Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Q: Ranked #1 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "[B]ristling with energy and plugged into the era's social conditions and colloquialisms."
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CD Details
- Released: February 21, 2006
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: Domino
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.87
4 stars out of 5 -- "The unassuming foursome of nineteen- and twenty-year-olds specializes in propulsion, momentum and repetition -- in succinct riffs and snarly, wordy lyrics..."Rolling Stone - p.104
Ranked #17 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums Of 2006" -- "[G]arage-punk nuggets built in the grim steel town of Sheffield."Spin - p.62
Ranked #03 in Spin's "The 40 Best Albums of 2006" -- "Beneath the scenester cool and post-Pavement guitar fuzz. WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM is exuberant teenage garage pop..."Entertainment Weekly - p.60
"Guitars and drums ricochet off each other; riffs are bounced around like soccer balls. With their kicky hooks, the songs owe more to Warped Tour thrashers than to stoic post-punk inspirations..." -- Grade: A-Q - p.126
Ranked #1 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "[B]ristling with energy and plugged into the era's social conditions and colloquialisms."Uncut - p.86
5 stars out of 5 -- "Alex Turner's breathless delivery is faultless, a foaming cocktail of lust and longing, occasionally brimming over into Costello-esque rage."Mojo (Publisher) - p.102
4 stars out of 5 -- "Fashion and hype be damned -- this is thrilling, incontrovertible evidence of a major new talent in our midst."Mojo (Publisher) - p.56
Ranked #82 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "Arctic Monkeys delivered a debut bristling with Modish urgency and teenage angst."Clash (Magazine) (p.74) - "[T]here really was no doubt that in this modern punk and hip-hop inspired vignette of reality bites, and Northern colloquialisms, the Monkeys had defined the zeitgeist..."
Tracks:
- 1.The View from the Afternoon
- 2.I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
- 3.Fake Tales of San Francisco
- 4.Dancing Shoes
- 5.You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights But You Were Staring Straight at Me
- 6.Still Take You Home
- 7.Riot Van
- 8.Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured
- 9.Mardy Bum
- 10.Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But...
- 11.When the Sun Goes Down
- 12.From the Ritz to the Rubble
- 13.A Certain Romance
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 53,635
- UPC: 801390008627
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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