The impact this album had on British culture when it came out cannot be overstated. If you go to a pub on a Friday night and a teenage band's playing covers, you can almost guarantee they'll play I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, almost twenty years after it came out
@@smags1082nearly 20 years later, it still holds the record of being the fastest selling debut album by a band in UK history... over 360k copies sold within the first week.
The whole concept of the album is about the teenage life of kids in the UK/Europe... Going to clubs, trying your luck with girls, running from the police late at night cause being drunk is a horrible crime, replaying the whole night through a conversation with your mates in the taxi... there are some other motives in there too, but that's the core of it. That's what makes this album as good as it is, they managed to capture the childhoods of millions of people to the point where it's universal... it's always gonna be relevant and relatable.
One of the greatest debut albums of all time. A deliciously constructed album. Listen to it again and properly listen to the lyrics. Phenomenal songs 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Their 2009 album Humbug is killer . They recorded it in the desert with Queens of the stoneage's Josh homme. It's more darker riff based and more of a variety.
Alex Turner was inspired by Jake Thackray, a Yorkshire troubadour who told serious and comedic tales through song. That's why so many Arctic Monkeys tracks are laid out as stories, 'When The Sun Goes Down' being prime example. For lads under twenty, they created iconic evergreen songs in-between forgettable ones on their first try. Riot Van, Marty Bum, When the Sun.., From the Ritz To The Rubble & A Certain Romance standout. It's admirable they managed to create a unique sound despite being influenced by The Strokes. They talked about topics you expect from eighteen year old band members from England; women, romance, drinking, their city and the music scene. Compared to another young talented singer song writer who grew up in that part of the world, Jake Bugg, the influence of American Blues means he sings with a Southern twang and writes songs titled, 'I've Seen It All'. He created a few bangers but naively fell into copying genre tropes. That's why the authenticity of Arctic Monkeys first album is noteworthy.
Listen to You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr, it influenced Sonic Youth and Nirvana. Kurt even asked the singer and guitarist J Mascis to join Nirvana twice!
This record to me is how the brits internalized the boom of hip hop across the pond. Alex's delivery is so unique in that he is rarely melodic in this album. He takes a pocket and flows with it accordingly. It's very raw, and very direct without it being puffy or cheesy.
Recs: Third Eye Blind - Self- Titled Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway Parannoul - After the Magic clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned please blud
Although this is one of my favourite AM albums, I totally understand what you mean. This is their debut album and was released when they were very young which I think shows in their fast pacing and lyrics (the use of a lot of British slang, songs about about drinking and going out, etc). Whereas with their later albums, there are deeper meanings to their lyrics and the songs have a slower pace (which a lot of people criticise now because they think their latest two albums have been too slow haha). I think you'd really enjoy their albums Humbug and AM as they have slower songs, great lyricism but still have some great guitar riffs as well :)
Coming from Sheffield and growing up very close to them (5mins away). This album resonated with many or us at the time. I even knew his ex girlfriend who he wrote Mardy Bum about. I seriously would go and listen to the later albums. They grew older and more successful they lost the local roots and became each album the grow as musicians and song writers. Tranquility Based Hotel And Casino is a wonderful nod to Alex’s love for Scott Walker. 🙌🏻 for 505 love , that is top tier Monkeys. Love your work!
As someone who lived this album in real time in England I can tell you the hype was insane. Genuinely hit us like Nevermind did way back when which I also lived through.
The first two albums are just about their life in their hometown. The people on the streets and in the clubs etc. The thing i like about the first two albums if you're in the mood for this kinda thing both albums satisfy that itch.
If you like this album I recommend their next release, Favourite Worst Nightmare. Its got 505 on it and is generally considered to be one of their best
I don't like this review. He doesn't really try to understand these songs, has very half-hearted attempts at a lyrical analysis, and has random cut-offs throughout the video.
Great reaction. It makes me a little sad though because you clearly don't relate to this perfect little snap shot of that time in a young persons life when they go out to clubs every weekend and drink and party. Although the music is great on this album it's the lyrics that make it special. So a great debut from such a young band.
Dude, you gotta do some LCD Soudsystem, please! Any of the first tree records. It will blow your mind, and we'll love watching it. Greetings from Portugal.
