Arctic Monkeys - The Car ALBUM REVIEW
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2022
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Alex Turner's vocal performances are the biggest thing holding The Car back.
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FAV TRACKS: BODY PAINT
LEAST FAV TRACK: HELLO YOU
ARCTIC MONKEYS - THE CAR / 2022 / DOMINO / BAROQUE POP, GLAM ROCK
3/10
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right? 
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You can’t give this album a bad review just because you don’t know how to drive yet anthony.
LMAO
LMAO
LMAO
Hey, he might not know how to drive a car, but he sure can drive a lawn mower
🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
This album is called "The Car" and there's a car on the cover. It's little details like that that make this album amazing.
Wow I never noticed that. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day.
Bravo Vince
you didn`t just say that
@@pooriyapedramnia3048 Scientifically speaking - I just did
@@vilentman111 lets say, hypothetically, you didn’t.
If the first song was called "There'd Better Be A Melonball" you'll give this album a 10/10
0/10 still
Don’t get emotional..that ain’t like yoUoUoU~
It's still sheet album
bruh this act made me laugh out loud lol
@@dangerousvillain7278 ur the sheet
I think what most people fail to realise is that the band combined various instruments and melodies to create music.
People also forget that they don’t even pay other people to play their instruments, they play it themselves
Source???
@@allonmyownherewego9893 Damn they must've gotten some tips from Jered Threatin
like literally every artist ever ?
@@pedrorian528 uh what? name 3 other artists who combine various instruments with melodies
If this was called "The Affordable, Comprehensive, and Regular Public Transportation Network" you would have given it a 10 Anthony.
Would’ve been a better name than “the car”
Why is this a banger album name actually
LOL
Funnily enough, OG AM probably would've used that title back in the day🤣
I wonder what Not Just Bike thinks about The Car
If melon had been on Tumblr in 2013, every arctic monkeys album would be a 10/10
Oh ,i remember vividly how His AM Review got flooded by dislikes from those kind of people lmao
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And then regular people listen to that album and fall the fuck asleep cause it the most mid album conceived by a human
@@andrei11dr nah it's actually really cool
@@jdg1251 🤣
Everyone who's a fan of melon and the Arctic Monkeys knew exactly what this review was gonna be
well yeah, he gave AM 3/10 also
My hopes weren't high, but dam
Saw this coming from the moment the first single dropped
@@edwindwicahyo5375 He did... _WHAT?!?_
😲😳🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
And he’s got it wrong again but less wrong than before so at least that’s a good job
The Arctic Monkey's have reached a growingly rare point in any bands career where they have ZERO pressure from their label, let alone fans who crave carefully cultivated manufactured radio hits and now have absolute unadulterated freedom to create and perform the music they and they alone desire. That fact alone is quite especially admirable. They've earned the right to explore all the weirdness their hearts desire.
This isn’t weird at all it’s boring
yeah this isn't weird at all lmao
@@ben_jamin4529 it’s a brilliant record
@@ben_jamin4529 for a band that started out doing rock than into pop yeah it is pretty weird. There is not much else that sounds like this. And it’s better for that.
Yeah maybe get a little adventurous with your listening, this isn't weird. Not trying to be an litist or whatever but this trend of people talking about normal ass sounding stuff as if it's this avant garde barn burner is really annoying. There's nothing wrong with music not being weird, you don't have to pretend that it is to defend it.
Im glad Alex's new musical style has finally got Fantano on his knees begging for a 3rd Tranquillity Base Hotel.
Me but unironically
Nah... I pass on that one, give something with some energy next time please
the fact that body paint was in the worst tracks in the weekly round-up and now on the fav tracks is... something
Guess it grew on him?
@@codymelchert2681 nah, it just goes onto show how bad the album is in his opinion! 😂 One of the worst tracks from the week is the best he could find on the album. I dont even wanna hear what he thinks about the other songs!
@@aunthaumv3711 Whatever you wanna think, dude.
@@aunthaumv3711 your point is moot when Mirrorball, the first single, was in Meh during its weekly roundup. The track just grew on him, plain and simple. Its the appeal of AM's lastest sound.
