Critics hugely praised the album for its depiction of youth British Culture and for resurging British indie music that had waned after the 1990s. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. The songwriting delivers a mix of the observational storytelling of Davies and Weller crossed with the harsher documentary eye of Mike Skinner of The Streets and "Ghost Town"-era Specials.

No matter where you are in your life, this album will always make sense and resonate, and that is Arctic Monkeys’ true achievement. rather, they spent their school days listening to roots manuva, braintax and other stuff on low-life, not to mention lyricist lounge compilations and rawkus records cuts like pharaoh monch. and “God Smack” give Layne Staley a chance to explore a vocal arsenal that encompasses bluesy wails, unholy screams, and.In effect, the group performed a complete run around the industry, avoiding conventional routes toward stardom, which paid off in spades. The Arctic Monkeys' debut had loud guitars, fast paced singing, and is an even mix of 'in-your-face' punk and indie, so 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' was my idea of a very good album. I understand the backlash against this band (and so does the band, if one listens to their new EP), as they have seen an unfair amount of hype and hyperbole. The album includes their first two singles "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and "When the Sun Goes Down", as well as re-recorded versions of both tracks from the band's debut EP, Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

We also specialise in Limited Edition coloured vinyl so if that’s your thing you have come to the right place. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse.As catchy as those reference points are, it's the lyrics that have won this band a fiercely dedicated crowd very quickly. The debut Arctic Monkeys album is, as we all know, one of the finest debut statements in rock history. Experience the iconic sound of Arctic Monkeys' debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, through the warm and immersive quality of vinyl. the boys may share a love of the smiths, the clash and the jam, but in no way were the monkeys ready to simply regurgitate the well-trodden brit-rock path. NME declared the Arctic Monkeys "Our Generation's Most Important Band", and Alex Turner's lyrics and depiction of Sheffield, and the night lives of teenagers in particular, were praised, with him being labelled as a "master of observation".

hence the razor-sharp lyricism that fuels songs like a certain romance, a witty observation of small-town life where theres only music so that theres new ringtones and where going out could sometimes mean having a pool cue wrapped around your head. When I first heard the energy of this new band's music, and the irresistible vocals of Alex Turner, I was drawn to it immediately.

Two years later we made the move to our present address, 35 The Headrow, where we have remained ever since. If you enjoy rock/indie music - you will surely love Arctic Monkeys, and this is where it all started. Last time such excitement surrounded a new British guitar band it was a decade earlier, as Britpop hit overdrive with the release of Oasis’ 1994 debut, Definitely Maybe. You can hear The Kinks, you can sense The Smiths and a love of the 60s but most of all you can hear The Arctic Monkeys. Containing thirteen tracks including the hit single "I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor", Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is a remarkable modern British debut.

A lot of my friends and I used to go out having blared this through our hi-fi's at uni when it came out and it always set us up for a good night out. Keeping you in the loop with what is happening in our world - records from Domino Mart, news, discounts and exclusives. There 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. Working with a band that is looser and grittier than the Mondays, Shaun Ryder sounds reinvigorated, creating. It is however, an absolute stonker of an album and I highly recommend that if you haven't heard it yet, that you go and do so!

stars out of 5 -- "Fashion and hype be damned -- this is thrilling, incontrovertible evidence of a major new talent in our midst.