The Arctic Monkey's have reached a growingly rare point in any bands career where they have ZERO pressure from their label, let alone fans who crave carefully cultivated manufactured radio hits and now have absolute unadulterated freedom to create and perform the music they and they alone desire. That fact alone is quite especially admirable. They've earned the right to explore all the weirdness their hearts desire.
@@ben_jamin4529 for a band that started out doing rock than into pop yeah it is pretty weird. There is not much else that sounds like this. And it’s better for that.
Yeah maybe get a little adventurous with your listening, this isn't weird. Not trying to be an litist or whatever but this trend of people talking about normal ass sounding stuff as if it's this avant garde barn burner is really annoying. There's nothing wrong with music not being weird, you don't have to pretend that it is to defend it.
@@cristianjofre1607 I'm listening to it now. It is not bad, to be sure. It doesn't have the invention of Tranquility Base. TB was also much funkier, more melodic. They sound like they are tired. But at the same time, it sounds like they are trying to make a look-a-like album for a late 60s balladeer. Like Scott Walker, Elton John's 'A Single Man' comes to mind. Dionne Warwick. The songs would be perfect in a movie at some point of introspection, solitude, or disappointment. It may be a victim of a songwriter trying to retain his vision of a set of songs. If it was simply called 'Tranquility Base Hotel: Part 2', people would likely be gentler with it. What do you think?
@@codymelchert2681 nah, it just goes onto show how bad the album is in his opinion! 😂 One of the worst tracks from the week is the best he could find on the album. I dont even wanna hear what he thinks about the other songs!
@@aunthaumv3711 your point is moot when Mirrorball, the first single, was in Meh during its weekly roundup. The track just grew on him, plain and simple. Its the appeal of AM's lastest sound. Trust me, I used to hate TBHC when it came out. Nowadays, its one of the only albums that I would listen without a song I want to skip. For me, its up there with Room on Fire from the Strokes as my "quintessential" listens.
@@Strato_Casterrr9898 it would be an assumption on ur part to think Body Paint in particular grew on him (although highly likely to happen cus it is the most energetic song on this). It could just be that the more he listened to the album, he disliked mirror ball even more than Body Paint! Again im also making assumptions or a theory even. Cus we dont knw how he really feels and cant speak like its fact!
@UCPZbz_4bwZeDD6LKF7f5_NA arab+fuck rym+yes+no+ok kendrick destroys songwriting and storytelling+more impactful? Alright is literally blm anthem and tpab is the most influential album of the 2010’s+no+ratio+-is white+fatherless+motherless+bladee fan
I think Big Ideas explains literally how the album came to be. Alex had some big ideas, and the band was chill with it, happy to go down whatever path Alex takes them.
@@yoshi-ol2uu I agree. It seems like he is saying” I had big ideas, the crowd went nuts, we rose to the top playing this way, but now I can’t bring those ideas/style back to save my life/career. In any case, it was a hell of ride”. I personally enjoyed the album a lot thought. There are at least 3 tracks that have been stuck in to my head from this album.
I cant get over how weird seeing Arctic Monkeys live is gonna be. You go in for some brit pop punk vibes and see a 10 piece orchestra and everyone wearing suits?
Literally just look up any live show since 2018????? TBHC was very similar and they pulled it off quite well… they hit you with 2-3 classics then slow it down with 1-2 songs off the new album then BAM hit you with an all Time classic that gets the crowd jumping. Highly rate it as long as you don’t mind slowing it down at points
@@hi-ve1cw I bet you look good on the dance floor was pop punk af 😅 I agree in general they wouldn’t be considered pop punk but that song was their break out hit and was definitely pop- y lol
Dude, the only critics that like artic monkeys are the big magazine ones that probably have some paid reviews. Look in some underground critics, look at Brad Taste in music in the entire arctic monkeys catalogue for example
@@alex11v3 who gives a fuck what a “critic” says anyways? Art is completely subjective. What makes there opinions anymore relevant? An art or journalism degree?
I’ve really been liking the album. There are some real gorgeous songs on this. Perfect sense is killer, but I’m a sucker for strings man. Hello You is honestly my favorite song on the album, sounds very Last Shadow Puppety, and I’ve always had a soft spot for that project.
This whole album seems like another Shadow Puppets album. I think Alex honestly just prefers that type of music now. I don’t think he is using the other members of the band to their full potential
@@superjlk_9538 It would be interesting to hear what the rest of the band thinks. From the interviews I've seen, they seem happy enough to go along with it lol
@@superjlk_9538 except TLSP songs actually were catchy with discernible hooks, intelligent but not pretentious lyrics, this album is just so forgettable. Alex could’ve taken a little bit more inspiration from the good stuff he did with TLSP
While I’m definitely not a fan of The Car, I have to respect them for going in a different direction in their sound, a lot of bands try to recreate their most popular albums over and over again while the Arctic Monkeys experiment and try new things and I think that’s what makes them amazing though it just didn’t work out on this album in my opinion
Yeah that’s how I feel about it, they have to try different things. But personally I still don’t know how people think it’s as good as their first albums or even better 😂😂
A lot of Bands try new things and end up sounding great. They figured out after 2013 that this mellower sound has helped them become more popular and so they’re continuing it
i used to not really like the car, but after adding some songs to my daily playlist i actually, really really enjoy most the songs there, especially mr. shwartz i love that song, it may be my favorite song from the album its such a nice good slow and rewarding song too, as well as jet skis on the moat that song is such a sexy slow and nice listen.
I agree. Been giving the album a few listens the past month and found myself really enjoying it. Especially, Big Ideas and Mr. Schwartz. And Body Paint has got to be one of the best Arctic Monkeys songs ever.
in my opinion after my listen to the record, the vision for this record is really well represented in the album cover, a alone car, with no people or sign of life around. completely solo. giving it a feeling of loneliness. I thing the sound wasn't thought to have anything like big guitar riffs or even something energetic. it is the feeling of pure discouragement after a big event in someone's life. It's the feeling of getting some really bad news and then getting back to your car, completely defeated. I personally would give a 8/10. I really enjoyed it
Damn :( bummed. I enjoyed this record a lot, and fortunately for me I’ve never found Alex’s vocals grating in anyway, and I think this album showed a lot of vocal range for him.
You should still like it. Even if he has some strong objective points. Maybe you listenned to it in the right moment and clicked with you. This is just his opinion after all.
I was so hyped for it's release however as more singles dropped I grew more worried about the album. When it dropped I listened to the whole thing and kept waiting for it to pick up, it never happened. As an Arctic Monkeys fan who loves Tranquility Base, this album is probably one that'll grow on me, but I have to shelf it for now. The Car coming after Tranquilly Base's lounge vibe is too much slow paced music for me. I get they grow and mature as a band and can't go back to strumming electric guitars like a bunch of 20 year old's out for a night at the pubs, but damn I really just want something a bit upbeat.
Yeah, idk. I would love to see them be a “mature” band but also do upbeat and hype music. Nothing wrong with getting older but still have fun. (I just really miss their old stuff 😅)
He just doesn't vibe with Arctic Monkeys on principle, never really has from what i've seen. And that's fine, not everybody is gonna like the same artists. Though i do think his criticisms for basically all their albums are pretty weak, it all comes down to their sound doesn't appeal to him.