Trust me, I used to hate TBHC when it came out. Nowadays, its one of the only albums that I would listen without a song I want to skip. For me, its up there with Room on Fire from the Strokes as my "quintessential" listens.
@@Strato_Casterrr9898 it would be an assumption on ur part to think Body Paint in particular grew on him (although highly likely to happen cus it is the most energetic song on this). It could just be that the more he listened to the album, he disliked mirror ball even more than Body Paint! Again im also making assumptions or a theory even. Cus we dont knw how he really feels and cant speak like its fact!
It must be so tough not being able to get over AM. Their last two records have been absolutely mindbending.
Nah, Tranquility is a 9 and The Car is a 6 at best.
Fr
Car trash
I prefer Tranquility Base, however, I enjoyed both records. They’re quite good.
It must be so tough to think a band this mid make mindblowing music
Always know an album is good when Fantano gives it a bad review 🔥🔥
Yeah, total xanarchy was BOP
@@sher618 Nav literally invented rap
Absolutely
Yeah, can't wait Lil Xan to collab with Corey Feldman and mediocre current Eminem.
@@sher618 I actually enjoyed xanarchy but that was when I still listed to rap which I haven't done in years
The fact that he cried shows how incredible arctic monkeys is
@@no-vk2qe no
@@no-vk2qe bro get offline
@@no-vk2qe What does this have to do with Arctic Monkeys though?
@UCPZbz_4bwZeDD6LKF7f5_NA arab+fuck rym+yes+no+ok kendrick destroys songwriting and storytelling+more impactful? Alright is literally blm anthem and tpab is the most influential album of the 2010’s+no+ratio+-is white+fatherless+motherless+bladee fan
@@rixbyte7438 what did they say? Comment is gone
I think Big Ideas explains literally how the album came to be. Alex had some big ideas, and the band was chill with it, happy to go down whatever path Alex takes them.
Yeah agree - that was my favourite track cos the music fitted perfectly with the lyrics
The Alex turner band
But then he was surrounded by the orchestra and he couldnt remember what they were
Alex Turner and the Machine
@@yoshi-ol2uu I agree. It seems like he is saying” I had big ideas, the crowd went nuts, we rose to the top playing this way, but now I can’t bring those ideas/style back to save my life/career. In any case, it was a hell of ride”.
I personally enjoyed the album a lot thought. There are at least 3 tracks that have been stuck in to my head from this album.
Tranquility Base is so awesome. It sounds like if George Harrison sang on a David Bowie album.
Okay not gonna lie, but this is easily the best way to describe that album. Spot on!
Yeah, but what about the current album?
@@cristianjofre1607 I haven't heard it yet. I will listen to it and give you my opinion if you like.
@@cristianjofre1607 I'm listening to it now. It is not bad, to be sure. It doesn't have the invention of Tranquility Base. TB was also much funkier, more melodic. They sound like they are tired. But at the same time, it sounds like they are trying to make a look-a-like album for a late 60s balladeer. Like Scott Walker, Elton John's 'A Single Man' comes to mind. Dionne Warwick. The songs would be perfect in a movie at some point of introspection, solitude, or disappointment. It may be a victim of a songwriter trying to retain his vision of a set of songs. If it was simply called 'Tranquility Base Hotel: Part 2', people would likely be gentler with it. What do you think?
Jesus
I cant get over how weird seeing Arctic Monkeys live is gonna be. You go in for some brit pop punk vibes and see a 10 piece orchestra and everyone wearing suits?
Me in a couple of days....this album just came out and Im like FUCK, we will miss other songs for this ...(and I've been a fan for 10+ years)
Literally just look up any live show since 2018????? TBHC was very similar and they pulled it off quite well… they hit you with 2-3 classics then slow it down with 1-2 songs off the new album then BAM hit you with an all Time classic that gets the crowd jumping. Highly rate it as long as you don’t mind slowing it down at points
I saw them live at Reading. They’re boring as hell. Good songs though
why the fuck would you go and see Arctic Monkeys for brit pop punk vibes in the year 2022, they haven't been that since 2007
Pop punk? Artic monkeys were never pop punk. There was never anything pop about their early albums, it was just post-punk with a touch of garage
Driving instructor: Anthony you gotta stop at the red light
Melon: I'm feeling a strong 3 on your existence
Arctic Monkeys with Critics: love it.
