Dad Reacts to Arctic Monkeys - Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino
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0:00 Intro
3:21 Star Treatment
8:15 One Point Perspective
13:36 American Sports
18:13 Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
22:26 Golden Trunks
25:03 Four out of Five
30:19 The World’s First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip
33:54 Science Fiction
36:56 She Looks Like Fun
40:28 Batphone
43:42 The Ultracheese
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino
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Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is the sixth studio album by English rock band Arctic Monkeys, released on 11 May 2018 by Domino Recording Company. It was written by band frontman Alex Turner in 2016 on a Steinway Vertegrand piano in his Los Angeles home. It was produced in Los Angeles, Paris and London by frequent Arctic Monkeys collaborator James Ford and Turner, alongside a wide array of guest musicians including Tom Rowley, Loren Humphrey, James Righton, Zach Dawes, Tyler Parkford and Cam Avery. Turner designed the album artwork himself, which depicts the resort with cardboard cut-outs and a tape recorder. Its title refers to Tranquility Base, the site of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Please cover their debut album " whatever people say I am that's what Im not" I know your dad will love it
seconded. Humbug too
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes i cant express how much i want them to do it enough
I don't know why they've done everything but that album, it's their best!
I got so curious about why they didn't do that album first but it'll be a nice treat to see the reaction to their "start". I hope they do it next!
It is personally my second favourite album of theirs
the lyricism in this album is the best. first listen it sounded pretentious but after more listens it is a masterpiece
It’s supposed to sound pretentious
drop music
The album is amazing, but definitely pretentious too
Worrying about being pretentious is such a vibe killer, lyrics are just creative af no boundaries
Alex is basically rapping on Star Treatment. And it's actually legit rapping too, he proper manages to change flows well
Been waiting on this one -- definitely a grower of an album.
Agreed!
Love your video on this album. You did an amazing job explaining the lyrics
Still waiting because I can’t stand it. First listen I couldn’t even finish half of it. Took me more than a year to force myself to listen to the whole thing.
@@sharinglungs3226 I mean that could just be your music taste, for a ton of people it was a grower, in my case I instantly loved it.
I show your video to people who don’t understand the record! They always get it way more after the watch
Most people don’t get why TBHC was the way that it was, because they don’t know The Last Shadow Puppets. It’s a direct continuation of what Turner was doing with Miles Kane there.
This album is a masterpiece. It has multiple facets to it. It’s a satirical nod back to the hysteria surrounding the boom in Vegas when the casinos first hit the strip. Everything was excessive and over the top. Commercials were cheesy and casinos would have all kinds of weird and wonderful events to attract customers in. The Tranquility Base is used as a setting for the whole concept to offer a top level for casual listeners with Turner playing a nonchalant lounge singer which is reflected in his singing style in this album. He’s capable of more but it doesn’t fit the character. He sacrifices his usual vocal talents to remain true to concept.
Looking into it further, the whole album challenges our current obsessions with technology and how they take away from the way we lived pre-tech. Human connection has been affected. Community is digital. Life experiences are lived through a screen and not first-hand. He uses multiple references to science fiction movies and novels throughout to emphasise the powers of technology but also as a nod to the things he used to love and how time has passed on.
If you dig even deeper, you’ll find some of the most beautiful love songs ever written hidden beneath all the mastery.
Any lyrics you don’t understand, research them and you’ll respect Turner’s songwriting skills on a whole new level.
God that all sounds exhausting
@@sonicadam1007 some people enjoy diving deep into this stuff. doesn’t mean you have to
i absolutely love that this album can be a vehicle for us to get this deep into it! i love listening to something and letting my mind just... flow wherever the lyrics alow me.
@@sonicadam1007 This coming from a man subscribed to Nerd of the Rings, a channel dedicated to over the top exhausting deep dives into Tolkien’s writing 😂
@@sonicadam1007 Alex has always introduced references in his lyrics of anything since the beginning of the band. It's just this time is more complex
Whatever People Think Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not next please!!
Cause i am what ever you say i am! If i wasnt then why would i say i am!
If u like there harder shit then like yeah it’s maybe there best one! And then humbug is a psychedelic Kinda album highly highly recommend. And suck it and see is kind of give or take. But definitely check out their first album I agree👍
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Yeah 100% agree definitely the one I’d listen to most often. Also suck it and see has a nice vibe to it personally.
