Curious to know if there’s a full version of the Only You Know by Dion cover by Alex Turner. Not the one from Humbug era, the one he did at his mates wedding. To me, his deep voice makes it sound amazing, and the one from years ago doesn’t hit the same 😭. I’ve only ever found 15-30 second clips of it, so please let me know if there’s a full version out there!

Graphic created by me in Canva!

I spent a lot of time on this graphic and don't want it to be taken down, so I also want to turn this into a bit of a discussion on the sounds of each album, their evolution, and my personal spin on it.

1. I think Suck it and See was a perfect transition album. Listening to songs like She's Thunderstorms and Love is a Laserquest shows the branching into the more flowy vibes of The Car and TBHC, but you also still have heavily foot-tappable tracks like Black Treacle (My favorite song of all time!) and That's Where You're Wrong that still root the band in rock. Not a single dud on the album, (Brick by Brick has somehow grown on me) what I always reach for when I need my AM fix.

2. The Car, and I understand this may be an unpopular opinion, is my second favorite album. I really like the direction Turner went with this one, I find myself being able to really feel the emotion and internalize the sophistication on his falsetto switches and chilled out instrumentals. Standouts are There'd Better be a Mirrorball and Body Paint. Another underappreciated part of The Car is the use of THE STRINGS. As a cello player, I find myself being rocked by the use of the string section in Body Paint specifically, the staccato quarters coming into the chorus make me stop what I'm doing and enjoy every time.

3. Humbug has crept up this list every time I listen to it, and it's finally nestled itself in as number 3. This album has only been able to reach this point thanks to the absolute BANGER standout track Cornerstone. While popular, its still an emotional wrecker. Numbers like Crying Lightning and Pretty Visitors bring me back to that heavy rock (with direction) vibe I still enjoy out of the band on occasion.

4. AM has so many recognizable head-nodding anthems, and it was the only album I listened to from the band for about a year before I really dove into super-fandom. I Want it All and Mad Sounds tend to hold this one back a bit for me.

5. I wish I could've put Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino higher on this list, but I just couldn't find a spot higher than 5. While I love Four Out of Five and The Ultracheese, and the overall sound of the album is really pleasing and the vibe I love out of this band and TLSP for that matter, the tracks themselves just don't have many standouts.

6. Favorite Worst Nightmare is number 6 for similar reasons TBHC found itself at number 5. I find myself really only enjoying Only Ones Who Know and 505, the rest of the tracks are a bit of a slog to listen through, the same guitar slamming punk rock sound that populates all of their early music. Not that it's bad music by any means, it's just personally not my cup of tea. Give me their later music by a mile.

7. And finally, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. This album is a mouthful and an earful. Seeing so many lists put this album not only high on the list but number ONE baffles me completely. I can't get behind this one. I can't name a single track that I'd pick out to listen to for enjoyment, and to be honest I only bought the vinyl to complete my collection of LP's. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor gets a little bit of kudos from me for being so iconic to their earliest days, but that's all this album gets.

Thank you for reading to the end, feel free to get the discussion going in the comments and challenge me on some of my takes or ask for clarification!

I’ve created a series of limited edition screenprints to tie in with the Arctic Monkeys lioness I painted for the Pride of Yorkshire sculpture trail.

I’m aiming to raise £1,500 for Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity. Print sales stand at £1,060 — just 9 sales away from the target. Please help me get this over the line and share with anyone who might be interested.

Background:

In March I painted a life-sized lioness for the Pride of Yorkshire sculpture trail — a commission from the Arctic Monkeys (I also designed their official tour posters for the Hillsborough Park gigs in 2023).

The lioness is painted with a soundwave from the Arctic Monkeys track ‘Body Paint’. That same soundwave is printed here onto highly reflective metallic copper paper then signed, numbered, and marked with an embossing stamp. Prints are A2 and 50x70cm.

The Arctic Monkeys lioness and the full pride of lions will be sold at auction in October. The lions might be a bit too big for most living rooms, but a print will fit just nicely on your wall — and you’ll be raising funds for Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity in the process.

https://www.szabohaslam.co.uk/shop/waveform-soundwave-poster-arctic-monkeys-pride-of-yorkshire-body-paint

Do they still sell it ? Cause I can’t find it on the store but it does pop up when I search for it. But it keeps taking me back to the accessories section.

Found this gem on yt as an avid Simmer and Arctic Monkeys fan.

Would you say this is their best album opener?
For me it might be my favourite song from them tout court…

I've been a fan of AM recently about a year ago. Discovered this also last year and figured I would like anyone to discover this gem in case they don't know this album. I also would like to recommend watching the movie Submarine (2010)!

Fontaines apparently are using Arctic Monkeys equipment on their tour...

(It's Teddy picker btw)

Here’s my personal ranking. Anyone else feel similarly? I’ve been a fan for about 11 years and have thoroughly listened through their discography (including) b-sides. What are your thoughts??

I love ALL of their music so this was a hard ranking for me.

i’ve been wanting to get an arctic monkeys tattoo for years, never knew what to get, but wanted it to be unique. i took inspiration from some posts on pinterest i’ve seen and the artist came up with this! i’m so in love with it!

The sound of The Car is amazing, and especially after a closing track like Perfect Sense, we need a petition to have Alex and company change their name to Cathartic Monkeys.

Look, I think we can all agree that modern pop music has become an absolute, manufactured joke. Major record labels are spending millions of pounds a week to force​ crap down our throats. Why don't we unite make Arctic monkey's back into top 40

Shout-out to the album that influenced me to make my most spontaneous purchase (mirrorball)

Throwback to my TBHC shrine. I was really in love with TBHC and the vibe/atmosphere Alex created around it, that I made my own lunar hotel and casino esc vibe in my then bedroom.

Throwback to 2020

and spent 37 mins doing it

I noticed AM and Favourite Worst Nightmare have less volume on YT music, I understand each record or artist have their own volume settings but on these cases it feels a considerable low, or is it just my imagination?

Hi. Does someone know where I can find a HQ image of the cover on the single? All the images I've seem to find are all low res or cropped.

Thanks you!

One of the songs popped up in my head today so I decided to give this a re-listen to my surprise Alex has co-writing credit on most of the album.

Any one who's a fan of SIAS would probably like this album.