Arctic Monkeys with Fantano: Literally killed his child that does not exist
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Dude, the only critics that like artic monkeys are the big magazine ones that probably have some paid reviews. Look in some underground critics, look at Brad Taste in music in the entire arctic monkeys catalogue for example
@@alex11v3 who gives a fuck what a “critic” says anyways? Art is completely subjective. What makes there opinions anymore relevant? An art or journalism degree?
@@alex11v3 “underground critics” = some dude with a youtube channel
@@whenthemusicsover1 I just gave an example
This is an album that grows on you. I didn't like it the first time, either. But, one track starts sounding better and then another and then another. To me, right now, it's a beginning to end album. I think Alex Turner nailed the vocals so well in this album. "Hello You" is probalby one of the more interesting tracks where the whole band + vocals works really well together.
@Smelly Wrestling Geek Ha! It certainly couldn't be the music!
Just had the same experience , I thought Alex Turner sounded senile at first then it totally grew on me …it’s something that doesn’t need to be polished to counter melon’s point ….
Pretty much my experience with this album
No ✨
Same experience here. Never Heard TBHC fully; when I First heard the Car completely, the vocals sounded weird. Lacking, as Melon says. Then I went tô listen again and It Just fit in perfectly with the whole album and is one of the most endearing parts of It for me.
I wasn’t expecting a 12/10, or an imitation of Cher’s “Believe” in drag from you, Anthony. Wonderfully enthralling.
Can’t believe Alex Turner was the one cutting those uneven slices of pizza this whole time
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You know Anthony really hates an album when his worst track of the week is still his favorite song
i used to not really like the car, but after adding some songs to my daily playlist i actually, really really enjoy most the songs there, especially mr. shwartz i love that song, it may be my favorite song from the album its such a nice good slow and rewarding song too, as well as jet skis on the moat that song is such a sexy slow and nice listen.
I agree. Been giving the album a few listens the past month and found myself really enjoying it. Especially, Big Ideas and Mr. Schwartz. And Body Paint has got to be one of the best Arctic Monkeys songs ever.
I think its an album that needs time.. But I still hate the " Alex's solo album vibe" it has..
Mr. Schwartz makes me cry idk why it's so beautiful
I’ve really been liking the album. There are some real gorgeous songs on this. Perfect sense is killer, but I’m a sucker for strings man. Hello You is honestly my favorite song on the album, sounds very Last Shadow Puppety, and I’ve always had a soft spot for that project.
This whole album seems like another Shadow Puppets album. I think Alex honestly just prefers that type of music now. I don’t think he is using the other members of the band to their full potential
@@superjlk_9538 It would be interesting to hear what the rest of the band thinks. From the interviews I've seen, they seem happy enough to go along with it lol
Totally agree
@@superjlk_9538 its definitely different without Miles. This still has that Acttic monkeys feeling instead of tlsp
@@superjlk_9538 except TLSP songs actually were catchy with discernible hooks, intelligent but not pretentious lyrics, this album is just so forgettable. Alex could’ve taken a little bit more inspiration from the good stuff he did with TLSP
This album is like a roller coaster with no turns. No high speed. No loops. No drop.
That's arctic monkeys entire discography
They did warn us when they said "don't believe the hype"
A backed up subway of an album
Kinda like a car
No Swedish producers
I'm feeling a strong 9 to a 10 for the Yo Mama joke in Sculptures of Anything Goes
in my opinion after my listen to the record, the vision for this record is really well represented in the album cover, a alone car, with no people or sign of life around. completely solo. giving it a feeling of loneliness.
I thing the sound wasn't thought to have anything like big guitar riffs or even something energetic. it is the feeling of pure discouragement after a big event in someone's life. It's the feeling of getting some really bad news and then getting back to your car, completely defeated.
I personally would give a 8/10. I really enjoyed it
I would rate it a Jimmy McGill throwing a tantrum in his shit shitbox/10 based on that description alone
You hit the nail right into the deck, mate.
