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Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band who have recorded over 100 songs during their career. Formed in Sheffield in 2002, the group gained popularity in England before releasing their debut EP Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys in 2005 on their own Bang Bang Recordings label, featuring the songs "Fake Tales of San Francisco" and "From the Ritz to the Rubble".[1][2] After signing with Domino the same year,[3] the group released their debut studio album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not in 2006. It features songs influenced by indie rock,[4] garage rock revival,[5] post-punk revival,[6] punk rock,[7] and alternative rock,[8] Lyrically, it analyses "the lives of young Northern England clubbers".[9] Soon after recording the EP Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? (2006), the group released their second album Favourite Worst Nightmare in 2007.[10] The album is noted as containing a harder and more aggressive sound than their debut, with lyrics exploring failed relationships, nostalgia and growing old.[11][12]
The group's third album, Humbug, was released in 2009. Due to the influence of the album's producer, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, Humbug marked a change in sound for the band,[13] showing influences of psychedelic rock,[14] hard rock,[15] stoner rock,[16] and desert rock.[17] The lyrics are also more visually abstract compared to their previous releases.[18] For the band's fourth album Suck It and See (2011), the band explored different musical styles, including guitar pop,[16] indie rock,[19] and psychedelic pop.[20] It further features slower, love-themed ballads than the fast-paced, rockier songs that typify the band's earlier sound.[21]
After releasing the single "R U Mine?" in 2012,[1] the group released their fifth album AM the following year.[10] It features a wide array of influences, from blues rock to hip hop.[22][23] Thematically, the album concerns frustration surrounding tainted romance, sex and loneliness.[24] Their sixth album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018), took on a different direction, substituting the guitar-heavy sound from their previous albums for a more complex, piano-based style of composition,[25] psychedelic pop,[26][27] lounge pop,[28] space pop,[29] and glam rock influences.[30] A concept album depicting a luxury hotel at Tranquility Base, the location of the 1969 Moon landing,[31] it is heavily influenced by works of science fiction, consumerism, fam, religion and technology, and features the perspectives of multiple unreliable narrator.[32][33][34] Their seventh album, The Car (2022), builds upon the sound developed on Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, albeit more accessible,[35] featuring art rock,[36] baroque pop,[37] and funk.[38] Lyrically, the album refers frequently to show business, specifically the music and film industries.[39]
- ^ a b Muir, Ava (21 June 2018). "Arctic Monkeys' Career So Far: From Rubble to the Ritz". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ Webb, Rob (30 May 2005). "Arctic Monkeys Five Minutes With Arctic Monkeys". Prefix Magazine. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ McKay, Alastair (3 February 2006). "Record labels: The Domino effect". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2006.
- ^ Williams, Megan (10 January 2017). "All Things Reconsidered: 'Favourite Worst Nightmare' ten years later". The Michigan Daily. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Coolest Garage Songs". Billboard. United States: Lynne Segall. 22 April 2006. p. 15. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not". Sputnikmusic. 21 February 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ Jonze, Tim (12 January 2006). "Arctic Monkeys – 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' review". NME. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ Jones, Preston (21 February 2006). "Review: Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Walters, Barry (21 February 2006). "Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ a b Leahey, Andrew. "Arctic Monkeys – Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "Arctic Monkeys set to unleash "Favourite Worst Nightmare"". Monsters and Critics. 11 April 2007. Archived from the original on 23 April 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Mulvey, John (22 February 2007). "Favourite Worst Nightmare". Uncut. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Eliscu, Jenny (3 September 2009). "Profile: Arctic Monkeys' Desert Journey". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Cameron, Keith (9 September 2013). "Arctic Monkeys – AM". Mojo. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
Superficially, Do I Wanna Know? harks back to the spectral psych-rock the Monkeys essayed so successfully on Humbug
- ^ Rytlewski, Evan (7 June 2011). "Arctic Monkeys: Suck It And See". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
On 2009's Josh Homme-produced Humbug, Arctic Monkeys swapped the post-punk frenzies of their first records for '70s hard-rock clamor and psychedelic digressions
- ^ a b Petridis, Alex (2 June 2011). "Arctic Monkeys: Suck It and See – review". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ Haynes, Gavin (25 August 2009). "Arctic Monkeys – 'Humbug' review". NME. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
a grinding peyote-trip of desert rock
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Humbug – Arctic Monkeys". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ Empire, Kitty (5 June 2011). "Arctic Monkeys: Suck It And See – review". The Observer. London: The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ Williams, Mike (6 April 2011). "Arctic Monkeys And The Best 'Return To Form' Albums Ever". NME. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
eschewed in favour of quick-rattle British psych-pop, the next step on their seemingly endless evolution.
- ^ "Suck it and See – Arctic Monkeys | Rocktails Musica Online". Rocktails (in European Spanish). 8 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Caldwell, Caleb (10 September 2013). "Arctic Monkeys: AM". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Alex Turner on new Arctic Monkeys album: 'It sounds like Dr Dre'". NME. 30 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ Macek III, J. C. (10 September 2013). "Arctic Monkeys: AM". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Weiner, Jonah (3 May 2018). "Arctic Monkeys Start Over". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Tagat, Anurag (15 May 2018). "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino album: An immersive listen". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ Hunt, Julia (17 December 2018). "Arctic Monkeys top Q magazine's album of the year list". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ Dolan, Jon (11 May 2018). "Review: Arctic Monkeys' 'Tranquility Base Hotel' Is a Space-Lounge Odyssey". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ Fitzmaurice, Larry (11 May 2018). "Arctic Monkeys' Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Is Their Strangest and Most Alluring Album". Spin. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ Midkiff, Sarah (14 May 2018). "Ranking: Every Arctic Monkeys Album from Worst to Best". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (10 May 2018). "Premature Evaluation: Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino". Stereogum. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ Monroe, Jazz (14 May 2018). "Arctic Monkeys: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Album Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Empire, Kitty (13 May 2018). "Arctic Monkeys: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino review – one giant leap for Alex Turner". The Observer. Guardian News & Media. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Smith, Thomas (3 May 2018). "Arctic Monkeys – 'Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino' Review". NME. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Smith, Thomas (18 October 2022). "Arctic Monkeys – 'The Car' review: a swashbuckling, strings-fuelled epic". NME. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "The 100 Best Songs Of 2022". Pitchfork. December 5, 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
- ^ Fergal, Kinney (19 October 2022). "Arctic Monkeys - The Car". The Quietus.
- ^ Taylor, Tom (20 October 2022). "Album of the Week: Arctic Monkeys deliver shimmering paradox of parody and originality with 'The Car'". Far Out. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Cameron, Keith (15 October 2022). "From the Rubble to the Ritz". Mojo. No. December 2022. p. 79.