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English rock band Arctic Monkeys have released seven studio albums, five extended plays, two video albums, 24 music videos and 23 singles.Formed in 2002 by guitarist and vocalist Alex Turner, guitarist and backing vocalist Jamie Cook, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Andy Nicholson and drummer and backing vocalist Matt Helders, Arctic Monkeys released their first EP, Five Minutes with ...
It features songs influenced by indie rock, [4] garage rock revival, [5] post-punk revival, [6] punk rock, [7] and alternative rock, [8] Lyrically, it analyses "the lives of young Northern England clubbers". [9] Soon after recording the EP Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? (2006), the group released their second album Favourite Worst Nightmare ...
"Do I Wanna Know?" has spent 65 weeks in the UK top 100, this being the longest run of any Arctic Monkeys single, to date. [24] The single was awarded a platinum certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 7 February 2015, indicating shipments in excess of 600,000 units; it is the first Arctic Monkeys single to do so. As of 2025 ...
Noah Yoo of Pitchfork gave the album 7.3 out of 10 and stated the "set leans heavily on the band's last two albums but still plays like a greatest hits". [4] Matt Collar of AllMusic rated the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, stating the album finds the band "digging into a vibrant cross-section of material from throughout their career".
It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 23 October 2005, and remains one of the band's best-known songs in the UK. Arctic Monkeys performed the song at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The song was ranked at number 7 on NME ' s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Baffling decisions that year include Daft Punk's triumph over Taylor Swift for AOTY, Macklemore beating Kendrick Lamar for best rap album, and of course, Arctic Monkeys receiving just one measly ...
NME called "A Certain Romance" the best Arctic Monkeys song, [32] and placed it at number 10 on their list of "100 Tracks of the Decade" and at number 140 on its list of "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years" in 2011. [21] [33] On their list of "The Best 30 Arctic Monkeys Songs", Rolling Stone placed it at number 3. [25]
At the Apollo is a live album and video release by English rock band Arctic Monkeys of the final concert of their 2007 world-tour, filmed in Manchester, England. [7] [8] It was filmed on super 16mm film and in surround-sound. It was directed by Richard Ayoade and photographed by cinematographer Danny Cohen (This Is England).