That’s a perfect way to describe it, actually
Just some idiot constructing a fake-deep
By far best Alex turner first solo project. I hope the monkeys will release a new album soon, as a band.
This is like his third solo project actually
Jamie is the person that’s pushed for this shift in music not Alex
Y’all have no clue how bands world do you
your so funnny (please go to sleep)
@@crispy_dough559 THIS
Fantano and Arctic Monkeys hate, name a more iconic duo
Brad taste in music and arctic monkeys hate
@@strangetimes33 Atleast he liked TBHC lmao.
Arctic Monkeys don't even care about people on youtube talking about them
@@AstroSully he doesn’t even like that one anymore 😂
@@cameronsmusicretreat Are you serious lmaooo. Brad changes his opinion every fucking time lmao.
Anthony you can't just give an album a 2/10 just because you can't get a driver's license
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He'll give NOT BAD/10 if he got it
you people are so fucking unfunny it hurts
How people can say this album is anything like TBHAC is beyond me
This is one of those rare cases when I really disagree, this record is gorgeous.
You must be boring to like that boring music!
I’m a big fan and there’s only 2 ok songs. The rest of the album is just one long drawn out song. All sounds the same.
@@shermarkijames totally disagree
I like it a lot too 🙆♂️ and more than their previous album tbh
@@underneonloneliness2 terrible take .
I wish luck to the band in their career turnover towards the automobile industry!
I knew he wouldn't like it as soon as i heard Alex's vocals on mirrorball.
Damn :( bummed. I enjoyed this record a lot, and fortunately for me I’ve never found Alex’s vocals grating in anyway, and I think this album showed a lot of vocal range for him.
Melon never really has understood AM so I didn't expect anything else from him.
Why are you upset that Anthony Fantano doesn’t like your album as much as you do . Who gives a shit
@@ceerin4125 Who gives a shit 'bout YOUR reply..... oh wait
@@ceerin4125 because a lot of people seem to care
You should still like it. Even if he has some strong objective points. Maybe you listenned to it in the right moment and clicked with you. This is just his opinion after all.
We were driving to Vegas and the album put my wife to sleep. She really appreciated those extra zzzz's 10/10
Took me a couple of listens to really appreciate it, but now I most certainly do. Did see that review coming tho. It's a very polarizing album.
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No it’s just trash
@@thewarriorreturns9179 It's totally mid but I like some parts of it tho
No, it's just boring and bland TBHC was much better
While I’m definitely not a fan of The Car, I have to respect them for going in a different direction in their sound, a lot of bands try to recreate their most popular albums over and over again while the Arctic Monkeys experiment and try new things and I think that’s what makes them amazing though it just didn’t work out on this album in my opinion
Exactly, maybe they didn't pull this one off, but if say Radiohead would've stuck to the same we would've never had Ok Computer, much less Kid A.
I think every artist should make the same song and album over and over again or it’s unfair to their fans
Yeah that’s how I feel about it, they have to try different things. But personally I still don’t know how people think it’s as good as their first albums or even better 😂😂
A lot of Bands try new things and end up sounding great. They figured out after 2013 that this mellower sound has helped them become more popular and so they’re continuing it
Yep that's respectable of course, it doesn't make it great though.
The stupidest line to come from this review is, “this band don’t have the skill set to pull of what they are attempting to do”. Very crazy statement and very untrue
I refuse to believe Midnights is rated higher than this
Absofuckinglutely ridiculous
If the album was called The Beautiful Twisted Car you'd give it a 6/10
My beautiful dark twisted car
this has to die
The Beautiful Twisted Car could be a dark concept album about a guy who is all excited to buy a new car after saving up for years, the car representing freedom from the system, then he wraps it around a telephone pole
I’m linking the turnaround that Melon is having on appreciating the Arctic Monkeys. What a comeback story!
