Album info

• Title Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not
• Artist Arctic Monkeys
• Year 2006
• Genre Alternative

Tracklist

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

Thoughts

Here’s the thing about the Arctic Monkeys: I love, love, love the two great songs - Dancefloor, and Sun Goes Down. Something about them caught my ear at the time and I listened over and over and loved. But then I forget about the Monkeys complete and was surprised when they rocked up to headline Glastonbury this year. How could they possibly be so popular? But then they were a question on the Hit List about a band with lots of number one albums in the UK and it turns out they have had six. SIX.

So I figured I could spare them some attention and listen to an album, going back to the beginning for their debut, which just so happens to have my two favourites on there. And actually, that’s exactly how it went down for me - those two songs were great, the rest I can live without. I can sort of see why they might be popular as they’re quite different to anything else out there, but man, six number one albums after this? Still boggles my mind.

Rating: 2 / 5