DEEP DISCOG DIVE: Arctic Monkeys

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Tranquility Base is an album that ages like wine. The more I listen to it, the more I fall in love with that effervescent image of a retro hotel on the moon, learning of the cards and characters inhabiting this slowly gentrified spot in the moonbeams

quick correction from someone who had a very intense arctic monkeys hyperfixation in 2020: the neighbours were alex and jamie. they both received guitars christmas 2001 and as a result of that, the strokes and bands their mates were in (including future bassist nick o'malley) made them want to make a band :)

stop mic'ing the snare at me, i'll stop mic'ing the snare at you

I can't really get into Tranquility Base either, but I absolutely respect it for the sheer ballsiness. They FINALLY break out in the US five albums into their career, they get a whole bunch of new American indie fans, the band makes them wait 5 years for new music, releases NO singles beforehand, and then they drop a weird sci-fi lounge album instead of normal indie rock. It's amazing. No sarcasm I love that this happened, total Chad move.

Tranquility base is a mastapiece. Wasn’t really feeling it when it came out, but I haven’t been able to stop listening to it since 2018. I won’t say I like it more than the first two albums, but it deserves to be cherished as much as them

In 2013 we had a poll for the best song in Russian Arctic monkeys fan-club. It was going on for a couple of weeks, and when we got Crying Lighting against 505, they were going side by side with the same amount of votes for 5 days straight. It was insane, it was a real holy war in the comments. 505 won by one singular vote, after the poll time was extended to another 2 days

PLEASE do a Fiona Apple DDD. The entirety of her discography is exceptional and you wouldn’t have to worry about it becoming outdated soon, since she releases an album every 10 years.

I will NEVER stop defending Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino. It has a very special place in my heart.

Surprised you didn’t mention the David Bowie inspiration behind Turner’s vocals on Tranquility Base. I mean yeah he never really admitted it, but it’s definitely there.

Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino is one of the greatest left turns in music history, and one of the best albums ever made. It's a perfect record in every way

Speaking of Queens of the Stone Age, I’d love to see a DDD of them. Their discography is consistently quality work

i've built up a lot of respect for arctic monkeys over the years, but my favourite album by them is and will always be tranquility base. i've basically used the most part of 2018 to constantly croon star treatment over and over. i even built the model thingy on the cover lol

With all the mentions of Josh Homme in this DDD I would love to see QOTSA get their own episode. Its hard to overstate how much Josh has weaved in and out of rock music for the last 25+ years between just his own projects he has played in (Kyuss, Desert Sessions, Them Crooked Vultures, a little with Eagles of Deathmetal) as well as work he has helped produce. He's has a way of always showing up when you least expect him.

I was just thinking earlier in the week about AM. The chokehold that album had on 2014 tumblr was truly a cultural reset.

tranquility base is my favorite album, full-stop. i refuse to have reservations about it. at some point in 2020 it just clicked and i decided that i loved it as a whole, probably due to the themes of isolation and political unrest etc. the production touches are immaculate, and i love the camp and humor and Vibes. just a masterpiece imo

The Killers would be great for a DDD, they've made so many pivots in sound that their debut sounds like a completely different band to their most recent project

Favourite Worst Nightmare is one of my favorite rock albums, period. Everything about it is 'tight' - the rhythms, the lyrical hooks, more. I'm very happy you called out my favorite songs from AM, though: Mad Sounds and Fireside feel like someone is literally injecting dopamine into my brain, and Knee Socks is stuck in my head 80% of the time, even if I haven't heard it in months. Thanks for your opinions on the music and production - as usual, I never think about those things as deeply and intricately as you do and it's super interesting to hear.

One of my favorite bands. I remember being a lil 15 year old and discovering "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor" on Myspace and losing my absolute mind over how amazing it was. I completely missed Humbug so I had the joy of coming across Crying Lightning about a year ago and it is constantly in rotation on my playlists. So happy you covered them and I hope you get to cover Spoon soon!!!

I’m British so find the first 3 arctic monkeys albums to be perfect. So hearing an American opinion on the albums is really eye opening. Some of the conclusion drawn aren’t wrong, they are just different to what I would conclude. Personally I think that arctic monkeys have never released a bad album, they have just released different ones. But the way that you have described the albums was really interesting and has put them in a new light, even if I don’t fully agree with some of the descriptions. Thank you for a great video I would love to see you do other British bands.