into this in 2008 if I’d known about it.
Having just watched submarine and listened to Alex Turners album, maybe I am just primed for his voice but I loved this
I expected I would give this one star after the intro sing started, but the whole album wasn’t terrible.
I've only ever listened to Sweet Dreams, TN from their other album, so it was kinda nice to try to get into their other songs. The production quality on the songs were really good. But the chances of me listening to this album again are pretty slim, so this is a 3 for me.
Sounded a lot like Arctic Monkeys and then I read the lineup. Makes sense why there’s so many bangers here.
Nice kinda dark, rocky, sometimes epic vibe to it.
Pretty similar to arctic monkeys but a good description from Apple made me realize it has a touch of western
This really didnt move me much, almost feel like giving it two stars is being too generous but I didn’t hate it, even if it is just some doo wop Beatles.