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Favourite Worst Nightmare is the second album by Sheffield indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. The album will be released in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2007 and in the United States a day later.[1]. Recorded in East London's Miloco Studios with "new-rave" producer James Ford, the album will be preceded by the release of new single "Brianstorm" on 2007-04-16. [2]

Change of style

In comparison to the band's debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, the album has been described as "more ambitious, heavier...and with a fiercely bright production".[3] It is compared to Myths of the Near Future, the debut album by Klaxons - "not a new rave album...[but] more part of an art-rock lineage than in the blokerock tradition of Oasis et al."[3] While the opening tracks of the album are seen as "frantic, awkward and pretty uncompromising", the remainder has influences from The Smiths - "twanging, quasi-ambient backdrops...and Turner’s voice [...] crooning like Morrissey or Richard Hawley."[3] The effect of Ford as producer is seen as having a significant effect on the album's content, with the band writing several tracks in the studio itself after an immersion in the local nightlife culture. Matt Helders said "James was DJing loads in the evening so we’d go out and . . . have a dance." [2] As a result, the drum rhythms of Helders and bassist Nick O’Malley have drawn comparisons to the Eighties funk band ESG. [2]


Track listing

  1. "Brianstorm"
  2. "Teddy Picker"
  3. "D Is for Dangerous"
  4. "Balaclava"
  5. "Fluorescent Adolescent"
  6. "Only Ones Who Know"
  7. "Do Me a Favour"
  8. "This House Is a Circus"
  9. "If You Were There, Beware"
  10. "The Bad Thing"
  11. "Old Yellow Bricks"
  12. "505"

References

  1. ^ "Arctic Monkeys storm back with second album". Reuters. 2007-02-05. Retrieved 2007-02-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ a b c Paphides, Pete (2007-03-23). "Whatever we hoped they'd be, they are". The Times. Retrieved 2007-03-24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ a b c Mulvey, John (2007-02-22). "Favourite Worst Nightmare". Uncut. Retrieved 2007-02-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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