the best debut album in 15 years absolute class

Very powerful!

This is truly a remarkable album. "Soon it'll be cool to hate the Arctic Monkeys" Alex Turner said in an interview, and to judge by some reviews, this is true. It's like they're being punished for NME's enthusiasm about the band. Arcitc Monkyes reviews often turn into an NME-frenzy, which is a pity, as this album is worth much more than e.g. the Stylus and Playlouder reviews. Let's have some reviews about the Arctic Monkeys, please! Not about the hype.… Expand

My album of the year so far, a must buy! I know there is alot of hype and i too was sceptical but simply its brilliant.

The best album of 2006 so far

The best debut for a long, long time. Fun, exciting and made to be played loud. The hype machine is in full force, but this time theres something of substance behind it.

After a couple of listens I was hooked. But the only thing that I feel deserves recognition on this album is the lead singer. It's his energy that brings everything together.

SIMPLY GREAT!

fucking great !!!!

Uhhh... Clash..... Class.... rock... Beatles... what more can be said... great.

very good album, full of catchy tunes. Probably the highlight of the album is the vocals. if your unsure on whether getting this album or not i'd have a listen to "mardy bum" from the album. if you like that you should like the album and vice versa.

This album rocks!! An album that has you gripped right until the very end deserves all the acclaim in the world, and this is certainly one that falls into that category.

I can´t remember to anything better than this (maybe except White Stripes)

fukin great

Listen to me everyone. I'm going to tell everyone the truth about albums these days. I myself (15 years) am the front man of an up and coming band in Brussels, Belgium. I know ALL about indie, alternative, punk, rock, etc. My reviews and scores are the final word. The Arctic Monkeys are my favourite band of all time. ALL TIME. They have something that other indie bands dont really have. Their lyrics are incredible, he just sings about anything and makes it sound like a magical story. And the instrumental work (in particular the drums) is unparallelled. I dont give out tens for nothing but this is something special. Go out and get yourself a copy now!… Expand

Amazing album. Probably the best debut album in the last decade.

Love the vocal style and lyrics. This album's awesome. "When the sun goes down" is my favorite.

Like ok computer and definitely maybe before it you just cannot dent this album. despite being played on the basic set up of guitars bass and drums it strill manges to sound utterly unique. following on from the libertenes and the strokes anyone who likes popular music of anykind should find something to like about this album. it doesn't matter if the NME seem to like them a lot. what is important is that this is damn good old fashioned British indie rock. buy it now.… Expand

Deserves this score simply for 'I bet you look good on the dancefloor', 'AView from the Afternoon', 'Still Take You Home', and 'Fake Tales of San Fransisco'. I don't think it is the best debut of all time and niether does NME, however, if guitar music is your thing then the Arctic Monkeys are well worth checking out.

Those that say the Arctic Monkeys are simply and overhyped band need to remember this point, the hype surrounding this album come from the fact that most people have had access to the songs on this album for months now, as well as a handful of other great tunes. The Arctic Monkeys hype is, not hype based on nothing it's hype based on great tunes and amazing live performances.

Why do you americans just brush off anything brittish straight away. The monkeys are better than anything i have heard come out from america for a long time. This is an awsome album and should be owned by all!

10 out of 10.

Hype or not - both the album and the preceding bootleg (widely available online) were great. I also saw them play live last year and they were awesome. This album consists of great tunes and I will eat my hat if it doesn't end up on the critics' 2006 yearlists in december.

great, best british act in 2006. it seems that is going to be a great year for r'n'r music.

Music should always be this fun. Hard to find a record with more catching tunes

Have not heard a fresher sound in rock since The Strokes. Great Humor and melodies. Will be listening to this 5 years from now

This album is the definition of rock music in 2006. Not life changing, but it'll definitely push a lot of people's button. The youthfull excitement which this album is loaded with will even cause a 40-year old man living in his parents' basement to tap his feet and shake his head. Lyrics are jsut amazing, especially the way Turner spits them out at some points. Tall black men with a certain amount of bullets in their body could learn from this. To the people who think this sounds like everything else or just don't get it: just don't bother, if you dont get it now, you'll probably never get it.… Expand

Great album...

best lyrics since morrisey and great hooky riffs. simple classic!

This is proof that Americans just don't "get" british culture, the fact is we have the greatest music scene in the world and Arctic Monkeys top it off. Forget the hype, listen to the music. What Alex Turner and his band have managed to do is make songs that tell you more about true british culture than anything else. Creative people who come from the North will always get a backlash of biterness for being intelligent but that just goes with our territory. The reason the monkeys are so popular is that they are anything but pretentious, with simple catchy tunes but punctuated with clever lyrics that capture the current culture, oh, and the vocals are fantastic. Listen to "From The Ritz to the Rubble" or "A Certain Romance", The Arctic Monkeys ARE England, take it or leave it.… Expand

Upon first hearing the album i did not realise how great it actually is, this album definitely grows on you and then infects you with its catchy riffs and very clever and humerous lyrics. For an album full of high points the pinnacle for me is When the Sun goes down. The only song which lets the album down is Riot Van, But this fails to change my opinion that The Arctic Monkeys are the best new band around!… Expand

excelente disco con canciones increibles y altamente adictivas de principio a fin!

