Five lads from Sheffield, demos passed around on MySpace and burned CDs, and then, in January 2006, a debut that shifted more than 360,000 copies in its first week: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not became the fastest-selling debut album by a band in British chart history. Alex Turner writes about taxis, bouncers, Saturday nights and the morning after, in an accent he refuses to sand down, with I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, When the Sun Goes Down, Mardy Bum and A Certain Romance as the songs that have stuck the hardest. The album won the 2006 Mercury Prize and the Brit Award for Best British Album. This edition is an LP.
- 1 The View From the Afternoon3:38
- 2 I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor2:53
- 3 Fake Tales of San Francisco2:56
- 4 Dancing Shoes2:22
- 5 You Probably Couldn't See For the Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me2:10
- 6 Still Take You Home2:50
- 7 Riot Van2:12
- 8 Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured2:22
- 9 Mardy Bum2:26
- 10 Perhaps Vampires is a Bit Strong But...4:25
- 11 When the Sun Goes Down3:17
- 12 From the Ritz To the Rubble3:11
- 13 A Certain Romance5:27
ArtistArctic Monkeys
LabelDOMINO
Number of discs1
FormatLP
GenreRock
StylesIndie Rock, Alternative Rock
Year19-01-2006
EAN5034202016212