@@xanderidkutellme.3356 sias is hit and misz, i love piledriver waltz dont sit down cause i’ve moved your chair and brick by brick but it depends what u like
I have such a deep connection to this album. First listen was an easy skip for me. I didn't get it and I felt really, disappointed. Then when the pandemic started, I was alone, working at home, feeling afraid and bored as much as hundreds of us were too. Decided to revisit their whole discography, and when this album popped out my thoughts were... "hold on a minute". The melodies, sounds, lyrics and mostly the beautiful voice arrangements simply bewitched my soul. Can't remember how many times I've danced alone wearing a bathrobe and using my hairbrush as a microphone, listening to it's entirely. It moved me, and it helped me so much to get through the loneliness. I guess Turner's moon lounge at the Tranquily Base Hotel and Casino is a good stay for souls looking for some kind of solace, who didn't know exactly what to expect or to feel. That's why is my comfort album.
But I totally understand who can't feel the same about it. As Connor's commented, there's something about let the album grow as you listen again and again. And I absolutely adore to talk about it. Great video and amazing comments made by both of you, as always. I get Kevin's trouble with the lyrics, cause there's a lot of phrasing indeed, and the meaning of a lot of that is til this day, mysterious to me. Just felt a little sad cause I didn't expect that Golden Trunks would be Connor's least favorite song, hahaha. It's the best on the album for me, paired with the title track. And The Ultracheese does close it perfectly, with some of the greatest writing and vocals from AT.
Thank you guys!
Disse tudo e mais um pouco xxx.
I was literally obsessed with this album like a year after it was released, like actually addicted to it.
I would listen to Four out of Five, Star Treatment, Ultracheese, TBHC and One Point Perspective multiple times a day for a few months. It became rather unhealthy actually ha.
Great album, Alex is a true genius at work
Star treatment is like my favourite song ever. I remember hearing it for the first time and loving it from the very beginning. According to last fm I've listened to it over 300 times and I'm still not tired of it. A masterpiece.
Late but very very much the same. Maybe one of the best openings to an album. The double meaning of the lyrics, and the reveal of where they are when he says “it’s the star treatment” is just so captivating my beautiful
watched them live at the emirates stadium in london and to my pleasant surprise they played star treatment. sadly i seemed to be the only one singing along
@@murrayhosegrove9604that's sad I wish I could be there so I'd sing together with ya cause star treatment is love
I feel like crying of wholesomeness whenever I listen to it. The last chorus feels like they're lifting you off from this world and taking you to the dark blankness and the constellations of the infinite universe out there.
Your dad needs to listen to Humbug. I'm sure he's going to love the vibe and the lyricism.
VOUCH humbug is a great display of the bands talents
Could lead into some Queens of the stone age after
@@TeddymanYT Absolutely!
@@timesnewgrecian4591 FWN is my personal favorite, but Humbug certainly comes second. 💜
I feel like to add on to that they need to react to some Queens of the Stone Age. Josh Homme's influence on the monkeys is vital to their success post their first two records. Plus he'd definitely love all that heavy Homme riffage.
Kevin is giving meaning to “tried to write a song to make you blush but I’ve a feeling the whole thing may well just end up too clever for its own good” on science fiction
lmfao exactly
one of my fav lines off the whole album
I'm a fan of these videos hahaha You should definitely do both of "The Last Shadow Puppets" records
Also "Belladonna of Sadness" by Alexandra Savior and "Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams" by Cameron Avery
yes!!
age of the understatement is one of my favorite albums ever
“No one’s on the streets.We moved it all online as of March.” It was the soundtrack to the last few years. Loved it the moment it was released and still love it now. Great video.
Four out of five is actually the song they used to open their tour for this album, and it was absolutely crazy and loud
this album aged so well for me, i thought it was boring at first, but after giving it a few more listens i really started to appreciate and love the lyricism and the instrumentation on it
golden trunks is one of my favorite tracks from this album idk why people don’t like it i think it’s amazing
I love it, I also don't understand the hate
Completely agreed, it’s a shame they never played it live
The guitars just sound terrible to me
it’s my favorite of the album tbh (with star treatment and four out of five)
Mine too!!!
This video needs a part 2 I need to know what he thinks about the album in a few months
Yes! I agree. We need that re-listen video
This 👍
That's a good idea, I'd love to watch it
yes! I hope they read this :)
Probobly not much. Most likely he's forgotten about the album by now lol
Not to rag on your approach too much but I genuinely believe that knowing Humbug and Suck It And See makes Tranquility Base much more accessible.
