- Original Release Date: 20 Aug 2009
- Label: Domino Recording Co
- Copyright: 2009 Domino Recording Co Ltd
- Total Length: 39:16
- Genres: Indie & Alternative
- ASIN: B002M4K27S
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (102 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,505 in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 in MP3 Albums)
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- Original Release Date: 20 Aug 2009
- Format - Music: MP3
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- Also available in CD Format
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| Play | 1. My Propeller | 3:27 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Crying Lightning | 3:43 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Dangerous Animals | 3:30 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. Secret Door | 3:43 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. Potion Approaching | 3:32 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. Fire And The Thud | 3:57 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 7. Cornerstone | 3:17 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 8. Dance Little Liar | 4:43 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. Pretty Visitors | 3:40 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. The Jeweller's Hands | 5:44 | £0.89 |
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Monkeys have evolved,
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This review is from: Humbug (Audio CD)
The UK music press has created and destroyed so many bands over the years, that it's always best to take a "don't-believe-the-hype" approach.But three albums into their career, here's what we know: 1. Arctic Monkeys are the best British band of the new millennium. (Sorry Franz Ferdinand, Editors, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, etc.). 2. Alex Turner has the wit, intelligence, and vocal chops to be ranked among the best British singer-songwriters of the past 40 years - he's up there with the likes of Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Paul Weller, Morrissey and Jarvis Cocker. 3. "Humbug" is a major step in the band's musical evolution-Sheffield post-punk blended with the stated influences of Cream and Jimi Hendrix and produced by Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and James Ford (Simian/Alex Turner's side project The Last Shadow Puppets). The Monkeys delivered on the hype with their brilliant debut album "Whatever People Say I Am, That Is What I'm Not." They followed up with the excellent "Favourite Worst Nightmare." Now they've delivered possibly their best yet: a hard-boiled sweet called "Humbug." Along with a new maturity, there's a familiar lyrical cheekiness, too, especially on tracks like My Propeller ("I can't get it started on my own") and Crying Lightning ("My thoughts got rude as you talked and chewed/On the last of your pick'n'mix"). "Pretty Visitors" is the track most like the Monkeys of old. And standout "Cornerstone" is a song of lost love and mistaken identities reminiscent of The Who's "Disguises." Clearly, the cheeky Monkeys have evolved into grown up rockers. Bring on the backlash.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mature, accompished third album from "Sheffield's Finest",
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Undoubtedly, "Humbug" is a thousand miles from the spiky, infectious riffs of "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" and the days of lines such as "you used to get it in your fish nets..." from the wonderfully-crafted "Fluorescant Adolescant". This development inevitably cut many of the loose, pop-hungry listeners from the Monkeys' Fan Club, as the album slips into more powerful, harsher depths - evident from its introductory moments, delivered by forthcoming single "My Propeller", which synchronises thudding drums with an uncompromising pound of electric guitars. Abandoned are the ground-level observations noted by front man Alex Turner in a heavy and (rightly) exposed Yorkshire accent - here, it is somewhat layered with a captivating eeriness. This is perhaps most notable on track six, "Fire and the Thud", on which Turner is accompanied by softly ticking drums and a bittersweet riff. Yet the likes of "Pretty Visitors" offers something quite contrary. It displays with perfect extravagance Arctic Monkeys' true capabilities. "What came first, the chicken or the d***head?" spits Turner, before ploughing on with chaotic force, until the song melts into its gothic, organ-laden chorus. The likes of "Dangerous Animals" (where, yes, the song's title is shouted out letter by letter - but unforgiving? Really?) is as deliciously engrossing as its fellow tracks, and, lyrically, is superb. "Cornerstone" is something slightly more romantic with a sweet, slow-paced melodic background, whilst "Dance Little Liar" offers a spooky combination of twanging guitars, and the hypnotic ease of Turner's and that of the backing vocals. "The Jeweller's Hands" will most likely provoke the use of "replay" several times, if not just for its beautiful end, where soft chants meet electric guitar solos and the album reaches its spectacular conclusion. "Humbug" certainly leaves the listener asking "What next?" in terms of Arctic Monkeys' development as one of the most significant alternative groups of the last decade. Although regardless of their next move, "Humbug" is a positive stepping stone in the right direction. 10/10.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This Sounds Like a Nightmare!!!,
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This review is from: Humbug (Audio CD)
This time around the Monkeys have decided not to try and make `What Ever People Say I am...' again. That was an album that a band gets to make once and it should be left at that. The decision then to work with Josh Homme and James Ford was a very good idea. From the start you can see the results. `My Propeller' is dark and moody with subtle menace. First single `Crying Lightning' is then a plodding and intriguing track that grows into spitting venomous chorus. Yet through that Turner's pop sensibilities hold it up as something really good. Ironically the thing actually now feels like a dream or a nightmare with tracks like `Dangerous Animals', `Secret Door', `Fire and the Thud' and `Dance Little Liar'.Ultimately everybody's influence on it is carefully balanced to create a coherent and original whole. It will be interesting to see what they do with the tracks live, but for now this is solid and promising from one of Britain's brightest hopes.
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