Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'M Not

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This album could be a blueprint for an imagined future; a reminiscence of the past; or your existence now. We also specialise in Limited Edition coloured vinyl so if that’s your thing you have come to the right place. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. The Arctic Monkeys' debut had loud guitars, fast paced singing, and is an even mix of 'in-your-face' punk and indie, so 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' was my idea of a very good album.

Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse. The songwriting delivers a mix of the observational storytelling of Davies and Weller crossed with the harsher documentary eye of Mike Skinner of The Streets and "Ghost Town"-era Specials. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). hence the razor-sharp lyricism that fuels songs like a certain romance, a witty observation of small-town life where theres only music so that theres new ringtones and where going out could sometimes mean having a pool cue wrapped around your head. As catchy as those reference points are, it's the lyrics that have won this band a fiercely dedicated crowd very quickly.Critics hugely praised the album for its depiction of youth British Culture and for resurging British indie music that had waned after the 1990s. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. The debut Arctic Monkeys album is, as we all know, one of the finest debut statements in rock history.

THAT is what makes this album so impressive to me - the sum of its parts is stronger than any album I've heard in a long time. And once we’ve found that gem of a record, we do everything we can to help you appreciate the music. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not became the UK's fastest selling debut album, selling more than 360,000 copies in its first week.

I could hear in their sound both the Libertines and Franz Ferdinand, bands which were by then well established. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered. What I like the most is that you can train your ear to listen to any of the parts of this band - the drumming is solid (far more so than say, Franz Ferdinand), each song is driven by terrific guitars and bass that will stay in your head as long as the lyrics will.the boys may share a love of the smiths, the clash and the jam, but in no way were the monkeys ready to simply regurgitate the well-trodden brit-rock path. When there is sound, it's honestly still a little quieter than my other records, but with the volume raised a bit (nothing unreasonable) it sounds just fine. The guitar playing, drumming and vocals completely embody that angst which so many teenagers go through.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.There really was no doubt that in this modern punk and hip-hop inspired vignette of reality bites, and Northern colloquialisms, the Monkeys had defined the zeitgeist. If you enjoy rock/indie music - you will surely love Arctic Monkeys, and this is where it all started. elsewhere, there were grim tales of girls whod ended up on the streets (she dont do major credit cards, i doubt she does receipts sun goes down) and glorious swipes at the rocknroll clones that arose on the back of the great garage rock boom of 2002 (yeah i'd like to tell you all my problems/you're not from new york city, you're from rotherham fake tales of san francisco). Two years later we made the move to our present address, 35 The Headrow, where we have remained ever since. Working with a band that is looser and grittier than the Mondays, Shaun Ryder sounds reinvigorated, creating.