It's not that natural a sequel to AM but it really ties together their discography as a whole if one knows all of it and has already heard Alex ask if he should build you a Go-Kart or recount his love for cowboy films.
Sounds like I'm joking but I'm not lol.
It's just unhinged in a way that AM wasn't but Humbug and SAS were, if that makes sense.
But I'm sure it'll keep growing on him, especially as you go back to fill the gaps.
He has to give it multiple listens, this album grows on you so so much.
arctic monkeys' best album and a misunderstood masterpiece of an album.
The Martini Police agrees
Guys guys people don't like the thing I like so I guess it's 'misunderstood'
@@gamesmaster1060 Guys guys, according to this dude there's no such thing as an underrated record, the majority is always right.
I’ve Always considered it their Sgt. Peppers, that comparison just makes a lot of sense.
This album isn't meant to be easy on the ear. It's a complex work of introspection translated into musical science-fiction and it should be treated as such. The listener is warned at very beginning when given the hint to watch Blade Runner. This almost dystopian reality, hiding behind the flashy veil of wealth and technology represented by the hotel and casino, somehow makes me think of a PKD story, only from the point of view of the privileged. But that's just my personal trip.
one of the most underrated albuns of all the time, such a masterpiece
as an AM fan I love all the Arctic Monkeys album, yes All of them. But when this album was release in 2018, I heard it for the first time, and I said wtf is this, its weird for me at that time. And after time is going on my age getting older I cameback again after 4 years, I listen to it repeatedly over and over again, and magic happens, wow it was blow my mind. I realized it now that I was not ready at the time, I was not ready for the their music transitions. Thats why it tooks long time for me to accept it.
This video is so enjoyable! Still watching, but, I think your dad would really really love The Last Shadow Puppets, Alex Turner's and Miles Kane's side project together. I see him appreciating the production and little details to each song so much that I can only see him loving both records the duo got out :) (Lyrically the first one is also wonderful... something I reckon both of you would love).
The Last Shadow Puppets second album is fantastic.
@@danielsinnott2343 It's just incredible, but the performance they did in BBC Electric Proms 2008 (when they only had the first album) was just amazing.
The Meeting Place is my favorite song of all time, underrated duo is an understatement to say the least
@@starkz1up It's mine, too. I can't get tired of it. I also love The Dream Synopsis from the second album.
Yes... That's what I was thinking. I hope they get to react to it, Everything That You've Come to Expect is so so good.
I absolutely love this album and for me its the perfect example of a band favoring artistic expression over meeting expectations. The arctic monkeys easily could have just churned out more classic catchy rock for the rest of their career or they could create an immersive, unique and fascinating album that defies all expectations. I understand that this album isnt "conventionally" appealing because its slower, complex and weird but once you just set aside all expectations and listen to the vision, i found it one of their best. I think thats a great lesson all music fans can learn!
Interesting point to note, that Alex even brings up in Science Fiction, he himself questions whether his lyrics are 'too clever' for their own good. Too convoluted to get his message across. I think a lot of the songs are trying to tell a narritive and so in this have less of a routine flow or cycle and tend to meander along. I gave it a few goes and came to love Star Treament and One Point Perspective for the pictures they paint.
YES one of my favorite albums of all time. Helped me through Covid and the lockdowns and stuff. Can’t wait to hear how much your dad hates it lol
Yes! Pretty Much the soundtrack of my 2020 . Also influenced my fashion sense a lot
Shite album their first two are so many levels above
@@rafaellaalejandrapalaciosh8660 how so in a fashion sense? I’m curious as to your interpretation of the fashion of this album.
@@rafaellaalejandrapalaciosh8660 warp speed chic
@@skyfaneco5837 probably this 60s-70s classy fashion sorta thing
God, seeing this title pop up gave me such a rush of dopamine. This is my favorite album as well, aged perfectly well over the pandemic. In terms of time, it’s of the best investments you can make.
I've done zero research on lyrics and still love this album, the mystery is the vibe and the allure.
I think you should do album by The Last Shadow Puppets which is Alex's side project (I guess Everything you've come to expect would be the best cause it seems to be more mainstream I would say). Another album I would like to suggest is Royal Blood self titled debut album! I think dad will really like it!
YAS TLSP
this is real
Both are amazing suggestions
His dad would lose it at The Age of the Understatement!
Agree with Royal Blood's album!!
I've been waiting for this oneeee.
I wish i could listen to Batphone and The Ultracheese for the first time again. Such a great album.
