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AM (Arctic Monkeys album) - Wikipedia. AM is the fifth studio album by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. It was produced by James Ford and co- produced by Ross Orton at Sage & Sound Recording in Los Angeles and Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, California, and released in September 2. Domino. The album was promoted by the singles "R U Mine?", "Do I Wanna Know?", "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?", "One for the Road", "Arabella", and "Snap Out of It".

It features guest appearances by Josh Homme, Bill Ryder- Jones, and Pete Thomas. The album received critical acclaim from music critics and featured in many year- end lists as one of the best of 2. It was nominated for the 2. Mercury Prize for best album, hailed the Best Album of 2.

NME magazine, and featured at number 4. NME's list of the 5.

Greatest Albums of All Time. Commercially, AM has become one of Arctic Monkeys' most successful albums to date, topping charts in several countries, and reaching top ten positions in many more. In the United Kingdom, Arctic Monkeys broke a record with AM, becoming the first independent- label band to debut at number one in the UK with their first five albums. The album is also considered the band's breakthrough in America. The single "Do I Wanna Know?" was the first song by the band to enter the Billboard Hot 1.

AM has been recognised as one of the bestselling vinyl albums of the decade, selling 2. Production[edit]In an interview with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner said that the album title was inspired by the Velvet Underground's 1. VU: "I actually stole it from the Velvet Underground, I'll just confess that now and get it out of the way.

The 'VU' record, obviously". He went on to say: "Did we cop out? Yeah! Summat about it feels like this record is exactly where we should be right now. So it felt right to just initial it."[6]Turner later revealed that the band had nearly titled the album The New Black, after a guitar amp they used in the recording process: "I got this old Rickenbacker thing that we recorded a lot through. There's no knobs, just two holes. And this little black amp that became known as The New Black.

Crossed me mind to call the album that."[7]Josh Homme contribution[edit]Josh Homme provided background vocals to two songs on AM. Speaking about Josh Homme's contribution to AM with Zane Lowe, Turner said: "The Josh thing was very much a case of one of us returning a back scratch to the other", referring to his appearance as a guest vocalist on the Queens of the Stone Age album .. Like Clockwork earlier in 2. Turner continued: "He came down and sort of got us out of a little rut. It's just fun, it's friends, extended family now – [they] came round, had a fun night. His contribution to our record is really exciting, it's probably my favourite. The 3. 0 seconds that he's in there is just, I dunno, it's like something that I've never heard before.

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Not to blow my own trumpet or anything, but you know what I'm saying."[6] In an interview with 2. Turner mentioned that Homme would appear in the song "Knee Socks".[8]On 4 July 2. Homme mentioned AM at the Rock for People festival in the Czech Republic: "I sang on the new Arctic Monkeys record. It's a really cool, sexy after- midnight record. It's called AM, so I guess that's really obvious.

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And it's really good. It's really good. It's not disco [as such], but it's like a modern, dancefloor sexy record. It's really good."[9]Musical style[edit]The album draws inspiration from various musical genres, including psychedelic rock, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, desert rock, R& B, soul, and hip hop.[4][1. Alex Turner described the album as sounding "like a Dr. Dre beat, but we've given it an Ike Turner bowl- cut and sent it galloping across the desert on a Stratocaster", adding that it "sound less like four lads playing in a room this time.

Essentially, that's what it is, but if you can find a way to manipulate the instruments or the sounds to the point where it sounds a bit like a hip- hop beat that'd be boss in your car, then I think there's something quite cool about that."[1. Turner also cited Outkast, Aaliyah, and Black Sabbath as influences.[1.

Guitarist Jamie Cook also cited The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars as an inspiration for the album, saying that it was one of the only albums they listened to while recording AM.[1. Arctic Monkeys took a different approach to recording AM in comparison to their previous album, Suck It and See, with Alex Turner stating that it is much more a "studio album". The band incorporated new instruments to record the album; they used keyboards such as piano, organ, and celeste, a Hohner Guitaret,[1. Recording was done differently as well; producer James Ford stated that, instead of the "live" recording technique of the previous album, this album was recorded mainly with bass guitar and drums laid down first with emphasis on groove. Helder's drum kit was often set up in unconventional ways to achieve different sounds.[1. Guest musicians Josh Homme, Bill Ryder- Jones, and Pete Thomas were featured on the album.[6]Promotion[edit]AM Tour[edit]The AM Tour—with over 1. Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand—was held to promote the album.

It started on 2. 2 May 2. Ventura, California.

The next year, the band shared a short documentary film via their You. Tube channel to mark the end of the tour in its South American leg, featuring a performance of "R U Mine?" at its final date on 1.

November 2. 01. 4, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2. Artwork[edit]On 1. July 2. 01. 3, the album cover artwork was revealed.[2. On 2 September 2. Arctic Monkeys revealed a track titled "I Want It All" during a XFM radio show,[2. Watch Dances With Wolves HD 1080P. One for the Road" on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show.[2. The waveform depicted is characteristic of an amplitude modulated (AM) signal.[2.

Other live performances[edit]Arctic Monkeys were scheduled to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! October 2. 01. 3, but had to cancel as Kimmel's guest, rapper Kanye West, talked for too long.[2.

The band performed "Do I Wanna Know?" and "R U Mine?" on the show's outdoor stage a week later, on 1. October 2. 01. 3.[2. Singles[edit]The first single from the album, "R U Mine?", was released digitally on 2. February 2. 01. 2.[2. On 2. 1 April 2. 01. FR-EE Chat Full Movie. Record Store Day as a limited edition double A- side purple 7" vinyl.[2.

R U Mine?" was released as a single on 2 March 2. Do I Wanna Know?", the second single from the album, was released on 1. June 2. 01. 3. The song has received a decent amount of airplay, including joining BBC Radio 1's "B List", and later moving to the "A List". It was certified Silver in the UK, indicating an excess of 2.

Arctic Monkeys single to do so), and has also been fairly successful internationally.[3. The third single from AM, "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?", was released on 1. August 2. 01. 3 as a single, together with an accompanying music video.[3.

The song was leaked online on 2. July 2. 01. 3, but quickly taken down.[3. The song debuted at number eight in the UK Singles Chart,[3.

Arctic Monkeys' first top 1. Fluorescent Adolescent" (2. The fourth single to promote the album, "One for the Road", was released as a digital download and 7" vinyl on 9 December 2. On 2. 8 January 2. Arabella" was released to radio in Italy; [3. March 2. 01. 4 in the United Kingdom.[3. It impacted contemporary hit radio on the scheduled date,[3.

Snap Out of It" impacted contemporary hit radio in the United Kingdom on 9 June 2. Critical reception[edit]AM has received critical acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 1. Simon Harper of Clash magazine states: "Welding inspiration from hip- hop greats with rock's titans, AM is built upon portentous beats that are dark and intimidating, yet wickedly thrilling."[1. Ray Rahman of Entertainment Weekly gave it an 'A- ', and opined that "AM mixes Velvet Underground melodies, Black Sabbath riffs, and playful grooves, and has fun doing it."[4.