The Beautiful Twisted Car could be a dark concept album about a guy who is all excited to buy a new car after saving up for years, the car representing freedom from the system, then he wraps it around a telephone pole
It feels more like a solo record than an Arctic Monkeys record. I don't think the other members really have any sort of presence on most of the songs and when they do it's so minimal and underwhelming. I immediately went back to TBHC and appreciated it a helluva lot more. At least that record had some kind of hook.
@@Spicyyy832 kinda. Theres much more riffing and traditional rock group song structures on TBHC. That album was so jarring because of how slow and unserious it was
I think this is one of the biggest differences I've experienced between my preferences and Fantano's. I absolutely loved this album, and found it to be a good resolution to the themes of TBHC. 8/10 for me
It really just depends on what your preferences are, and how you set your expectations. If you were wanting this to live up to and do justice to the baroque glam rock of the 70's like Bowie, T. Rex, Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music etc. then you may be sorely disappointed. I think that's where melon man sits
it’s a great record, Turner one of leading wordsmiths of his generation. As a longtime fan, I love the point their songwriting has come to, what critics don’t seem to realize is how good they’ve become at crafting an interplay between different elements of a song, from the structure, arrangements, to lyrics and execution and tone play off of one another that augment what songs are about. also how they pull of humor and nostalgia packed together is criminally underrated.
I've really been enjoying it. I was initially underwhelmed by the first couple of singles upon release, but they've grown on me enormously over the last couple of months. Similary with the album, it washed over me on the first listen or two, but it's grown on me massively over the last week. Don't know if you can call it a masterpiece, as some have, but I don't see many other bands taking huge musical risks and pretty much pulling them off in 2022. The production and string arrangements alone are extremely well crafted. One thing that concerns me with music critics is how many listens do they give an LP before reviewing it? Some of my all time favourite albums have taken probably half a dozen listens through before I can properly appraise them. I'd have probably have given this a 4 on the weekend of it's release, but it's now approaching an 8.
Since when turner is regarded as one of the leading wordsmiths of his generation? You totally made that up🤣. Why dont you call him the bob Dylan of this generation?
Ah yes, Total Xanarchy and The Big Day are masterpieces am I right! You can disagree with a critic, he has his opinions, if you don't like it you can just leave or try to fking explain why he's wrong here?
I love the new territory Arctic Monkeys went on in this album. The pulsing electronic on Sculptures is a paid off experimental cut, but the rest of this album is a hit or miss. Overall, it kinda balances between snooze and surprising moments. 5/10
it does have the ability to do that. i know for a fact that i’ve played ‘sculptures of anything goes’ several times over since the album was released..
It's odd, man. I've had all my friends who've listened to this record tell me that they think it's "a masterpiece," yet I only really enjoy four out of the ten tracks (all of the lead-up singles plus "Perfect Sense"); all of the other songs feel unusually discardable, _especially_ "Mr. Schwartz." And yet, despite its sonic similarities to TBHC, their previous record ended up being my favorite in their discography over time because of the variety and level of commitment to the bit that Turner exhibits in this casino on the moon. It's really captivating for me. But this record... it just lacks the charm, charisma, and overall commitment that allowed Tranquility Base to soar. I very much *wish* I liked it much more than I do.
I like all of them except Mr Schwartz and the Car. I believe that they had never made a song with acoustic guitar before and they tried it here twice. I don’t think it really worked, at least for me.
@@benjaminodelcamino6689 I'm still in the preliminary evaluation stage, as it's only been a few days since it's been out. That being said, I think some songs are just .. fine ("Sculptures of Anything Goes," "Jet Skis on the Moat," "Hello You"). But it's the fact that I could take them or leave them that bugs me. Sure, they could grow on me, but I don't see the whole of the record coming into a _radically_ different focus.
That’s how I’ve felt about the last two arctic monkeys albums, im a huge fan of their work prior, they’re like half of what I listened to in high school, but the past two albums have been full of slow paced, non-catchy songs with no musical payoff in my opinion. I can get that some people may like it, the lyrics are more poetic, the instrumentation is more refined…but for me it just kinda feels like I’m waiting for the song to get good and before I know it I listened to the whole album and it never got good.
That's what I'm saying I listened to it a couple more times... The vocals were rubbing me the wrong way suddenly it's the best album coming out this year. they are growers they're not immediately obviously good UK
@@tak-pa3134 fr exactly what i was thinking, tbh+c didnt get the greatest first impression but now a goood amount of ppl love it, hoping the same situation for the car
i would say in that case that you do have to actually listen to the songs like it's not bops, the words are very important if you have simply determined from this one idle listen that it's not for you then i suppose fair enough but if you are willing to give it a second listen do so while reading the lyrics, spotify will scroll them for you i think it's really good, i wouldn't have listened to it this way and i would've equally just brushed it off as i did on previous listens of tranquility base but the lyrics are beautifully written and the composition of them too which is not really addressed very well in this review in conclusion i enjoyed this album quite well on my first listen and look forward to future ones and i would recommend you give it another go if you actually were not actively listening and just had it on because it's not that kind of music
I appreciate the new direction that they're going for. I think it sounds nice. The problem is, once you've listened to one of the songs in the album, you've basically listened to them all
I like this take, and I think it's what I like about this album and the last. I really didn't appreciate TBHC until I listened to it studying. I don't know if monotonous is the right word, but it fades into the background very nicely.
@@MediocreLPC Yeah, that's how I ended up listening to this album. Gave it a 5/10 on AOTY solely because I was vibin listening to this album while playing Minecraft. It's a good background music. But I don't think it's what they intended
This review won't age well. I think that's the problem with rushing to get reviews out instead of living with an album for some fair amount of time. This is an iconic band, and deserves a more considered and better written album review. I don't think it's as lyrically well crafted as TBHC (incredibly high bar), but it's absolutely beautifully executed.
The Toyota Corolla on the cover symbolize the whole album: dull but reliable. It's a listenable album that you can hear from start to finish without any particular highlights
For some reason I started appreciating both albums even more after this review. Still think that TBHC is hands down my favourite AM album by a long shot. But I see where you're coming from, and I agree with your arguments.
I really enjoyed this album, mainly because I loved the jazzy vibe from Tranquility Base and this album feels like they went all in on the jazz. There’s only one skip for me in the album (the title track The Car) but everything else is frigging great. Probably my favorite album from 2022.