You should do their debut album next:))))
Your dad would go nuts for their debut album "whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not" the drums in the track "the view from the afternoon" earned Matt Helders the nickname Agile Beast on the kit. Incredible album start to finish
I absolutely adore Golden Trunks 🙈
to me its the weirdest song
absolutely a banger! love it so much
Not the weakest like they said, it’s way better than science fiction and she looks like fun
This has become one of my all time favourite albums and I absolutely can not explain why.
I think the futuristic/fantasy element of the lyrics lends itself to illustrate things that are happening in the real world right now. Gentrification, the information-action ratio regarding social media and politics, the fact that technology is evolving so fast, and the obsoletion of faith and religion are all real phenomena. That’s why I, personally, find it really easy to connect emotionally to this record.
What i love about this album is Matt Helders percussion especially on a song like Ultracheese and American Sports. It's so awesome.
Star treatment is one of the best songs ever written
Everything You’ve Come To Expect next, please! It’s a fundamental piece to understand THBC and The Car
Age of the understatement first
It's strange how you didn't even mention the three key lines of the whole album
But I've a feeling that the whole thing
May well just end up too clever for its own good
The way some science fiction does
I think they describe the album entirely
Can we note how eerie it is when he sings "No one's on the streets, we move it all online as of March" in She Looks Like Fun? Spot on for something that came out in 2018.
Humbug needs to be the next album for your Dad to hear. He'll definitely love it
You guys should really just do all their albums now !!!!!!
Please please do Humbug, your dad will 100% love it and it's literally perfect as an album. There isn't a single weak track, it's just phenomenal and showcases everything that's exceptional about this band
So true, I love humbug. This band is phenomenal
Science fiction in my opinion is underrated, top song of this record along with the titletrack and Four out of Five🔥Btw big up for your videos and for this timeless masterpiece 🚀
ABSOLUTELY! science fiction has been my favorite one for a while, i love it immensely
golden trunks is super underrated
THE MOST EXPECTED VIDEO FINALLY ARRIVED! this album has a really special place in my heart, incredible masterpiece.
I was one of the people that wasn't a huge fan of this album when it first came out, but listening to it now with you guys has made me change my mind completely.
This album is fucken amazing!
Ever thought of doing either of The Last Shadow Puppets albums?
One of my favorite albums of all time. Can definitely understand the lyrics and singing throwing people off. It's one of those albums that I think requires a lot of bravery to show to others because it absolutely SUCKS when they inevitably hate it first listen haha.
@turning the tables you need to react to everything you've come to expect it's so underrated
seeing this video and his reaction to the car, makes me think Kevin would love everything you've come to expect off of alex's side project because of the lavish instrumentals and more melodic passages. hope you two get around to it someday
React to The Last Shadow Puppets' "Everything You've Come to Expect" album next PLEASE!
I think the reason why I like this album so much is because it makes you put in the effort to understand it. That might be tedious to some, but for me it really enhances the experience and makes the album much more memorable. These tunes stay with me because there is so much to dissect. The impact is so much bigger this way. Alex Turners lyrics are incredible once you dive into them. This is an album that definitely requires multiple listens and grows on you over time.
I also think this album explores Alex Turners vocals fantastically, something that the previous albums don't really dive into as much. Over the years he's really improved and elevated his singing, which you can totally hear on this record.
I would love to see you guys react to the whole AM discography actually, as well as both Shadow Puppets records, if you guys are up for it! I think Kevin would really like the first Monkey's album and Humbug, and both of the Shadow Puppets albums!
I absolutely love this album. When it first came out I’ve I wasn’t sold but over the last 4 years it’s grown to be my favourite monkeys album. You should watch the video “The Arctic Monkeys’ Misunderstood Masterpiece” by Middle 8. It’s a deep dive into Alex Turner’s inspirations for the album and the headspace he was in at the time whilst dealing with writers block (the Lola line is to do with writers block). Goes a long way to helping understand the album.