I remember watching the music videos for the hits of this song on the TV when I was a kid in 2006 or so thinking it was the shit, but my fellow Americans obviously didn't agree.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MY GUY a few recommendations: Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production) Nurture - Porter Robinson (light summer electric with fun production) Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo) Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop) Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)
Arctic monkeys is rlly subjective. That’s what I think makes them such a good band. Almost everyone has a different favourite album proving how they can be great no matter how much their sound changes
Hi, can you please listen to the album duster - contemporary movement if you haven’t listened to it yet. A very interesting record that reveals this band from a slightly different side.
Best Arctic monkeys album in my view. I’ll suggest you Go tell fire to the mountain from WU LYF I really think you will appreciate it, (not like arctic monkeys but equally good).
The first two are classics but I'm more interested in your opinion on the most recent two if you ever hear them, I like them more than 3-5 but that's a rare opinion I think.
listen to humbug or tranquility base for more arctic monkeys, i like their indie stuff (and ill get killed for this) but humbug and tranquility base are 100x better
i‘ve been following you for a year now, never disappoint! i‘d love you to listen to favourite worst nightmare arctic monkeys 3rd album or tranquility base hotel & casino their 6th album. lots of love ❤️
Yesss arctic monkeys!! I know you’ve gotten a lot of suggestions, but you should do Queen ll, by Queen! Some people think that it’s their heaviest album, and it definitely has a proggy sound to it
Not similar in sound at all, but would love for you to listen to The Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit. They were a brilliant band from Scotland.
The impact this album had on British culture when it came out cannot be overstated. If you go to a pub on a Friday night and a teenage band's playing covers, you can almost guarantee they'll play I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, almost twenty years after it came out
Damnnnnn I did not know that
@@smags1082I'm not even a huge fan of this band and still I cant argue how large this was in the uk when released. Especially Mardy Bum.
@@smags1082nearly 20 years later, it still holds the record of being the fastest selling debut album by a band in UK history... over 360k copies sold within the first week.
i think that actually happens in every country in the world
every band i go see they do when the sun goes down and i bet you look good on the dance floor!! or fluorescent adolescence 😭😭
Smags coming out as British is so brave from him he deserves all our support
@penderyn8794 What are you talking about. British is from the Latin Britannia, anglicized to Britain.
This album is so good, a certain romance is peak indie rock
The album is peak indie rock
The whole concept of the album is about the teenage life of kids in the UK/Europe...
Going to clubs, trying your luck with girls, running from the police late at night cause being drunk is a horrible crime, replaying the whole night through a conversation with your mates in the taxi... there are some other motives in there too, but that's the core of it.
That's what makes this album as good as it is, they managed to capture the childhoods of millions of people to the point where it's universal... it's always gonna be relevant and relatable.
the way i knew the strokes were gonna be on autoplay afterwards
Theres no more iconic 2000's album in the UK. Certain romance is pure nostalgic bliss
The consistency can’t be ignored
One of the greatest debut albums of all time. A deliciously constructed album. Listen to it again and properly listen to the lyrics. Phenomenal songs 🔥🔥🔥🔥
When the sun goes down is one of the best rock songs I’ve ever heard
Their 2009 album Humbug is killer . They recorded it in the desert with Queens of the stoneage's Josh homme. It's more darker riff based and more of a variety.
Alex Turner was inspired by Jake Thackray, a Yorkshire troubadour who told serious and comedic tales through song. That's why so many Arctic Monkeys tracks are laid out as stories, 'When The Sun Goes Down' being prime example. For lads under twenty, they created iconic evergreen songs in-between forgettable ones on their first try. Riot Van, Marty Bum, When the Sun.., From the Ritz To The Rubble & A Certain Romance standout.
It's admirable they managed to create a unique sound despite being influenced by The Strokes. They talked about topics you expect from eighteen year old band members from England; women, romance, drinking, their city and the music scene. Compared to another young talented singer song writer who grew up in that part of the world, Jake Bugg, the influence of American Blues means he sings with a Southern twang and writes songs titled, 'I've Seen It All'. He created a few bangers but naively fell into copying genre tropes. That's why the authenticity of Arctic Monkeys first album is noteworthy.
Hey, I remember mentioning this ages ago during a AM hyperfixation, good timing as its just returned. always great content.
i also definitely recommend their next album, Favourite Worst Nightmare.
Lets gooo this album's heat
New Order reaction when?
Bluds kept the consistency going for a whole year straight
unironically one of the greatest debut rock albums of all time
Listen to You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr, it influenced Sonic Youth and Nirvana. Kurt even asked the singer and guitarist J Mascis to join Nirvana twice!
With one of my favorite album covers of all time
@@runaway_hideout yeah their first few covers are pretty great
I'll keep telling him to do it but seems like he only responds If I comment within half an hour of the video release.