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where's the link?
by this point I think he's just biased
STOP STEALING MY COMMENT FORMAT
@@Hi-fd4cw STOP STEALING MY PIZZA ROLLS
Could say the car is Anthony's favourite worst nightmare
I think we all have to realize that Anthony is probably never gonna warm up to an Arctic Monkeys record at this point
He just doesn't vibe with Arctic Monkeys on principle, never really has from what i've seen. And that's fine, not everybody is gonna like the same artists. Though i do think his criticisms for basically all their albums are pretty weak, it all comes down to their sound doesn't appeal to him.
I think once you decided you don't like something, it's hard to get back from that position. We form our own biases and then follow through on them.
I don't know his opinions on their earlier record pre Suck it and See. Did he like them then?
@@zero-pl3tt artic monkeys have become trash. Cope 😂
@@zero-pl3tt and also how he doesn't like Alex Turner at all
That RateMyProfessor metaphor from Melon has to be in his top roasts of the year so far.
Anthony is gonna have a meltdown on the next album at this point 😭 Give in to it Anthony we know you want to 🥴
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If one thing I've learned from watching his reviews....if he doesn't like an album, then it's a phenomenal production
The existence of a Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino implies the existence of a Tranquility Cringe Hotel and Casino
Anthony is just upset because he purchased a physical copy of the album and expected an actual car
0/10
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"Its better than Led Zeppelin IV and Animals" damn its crazy how much Arctic Monkeys have grown on you, Anthony
I wish I was allowed to like it
I played this album and when it finished I was like "oh I didn't even notice a single song played"
i would say in that case that you do have to actually listen to the songs like it's not bops, the words are very important
if you have simply determined from this one idle listen that it's not for you then i suppose fair enough but if you are willing to give it a second listen do so while reading the lyrics, spotify will scroll them for you
i think it's really good, i wouldn't have listened to it this way and i would've equally just brushed it off as i did on previous listens of tranquility base but the lyrics are beautifully written and the composition of them too which is not really addressed very well in this review
in conclusion i enjoyed this album quite well on my first listen and look forward to future ones and i would recommend you give it another go if you actually were not actively listening and just had it on because it's not that kind of music
Turn your volume on next time
try listening a little more critically next time :)
I'd argue that the climax on Hello You does make the whole thing worth it. The strange timings, the strings arrangement, it's a really really strong moment imo
See you here in two years when this album grows on us and we come back and tell Anthony how wrong he is again
this is definitely an album
If you look closely it's actually a car.
@@ds2587 Would have been a 10 if it was a bike.
The album of all time?
The more Anthony talks, the more I want to die. My farts have more intelligent commentary
Anthony’s clear and unabashed prejudice towards monkeys, the species we evolved from, continues to shock me deeply
I actually loved this album and thought it didn't sound much like tranquility base. Alex's vocal acrobatics and some of the strings and percussion made me fall in love with many of the tracks. The three song streak sculpture of anything goes - jet skies on the moat - body paint was especially enjoyable
The vocals on this album are some of the most grating I've ever heard in my life.
@@corycosta1818 Have you not heard Tones and I?
@@blodiaaa6990 True. Lol
@@corycosta1818 I too find many things grating but I thought the vocals were smooth and even impressive (sculpture of anything goes is by far my fav for this reason) but everyone is different!
What you talking about? this is pretty much Tranquility Base Vol.2
It grew on me with repeat listens I enjoy this one a lot
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it does have the ability to do that. i know for a fact that i’ve played ‘sculptures of anything goes’ several times over since the album was released..
big ideas and body paint are the absolute most beautiful songs off the album
yesss
you can dislike the album, but affirm that Alex is singing badly here is insanity.
I think this is one of the biggest differences I've experienced between my preferences and Fantano's. I absolutely loved this album, and found it to be a good resolution to the themes of TBHC. 8/10 for me
It really just depends on what your preferences are, and how you set your expectations. If you were wanting this to live up to and do justice to the baroque glam rock of the 70's like Bowie, T. Rex, Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music etc. then you may be sorely disappointed. I think that's where melon man sits
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It feels more like a solo record than an Arctic Monkeys record. I don't think the other members really have any sort of presence on most of the songs and when they do it's so minimal and underwhelming. I immediately went back to TBHC and appreciated it a helluva lot more. At least that record had some kind of hook.
