R U Mine was also nominated for Best Track, and won the award for Best Music Video. 54 AM was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize for best album, 55 becoming the third Arctic Monkeys album to receive the nomination, after their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What Im Not, and its follow-up, Favourite Worst Nightmare.The album was promoted by the singles R U Mine, Do I Wanna Know, Whyd You Only Call Me When Youre High, One for the Road, Arabella, and Snap Out of It.It features guest appearances by Josh Homme, Bill Ryder-Jones, and Pete Thomas.
It was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize for best album, hailed the Best Album of 2013 by NME magazine, and featured at number 449 on NME s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Commercially, AM has become one of Arctic Monkeys most successful albums to date, topping charts in several countries, and reaching top ten positions in many more. In the United Kingdom, Arctic Monkeys broke a record with AM, becoming the first independent-label band to debut at number one in the UK with their first five albums. The album is also considered the bands breakthrough in America. ![]() He went on to say: Did we cop out Yeah Summat about it feels like this record is exactly where we should be right now. And this little black amp that became known as The New Black. Turner continued: He came down and sort of got us out of a little rut. Its just fun, its friends, extended family now they came round, had a fun night. His contribution to our record is really exciting, its probably my favourite. The 30 seconds that hes in there is just, I dunno, its like something that Ive never heard before. Not to blow my own trumpet or anything, but you know what Im saying. In an interview with 24sata, Turner mentioned that Homme would appear in the song Knee Socks. Its really good. Its not disco as such, but its like a modern, dancefloor sexy record. ![]() Turner also cited Outkast, Aaliyah, and Black Sabbath as influences. Guitarist Jamie Cook also cited The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars as an inspiration for the album, saying that it was one of the only albums they listened to while recording AM. The band incorporated new instruments to record the album; they used keyboards such as piano, organ, and celeste, a Hohner Guitaret, 18 and a vintage drum machine. Recording was done differently as well; producer James Ford stated that, instead of the live recording technique of the previous album, this album was recorded mainly with bass guitar and drums laid down first with emphasis on groove. Helders drum kit was often set up in unconventional ways to achieve different sounds. Guest musicians Josh Homme, Bill Ryder-Jones, and Pete Thomas were featured on the album. The song received significant airplay, including joining BBC Radio 1 s B List, and later moving to the A List. It was certified Silver in the UK, indicating an excess of 200,000 sales (becoming the fourth Arctic Monkeys single to do so), and has also been successful internationally. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 36 reviews. Simon Harper of Clash magazine states: Welding inspiration from hip-hop greats with rocks titans, AM is built upon portentous beats that are dark and intimidating, yet wickedly thrilling. Ray Rahman of Entertainment Weekly gave it an A-, and opined that AM mixes Velvet Underground melodies, Black Sabbath riffs, and playful grooves, and has fun doing it. ![]() Single men, I urge you: put down FHM and pick up AM. In their 1010 review, NME wrote that AM is absolutely and unarguably the greatest record of their career. In his 810 review, J.C. Maek III of PopMatters praised Turner for being at his most poetic to date, and called the album a wonderfully cohesive and diverse album that fits together incredibly well. Tim Jonze of The Guardian noted that the album manages to connect those different directions the muscular riffs of Humbug and the wistful pop of Suck It and See with the bristling energy and sense of fun that propelled their initial recordings. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic agreed, stating, Neatly splitting the difference between the bands two personalities -- the devotees of barbed British pop and disciples of curdled heavy rock -- AM consolidates Arctic Monkeys strengths, a tricky task in and of itself, but the band pushes further, incorporating unapologetic glam stomps, fuzzy guitars, and a decidedly strong rhythmic undercurrent. Pitchfork s Ryan Dombal called AM paranoid and haunted. In his review of the album, Matt Mason of Q gave it 4 out of 5 stars and wrote. Some of their iridescent energy has been tempered by age, but its been replaced by the craft and confidence that made their 2013s Glastonbury set so compelling. Not for the first time, they sound like the best band in Britain. R U Mine was also nominated for Best Track, and won the award for Best Music Video. AM was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize for best album, 55 becoming the third Arctic Monkeys album to receive the nomination, after their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What Im Not, and its follow-up, Favourite Worst Nightmare.
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