Influenced My Bloody Valentine’s guitar tone too!
@@meatgrinder9506 Yeah got that photo-gaze in Tarpit
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is an underrated masterpiece
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People!!!
PLZ
YES!!
so real
Essential indie rock record for sure
my favorite album of all time !
We can only hope!
fav album of all time!! It's what got me properly into music
thank you smags you are truly a throat goat 🙏
This record to me is how the brits internalized the boom of hip hop across the pond. Alex's delivery is so unique in that he is rarely melodic in this album. He takes a pocket and flows with it accordingly. It's very raw, and very direct without it being puffy or cheesy.
The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground 😢 Changes between their albums are fantastic
Tbh I might like that album more than the velvet underground and Nico
Velvet underground
love that albummm
@@monteiroart same but mostly depending on my mood
Loaded
Recs:
Third Eye Blind - Self- Titled
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
Parannoul - After the Magic
clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
please blud
He's wanting the taxi driver to allow 6 people in the cab, and there's only 5 seats.
Although this is one of my favourite AM albums, I totally understand what you mean. This is their debut album and was released when they were very young which I think shows in their fast pacing and lyrics (the use of a lot of British slang, songs about about drinking and going out, etc). Whereas with their later albums, there are deeper meanings to their lyrics and the songs have a slower pace (which a lot of people criticise now because they think their latest two albums have been too slow haha).
I think you'd really enjoy their albums Humbug and AM as they have slower songs, great lyricism but still have some great guitar riffs as well :)
Bro skipped straight over “You couldn’t see for the lights😭”
yeah that was wild
Coming from Sheffield and growing up very close to them (5mins away). This album resonated with many or us at the time. I even knew his ex girlfriend who he wrote Mardy Bum about. I seriously would go and listen to the later albums. They grew older and more successful they lost the local roots and became each album the grow as musicians and song writers. Tranquility Based Hotel And Casino is a wonderful nod to Alex’s love for Scott Walker. 🙌🏻 for 505 love , that is top tier Monkeys.
Love your work!
As someone who lived this album in real time in England I can tell you the hype was insane. Genuinely hit us like Nevermind did way back when which I also lived through.
been waiting for you to make this video bro
im wide awake its morning - bright eyes
Smags I love you for this
One of my fav albums of all time
you NEED to do Around The Fur by Deftones
Great reaction!!
"Loathe - I Let It in and It Took Everything" reaction when? 🥺
We need a Blur “13” reaction soon my guy 💪
modern vampires of the city jit
I clicked on this video so fast!
You should definitely do more arctic monkeys 😁
You should totally listen to I’m wide awake it’s morning by bright eyes!
The first two albums are just about their life in their hometown. The people on the streets and in the clubs etc. The thing i like about the first two albums if you're in the mood for this kinda thing both albums satisfy that itch.
Glad you did this album dude, but what's going on with the editing on this video 😂
If you like this album I recommend their next release, Favourite Worst Nightmare. Its got 505 on it and is generally considered to be one of their best
Lmfao i lost it at the strokes bit. That was such a normal reaction. The two bands just go so well together.
I think you'll like Bows+Arrows by walkmen very much. The best post punk revival album imo. Also love the debut of the libertines..
OMG I WAITED FOR THIS
You should react to their album Humbug and Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino, note that they sound VERY different from each other
One of my favourite albums of all time fs
I don't like this review. He doesn't really try to understand these songs, has very half-hearted attempts at a lyrical analysis, and has random cut-offs throughout the video.
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People!! you gotta my man!!
Great reaction. It makes me a little sad though because you clearly don't relate to this perfect little snap shot of that time in a young persons life when they go out to clubs every weekend and drink and party. Although the music is great on this album it's the lyrics that make it special. So a great debut from such a young band.
one of the strongest aspects of their songs are the lyrics!! totally look at those in re-listens
Dude, you gotta do some LCD Soudsystem, please! Any of the first tree records. It will blow your mind, and we'll love watching it. Greetings from Portugal.
Atomizer by Big Black next ♥️🔥
I think you'd actually love their second and third albums, they change their sound a good bit between albums.
I remember watching the music videos for the hits of this song on the TV when I was a kid in 2006 or so thinking it was the shit, but my fellow Americans obviously didn't agree.