It’s been like this since tranquility base, I’d say. (The solo album vibes)
@@Spicyyy832 kinda. Theres much more riffing and traditional rock group song structures on TBHC. That album was so jarring because of how slow and unserious it was
The tone/feeling will grow on you
@@Spicyyy832 Yup, I remember back in 2018 people where calling Tranquility Base a solo album by Alex, wich was a bit dissapointing
I was so hyped for it's release however as more singles dropped I grew more worried about the album. When it dropped I listened to the whole thing and kept waiting for it to pick up, it never happened. As an Arctic Monkeys fan who loves Tranquility Base, this album is probably one that'll grow on me, but I have to shelf it for now. The Car coming after Tranquilly Base's lounge vibe is too much slow paced music for me. I get they grow and mature as a band and can't go back to strumming electric guitars like a bunch of 20 year old's out for a night at the pubs, but damn I really just want something a bit upbeat.
Am 2 was all but a dream
Yeah, idk. I would love to see them be a “mature” band but also do upbeat and hype music. Nothing wrong with getting older but still have fun. (I just really miss their old stuff 😅)
"Alex Turner's vocal performances are the biggest thing holding The Car back." bruh what??
RIGHT???
Didn't know your apartment was on such a high floor. Not super excited about the view from your window though, some greenery would be nice.
TBHC and this one grow on u after a couple listens. it sneaks up on u and u never notice till u find urself humming a line out of the blue
That's what I'm saying I listened to it a couple more times... The vocals were rubbing me the wrong way suddenly it's the best album coming out this year. they are growers they're not immediately obviously good UK
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@@tak-pa3134 fr exactly what i was thinking, tbh+c didnt get the greatest first impression but now a goood amount of ppl love it, hoping the same situation for the car
I had the opposite; though TBHC was ok on first listen, but honestly, TBHC and this record are just dreadfully boring. TBHC at least went somwhere
TBHC is actually good, but this isn't except for like 3 songs. 4 at most.
The thing is: everyone was crying about TBHC when it first came out and now they're saying how that album grew on them. Now people are crying about how The Car sounds and some years in The futuro they'll be "Oh, it grew on me, duh"
Absolutely
No
@@sebastian.2.311 but yes
Nope.
@@Annafyz how eloquent, you must be right
My favorite part is when Turner croons the line "I got a lake house in Canada, and I'm probably gonna harvest your organs."
Mine too
Anthony would've given this album a 10 if it was done by the Antarctic Monkeys
The Toyota Corolla on the cover symbolize the whole album: dull but reliable. It's a listenable album that you can hear from start to finish without any particular highlights
I appreciate the new direction that they're going for. I think it sounds nice. The problem is, once you've listened to one of the songs in the album, you've basically listened to them all
I like this take, and I think it's what I like about this album and the last. I really didn't appreciate TBHC until I listened to it studying. I don't know if monotonous is the right word, but it fades into the background very nicely.
I had the same impression
bullshit
@@MediocreLPC Yeah, that's how I ended up listening to this album. Gave it a 5/10 on AOTY solely because I was vibin listening to this album while playing Minecraft. It's a good background music. But I don't think it's what they intended
it’s a great record, Turner one of leading wordsmiths of his generation. As a longtime fan, I love the point their songwriting has come to, what critics don’t seem to realize is how good they’ve become at crafting an interplay between different elements of a song, from the structure, arrangements, to lyrics and execution and tone play off of one another that augment what songs are about. also how they pull of humor and nostalgia packed together is criminally underrated.
Alex is a godly lyricist, but I'm undecided if he really hit his own high benchmark on this one.
It's among the band's best reviewed albums. I happen to love the record too, but I've been a fan since their debut.
I've really been enjoying it. I was initially underwhelmed by the first couple of singles upon release, but they've grown on me enormously over the last couple of months. Similary with the album, it washed over me on the first listen or two, but it's grown on me massively over the last week. Don't know if you can call it a masterpiece, as some have, but I don't see many other bands taking huge musical risks and pretty much pulling them off in 2022. The production and string arrangements alone are extremely well crafted. One thing that concerns me with music critics is how many listens do they give an LP before reviewing it? Some of my all time favourite albums have taken probably half a dozen listens through before I can properly appraise them. I'd have probably have given this a 4 on the weekend of it's release, but it's now approaching an 8.