Original lyrics and excellent delivery help to make what would sound like quite a normal album into a great one. Not quite as great as the 'hype', but then what is. That said, does have some cracking tunes that will be filling indie dancefloors for years. Filling stadiums will be trickier, but that's their charm. Whether they will be able to cross over the countries that dont undertand the phrase 'mardy bum' remains to be seen!… Expand

Who reads Stylus Magazine?

Great sound. Fun and upbeat. Great album.

Buy it. Listen to it a few times. You will love it. It can be a bit spotty but the good bits are fantastic.

Say what you want about the English hype, just make shure to buy, listen to, and crank these lads to Eleven!!

Welcome to the Future....The Future is now !

How anyone can give this less than a 7 is beyond me, and to the person that said 1)it was suited to imprssionable teenagers or 2)dads tring to be hip, you are probably the latter of the 2 buddy but prefer the osmonds or the carpenters. Quite simply outstanding for 19/20 year olds...... one for the yanks as much as the brits, turn it up loud!!!

Honestly- when you buy this album, listen to it straight through once and then walk away for a bit... its right wicked, the songs will stick in your head until you cant help but listen again, and again, and again. Best debut I've heard in years.

An absolutely great album. Not sure what the other voters are listening to. Can't get the tunes out of my head. Lyrics are great. Definitely a breath of fresh air.

This album is the best thing since sliced bread, which I invented. I was listening to this album the other day and this guy came up to me and asked me what I was listening to. I told him the arctic monkeys and then (because the album is so good) he tried to steal it from me but the album knew it's true owner and vaporized the man right in front of me with it's built in lazer system. It was CrAzY!!! Then the album said "I love you, Eskimono" and we hugged. If you want this or a similar experience, buy this album.… Expand

Excellent debut album here. Extremely creative lyrics and melodies. Very catchy. Overall it's fun to listen to. Don't listen to the idiots who are saying it's no good. Those people are just saying that stuff because they think that they won't be "cool" if they listen to something that other people are listening to. The reason there is so much hype around these guys is because they have made a genuinely great album.… Expand

This is a definitive album about moderbn day brittain told with comedy stories. It is the streets in rock and roll

Brilliant. From Mardy morning to sunshine afternoon. Tops.

Great album all around.

Although many have turned away from it due to "overhype", the Arctic Monkeys have put together the best dance rock album since "Silent Alarm"

love it all. well done monkeys. all i listen to.

Best new band!

Their the best in the genre. Great lyrics, drums and guitare. First I wasen't convinced, Iput it aside for a month and listende to it again and it suddenly clicked. My favourite song is "From the Ritz to the rubble"

Awesome!

amazing & sexy

This was the best album I heard in all of 2006. Whoever said they're trying to sound like Oasis needs they're head read. The lyrics are just brilliant!

i cant believe people even bothered to rate this at zero , TYPICAL AMERICANS alll they can do is compare this album to other english bands , such a load of crap, this album is amazing lyrically brilliant , dont give an album like this a zero just because you dont understand the lyrics,

All you stupid fucks who gave this a 0 or a 1, how about you actually listen to the album before commenting based on hype.

As strong a debut as any you could care to mention. Energetic, catchy, and with strong lyrics. The only song I dislike is Perhaps Vampires... Well done Monkeys.

Alex turner is a god of this age :) with the great lyrics and all round music to back it up makes for the greatest album ever!!!! buy it listen and love join the revolution!!!!!!

This album changed the way I listen to music.

A truly exceptional album, ignore the naysayers this is a piece of true class and raw energy

Some of the songs should probably have been b-sides but the quality of the rest more than makes up for a few dodgy ones. Brilliant album. Brilliant band. Can't wait to see them live!

Uber cool album with great lyrics for such a young band, brilliant album!

best rock album in years, revitalizing and addictive and so very full of that brit swagger

Yes, they sound like a school band, but they sound like the best school band you'll ever hear. Grin inducing tunes, sharp, unpretentious lyrics. A rare case of the hype being true.

this band tell it like it is there lyrics are as clever as anything the smiths ever produced believe the hype these guys are set for world domination

I think the album deserves a nine, but I'm giving it ten simply to balance against the idiots who can only review a CD with reference to context or other bands. If you think AM sound like Libertines, then it's time for that yearly ear wash. As someone says earlier, the fact that Stylus and Playlouder review it only with reference to NME is hardly surprising, but it's still quite sad that music journos of this type get any work whatsoever. The album itself is hurt by a couple of less than excellent translations from demo to professional studio, see Mardy Bum and Certain Romance. On the other hand, Red Lights..., Probably Couldn't See... and View from the Afternoon are stupendously good. I've seen them 6 times now (it helps being in Sheffield) and if you're lucky enough to have tickets for the NME tour, then you're in for a treat. But please please please, show some respect for the other bands on the bill, us Arctic Monkeys fans are getting quite the reputation. It's not the fifth best album of all time, but it's still outstanding and will be the best of the year at a canter.… Expand

worthy of all hype, this album is brilliant from its first minute till its last.