I found this album was their first grower for me where I didn’t instantly love it, I was pissing myself laughing the first time I listened to body paint because turners falsetto felt so out of place but now it’s one of my favourites on the album. I think my biggest issue with it is they’re going for this big grand huge album and it just kind of peters out into nothingness and almost seems to excuse itself and apologise for its own existence. It should have finished with a big loud garish bang and said hello I’m me and I’m sexy and funky. This partly has to do with the track listing I think but even putting that aside it’s just a bit of a weak finish. The albums is very cohesive and well put together up until you hit the title track then it starts to lose the run of itself and just kind of end it’s ends without you realising it’s ended. Feeling an 8 on the first half of the album and an unfortunate 6 on the latter half so I guess a 7 overall
I don't get people who brag how something they initially thought was bad had grown on them and now it's good, when objectively it's the same thing. It's like you convinced yourself that it's good now, or other people did. If you listen to it enough times, you'll change your mind about anything, it's a possibility that you wanted it to be changed. No integrity. It is a bad album. It should've been an Alex Turner solo album, I don't hear the band. And what's funny is that his singing is the worst thing on it. It sounds like a parody, his accent is cringe inducing.
i really thought this album would be like TBHC for me. I realized after 2 weeks of listening to it in different contexts, that it just wasn't for me. the bass frequencies felt lacking, it felt like lounge music too much of the time, and overall just felt like the alex turner side project with every other band member just happy to support. I personally really didn't like it
@@galetinmdo you think it’s impossible to change opinions on things at all? Its almost like peoples tastes and experiences with things can be complex and are not static. Plus also your expectations going in and then settling in with what you got plays a part too. Get off your high horse
The worst part was for me that at no point did the album make me feel anything. You’d think if I didn’t enjoy it, I’d say I hated it or something but no, just didn’t care enough to want to think about it anymore.
@@NK-dj7no I’m sure Alex Turner did put plenty of emotion into the album and if I was to read the lyrics I’d be able to see it, I’m just saying that the music didn’t convey it in a way that engaged me as a listener.
I totally see where you're coming from, but I definitely loved it regardless. my one thing is that it constantly feels like Alex is edging us. I wish he would go back to their old songwriting structures, give us a bridge, give us substantial and repeated choruses (i don't even care if they are different lyrics each chorus, a la phoebe bridgers), give us a climax to the song and a proper ending. Body paint is fantastic but the fade out is dumb and the live version shines because it doesnt have it. let matt helders play the drums! He's way too good to basically sit out two albums. I still think its really great - but this would've been better as a solo project or a Last Shadow Puppets record- i think miles would've tamed alex a bit into writing better structured songs.
Totally agree about matt, though I feel like he did have at least a little more to do on this album. The drums weren't as boring as they were on thbc imo. But I'd love to see the drums play a more prominent role on future releases
Matt is absolutely playing the drums what are you talking about it's subtle but the panning of the Toms and the ghost notes .. it's all there the finesse man the finesse!!!!!
I had the same reaction to this album when I first listened to it. You really nailed what I felt about this for the first 10 listen throughs. However yesterday I listened to it straight after tranquility and I appreciated the car like I hadn't before. Yes the vocals aren't as strong as you would hope. The songs themselves and the structures are intentionally subtle and understated despite the string sections and there is more space in the songs than anything from the last album. It's such a great contrast between the car and Tranquility. Tranquility songs are big and bombastic, and showtuney but the sound itself is quite claustrophobic by comparison and oppressive. There is a lightness to the car and to me there was actually more bowieisms in Tranquility than there was on the Car album. He takes sounds and vocal cues from others like Curtis Mayfield and John Lennon and there was definitely a George Harrison signature guitar sound there too on a few of the tracks. I would say there are many influences and it's not accurate to say (paraphrasing) he is basically doing a poor man's David Bowie. I think the songs themselves are written in a way to be captivating (with the instrumentation) without sounding like he is showing off. There is a real sincerity there and maturity. Its fantastic actually. Bowie for all his genius, subtlety and sounding understated was never his style. By the way Tranquility is hands down one of the finest albums ever made.
it's a blessing not to dive deeply into comparisons. at the same time i am not jealous for people who professionaly reviews new music - life's much easier when you discover sounds at your own pace.
@@HD-cp1fg absolutely. Listening to music is often a subjective experience and it's also quite wonderful when that appreciation is at times shared with others that have had a similar experience with a particular piece of music. The enjoyment of music can be both personal and interpersonal and there doesn't appear to be any objective way or a particular time frame with which to give a universal value system to the systematic arrangement of sounds. One man's masterpiece is another man's eye roll.
The thing is: everyone was crying about TBHC when it first came out and now they're saying how that album grew on them. Now people are crying about how The Car sounds and some years in The futuro they'll be "Oh, it grew on me, duh"
This is the most I’ve agreed with you on an Arctic monkeys album, it’s probably my least favourite of the bunch but for me it’s an album of two halves. I think the first five songs are different enough from each other that they sound interesting and tbh I do quite like them but the second half of the album feels very samey for me, mainly due to the vocals. In my opinion the Arctic monkeys are a phenomenal band overall, but yeah this album isn’t their best work imo
I think the most accurate criticism is, like Fantano said, many of these songs don’t have a hook or end in a resolving manner. It’s also overproduced and poorly mixed, nobody bought this record to hear a symphony accompaniment. That said, I still enjoy it, mainly the first side like you said.
alex peaked at Everything You’ve Come To Expect by the Last Shadow Puppets, album you didn’t even cover but it really explains where all of this is coming from
Loving this album so far. I’ve been an AM fan for a long time and seeing them evolve with every album is so exciting to me. I could tell listening to this that Alex’s vocal delivery wouldn’t work for everybody i but I think it’s kinda perfect for delivering his lyrics specifically
@@galetinm The quality is pretty consistent in every release, AM is one of their best albums. You just want them to keep making the same pop-punk record repeatedly
TBHC did because it was unique compared to anything they’ve done before. This is very similar sounding, but so uninspiring, SO boring. Sure we may grow to find it more ‘pleasant’ to listen to, but I don’t think I can take any of this seriously for a band of their calibre.
So glad you loved the record! I loved it too! Been blasting Body Paint for a few days now! Nice to be looking forward to the next Monkeys release as well, hope to see you on one of their concerts soon :)
The stupidest line to come from this review is, “this band don’t have the skill set to pull of what they are attempting to do”. Very crazy statement and very untrue
There's an awesome psychedelic rock album buried in here somewhere. I can't help but imagine how much cooler this album would be if the Monkeys stayed closer to their usual tempo and instrumentation.
The album is insufferably boring. Matt Helders, the most talented member of AM, has been completely left out, the guitars are boring, the vocals are mediocre. Had this not been an AM album, it would've not reached 10 thousand plays of Spotify.
Used to love AM. I saw them play live in Barcelona shortly after FWN was released and they were brilliant. Artists have the right to experiment and push themselves beyond the boundaries they create for themselves by stepping out of the genre bubble that made them, but it doesn't always work. Some bands simply have to stick to what they're good at. Maybe we'll see a return to the old gloriously-riffed, bouncing, urban poetry ways after this, for they themselves run the risk of boring themselves to sleep on stage if they don't.
Same, AM was the last direction change I really enjoyed from the band. I respect the desire to make what they want to make but the new arctic monkeys isn’t for me.
unfortunately, alex in recent interviews said that they even tried to do AM7 like this after the tour in 2019 but it didn’t work out. Unfortunately, they’re not coming back again like we used to know them
The only thing I don't come to like about Melons reviews with rock bands. Its the argument he makes of "You are a rock band, you are supposed to sound like a rock band" Nah man, they are supposed to make music or whatever sound they are interested in. That argument is not compelling at all
This album is called "The Car" and there's a car on the cover. It's little details like that that make this album amazing.
Wow I never noticed that. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day.
Bravo Vince
you didn`t just say that
@@pooriyapedramnia3048 Scientifically speaking - I just did
@@vilentman111 lets say, hypothetically, you didn’t.
You can’t give this album a bad review just because you don’t know how to drive yet anthony.
