Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
- Arctic Monkeys
- Band Name: Arctic Monkeys
- Record Label: Domino
- Release Date: Feb 21, 2006
- Summary: Not only the most-hyped band of early 2006, Sheffield, England's Arctic Monkeys (led by 19-year-old Alex Turner) managed to accomplish what the likes of Franz Ferdinand and The Libertines couldn't do before them: set the UK record for fastest-selling debut album of all time.
- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 33
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Mixed: 6 out of 33
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Negative: 0 out of 33
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Even if you've been fortunate enough to live with these tracks over the last year or so, they still sound more vital, more likely to make you form your own band than anything else out there.
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100The thrill it provides will send a shiver of recognition through anyone who grew up with The Specials, The Smiths or Parklife. [Album of the Month, March 2006, p.86]
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A start-to-finish rush of invigorating riffs and pointed narratives that heightens with repeated exposure.
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When the record's not playing, it's hard to miss it, and the tracks that aren't standouts are simply boring.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 216 out of 315
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Mixed: 30 out of 315
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Negative: 69 out of 315
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8Stellar debut album by the kids from Sheffield and happens to be one of the best records of the past decade.
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