Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Track Listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The View from the Afternoon"	3:38
2.	"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"	2:53
3.	"Fake Tales of San Francisco"	2:57
4.	"Dancing Shoes"	2:21
5.	"You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me"	2:10
6.	"Still Take You Home"	2:53
7.	"Riot Van"	2:14
8.	"Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured"	2:23
9.	"Mardy Bum"	2:55
10.	"Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But..."	4:28
11.	"When the Sun Goes Down"	3:20
12.	"From the Ritz to the Rubble"	3:13
13.	"A Certain Romance"	5:31

"Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" is the debut album from Arctic Monkeys. This is definitely a "good day" album, it has so many happy tunes in it. Listening to it now reminds me of the countless times I listened to it while I was busy preparing breakfast on weekend mornings (the best feeling ever). I know this is a strange association to come up with but it's absolutely a great album to cook to. It just cheers you up no matter what. I mean, I dare you guys to listen to Mardy Bum and not feel good. It's just impossible.  From a lyrical standpoint, one of the best albums out there in terms of being witty and fun. Years ago, when I first heard the Arctic Monkeys, I hadn't liked them. Turns out I was legitimately out of my mind back then since now they are more or less one of my top three favorite bands. As time went on, Arctic Monkeys have changed their style dramatically, they leaned towards slower beats and more mature musical and lyrical content. Nothing against their current style, in fact I love their latest album "AM" so much that I thought about doing a post on it, but "Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not" is a totally stand alone experience in terms of its pure energy and it just never gets old. An instant classic.

Highlights:

Fake Tales of San Francisco: 

Look guys, they wrote a song about our time in Hult!



Still Take You Home:

Workout song. No question. The breakdown at 1.26 mark is just too good to pass up. Also there is something funny about shouting out loud the "You know nothing!!!" part. Fun fact for all the Game of Thrones watchers out there: We used to play this song live with Moobs and our back vocalist would change that part up a bit by going: "You know nothing, Jon Snow".  Aaah, the good old days.

Lyrics of Random Wisdom:

Anticipation has a habit to set you up for disappointment in evening entertainment. (The View From The Afternoon)

TRUE.

Overall Assessment:

Listen to this. Seriously just go and listen to the whole album right now. You will instantly feel better about your life.