LMAO
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Hey, he might not know how to drive a car, but he sure can drive a lawn mower
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I think what most people fail to realise is that the band combined various instruments and melodies to create music.
People also forget that they don’t even pay other people to play their instruments, they play it themselves
Source???
@@allonmyownherewego9893 Damn they must've gotten some tips from Jered Threatin
like literally every artist ever ?
@@pedrorian528 uh what? name 3 other artists who combine various instruments with melodies
If the first song was called "There'd Better Be A Melonball" you'll give this album a 10/10
0/10 still
Don’t get emotional..that ain’t like yoUoUoU~
It's still sheet album
bruh this act made me laugh out loud lol
@@dangerousvillain7278 ur the sheet
The Arctic Monkey's have reached a growingly rare point in any bands career where they have ZERO pressure from their label, let alone fans who crave carefully cultivated manufactured radio hits and now have absolute unadulterated freedom to create and perform the music they and they alone desire. That fact alone is quite especially admirable. They've earned the right to explore all the weirdness their hearts desire.
This isn’t weird at all it’s boring
yeah this isn't weird at all lmao
@@ben_jamin4529 it’s a brilliant record
@@ben_jamin4529 for a band that started out doing rock than into pop yeah it is pretty weird. There is not much else that sounds like this. And it’s better for that.
Yeah maybe get a little adventurous with your listening, this isn't weird. Not trying to be an litist or whatever but this trend of people talking about normal ass sounding stuff as if it's this avant garde barn burner is really annoying. There's nothing wrong with music not being weird, you don't have to pretend that it is to defend it.
If this was called "The Affordable, Comprehensive, and Regular Public Transportation Network" you would have given it a 10 Anthony.
Would’ve been a better name than “the car”
Why is this a banger album name actually
LOL
Funnily enough, OG AM probably would've used that title back in the day🤣
I wonder what Not Just Bike thinks about The Car
If melon had been on Tumblr in 2013, every arctic monkeys album would be a 10/10
Oh ,i remember vividly how His AM Review got flooded by dislikes from those kind of people lmao
And then regular people listen to that album and fall the fuck asleep cause it the most mid album conceived by a human
@@andrei11dr nah it's actually really cool
@@jdg1251 🤣
@@strikerbowls791 this kind of people that hate it because they think they have to is equally as dumb
Im glad Alex's new musical style has finally got Fantano on his knees begging for a 3rd Tranquillity Base Hotel.
Me but unironically
Nah... I pass on that one, give something with some energy next time please
Everyone who's a fan of melon and the Arctic Monkeys knew exactly what this review was gonna be
well yeah, he gave AM 3/10 also
My hopes weren't high, but dam
Saw this coming from the moment the first single dropped
@@edwindwicahyo5375 He did... _WHAT?!?_
😲😳🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
And he’s got it wrong again but less wrong than before so at least that’s a good job
Tranquility Base is so awesome. It sounds like if George Harrison sang on a David Bowie album.
Okay not gonna lie, but this is easily the best way to describe that album. Spot on!
Yeah, but what about the current album?
@@cristianjofre1607 I haven't heard it yet. I will listen to it and give you my opinion if you like.
@@cristianjofre1607 I'm listening to it now. It is not bad, to be sure. It doesn't have the invention of Tranquility Base. TB was also much funkier, more melodic. They sound like they are tired. But at the same time, it sounds like they are trying to make a look-a-like album for a late 60s balladeer. Like Scott Walker, Elton John's 'A Single Man' comes to mind. Dionne Warwick. The songs would be perfect in a movie at some point of introspection, solitude, or disappointment. It may be a victim of a songwriter trying to retain his vision of a set of songs. If it was simply called 'Tranquility Base Hotel: Part 2', people would likely be gentler with it. What do you think?
Jesus
the fact that body paint was in the worst tracks in the weekly round-up and now on the fav tracks is... something
Guess it grew on him?
@@codymelchert2681 nah, it just goes onto show how bad the album is in his opinion! 😂 One of the worst tracks from the week is the best he could find on the album. I dont even wanna hear what he thinks about the other songs!
@@aunthaumv3711 Whatever you wanna think, dude.
@@aunthaumv3711 your point is moot when Mirrorball, the first single, was in Meh during its weekly roundup. The track just grew on him, plain and simple. Its the appeal of AM's lastest sound.
Trust me, I used to hate TBHC when it came out. Nowadays, its one of the only albums that I would listen without a song I want to skip. For me, its up there with Room on Fire from the Strokes as my "quintessential" listens.
@@Strato_Casterrr9898 it would be an assumption on ur part to think Body Paint in particular grew on him (although highly likely to happen cus it is the most energetic song on this). It could just be that the more he listened to the album, he disliked mirror ball even more than Body Paint! Again im also making assumptions or a theory even. Cus we dont knw how he really feels and cant speak like its fact!
The fact that he cried shows how incredible arctic monkeys is
@@no-vk2qe no
@@no-vk2qe bro get offline
@@no-vk2qe What does this have to do with Arctic Monkeys though?
@UCPZbz_4bwZeDD6LKF7f5_NA arab+fuck rym+yes+no+ok kendrick destroys songwriting and storytelling+more impactful? Alright is literally blm anthem and tpab is the most influential album of the 2010’s+no+ratio+-is white+fatherless+motherless+bladee fan
@@rixbyte7438 what did they say? Comment is gone
I think Big Ideas explains literally how the album came to be. Alex had some big ideas, and the band was chill with it, happy to go down whatever path Alex takes them.
Yeah agree - that was my favourite track cos the music fitted perfectly with the lyrics
The Alex turner band
But then he was surrounded by the orchestra and he couldnt remember what they were
Alex Turner and the Machine
@@yoshi-ol2uu I agree. It seems like he is saying” I had big ideas, the crowd went nuts, we rose to the top playing this way, but now I can’t bring those ideas/style back to save my life/career. In any case, it was a hell of ride”.
I personally enjoyed the album a lot thought. There are at least 3 tracks that have been stuck in to my head from this album.
Always know an album is good when Fantano gives it a bad review 🔥🔥
Yeah, total xanarchy was BOP
@@sher618 Nav literally invented rap
Absolutely
Yeah, can't wait Lil Xan to collab with Corey Feldman and mediocre current Eminem.
@@sher618 I actually enjoyed xanarchy but that was when I still listed to rap which I haven't done in years
I cant get over how weird seeing Arctic Monkeys live is gonna be. You go in for some brit pop punk vibes and see a 10 piece orchestra and everyone wearing suits?
Me in a couple of days....this album just came out and Im like FUCK, we will miss other songs for this ...(and I've been a fan for 10+ years)
Literally just look up any live show since 2018????? TBHC was very similar and they pulled it off quite well… they hit you with 2-3 classics then slow it down with 1-2 songs off the new album then BAM hit you with an all Time classic that gets the crowd jumping. Highly rate it as long as you don’t mind slowing it down at points
I saw them live at Reading. They’re boring as hell. Good songs though
why the fuck would you go and see Arctic Monkeys for brit pop punk vibes in the year 2022, they haven't been that since 2007
@@hi-ve1cw I bet you look good on the dance floor was pop punk af 😅 I agree in general they wouldn’t be considered pop punk but that song was their break out hit and was definitely pop- y lol
Arctic Monkeys with Critics: love it.