Anyone who says this is a bad album is entitled to their opinion, just its wrong!, 3 things that make this band great, lyrics, catchy riffs, and they maintain it live (i've seen em) an album that deserves the hype for a change

Very good debut album...At last a young band bridges the gap between good old Rock and Roll and Hip Hop.A change had to come and there it is!!!

This is proper reet gudd. Imagine a Yorkshire version of Mike Skinner playing guitar like Franz Ferdinand. Not life changing, but bloody good!

Just proves that British rock keeps producing amazing albums. Alex Turner the leadman is fronting one of the greatest bands in the future. This album is totally amazing, and is a must have for sure!

The other users on this site don't know anything about rock... this is a great, energetic debut that gets better the more you listen to it. Fans of the Smiths and The Clash will love it. Although these guys don't need any more support, show the U.K. that all American aren't void of taste.

i have listened to it 7 times through and i bought it yesterday. IT ROCKS!

Excellent album which speaks the spot on truth about teenage chavs in england. A masterpiece

Fuckin' great rock'n'roll record!!

i dont see how you cant like this album, honestly. It is probably the best cd i own. No not of recent time its up there with dark side of the moon.

The best record of 2006 so far. Really great music!

Brilliant lyrics.

excellent guitar, catchy lyrics that relate to their audience and highly upbeat. great 1st album, but new oasis? if theyre stil around hitting number1 spot in 10years then i would agree, until then just credit them for a well rounded album.

i heard about this album from my dad who read about them in rolling stone...he had never heard a lyric of their music and so i decided to check them out nonetheless...the first run through of the album i thought they were good...second run through i thought they were great and by the third time through, i thought they were the best band around today....every song is great besides maybe dancing shoes but seriously...these guys are great and i recommend for all you new fans like me, to download the song on one of their ep's called Settle for A Draw..one of the best songs they have and thats saying something… Expand

this is a superb and refreshing album well done lads keep it up

Not nearly the 5th best British Album ever (NME). But it's still bloody brilliant and much better than anything else that's come out this year.

this band is what music is about. there is alot more great music coming from them in the future. we should applaud they're amazing achievements

Perfect!!!

Genius. F****ing love it. The little Yorkshire b*stards.

Believe the hype !

Awesome music & lyrics...so fresh

This is an excellent release. I'm honestly most curious as to what Mr. Prude and Williams is going at when they use the words "shit" and "bad" in an Arctic Monkeys review, but I guess I shouldn't be judging them like this. Back on topic though, Arctic Monkeys really has that kick-ass sound I've been longing for for months now. It's hype is well deserved. Their catchy songs will have you jumping around your apartment screaming "oh, you don't know nothing!" My least favourite track has got to be Fake Tales of San Francisco, I quite honestly don't know what gets to me about it, and I will love it when im screaming it's lyrics half-drunk at Roskilde in denmark this summer, but it just isn't as... It's probably just a personal matter. Buy this CD!!!… Expand

The British Strokes.The libertines have nothing on these Monkeys.Best album of the year and debut since "Is This it".

wow!! this album it's fantastic number 1 of the year

What the hell is wrong with everyone!!!!! Average mark 6.9!!!!!!!! You got it all wrong!!!!!! They combine INCREDIBLY powerful and imaginative lyrics with a raw and unparallelled beat to it. The're one of a kind and i'll recommend this album to anyone who has been blessed with the gift of a pair of ears that work.

WOW, I'm really shocked and frankly pissed at all of the people that gave them a bad rating. There's a ton of Indie/Rock bands in England, and maybe these guys aren't up to par with the rest but let me tell you...in America...the ARCTIC MONKEYS ROCK!! They are so much better then so many other musicians out there... you guys have bad taste!! Go listen to your Elton John!!

WOW!! who the hell gave this a bad rating??? These are the best lyrics that I have heard in a long time. The songs are right up there with the Arcade Fire, and the lyrics are as good as The Roots. This is the most accurate and amazingly non-emo depiction of the troubles of youth that I have ever heard.

Not the greatest band since the Beatles, true, but they still got one hell of an album here! Situation's a little different where I am though.. Even now, one year after it came out, AM are (almost) never played on swedish radio. Whats positive is that with no hype-backlash, I can just sit back enjoy the killer songs instead!

These lads are the most talented and exciting band for years and tower over any other band out there. It's not particularly hard to see that, i therefore pity the fools below who do not appreciate fine music.

a true masterpiece. everything good about the strokes, franza ferdinand, the kinks, the who and more rolled into one record

I simply love every fucking song, and the lyrics are awesome.

I love this. Bomb shit man. Sound never heard.

An extremely good album indeed. I can see how his voice makes all the songs similar, but I also love the infectious melodies and witty lyrics. I also think it could wear thin very quickly though through more albums, and already has.