Star treatment is their greatest song
Super underrated song
I am madly in love with this album lmao, as someone who admittedly never got into the whole early/mid 00s indie rock sound (think Strokes, early AM, Interpol, Killers, etc), but who LOVES jazz, weird chord progressions and patterns, and idiosyncratic concepts (a hotel on the surface of the moon? sign me up), this album instantly became my favorite AM album. Still is. Perfection imo, 'Four Out of Five' is sheer bliss, like listening to a Bowie song
This album really made me do my homework hahaha, I spent weeks deciphering word by word that now listening to it is like entering a completely different universe and that's the magic of this album. How the music, alex's voice and his lyrics just create a musical novel, it's amazing
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino and Four out of Five are my favorite songs off the album. Personally, Four out of Five is my favorite Arctic Monkeys song period.
by far my favorite album of theirs! thank you
This is one of those albums that grows onto someone over time. At first I'm not sure what I thought of it but I listened to it for the second time and I easily knew I loved it.
I've had this same conversation defending and presenting this album with some of my closest friends. It really is a very polarizing work, one that takes time to warm up to for some. Middle 8 made a fantastic video helping digest this project, definitely worth watching
I love your dad's honesty with his feelings on his first listen. I hated it when it first came out, but a handful of tracks grew on me. I still find half of it barely listenable, but for me, One Point Perspective, TBHC, Four out of Five, She Looks Like Fun and The Ultracheese are great tracks.
this is one of my fave albums of all time and to answer the "are these good live" question they are 100% amazing live i saw am at kings theater in brooklyn and they played a few tranquility base songs (title track, one point perspective, and ultracheese) and they all sounded incredible especially one point perspective's guitar solo
also i'd love to hear your opinions on humbug, suck it and see, and the last shadow puppets albums
I’m so glad you did a video on tbhc!!! It’s personally my favourite am album also
you guys should react to Humbug, it's their best album in my opinion
Last week I went to an Arctic concert in my country, it's amazing how good they sound live, especially this album, it's just heavenly. Just in time with the reactions as always!
PLEASE show him their first album! It has so much of the same fun and energetic rock that he loved on Favourite Worst Nightmare, I really think he'd like it
tranquility base is one of my all time favs if not my favourite, my first listen wasnt the most enjoyable. it seemed very messy, the lyrics for sure got me extremely confused but i gave it more tries and now i can confidently say it may just be one of turners best work, lyrically and musically. everything about the album just fits, the cover, the titles, the lyrics and the rhythm all fits together and i have no idea how he did it but i love it
Please react to their debut album next - What ever people say i am, thats what im not
I love how this album came into its own post-pandemic. Lockdown made it feel really relevant for many who couldn’t grasp it when things were in full swing. And now more people are finally starting to appreciate its genius. For me it’s their best album along with the debut, and probably one of the most polarising of all time, in the best possible way. Especially post-The Car, I can’t help thinking this is a true magnum opus from Alex Turner. Perhaps his most ambitious, brilliant and cohesive work
Never forget what that Noel Gallagher once said about this album “ would it kill him to write a effing chorus?”
IM EXCITED TO WATCH THIS, TBH&C IS SO UNDERRATED
my fav album by them. hopefully after listening Kevin went on UA-cam to binge watch videos dissecting it 😭 fr a lot of ppl have made great videos that explain and breakdown the project and i think that rlly helped me understand it and then fall in love with it.
That sounds so silly. It’s like people are trying so hard to convince themselves it’s good when their initial reaction is it was not good.
@@sharinglungs3226 it is good and there’s no doubting that but sometimes music, as it’s an art form, takes time to understand and appreciate. sometimes at first listen/glance u don’t catch enough and it requires more listens to fall in love with. it’s nearly impossible to pick something as ur favorite album after only hearing it once and not knowing what it’s about. if u want to appreciate something u gotta take time with it and learn about it. that’s how I’ve grown to love this album as well as hundreds of others. music is a beautiful thing fr
waited veryyy long for this
I need you to cover The Last Shadow Puppets to fully appreciate Alex Turner’s evolution as a musician + lyricist
TBHC and The Car are just insane, definitely needs a couple listens to sink in.
Top 3 AM album. HATED it at first. But after maybe 6 months something clicked and now I see it for the masterpiece it is
Saw them live in 2018; they opened with Four Out of Five and also played One Point Perspective, Tranquility Base, and She Looks Like Fun. Star Treatment as the first of their encore. Saw them again this August; they played One Point Perspective and had Tranquility Base as the first of their encore! Just to give you some insight :) Sounds fantastic live- especially as they play a lot of hard hitting stuff like Brianstorm and Pretty Visitors (which Matt Helders does BRILLIANTLY. The focus is just all on him)
JUST MY FAVOURITE ARCTIC MONKEYS ALBUM! I'M WAITING FOR THIS REACT FOR SO LONG!