Arctic Monkeys with Fantano: Literally killed his child that does not exist
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Dude, the only critics that like artic monkeys are the big magazine ones that probably have some paid reviews. Look in some underground critics, look at Brad Taste in music in the entire arctic monkeys catalogue for example
@@alex11v3 who gives a fuck what a “critic” says anyways? Art is completely subjective. What makes there opinions anymore relevant? An art or journalism degree?
@@alex11v3 “underground critics” = some dude with a youtube channel
@@Benadryl_Submarine I just gave an example
It must be so tough not being able to get over AM. Their last two records have been absolutely mindbending.
Nah, Tranquility is a 9 and The Car is a 6 at best.
Fr
Car trash
It must be so tough to think a band this mid make mindblowing music
Tranquility & the car are shite
This album is like a roller coaster with no turns. No high speed. No loops. No drop.
That's arctic monkeys entire discography
They did warn us when they said "don't believe the hype"
A backed up subway of an album
Kinda like a car
No Swedish producers
I’ve really been liking the album. There are some real gorgeous songs on this. Perfect sense is killer, but I’m a sucker for strings man. Hello You is honestly my favorite song on the album, sounds very Last Shadow Puppety, and I’ve always had a soft spot for that project.
This whole album seems like another Shadow Puppets album. I think Alex honestly just prefers that type of music now. I don’t think he is using the other members of the band to their full potential
@@superjlk_9538 It would be interesting to hear what the rest of the band thinks. From the interviews I've seen, they seem happy enough to go along with it lol
Totally agree
@@superjlk_9538 its definitely different without Miles. This still has that Acttic monkeys feeling instead of tlsp
@@superjlk_9538 except TLSP songs actually were catchy with discernible hooks, intelligent but not pretentious lyrics, this album is just so forgettable. Alex could’ve taken a little bit more inspiration from the good stuff he did with TLSP
I wasn’t expecting a 12/10, or an imitation of Cher’s “Believe” in drag from you, Anthony. Wonderfully enthralling.
While I’m definitely not a fan of The Car, I have to respect them for going in a different direction in their sound, a lot of bands try to recreate their most popular albums over and over again while the Arctic Monkeys experiment and try new things and I think that’s what makes them amazing though it just didn’t work out on this album in my opinion
Exactly, maybe they didn't pull this one off, but if say Radiohead would've stuck to the same we would've never had Ok Computer, much less Kid A.
I think every artist should make the same song and album over and over again or it’s unfair to their fans
Yeah that’s how I feel about it, they have to try different things. But personally I still don’t know how people think it’s as good as their first albums or even better 😂😂
A lot of Bands try new things and end up sounding great. They figured out after 2013 that this mellower sound has helped them become more popular and so they’re continuing it
Yep that's respectable of course, it doesn't make it great though.
i used to not really like the car, but after adding some songs to my daily playlist i actually, really really enjoy most the songs there, especially mr. shwartz i love that song, it may be my favorite song from the album its such a nice good slow and rewarding song too, as well as jet skis on the moat that song is such a sexy slow and nice listen.
I agree. Been giving the album a few listens the past month and found myself really enjoying it. Especially, Big Ideas and Mr. Schwartz. And Body Paint has got to be one of the best Arctic Monkeys songs ever.
I think its an album that needs time.. But I still hate the " Alex's solo album vibe" it has..
Mr. Schwartz makes me cry idk why it's so beautiful
I'm feeling a strong 9 to a 10 for the Yo Mama joke in Sculptures of Anything Goes
in my opinion after my listen to the record, the vision for this record is really well represented in the album cover, a alone car, with no people or sign of life around. completely solo. giving it a feeling of loneliness.
I thing the sound wasn't thought to have anything like big guitar riffs or even something energetic. it is the feeling of pure discouragement after a big event in someone's life. It's the feeling of getting some really bad news and then getting back to your car, completely defeated.
I personally would give a 8/10. I really enjoyed it
I would rate it a Jimmy McGill throwing a tantrum in his shit shitbox/10 based on that description alone
You hit the nail right into the deck, mate.
That’s a perfect way to describe it, actually
Just some idiot constructing a fake-deep
Damn :( bummed. I enjoyed this record a lot, and fortunately for me I’ve never found Alex’s vocals grating in anyway, and I think this album showed a lot of vocal range for him.
Melon never really has understood AM so I didn't expect anything else from him.
Why are you upset that Anthony Fantano doesn’t like your album as much as you do . Who gives a shit
@@ceerin4125 Who gives a shit 'bout YOUR reply..... oh wait
@@ceerin4125 because a lot of people seem to care
You should still like it. Even if he has some strong objective points. Maybe you listenned to it in the right moment and clicked with you. This is just his opinion after all.
I wish luck to the band in their career turnover towards the automobile industry!
Driving instructor: Anthony you gotta stop at the red light
Melon: I'm feeling a strong 3 on your existence
You know Anthony really hates an album when his worst track of the week is still his favorite song
By far best Alex turner first solo project. I hope the monkeys will release a new album soon, as a band.
This is like his third solo project actually
Jamie is the person that’s pushed for this shift in music not Alex
Y’all have no clue how bands world do you
your so funnny (please go to sleep)
@@crispy_dough559 THIS
This is one of those rare cases when I really disagree, this record is gorgeous.
You must be boring to like that boring music!
I’m a big fan and there’s only 2 ok songs. The rest of the album is just one long drawn out song. All sounds the same.
@@shermarkijames totally disagree
I like it a lot too 🙆♂️ and more than their previous album tbh
@@underneonloneliness2 terrible take .
Anthony you can't just give an album a 2/10 just because you can't get a driver's license
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He'll give NOT BAD/10 if he got it
you people are so fucking unfunny it hurts
Took me a couple of listens to really appreciate it, but now I most certainly do. Did see that review coming tho. It's a very polarizing album.
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No it’s just trash
@@thewarriorreturns9179 It's totally mid but I like some parts of it tho
No, it's just boring and bland TBHC was much better
Can’t believe Alex Turner was the one cutting those uneven slices of pizza this whole time
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I was so hyped for it's release however as more singles dropped I grew more worried about the album. When it dropped I listened to the whole thing and kept waiting for it to pick up, it never happened. As an Arctic Monkeys fan who loves Tranquility Base, this album is probably one that'll grow on me, but I have to shelf it for now. The Car coming after Tranquilly Base's lounge vibe is too much slow paced music for me. I get they grow and mature as a band and can't go back to strumming electric guitars like a bunch of 20 year old's out for a night at the pubs, but damn I really just want something a bit upbeat.
Am 2 was all but a dream
Yeah, idk. I would love to see them be a “mature” band but also do upbeat and hype music. Nothing wrong with getting older but still have fun. (I just really miss their old stuff 😅)
How people can say this album is anything like TBHAC is beyond me
Anthony is gonna have a meltdown on the next album at this point 😭 Give in to it Anthony we know you want to 🥴
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I knew he wouldn't like it as soon as i heard Alex's vocals on mirrorball.
I’m linking the turnaround that Melon is having on appreciating the Arctic Monkeys. What a comeback story!
