Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is one of those debut albums that gets the music nerds really, really excited. Before "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" made it big as a single, a friend sent me a version of "Red Light Indicates Doors are Secured" and I was a little bit hooked.
When the album came out in 2006, it was came during a point in North America when UK bands were on an upswing again and as a result is was something of a hit.
Much like my love of The Strokes' Is This It, I almost feel guilty for liking the Arctic Monkeys simply because they represent a phase of sheer popularity of a genre for no good reason. And it's not their fault, because they deserve their success. Whatever People Say I Am is a solid, upbeat, pop-rock album with Cockney attitude thrown in for flavour. It would be great to hear in a small club atmosphere, and certain songs would be equally welcome on a dancefloor.
Standout tracks: "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor," "Red Light Indicates Doors are Secured" and "Perhaps Vampires is a bit Strong, but. . ." (they also followed the trend of ridiculous and unnecessarily long song titles that was abundant in that era).
***.5 out of *****
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