Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'M Not

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Transport yourself to the heart of the British indie rock scene with this classic record that will have you singing along and feeling every beat. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers.

All four members of the Arctic Monkeys were a little bit shy of their tenth birthday at the time, a bit young to be sure, but old enough to have Oasis be their first favorite band.The first album from Sheffield-based rockers, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not was the fastest selling debut album in UK chart history. and finally the album closer, a Certain Romance with its opening drum and guitar attack before settling into a perfect UK retro-rock dance groove with a totally different sound, and great lyrics condemning the vapidness and bad behavior of today's youth even as the singer admits he has friends who are the same. 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.

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. As for the band now, they are back with an outstanding new album AM , which might be their best yet. 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. 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. No matter where you are in your life, this album will always make sense and resonate, and that is Arctic Monkeys’ true achievement.Every song is, at worst, above average, while most could make equal claim to single of the year to this point.

With their kicky hooks, the songs owe more to Warped Tour thrashers than to stoic post-punk inspirations. What I like the most is that you can train your ear to listen to any of the parts of this band - the drumming is solid (far more so than say, Franz Ferdinand), each song is driven by terrific guitars and bass that will stay in your head as long as the lyrics will. All of those bands have great albums and are some of my current favorites, but they aren't really traditional "rock" albums per se.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Let me get this off my chest first: The Arctic Monkeys share exactly two common traits with The Beatles and Oasis - They're all British, and they're all rock bands. If you enjoy rock/indie music - you will surely love Arctic Monkeys, and this is where it all started. This album takes everything that's good about the current crop of British bands (stop-start guitars, great hooks, catchy and danceable bass lines, great lyrics) and then turns it up to 11, so to speak. I could hear in their sound both the Libertines and Franz Ferdinand, bands which were by then well established.

Due to inventory and accounting purposes, we do not exchange items received for different items than originally purchased.Working with a band that is looser and grittier than the Mondays, Shaun Ryder sounds reinvigorated, creating. The all time classic debut album from the anthemic indie-rockers Arctic Monkeys, originally released in 2006 to hyper acclaim and winning a number of awards including a Brit, a Mercury and a Grammy nomination. Those demos built the band a rabid fan base before the Monkeys had released a record, even before they played more than a handful of gigs. Despite their tender years--or perhaps because of them--with 'Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not,' Arctic Monkeys found a new and unique way to chronicle the rushes of youth, and in doing so created a classic take on a stage of life we all experience.