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where's the link?
by this point I think he's just biased
STOP STEALING MY COMMENT FORMAT
@@Hi-fd4cw STOP STEALING MY PIZZA ROLLS
I think we all have to realize that Anthony is probably never gonna warm up to an Arctic Monkeys record at this point
He just doesn't vibe with Arctic Monkeys on principle, never really has from what i've seen. And that's fine, not everybody is gonna like the same artists. Though i do think his criticisms for basically all their albums are pretty weak, it all comes down to their sound doesn't appeal to him.
I think once you decided you don't like something, it's hard to get back from that position. We form our own biases and then follow through on them.
I don't know his opinions on their earlier record pre Suck it and See. Did he like them then?
@@zero-pl3tt artic monkeys have become trash. Cope 😂
@@zero-pl3tt and also how he doesn't like Alex Turner at all
We were driving to Vegas and the album put my wife to sleep. She really appreciated those extra zzzz's 10/10
If the album was called The Beautiful Twisted Car you'd give it a 6/10
My beautiful dark twisted car
this has to die
The Beautiful Twisted Car could be a dark concept album about a guy who is all excited to buy a new car after saving up for years, the car representing freedom from the system, then he wraps it around a telephone pole
It feels more like a solo record than an Arctic Monkeys record. I don't think the other members really have any sort of presence on most of the songs and when they do it's so minimal and underwhelming. I immediately went back to TBHC and appreciated it a helluva lot more. At least that record had some kind of hook.
It’s been like this since tranquility base, I’d say. (The solo album vibes)
@@Spicyyy832 kinda. Theres much more riffing and traditional rock group song structures on TBHC. That album was so jarring because of how slow and unserious it was
The tone/feeling will grow on you
@@Spicyyy832 Yup, I remember back in 2018 people where calling Tranquility Base a solo album by Alex, wich was a bit dissapointing
I think this is one of the biggest differences I've experienced between my preferences and Fantano's. I absolutely loved this album, and found it to be a good resolution to the themes of TBHC. 8/10 for me
It really just depends on what your preferences are, and how you set your expectations. If you were wanting this to live up to and do justice to the baroque glam rock of the 70's like Bowie, T. Rex, Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music etc. then you may be sorely disappointed. I think that's where melon man sits
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it’s a great record, Turner one of leading wordsmiths of his generation. As a longtime fan, I love the point their songwriting has come to, what critics don’t seem to realize is how good they’ve become at crafting an interplay between different elements of a song, from the structure, arrangements, to lyrics and execution and tone play off of one another that augment what songs are about. also how they pull of humor and nostalgia packed together is criminally underrated.
Alex is a godly lyricist, but I'm undecided if he really hit his own high benchmark on this one.
It's among the band's best reviewed albums. I happen to love the record too, but I've been a fan since their debut.
I've really been enjoying it. I was initially underwhelmed by the first couple of singles upon release, but they've grown on me enormously over the last couple of months. Similary with the album, it washed over me on the first listen or two, but it's grown on me massively over the last week. Don't know if you can call it a masterpiece, as some have, but I don't see many other bands taking huge musical risks and pretty much pulling them off in 2022. The production and string arrangements alone are extremely well crafted. One thing that concerns me with music critics is how many listens do they give an LP before reviewing it? Some of my all time favourite albums have taken probably half a dozen listens through before I can properly appraise them. I'd have probably have given this a 4 on the weekend of it's release, but it's now approaching an 8.
"what critics don’t seem to realize" This album's actually been really well received by critics. This video is an outlier in that respect
Since when turner is regarded as one of the leading wordsmiths of his generation? You totally made that up🤣. Why dont you call him the bob Dylan of this generation?
If one thing I've learned from watching his reviews....if he doesn't like an album, then it's a phenomenal production
Ah yes, Total Xanarchy and The Big Day are masterpieces am I right!
You can disagree with a critic, he has his opinions, if you don't like it you can just leave or try to fking explain why he's wrong here?
I love the new territory Arctic Monkeys went on in this album. The pulsing electronic on Sculptures is a paid off experimental cut, but the rest of this album is a hit or miss. Overall, it kinda balances between snooze and surprising moments. 5/10
It grew on me with repeat listens I enjoy this one a lot
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it does have the ability to do that. i know for a fact that i’ve played ‘sculptures of anything goes’ several times over since the album was released..
See you here in two years when this album grows on us and we come back and tell Anthony how wrong he is again
big ideas and body paint are the absolute most beautiful songs off the album
yesss
It's odd, man. I've had all my friends who've listened to this record tell me that they think it's "a masterpiece," yet I only really enjoy four out of the ten tracks (all of the lead-up singles plus "Perfect Sense"); all of the other songs feel unusually discardable, _especially_ "Mr. Schwartz." And yet, despite its sonic similarities to TBHC, their previous record ended up being my favorite in their discography over time because of the variety and level of commitment to the bit that Turner exhibits in this casino on the moon. It's really captivating for me. But this record... it just lacks the charm, charisma, and overall commitment that allowed Tranquility Base to soar. I very much *wish* I liked it much more than I do.
Listen to it 3 more times and t will grow on you
I like all of them except Mr Schwartz and the Car. I believe that they had never made a song with acoustic guitar before and they tried it here twice. I don’t think it really worked, at least for me.
@@benjaminodelcamino6689 I'm still in the preliminary evaluation stage, as it's only been a few days since it's been out. That being said, I think some songs are just .. fine ("Sculptures of Anything Goes," "Jet Skis on the Moat," "Hello You"). But it's the fact that I could take them or leave them that bugs me. Sure, they could grow on me, but I don't see the whole of the record coming into a _radically_ different focus.
Listen to it like three more times bc perfect sense ended up my least favorite by a long shot
Interestingly Mr Schwartz has been permanently stuck in my head since I first heard it. The picking pattern is something else
That’s how I’ve felt about the last two arctic monkeys albums, im a huge fan of their work prior, they’re like half of what I listened to in high school, but the past two albums have been full of slow paced, non-catchy songs with no musical payoff in my opinion. I can get that some people may like it, the lyrics are more poetic, the instrumentation is more refined…but for me it just kinda feels like I’m waiting for the song to get good and before I know it I listened to the whole album and it never got good.
I am the opposite. I found their early material derivative and somewhat banal.
I dont like them either since AM but im just kinda glad they didnt took the easy/predictable way and made AM 2.0 AND 3.0 given the popularity it got.
Took the words right out of my mouth
@@YoSoySafeAsMilk It was and still is but at least they were a fun band. This isn't even fun
Why would a song have to be Catchy to be considered as a good one?
TBHC and this one grow on u after a couple listens. it sneaks up on u and u never notice till u find urself humming a line out of the blue
That's what I'm saying I listened to it a couple more times... The vocals were rubbing me the wrong way suddenly it's the best album coming out this year. they are growers they're not immediately obviously good UK
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@@tak-pa3134 fr exactly what i was thinking, tbh+c didnt get the greatest first impression but now a goood amount of ppl love it, hoping the same situation for the car
I had the opposite; though TBHC was ok on first listen, but honestly, TBHC and this record are just dreadfully boring. TBHC at least went somwhere
TBHC is actually good, but this isn't except for like 3 songs. 4 at most.
You only dislike this album because it’s obnoxious pretentious sludge 😤
the brad is here
@javelinwounds 🤓🤓 ummm actually describing something as pretentious is actually very pretentious
@@BradTasteInMusicOfficial why do you think people care about what you have to say?
