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    People Say, That's What I'm Not, and Favourite Worst Nightmare Reflected This The Tunes Within

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    The document discusses the evolution of the band Arctic Monkeys through their five albums. It classifies the albums into three categories: upbeat and catchy albums about youthful adventures (Whatever People Say, That's What I'm Not and Favourite Worst Nightmare), darker and more intense albums about loneliness and desire (Humbug and AM), and a slower album of romantic love ballads (Suck It and See). The band transformed from young musicians singing about nights out to a more mature sound exploring complex relationships and emotions. This radical change in style and subject matter is evident across the different eras of their albums.

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    The document discusses the evolution of the band Arctic Monkeys through their five albums. It classifies the albums into three categories: upbeat and catchy albums about youthful adventures (Whatever People Say, That's What I'm Not and Favourite Worst Nightmare), darker and more intense albums about loneliness and desire (Humbug and AM), and a slower album of romantic love ballads (Suck It and See). The band transformed from young musicians singing about nights out to a more mature sound exploring complex relationships and emotions. This radical change in style and subject matter is evident across the different eras of their albums.

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    The document discusses the evolution of the band Arctic Monkeys through their five albums. It classifies the albums into three categories: upbeat and catchy albums about youthful adventures (Whatever People Say, That's What I'm Not and Favourite Worst Nightmare), darker and more intense albums about loneliness and desire (Humbug and AM), and a slower album of romantic love ballads (Suck It and See). The band transformed from young musicians singing about nights out to a more mature sound exploring complex relationships and emotions. This radical change in style and subject matter is evident across the different eras of their albums.

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    People Say, That's What I'm Not, and Favourite Worst Nightmare Reflected This The Tunes Within

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    Duong 1

    Andy Duong
    Mrs. Young
    APELAC Period 2
    17 March 2014
    Different Albums
    Arctic Monkeys has experienced one of the most dramatic transformations in modern
    music. Starting out as teenagers from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, Yorkshire, and growing
    into their dark, mature image that they protrude today, the band has completed changed their
    persona during its 9 year existence. The radical change that the band has undergone can be traced
    through the albums the band released, featuring songs ranging from the extremely catchy and
    lighthearted, to songs haunting. In fact, their albums can be classified into three categories:
    catchy and upbeat; somber, darker, and sultry; and slow and romantic.
    When the Monkeys first formed in 2005, their lead singer, Alex Turner, was just twenty
    years old; in fact, they were just learning instruments two years ago. Therefore, their style was
    relatively raw and most definitely youthful. The first two albums that they released, Whatever
    People Say, Thats What Im Not, and Favourite Worst Nightmare reflected this; the tunes within
    these records sing of drunken nights, nightclubs, and adventures in Sheffield. These songs
    featured catchy guitar riffs, upbeat tempos, and Turners heavy Sheffield accent. Whatever
    People Say, Thats What Im Not and Favourite Worst Nightmare became immensely popular,
    especially with younger people, well, because the topics discussed were relatable. Perhaps the
    fact that their younger fan base could not relate to their next album as well made the Monkeys
    next album, Humbug, significantly less popular.
    Duong 2
    Humbug and AM, the Monkeys third and fifth albums respectively, were drastically
    different from their first two. While Whatever People Say, Thats What Im Not and Favourite
    Worst Nightmare talked of (mostly) inebriated exploits, Humbug featured themes of loneliness
    and complicated relationships, while AM consisted of songs talking of desire and lust. In
    addition, in contrast to the generally carefree, lighthearted tone of the first two albums, Humbug
    and AM were incredibly dark, slower, and had a much more intense sound. In fact, Alex Turner
    himself said that the album pulled much more from darker hip hop beats and incorporated more
    synthesized sounds for AM. While AM was met with widespread commercial success, Humbug is
    considered the Monkeys most controversial album. With the release of Humbug came the
    departure of many of the Monkeys fans, as well as the end of the hype that rocketed their first
    two albums to success.
    Suck it and See (its title referring to a British idiom meaning try it out and see what
    happens); the Arctic Monkeys fourth album can be classified as an entirely different category.
    Rather than a light hearted tone like their first two albums or a heavy, intense sound like AM or
    Humbug, Suck it and See, was a passionate album of love ballads. Slow, smooth, melodic, and
    quite frankly, kind of boring, Suck it and See is completely different from the four other records
    that the band has released. Rather than upbeat tunes of nights out on the town, or sultry tunes
    about longing, Suck it and See features love song after love song, with each sounding quite
    similar to each other.
    Each of these five Arctic Monkeys albums can be classified into three groups; groups
    distinctly different from one another.
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