Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not (Vinyl LP). A vinyl record partially pulled from its album sleeve, shown on a light grey background. The sleeve features a black-and-white portrait of a man smoking, with a white sticker reading 'The Arctic Monkeys' in the top left.
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not (Vinyl LP) Album cover with a person smoking, featuring the Arctic Monkeys logo.

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not (Vinyl LP)

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LP • Reissue

The View From The Afternoon opens on a drum fill that doesn't let up for the whole song, which is a hell of a way to start a debut album. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor runs two minutes fifty and nearly all of it is the riff. Still Take You Home ends side A at a sprint. Riot Van drops the tempo to almost nothing on the flip, clean guitar and a vocal close to spoken, and it is the best thing here. Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But is where the guitars finally get heavy and stay that way for four and a half minutes. When The Sun Goes Down holds a quiet clean intro for a full minute before the band lands on top of it. A Certain Romance takes five and a half minutes to slow down rather than speed up, and then it is over, thirteen songs in forty one minutes.

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About the album.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is the debut album by Sheffield indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, released on 23 January 2006 by Domino. It became the fastest-selling debut album in UK chart history on release, driven by demos the band had given away at gigs and shared online before they were signed. Thirteen songs run to just over forty minutes, recorded at Chapel Studios and 2fly Studios with one track cut at Telstar Studio in Munich, and mixed at Olympic Studios. Jim Abbiss produced the album, with Alan Smyth involved on earlier sessions. It won the Mercury Prize later that year and set the template for a decade of British guitar bands. Arctic Monkeys followed it with Favourite Worst Nightmare in 2007.

Tracklist.

Side A

  1. The View From The Afternoon
  2. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
  3. Fake Tales Of San Francisco
  4. Dancing Shoes
  5. You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me
  6. Still Take You Home

Side B

  1. Riot Van
  2. Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured
  3. Mardy Bum
  4. Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But...
  5. When The Sun Goes Down
  6. From The Ritz To The Rubble
  7. A Certain Romance
Pressing details.
Format
1LP
Sleeve

Standard sleeve

Vinyl colour

Black

Label
Domino
Barcode

5034202016212

Catalogue number
WIGLP162
Condition
Brand new (factory sealed)
Original release
23 January 2006
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