"what critics don’t seem to realize" This album's actually been really well received by critics. This video is an outlier in that respect
Since when turner is regarded as one of the leading wordsmiths of his generation? You totally made that up🤣. Why dont you call him the bob Dylan of this generation?
fitting album title because it does make you feel like being locked in a hot car
the beatles say it's okay to leave your dog in one of those
I love the new territory Arctic Monkeys went on in this album. The pulsing electronic on Sculptures is a paid off experimental cut, but the rest of this album is a hit or miss. Overall, it kinda balances between snooze and surprising moments. 5/10
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I think sculptures of anything goes is the line that they must follow in the future.
Wow, Fantano doesn’t exactly care for the new Arctic Monkeys album. In other news, the majority of melons, be they water, honeydew, cantaloupe, casaba, or human, have some form of liquid inside of them.
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It's odd, man. I've had all my friends who've listened to this record tell me that they think it's "a masterpiece," yet I only really enjoy four out of the ten tracks (all of the lead-up singles plus "Perfect Sense"); all of the other songs feel unusually discardable, _especially_ "Mr. Schwartz." And yet, despite its sonic similarities to TBHC, their previous record ended up being my favorite in their discography over time because of the variety and level of commitment to the bit that Turner exhibits in this casino on the moon. It's really captivating for me. But this record... it just lacks the charm, charisma, and overall commitment that allowed Tranquility Base to soar. I very much *wish* I liked it much more than I do.
Listen to it 3 more times and t will grow on you
I like all of them except Mr Schwartz and the Car. I believe that they had never made a song with acoustic guitar before and they tried it here twice. I don’t think it really worked, at least for me.
@@benjaminodelcamino6689 I'm still in the preliminary evaluation stage, as it's only been a few days since it's been out. That being said, I think some songs are just .. fine ("Sculptures of Anything Goes," "Jet Skis on the Moat," "Hello You"). But it's the fact that I could take them or leave them that bugs me. Sure, they could grow on me, but I don't see the whole of the record coming into a _radically_ different focus.
Listen to it like three more times bc perfect sense ended up my least favorite by a long shot
Interestingly Mr Schwartz has been permanently stuck in my head since I first heard it. The picking pattern is something else
That’s how I’ve felt about the last two arctic monkeys albums, im a huge fan of their work prior, they’re like half of what I listened to in high school, but the past two albums have been full of slow paced, non-catchy songs with no musical payoff in my opinion. I can get that some people may like it, the lyrics are more poetic, the instrumentation is more refined…but for me it just kinda feels like I’m waiting for the song to get good and before I know it I listened to the whole album and it never got good.
I am the opposite. I found their early material derivative and somewhat banal.
I dont like them either since AM but im just kinda glad they didnt took the easy/predictable way and made AM 2.0 AND 3.0 given the popularity it got.
Took the words right out of my mouth
@@YoSoySafeAsMilk It was and still is but at least they were a fun band. This isn't even fun
Why would a song have to be Catchy to be considered as a good one?
alex peaked at Everything You’ve Come To Expect by the Last Shadow Puppets, album you didn’t even cover but it really explains where all of this is coming from
That album is amazing, definitely one of my favourite projects
That album is filled with bangers
Happy I’m not the only one who understands where this new sound came from. I think miles Kane is to thank a bit for that influence.
Love that album, but Alex' peak was the "Submarine OST".
Completely agree, and it seems like not a lot of people are talking about it.
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disappointed on first listen, now my favorite album of the year from start to finish. musics just getting more niche and youre on for the ride or youre not
Thanks arctic monkeys for not leave the elevators without music
I love this comment. Thank you.
I just love the agony captured in the thumbnail
Give it time, this album will age like fine wine
Same thin with TBH&C. I hated that shit when it came out but now it’s in my top 3 AM albums
@@Hypocriticalx yeah man, embrace change!
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TBHC did because it was unique compared to anything they’ve done before.