I played this album and when it finished I was like "oh I didn't even notice a single song played"
i would say in that case that you do have to actually listen to the songs like it's not bops, the words are very important
if you have simply determined from this one idle listen that it's not for you then i suppose fair enough but if you are willing to give it a second listen do so while reading the lyrics, spotify will scroll them for you
i think it's really good, i wouldn't have listened to it this way and i would've equally just brushed it off as i did on previous listens of tranquility base but the lyrics are beautifully written and the composition of them too which is not really addressed very well in this review
in conclusion i enjoyed this album quite well on my first listen and look forward to future ones and i would recommend you give it another go if you actually were not actively listening and just had it on because it's not that kind of music
Turn your volume on next time
try listening a little more critically next time :)
Honestly same first listen. I’ve heard it three times and only a few songs have really grown on me.
I appreciate the new direction that they're going for. I think it sounds nice. The problem is, once you've listened to one of the songs in the album, you've basically listened to them all
I like this take, and I think it's what I like about this album and the last. I really didn't appreciate TBHC until I listened to it studying. I don't know if monotonous is the right word, but it fades into the background very nicely.
I had the same impression
bullshit
@@MediocreLPC Yeah, that's how I ended up listening to this album. Gave it a 5/10 on AOTY solely because I was vibin listening to this album while playing Minecraft. It's a good background music. But I don't think it's what they intended
"Its better than Led Zeppelin IV and Animals" damn its crazy how much Arctic Monkeys have grown on you, Anthony
I wish I was allowed to like it
That RateMyProfessor metaphor from Melon has to be in his top roasts of the year so far.
this is definitely an album
If you look closely it's actually a car.
@@ds2587 Would have been a 10 if it was a bike.
The album of all time?
Could say the car is Anthony's favourite worst nightmare
This review won't age well. I think that's the problem with rushing to get reviews out instead of living with an album for some fair amount of time. This is an iconic band, and deserves a more considered and better written album review. I don't think it's as lyrically well crafted as TBHC (incredibly high bar), but it's absolutely beautifully executed.
I agree!
This man is pathetic, all the musicians he does not like are doing well!!
At this point, Anthony has messed up plenty reviews for anyone to see him as a reference. Tranquility Base, Yeezus, among other great albums.
Nah, man, TBHC and The Car are both quite shite. It's not my vibe. I've tried really hard, but goddamn are they just a droning bore.
The Toyota Corolla on the cover symbolize the whole album: dull but reliable. It's a listenable album that you can hear from start to finish without any particular highlights
Anthony is just upset because he purchased a physical copy of the album and expected an actual car
0/10
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For some reason I started appreciating both albums even more after this review. Still think that TBHC is hands down my favourite AM album by a long shot. But I see where you're coming from, and I agree with your arguments.
I really enjoyed this album, mainly because I loved the jazzy vibe from Tranquility Base and this album feels like they went all in on the jazz.
There’s only one skip for me in the album (the title track The Car) but everything else is frigging great.
Probably my favorite album from 2022.
I agree! Surprisingly the car was not a hit for me
I found this album was their first grower for me where I didn’t instantly love it, I was pissing myself laughing the first time I listened to body paint because turners falsetto felt so out of place but now it’s one of my favourites on the album. I think my biggest issue with it is they’re going for this big grand huge album and it just kind of peters out into nothingness and almost seems to excuse itself and apologise for its own existence. It should have finished with a big loud garish bang and said hello I’m me and I’m sexy and funky. This partly has to do with the track listing I think but even putting that aside it’s just a bit of a weak finish. The albums is very cohesive and well put together up until you hit the title track then it starts to lose the run of itself and just kind of end it’s ends without you realising it’s ended. Feeling an 8 on the first half of the album and an unfortunate 6 on the latter half so I guess a 7 overall
Unfortunately this album puts all the heavy hitters at the front so the ending is just meh. It should have ended with Sculptures
It should have finished with something big and impactful, like Rock 'n' Roll Suicide on The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars
I don't get people who brag how something they initially thought was bad had grown on them and now it's good, when objectively it's the same thing. It's like you convinced yourself that it's good now, or other people did. If you listen to it enough times, you'll change your mind about anything, it's a possibility that you wanted it to be changed. No integrity.
It is a bad album. It should've been an Alex Turner solo album, I don't hear the band. And what's funny is that his singing is the worst thing on it. It sounds like a parody, his accent is cringe inducing.
i really thought this album would be like TBHC for me. I realized after 2 weeks of listening to it in different contexts, that it just wasn't for me. the bass frequencies felt lacking, it felt like lounge music too much of the time, and overall just felt like the alex turner side project with every other band member just happy to support. I personally really didn't like it
@@galetinmdo you think it’s impossible to change opinions on things at all? Its almost like peoples tastes and experiences with things can be complex and are not static. Plus also your expectations going in and then settling in with what you got plays a part too. Get off your high horse
The worst part was for me that at no point did the album make me feel anything.
You’d think if I didn’t enjoy it, I’d say I hated it or something but no, just didn’t care enough to want to think about it anymore.
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You probably listened to it only once or didn’t think about the lyrics much. I found big ideas quite emotional
I did feel something the two times I've listened through it all.. boredom.
@@NK-dj7no I’m sure Alex Turner did put plenty of emotion into the album and if I was to read the lyrics I’d be able to see it, I’m just saying that the music didn’t convey it in a way that engaged me as a listener.
@@michaelhoskin2115 alright mate. I hope you enjoy the next one
Anthony would've given this album a 10 if it was done by the Antarctic Monkeys
I totally see where you're coming from, but I definitely loved it regardless. my one thing is that it constantly feels like Alex is edging us. I wish he would go back to their old songwriting structures, give us a bridge, give us substantial and repeated choruses (i don't even care if they are different lyrics each chorus, a la phoebe bridgers), give us a climax to the song and a proper ending. Body paint is fantastic but the fade out is dumb and the live version shines because it doesnt have it.
let matt helders play the drums! He's way too good to basically sit out two albums.
I still think its really great - but this would've been better as a solo project or a Last Shadow Puppets record- i think miles would've tamed alex a bit into writing better structured songs.
Totally agree about matt, though I feel like he did have at least a little more to do on this album. The drums weren't as boring as they were on thbc imo. But I'd love to see the drums play a more prominent role on future releases
Matt is absolutely playing the drums what are you talking about it's subtle but the panning of the Toms and the ghost notes .. it's all there the finesse man the finesse!!!!!
I had the same reaction to this album when I first listened to it. You really nailed what I felt about this for the first 10 listen throughs. However yesterday I listened to it straight after tranquility and I appreciated the car like I hadn't before. Yes the vocals aren't as strong as you would hope. The songs themselves and the structures are intentionally subtle and understated despite the string sections and there is more space in the songs than anything from the last album. It's such a great contrast between the car and Tranquility. Tranquility songs are big and bombastic, and showtuney but the sound itself is quite claustrophobic by comparison and oppressive. There is a lightness to the car and to me there was actually more bowieisms in Tranquility than there was on the Car album. He takes sounds and vocal cues from others like Curtis Mayfield and John Lennon and there was definitely a George Harrison signature guitar sound there too on a few of the tracks. I would say there are many influences and it's not accurate to say (paraphrasing) he is basically doing a poor man's David Bowie. I think the songs themselves are written in a way to be captivating (with the instrumentation) without sounding like he is showing off. There is a real sincerity there and maturity. Its fantastic actually. Bowie for all his genius, subtlety and sounding understated was never his style. By the way Tranquility is hands down one of the finest albums ever made.
it's a blessing not to dive deeply into comparisons. at the same time i am not jealous for people who professionaly reviews new music - life's much easier when you discover sounds at your own pace.
