Arctic Monkeys The Car
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Gyromania
October 23rd 2022


37063 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

Okay this is total shit

Groundking
October 23rd 2022


2278 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

More snoozefest crap from the band : (

Gyromania
October 23rd 2022


37063 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

Fuck this album

Mort.
October 23rd 2022


25062 Comments


damn really that bad? will have to check

MOYA
October 23rd 2022


6 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

It's really disappointing. Good review though.

claygurnz
October 24th 2022


7571 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I just can't get into their new sound. Hated the last one and based on what I've heard from this I'll hate it as well.

JesusCage
October 24th 2022


441 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

TBH&C had a bit more of entertaintment than this..

Shemson
October 24th 2022


4156 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

If you didn’t like the last you won’t like this for sure

Personally I dig all three of their styles over their career and this is a more confident and better written and performed version of Tranquility Base for me

Gyromania
October 24th 2022


37063 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

Honestly thought tranquility base was better than this. It's still very mid but had some signs of life on it

claygurnz
October 24th 2022


7571 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Tbf this would make a good dinner party album I guess

brandaao
October 24th 2022


248 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I couldn't stand TBH&C; the songs were boring, but most of all, everything there had a sense of 'superiority'; like Alex and the band were patting their selves on the back for being so intelligent and composing such 'imaginative' songs. Not to mention the terrible vocal performance and overall boring songs.



Thankfully, imo, The Car is a step-up.



Yeah, this doesn't have the energy they had before, but I actually found some interesting songs here like "I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am, "Sculptures of Anything Goes, the 2nd half of "Body Paint" and "Hello You".



A lot of the lyrics are still moronic, and the vocal delivery is questionable in several moments. But, unlike TBH&C, this is actually listenable.



Ranking their albums:

Humbug > YFWN > Whatever... > Suck it And See = AM >> The Car >>>> TBH&C

zakalwe
October 24th 2022


38887 Comments


It’s alright. ‘Musically’ it’s lovely but the package is a bit turgid. Too arsey.

There’s only flashes of the tounge in cheek piss taking and genuine Northern no ‘messin and nowt to do with ponciness that made them so relatable.

Still, it’s in its infancy. I’ll probably 5 it in 7yrs.

zakalwe
October 24th 2022


38887 Comments


Having said that Sculptures of Anything Goes does actually speak about all that.

Hmmmm

rabidfish
October 24th 2022


8697 Comments


I like it a lot more after 4 listens. I just wish someone else sang the songs. Basically how I feel about AM since 2006

Mort.
October 24th 2022


25062 Comments


so far this is making me think of prefab sprout if they were bad

HelloJoe
October 24th 2022


1097 Comments


The first song reminds me of a Wet Wet Wet ballad... I like it. XD

What's the general opinion of the album from fans of the band? Does anyone know?

claygurnz
October 24th 2022


7571 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

This wasn't too bad actually, a couple of gorgeous songs. I would prefer it if they had mixed in some other styles.

HelloJoe
October 24th 2022


1097 Comments


Yeah, I do think some meatier rock songs could have helped the pacing a bit for me. Maybe that will grow off as I listen to it more.

I'm with you though, Clay. I didn't think it was too bad. Some nice songs on here.

Shemson
October 24th 2022


4156 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

@hellojoe In general this looks to have been very well received by Arctic Monkeys fans that are still Arctic Monkeys fans

You have a load of people on the their Facebook comments and that saying ‘Why can’t they go back to AM’ or ‘I miss the days they played guitars’ etc. but it’s been well received by this who enjoyed the last one

juiceviaorange
October 24th 2022


1051 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I found this to be kind of a snooze on my first listen, but every listen since has been better and better.



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