This is very similar sounding, but so uninspiring, SO boring.
Sure we may grow to find it more ‘pleasant’ to listen to, but I don’t think I can take any of this seriously for a band of their calibre.
@@Trishyfishypoo it sounds absolutely nothing like TBHAC
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You only dislike this album because it’s obnoxious pretentious sludge 😤
the brad is here
@javelinwounds 🤓🤓 ummm actually describing something as pretentious is actually very pretentious
@@BradTasteInMusicOfficial why do you think people care about what you have to say?
I totally see where you're coming from, but I definitely loved it regardless. my one thing is that it constantly feels like Alex is edging us. I wish he would go back to their old songwriting structures, give us a bridge, give us substantial and repeated choruses (i don't even care if they are different lyrics each chorus, a la phoebe bridgers), give us a climax to the song and a proper ending. Body paint is fantastic but the fade out is dumb and the live version shines because it doesnt have it.
let matt helders play the drums! He's way too good to basically sit out two albums.
I still think its really great - but this would've been better as a solo project or a Last Shadow Puppets record- i think miles would've tamed alex a bit into writing better structured songs.
Totally agree about matt, though I feel like he did have at least a little more to do on this album. The drums weren't as boring as they were on thbc imo. But I'd love to see the drums play a more prominent role on future releases
Matt is absolutely playing the drums what are you talking about it's subtle but the panning of the Toms and the ghost notes .. it's all there the finesse man the finesse!!!!!
I hear Anthony's points, but I don't think he's ever been able to hear anything from this band that he enjoys. Sorry to use the most overused word of all, but I think he's biased when he comes to this band: he dislikes them and will find ways to rationalize his dislike, regardless of the musical quality of the songs.
He mentioned in a few interviews that liked their earlier works (wpsiatwin, favorite worst nightmare) and implied he liked humbug too. Then he disliked AM, as well as the following two albums. Remember that AM was when Arctic Monkeys changed their style, which appeared to appeal to the ‘Tumblr-esque mainstream non-mainstream’ crowd more that it’s original fanbase, and it led to a dip in quality from the originals. While I do agree Fantano is biased with Arctic Monkeys in general after AM, it is with some good reasons
@@wadejg_blaze0n213 TBHC is arguably the most boundary-pushing, original, innovative and unique album of 21st century how tf is that a dip in quality?
@@abdulhakdavutburcek5227 you need to stop sniffing glue my guy. TBHC is garbage. Turner is not a good singer lmao
@@corycosta1818 Thanks for the insightful analysis my guy. This sure changed my perspective.
@@abdulhakdavutburcek5227 Hey man, I do what I can🤷🏽♂️
This review won't age well. I think that's the problem with rushing to get reviews out instead of living with an album for some fair amount of time. This is an iconic band, and deserves a more considered and better written album review. I don't think it's as lyrically well crafted as TBHC (incredibly high bar), but it's absolutely beautifully executed.
I agree!
This man is pathetic, all the musicians he does not like are doing well!!
At this point, Anthony has messed up plenty reviews for anyone to see him as a reference. Tranquility Base, Yeezus, among other great albums.
Nah, man, TBHC and The Car are both quite shite. It's not my vibe. I've tried really hard, but goddamn are they just a droning bore.
The worst part was for me that at no point did the album make me feel anything.
You’d think if I didn’t enjoy it, I’d say I hated it or something but no, just didn’t care enough to want to think about it anymore.
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You probably listened to it only once or didn’t think about the lyrics much. I found big ideas quite emotional
I did feel something the two times I've listened through it all.. boredom.
@@NK-dj7no I’m sure Alex Turner did put plenty of emotion into the album and if I was to read the lyrics I’d be able to see it, I’m just saying that the music didn’t convey it in a way that engaged me as a listener.
@@michaelhoskin2115 alright mate. I hope you enjoy the next one
god DAMN that ratemyprofessors line
Tranquility base sounded like Bowie came back and decided to be shit.
I honestly love the album, I find myself listening to it every day
Dropped everything for this when I saw the red flannel
Each album that get released become less of an Arctic Monkeys album and more like an Alex Turner solo album
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