- indie rock, rock, garage rock revival, alternative rock
- 41 min
- 13 tracks
- Domino
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is the debut studio album by the English rock band Arctic Monkeys, released on 23 January 2006 in the United Kingdom and on 21 February 2006 in the United States by Domino Recording Company.
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Character
Classical in form, spare, cool and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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Metacritic 82/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian5/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- NME10/10
- Pitchfork7.4/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- SpinB+
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- 1The View From the Afternoon3:38
- 2I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor2:54
- 3Fake Tales of San Francisco2:58
- 4Dancing Shoes2:21
- 5You Probably Couldn’t See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me2:11
- 6Still Take You Home2:54
- 7Riot Van2:15
- 8Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured2:24
- 9Mardy Bum2:55
- 10Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But…4:29
- 11When the Sun Goes Down3:20
- 12From the Ritz to the Rubble3:13
- 13A Certain Romance5:31
13 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Arctic Monkeys
- Label
- Domino
- Released
- 2006
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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