@@HD-cp1fg absolutely. Listening to music is often a subjective experience and it's also quite wonderful when that appreciation is at times shared with others that have had a similar experience with a particular piece of music. The enjoyment of music can be both personal and interpersonal and there doesn't appear to be any objective way or a particular time frame with which to give a universal value system to the systematic arrangement of sounds. One man's masterpiece is another man's eye roll.
Couldn’t have said it better
The thing is: everyone was crying about TBHC when it first came out and now they're saying how that album grew on them. Now people are crying about how The Car sounds and some years in The futuro they'll be "Oh, it grew on me, duh"
Absolutely
No
@@sebastian.2.311 but yes
Nope.
@@Annafyz how eloquent, you must be right
This is the most I’ve agreed with you on an Arctic monkeys album, it’s probably my least favourite of the bunch but for me it’s an album of two halves. I think the first five songs are different enough from each other that they sound interesting and tbh I do quite like them but the second half of the album feels very samey for me, mainly due to the vocals. In my opinion the Arctic monkeys are a phenomenal band overall, but yeah this album isn’t their best work imo
I think the most accurate criticism is, like Fantano said, many of these songs don’t have a hook or end in a resolving manner. It’s also overproduced and poorly mixed, nobody bought this record to hear a symphony accompaniment. That said, I still enjoy it, mainly the first side like you said.
suck it and see is by far the worst imo
@@mattcummins3818 Nah there's some bangers on there. The Car is elevator music.
@@mattcummins3818 Suck it and See is an infinitely more enjoyable album than the last two.
@@mattcummins3818 suck it and see has waaay better writing
alex peaked at Everything You’ve Come To Expect by the Last Shadow Puppets, album you didn’t even cover but it really explains where all of this is coming from
That album is amazing, definitely one of my favourite projects
That album is filled with bangers
Happy I’m not the only one who understands where this new sound came from. I think miles Kane is to thank a bit for that influence.
Love that album, but Alex' peak was the "Submarine OST".
Completely agree, and it seems like not a lot of people are talking about it.
fitting album title because it does make you feel like being locked in a hot car
the beatles say it's okay to leave your dog in one of those
Loving this album so far. I’ve been an AM fan for a long time and seeing them evolve with every album is so exciting to me. I could tell listening to this that Alex’s vocal delivery wouldn’t work for everybody i but I think it’s kinda perfect for delivering his lyrics specifically
They were already bad with AM. Their first album is their best. They got a little bit worse with every subsequent one
@@galetinm The quality is pretty consistent in every release, AM is one of their best albums.
You just want them to keep making the same pop-punk record repeatedly
My favorite part is when Turner croons the line "I got a lake house in Canada, and I'm probably gonna harvest your organs."
Mine too
Thanks arctic monkeys for not leave the elevators without music
I love this comment. Thank you.
Perfect album for lounging. Just for the instrumentation alone, I think it deserves a solid 7
So is listening to your dishwasher and we're not giving it any Grammys
definitely a 7, Mirrorball and Body Paint carries it so hard imo.
perfect album for sleeping
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"It's decent when you're not actually listening to it". Like, just defend the album, these half defenses are so weird.
Dropped everything for this when I saw the red flannel
Give it time, this album will age like fine wine
Same thin with TBH&C. I hated that shit when it came out but now it’s in my top 3 AM albums
@@Hypocriticalx yeah man, embrace change!
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TBHC did because it was unique compared to anything they’ve done before.
This is very similar sounding, but so uninspiring, SO boring.
Sure we may grow to find it more ‘pleasant’ to listen to, but I don’t think I can take any of this seriously for a band of their calibre.
@@Trishyfishypoo it sounds absolutely nothing like TBHAC
I refuse to believe Midnights is rated higher than this
Absofuckinglutely ridiculous
So glad you loved the record! I loved it too! Been blasting Body Paint for a few days now! Nice to be looking forward to the next Monkeys release as well, hope to see you on one of their concerts soon :)
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Body paint is bottom three on the album
Each album that get released become less of an Arctic Monkeys album and more like an Alex Turner solo album
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The stupidest line to come from this review is, “this band don’t have the skill set to pull of what they are attempting to do”. Very crazy statement and very untrue
Anthony’s clear and unabashed prejudice towards monkeys, the species we evolved from, continues to shock me deeply
I think sculptures of anything goes is the line that they must follow in the future.
Didn't know your apartment was on such a high floor. Not super excited about the view from your window though, some greenery would be nice.
god DAMN that ratemyprofessors line
You should take another listen to The Car. It's a vibe. And Alex's voice is amazing on the album.
There's an awesome psychedelic rock album buried in here somewhere. I can't help but imagine how much cooler this album would be if the Monkeys stayed closer to their usual tempo and instrumentation.
The album is insufferably boring. Matt Helders, the most talented member of AM, has been completely left out, the guitars are boring, the vocals are mediocre. Had this not been an AM album, it would've not reached 10 thousand plays of Spotify.
I just can't help but enjoy this rediculous self indulgence, I love it
If you don’t indulge yourself… who will?
arctic monkeys have made so much amazing music I’m just happy to see them still reaching for something more
Wasn't keen on the first listen but after a couple more I now love it. Strong 8 from me
me too!
You should review Datura, the new Boston Manor album!
Hey Anthony could you review 'Datura' by the band Boston Manor next?
Used to love AM. I saw them play live in Barcelona shortly after FWN was released and they were brilliant. Artists have the right to experiment and push themselves beyond the boundaries they create for themselves by stepping out of the genre bubble that made them, but it doesn't always work. Some bands simply have to stick to what they're good at. Maybe we'll see a return to the old gloriously-riffed, bouncing, urban poetry ways after this, for they themselves run the risk of boring themselves to sleep on stage if they don't.
What put you off AM in the end?
Same, AM was the last direction change I really enjoyed from the band. I respect the desire to make what they want to make but the new arctic monkeys isn’t for me.
unfortunately, alex in recent interviews said that they even tried to do AM7 like this after the tour in 2019 but it didn’t work out. Unfortunately, they’re not coming back again like we used to know them
@@standarduck5860 Basically their new sound and image. It's like they were a completely different band playing music I really didn't like...
@@standarduck5860 By AM I mean Arctic Monkeys, not the album...
I just love the agony captured in the thumbnail
He actually gave it the same score as AM lol. Glad to hear that this is totally not controversial and undisputed
Would love to see you review or react to Datura by Boston Manor!! We all would really appreciate it!!
The only thing I don't come to like about Melons reviews with rock bands. Its the argument he makes of "You are a rock band, you are supposed to sound like a rock band"
Nah man, they are supposed to make music or whatever sound they are interested in.
That argument is not compelling at all