EVERYTHING YOU’VE COME TO EXPECT pls
This album is in my top 3 Arctic Monkeys albums. I wasn't a fan of it the first time I listened from the complete switch in direction but it grew on me so much. It also has one of my favourite songs by the band on the B side of this album called 'Anyways'.
The Music, the lyrics and everything about this album I absolutely love.
I was waiting for this for so long. thank u very much, im gonna enjoy this :P
I've been waiting so long for this one! Up there with Favourite Worst Nightmare for me :)
the question at 21:16, i've been a monkeys fan since their debut and finally got to watch them when they were touring this album and absolutely loved it when they played the songs from this album. They had the six sided polygon thing from the album fashioned as a prop and had it come down from the ceilings every time they played a song from TBHC and i thought it was cool af.
Lol, same story! Discovered them during the FWN era, saw them on the TBHC tour for the first time - magical experience ❤ I miss those visual aspects of the gigs now, hope they'll think of something interesting next year
@@rowena_nmart Alex might go around crooning in a car. Can't wait. lol
This album is the “Kid A” of Arctic Monkeys, they obviously divided the fanbase but did something unique and completely different of their natural course. I think it is ther best album for sure.
Growing up, my favorite album ever was Humbug. When TBHC came out, I was a little surprised at how much I loved it (because of how different it sounds from their prior work), but I instantly loved it because it feels like Alex has finally achieved the exact sound he’s wanted to sound like. It’s just so thrilling to hear Alex crooning like you know he’s always wanted to, and he’s doing it so well. On top of the music being incredible in every single track. This is such a complex and masterful album.
Also, I listened to Humbug the other day, it was still SO fucking good.
hopefully The Last Shadow Puppets is a soon to be listened to album, your dad would love it !
This is my favorite Arctic Monkeys album. Very different from their other albums. I love how it is growing on people. I loved it when it first dropped! Such a good album!
it's my favorite Arctic Monkeys album, it's just amazing it and the car.
this album grew on me alot sinse i 1st heard it i think its so great now
this album is the closest we'll ever get to a beatles album just appreciate the geniuses behind it, this is my favorite one and I am a huge Arctic Monkeys fan
Thanks!
I really love TBHC💙
I absolutely love these videos … all of them. Just how the two different generations can come together and connect through music. Which is why music is so powerful and I love the concept of your videos man. Helps you and your dad build a greater connection through music and I love it !!! Would love to watch you two listen to mac millers kids mixtape and or introduce your dad and maybe you as well to Russ’s album .. There’s really a wolf
Everytime for the first 30 times I listened to the album, I loved it more. Every listen made me discover new sounds!
And oh my god the flow from one point perspective to American sports and the guitar riff after “dance like somebody’s watching, cause they are” AMAZING
This album gets better every time you listen to it and may be my favourite of theirs. Saying that I hope you do a video on their debut album, 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'. As big as AM was, their debut album is still probably their best and will be very hard to top, its impact here in the UK was huge
it's really interesting hearing Kevin's opinions on the album because it reminds me of how I perceived it on my first listen. I looked at it from the outside and compared it to other music. When I listen to it now, I get immersed in the world of it instead & that's why it's one of my favorites that I revisit all the time. The imagery in my head while listening is almost always this large hotel bar with fancy yet minimal lighting, with hardly anyone there except for the band playing and a bartender in a clean suit. I love it so much lol
Takes a few listen throughs to get your mind around it. As on 1st listen, it does go off in unexpected ways. It's now my favourite AM album. I own it on viynl as it's a great vibe from start to finish.
"What'd you think of it"
"Well musically it was good..."
This is my favourite album of all time. I remember being on holiday when it came out and was baffled as to why the sound was so different, it really does take a while to get the taste for the concept. I really recommend anyone that has a first listen to come back to it after a while and listen to it with closed eyes, you need that time to grasp that it's going to be a different sound and this is their sound now. Something worth noting is that there was a pretty decent gap between albums so things change, especially when you listen to the last shadow puppets and read that TBH+C was heavily piano influenced and Alex didn't really have a place for main guitar focused riffs as it wasn't fitting the concept, saying that - the guitar they managed to squeeze in is perfection, very Humbug era riffs over a spacey theme, love it.
Batphone is my absolute favourite.
This album is my all time fave, I'm not ok with how it is lost on some people and how they can't see how much class this album oozes
I’ve waited so long for this reaction!!! Finallyyyyyy!!!
Best AM album even tho its sooo different from what their other albums are like but I lovee itt