Arctic Monkeys

[Chief Scout]

Has anyone got the link for the album review please? im completly baffled by the 10/10 review, but then i guess it is NME and Arctic Monkeys. There has been alot better albums this year released, and even this week with The 1975 and Babyshambles, and Drenge's the other week which i was very impressed with, why they arnt supporting monkeys on their UK tour i dont quite get. Portugual the Man's album has been my favourite this year so far

Edited September 4, 2013 by Chief Scout

[Com Truise]

I'm looking on tumblr for a scan of it, because I think it's in the mag

[Gucci Piggy]

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake is my album of the decade, probably.

The National's album this year was brilliant. My second favourite of the year after ...Like Clockwork.

10/10 for AM is ludicrous. Their second 10/10 this year, isn't it? The other being Random Access Memories? I'd give RAM a 6 and AM a 7.

[gittinsell]

On the second listen of AM now, I like it a lot but Alex Turner has been listening to The Black Keys' Brothers a fair bit hasn't he?

Edited September 4, 2013 by gittinsell

[dentalplan]

On the second listen of AM now, I like it a lot but Alex Turner has been listening to The Black Keys' Brothers a fair bit hasn't he?

[gittinsell]

I didn't know they had a band. What are they called?

[dentalplan]

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake is my album of the decade, probably.

The National's album this year was brilliant. My second favourite of the year after ...Like Clockwork.

10/10 for AM is ludicrous. Their second 10/10 this year, isn't it? The other being Random Access Memories? I'd give RAM a 6 and AM a 7.

[Com Truise]

If you needed definitive proof that NME's (and many other publications') reviews are lazy and just jumping on the back of hype then there it is. I think 9 was generous for Holy Fire too.

[Gucci Piggy]

Yeah, I rated Holy Fire as an 8.

[justanothername]

Yeah, I rated Holy Fire as an 8.

[the wonderwhy]

I think Holy Fire really was a step up for Foals, 8/9 is fair. To be honest I'd give AM an 8 as well, but yeah its nowhere near a 10.

[foolee]

I don't rate RAM at all....

I believe this was just rated because it was Daft Punk, not because of the music on the cd.

Same with Arctic's, could be a drowned cat being played over and over again and if it was released by AM NME would still have bummed it

[kaosmark2]

I think RAM is excellent. It took me a while but it's really grown on me. It doesn't sound like Daft Punk's earlier stuff but that doesn't stop it being good.

[Babyquack]

There's some genuinely brilliant songs on RAM but equally, there's some real shite fillers on there too. If they had taken out 5/6 songs and made it a shorter album, it would have deserved the high ratings it received. In the end though, nobody wanted to be the critic to say Daft Punk aren't as good as they used to be as this is the unpopular opinion.

Holy Fire I thought was a good album but there were only really 2 standout songs on there for someone who isn't really a fan (I.e. me ) so I rated it a solid 6/10 but I know this may have been a little harsh.

And AM is a good album, on further listens, a pretty great album but nowhere near bloody perfect. Jeez NME are such arsewipes. I'd probably give it a 7or8/10

[robMUFC96]

http://s5.postimg.org/4266nhzzr/review_2.jpg

[Com Truise]

"Arctic Monkeys' fifth record is absolutely and unarguably the most incredible album of their career" this guy is a right w*nker

[Seanoooo]

Everybody has different opinions so why do that make him a w*nker?

[Chief Scout]

http://s5.postimg.org/4266nhzzr/review_2.jpg

Edited September 4, 2013 by Chief Scout

[Com Truise]

Everybody has different opinions so why do that make him a w*nker?

Edited September 4, 2013 by Com Truise

[Babyquack]

The guy says 'the best is yet to come' but gives the album a 10. Thus suggesting this is the best and it can't get any better. The guy is a loon who has no idea what he's really saying or doing...

[Com Truise]

He's the editor of NME too isn't he? This further cements the fact NME are constantly trying to shove their magazine up the arse of each AM member

[justanothername]

The guy says 'the best is yet to come' but gives the album a 10. Thus suggesting this is the best and it can't get any better. The guy is a loon who has no idea what he's really saying or doing...

[Gravyshambles]

NME gave suck it and see a 9 so yeah

[dentalplan]

NME's reviews:

Whatever... - 10/10

Favourite Worst Nightmare - 9/10

Humbug - 7/10

Suck It and See - 9/10

AM - 10/10

As you may see the album rating correlates with the band's 'hype' (for lack of a better word) at the time. Without the glittering reviews of the debut, their live performances, their singles, it'd be unlikely that there would have been a debut album or a career. Could anyone say that musically Whatever... was a perfect 10? Or was it moreso because of the 'hype' that had consumed the small band at the time? Not really a shocker now that they've weighted their review on the current popularity of the band, they've been doing it all along.

[lightning1000]

Arctic monkeys have more than one album? Wow

#mind blown