The Wrens - The Meadowlands, great and unique indie album
Yes!!
a certain romance is easily top 5 arctic monkeys songs
with a few times u'll realise it has 0 skips❤, at first dancing shoes and vampire wasnt on my liked songs, but with time i like them now
Dancing Shoes is probably my least favorite
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MY GUY
a few recommendations:
Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production)
Nurture - Porter Robinson (light summer electric with fun production)
Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo)
Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop)
Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)
not at all similar to arctic monkeys but you should check out This Heat - Deceit, super weird and proggy but amazing album. its incredibly unique!
Would be great to see a The Voidz reaction, both albums are really good
Humbug is their best. It's got the energy of their early shit AND the experimentation of their later shit.
agree, i think he may like that one more
Arctic monkeys is rlly subjective. That’s what I think makes them such a good band. Almost everyone has a different favourite album proving how they can be great no matter how much their sound changes
Hi, can you please listen to the album duster - contemporary movement if you haven’t listened to it yet. A very interesting record that reveals this band from a slightly different side.
Yess i was literally searching to see if youd reacted to this yesterday
I’m sure it’s already been recommended and if not happy to be the first: Skylarking by XTC
saw them at reading fest 22 and they were decent, wished they played more of their older stuff tbh
Arctic monkeys were heavily inspired by the strokes because of how big the strokes were in the uk
THE LIKES ARE 505!!
Favorite worst nightmare is definetly worth a shot imo! the sound is quite a bit more diverse, think you would enjoy it :)
Weezer's Pinkerton (the infamous one) would be an interesting reaction
Best Arctic monkeys album in my view. I’ll suggest you Go tell fire to the mountain from WU LYF I really think you will appreciate it, (not like arctic monkeys but equally good).
A note if you decide to keep going with them. All of their albums sound very different from one another besides the first 2, which are pretty similar.
Great reaction bro! You gotta check out “Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino” by these guys it’s a masterpiece for sure.
Their best album by far imo
Incredible debut album, made even better when considering most of these songs were written when the band were 16/17 years old
Via Hillsborough please x
I believe you were thinking of Badbadnotgood! Time moves slow! Love that song! Definitely the same kinda feel.
that was the same fucking reaction that i’ve had the first time i heard this, i always skipped you prolly couldn’t see for the lights
Holy crap I didn’t expect this
I love this album
Can you please react to Knife Man by AJJ or The Turning Wheel by SPELLLING?
Heaven to a tortured mind by yves tumor please. I’m done making funny jokes and I’m almost starting to give up
The first two are classics but I'm more interested in your opinion on the most recent two if you ever hear them, I like them more than 3-5 but that's a rare opinion I think.
not that i’m mad or anything, but he did write those lyrics when he was 16
Bro you have to do to another MGMT album! Congratulations!!!
Continuing to suggest Ben Folds Five- The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
listen to humbug or tranquility base for more arctic monkeys, i like their indie stuff (and ill get killed for this) but humbug and tranquility base are 100x better
Id love to see your reaction to Jamie T - Kings and Queens, another raw UK album that's different
i‘ve been following you for a year now, never disappoint! i‘d love you to listen to favourite worst nightmare arctic monkeys 3rd album or tranquility base hotel & casino their 6th album. lots of love ❤️
Cool album. Sort of reminds me of the acclaimed " Tracy Denim " by Bar Italia
Songs of Leonard Cohen or All Things Must Pass reaction PLEASE
yeah, I second Leonard Cohen
BRUH!!!! LOVE IT!!!!
personally i like the 2nd one better but this is truly legendary stuff in Rock music
You need more shoegaze in your life! Check out the first album by Ride!
Yesss arctic monkeys!! I know you’ve gotten a lot of suggestions, but you should do Queen ll, by Queen! Some people think that it’s their heaviest album, and it definitely has a proggy sound to it
I think a lot of the British "tongue in cheek" of this album is lost on Americans.
Not your fault.
being born in the early 2000s and growing up in the uk, this album really is a constant throughline in my life
You should react to Last dinosaurs - in a million years. Zoom is such an amazing song
Listen to Soda Stereo "Nada Personal"
Not similar in sound at all, but would love for you to listen to The Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit. They were a brilliant band from Scotland.
Jean dawson pixel bath. I will keep asking 😂
Bad sports lowkey better but both great
@@runaway_hideout both great but pixel bath is way more iconic and so damn catchy
Corea - Los peores 7 km de mi vida , for the next video. It's an album in Spanish but it doesn't matter because it's screamo lol. 💀💀💀
Time Moves Slow is by BADBADNOTGOOD
What happened to your Vampire Weekend video?
It got blocked so I have to remove the audio from one song. Then it will be back up