Sunday, September 21, 2008

Revisit, It Holds Up

Bobb was convinced they listened to hardcore.

The album opened. It sounded like Break Down the Walls.

It was hard to disagree with his assessment.

It felt like a year of demos and online leaks.

When the album finally came out. After so many plays. So much hype. We were hearing what we wanted to hear. Or hearing things.

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. Amazon. New.

5 comments:

Stephen said...

that was the first thing i thought when i heard this record a few years ago. right before that i read a ridiculous issue of NME boldly (and obviously inaccurately) heralding it as the 2nd greatest british record of all time. i don't know why any magazine would get so bowled over by a bands hype they'd make such an absurd comment, but i wonder if they feel differently now?

Handsome Pete said...

NME naming the second greatest British record of all time is a yearly occurrence.

I'm curious. What is the first?

Stephen said...

I'm sorry, Arctic Monkey's were at #5. The top album was the Stone Roses s/t record. Not a bad choice.

http://www.nme.com/news/arctic-monkeys/22062

Handsome Pete said...

That's a solid number one. I would probably have to to with Technique.

Oh NME. You never cease to amaze me.

Stephen said...

That's a good pick too. It's not my favorite New Order record, but I definitely think it's one of the best and kind of underrated as far as their records go.