US Edition'I was in the room when Arctic Monkeys first started - you could tell straight away' - Yorkshire Live
The album sold over 360,000 copies in its first week, surpassing Oasis to become the fastest-selling British debut album, recorded in just 15 days with an authentic live sound.
- Jim Abbiss recalled that he could see the band had something special from the very start, leading to the recording of their debut album over 15 days without specific dates.
- With crowds already singing every lyric, Jim Abbiss and the band aimed for an authentic sound, avoiding over-polished studio trickery to capture their live energy.
- Recording at Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire, took 15 days: one day setup, roughly one song per day for 13 days, then a final day for 'bits and bobs', according to Abbiss.
- Immediate reactions showed the album's sudden success shocked both Arctic Monkeys and Jim Abbiss, producer, who confessed he `knew it was a good album` but was unsure of its impact.
- As a legacy, the album reflects Jim Abbiss' view that `it couldn’t have been made in any other country`, noting its pub-night origins reshaped British music.
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Chris McClure from cover of Arctic Monkeys' 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' reflects on chaos of debut success - and if it could happen again
The man on the cover of Arctic Monkeys’ ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ does not believe its success could happen again.
On 23 February 2006, Arctic Monkeys released their debut studio album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, which was praised by music critics for its depiction of British youth culture and the revival of British indie music.
This year, news broke that this would be the band's last song.
The Arctic Monkeys come back with new music after almost four years without publication. This January 22, the British band premiered ‘Opening Night’, their first song since their last album The Car (2022), marking one of the returns of the year. The song does not mark the presentation of a new album proper to the band, but of an artistic and solidarity gesture: the song is part of HELP(2), a collaborative and beneficial album promoted by the org…
Before the viral word was used to describe powerful phenomena in networks, Arctic Monkeys were without knowing it. Like so many other first-time and enthusiastic rock bands, the Sheffield (South Yorkshire, United Kingdom) band formed in 2002 followed the common strategy at the time: playing in bars, recording models and giving them to whoever they caught, without a specific plan. Little by little, when singer Alex Turner and his people barely ex…
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