Arctic Monkeys - The Car ALBUM REVIEW 

Wow I never noticed that. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day.

Bravo Vince

you didn`t just say that

@@pooriyapedramnia3048 Scientifically speaking - I just did

@@vilentman111 lets say, hypothetically, you didn’t.

LMAO

LMAO

LMAO

Hey, he might not know how to drive a car, but he sure can drive a lawn mower

🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

People also forget that they don’t even pay other people to play their instruments, they play it themselves

Source???

@@allonmyownherewego9893 Damn they must've gotten some tips from Jered Threatin

like literally every artist ever ?

@@pedrorian528 uh what? name 3 other artists who combine various instruments with melodies

0/10 still

Don’t get emotional..that ain’t like yoUoUoU~

It's still sheet album

bruh this act made me laugh out loud lol

@@dangerousvillain7278 ur the sheet

This isn’t weird at all it’s boring

yeah this isn't weird at all lmao

@@ben_jamin4529 it’s a brilliant record

@@ben_jamin4529 for a band that started out doing rock than into pop yeah it is pretty weird. There is not much else that sounds like this. And it’s better for that.

Yeah maybe get a little adventurous with your listening, this isn't weird. Not trying to be an litist or whatever but this trend of people talking about normal ass sounding stuff as if it's this avant garde barn burner is really annoying. There's nothing wrong with music not being weird, you don't have to pretend that it is to defend it.

Would’ve been a better name than “the car”

Why is this a banger album name actually

LOL

Funnily enough, OG AM probably would've used that title back in the day🤣

I wonder what Not Just Bike thinks about The Car

Oh ,i remember vividly how His AM Review got flooded by dislikes from those kind of people lmao

And then regular people listen to that album and fall the fuck asleep cause it the most mid album conceived by a human

​@@andrei11dr nah it's actually really cool

@@jdg1251 🤣

@@strikerbowls791 this kind of people that hate it because they think they have to is equally as dumb

Guess it grew on him?

@@codymelchert2681 nah, it just goes onto show how bad the album is in his opinion! 😂 One of the worst tracks from the week is the best he could find on the album. I dont even wanna hear what he thinks about the other songs!

@@aunthaumv3711 Whatever you wanna think, dude.

@@aunthaumv3711 your point is moot when Mirrorball, the first single, was in Meh during its weekly roundup. The track just grew on him, plain and simple. Its the appeal of AM's lastest sound. Trust me, I used to hate TBHC when it came out. Nowadays, its one of the only albums that I would listen without a song I want to skip. For me, its up there with Room on Fire from the Strokes as my "quintessential" listens.

@@Strato_Casterrr9898 it would be an assumption on ur part to think Body Paint in particular grew on him (although highly likely to happen cus it is the most energetic song on this). It could just be that the more he listened to the album, he disliked mirror ball even more than Body Paint! Again im also making assumptions or a theory even. Cus we dont knw how he really feels and cant speak like its fact!

well yeah, he gave AM 3/10 also

My hopes weren't high, but dam

Saw this coming from the moment the first single dropped

@@edwindwicahyo5375 He did... _WHAT?!?_ 😲😳🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

And he’s got it wrong again but less wrong than before so at least that’s a good job

Yeah, total xanarchy was BOP

@@sher618 Nav literally invented rap

Absolutely

Yeah, can't wait Lil Xan to collab with Corey Feldman and mediocre current Eminem.

@@sher618 I actually enjoyed xanarchy but that was when I still listed to rap which I haven't done in years

Me but unironically

Nah... I pass on that one, give something with some energy next time please

@@no-vk2qe no

@@no-vk2qe bro get offline

@@no-vk2qe What does this have to do with Arctic Monkeys though?

@UCPZbz_4bwZeDD6LKF7f5_NA arab+fuck rym+yes+no+ok kendrick destroys songwriting and storytelling+more impactful? Alright is literally blm anthem and tpab is the most influential album of the 2010’s+no+ratio+-is white+fatherless+motherless+bladee fan

@@rixbyte7438 what did they say? Comment is gone

Yeah agree - that was my favourite track cos the music fitted perfectly with the lyrics

The Alex turner band

But then he was surrounded by the orchestra and he couldnt remember what they were

Alex Turner and the Machine

@@yoshi-ol2uu I agree. It seems like he is saying” I had big ideas, the crowd went nuts, we rose to the top playing this way, but now I can’t bring those ideas/style back to save my life/career. In any case, it was a hell of ride”. I personally enjoyed the album a lot thought. There are at least 3 tracks that have been stuck in to my head from this album.

Me in a couple of days....this album just came out and Im like FUCK, we will miss other songs for this ...(and I've been a fan for 10+ years)

Literally just look up any live show since 2018????? TBHC was very similar and they pulled it off quite well… they hit you with 2-3 classics then slow it down with 1-2 songs off the new album then BAM hit you with an all Time classic that gets the crowd jumping. Highly rate it as long as you don’t mind slowing it down at points

I saw them live at Reading. They’re boring as hell. Good songs though

why the fuck would you go and see Arctic Monkeys for brit pop punk vibes in the year 2022, they haven't been that since 2007

Pop punk? Artic monkeys were never pop punk. There was never anything pop about their early albums, it was just post-punk with a touch of garage

Okay not gonna lie, but this is easily the best way to describe that album. Spot on!

Yeah, but what about the current album?

@@cristianjofre1607 I haven't heard it yet. I will listen to it and give you my opinion if you like.

@@cristianjofre1607 I'm listening to it now. It is not bad, to be sure. It doesn't have the invention of Tranquility Base. TB was also much funkier, more melodic. They sound like they are tired. But at the same time, it sounds like they are trying to make a look-a-like album for a late 60s balladeer. Like Scott Walker, Elton John's 'A Single Man' comes to mind. Dionne Warwick. The songs would be perfect in a movie at some point of introspection, solitude, or disappointment. It may be a victim of a songwriter trying to retain his vision of a set of songs. If it was simply called 'Tranquility Base Hotel: Part 2', people would likely be gentler with it. What do you think?

Jesus

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Dude, the only critics that like artic monkeys are the big magazine ones that probably have some paid reviews. Look in some underground critics, look at Brad Taste in music in the entire arctic monkeys catalogue for example

@@alex11v3 who gives a fuck what a “critic” says anyways? Art is completely subjective. What makes there opinions anymore relevant? An art or journalism degree?

@@alex11v3 “underground critics” = some dude with a youtube channel

@@Benadryl_Submarine I just gave an example

Nah, Tranquility is a 9 and The Car is a 6 at best.

Fr

Car trash

It must be so tough to think a band this mid make mindblowing music

Tranquility & the car are shite

That's arctic monkeys entire discography

They did warn us when they said "don't believe the hype"

A backed up subway of an album

Kinda like a car

No Swedish producers

@Smelly Wrestling Geek Ha! It certainly couldn't be the music!

Just had the same experience , I thought Alex Turner sounded senile at first then it totally grew on me …it’s something that doesn’t need to be polished to counter melon’s point ….

Pretty much my experience with this album

No ✨

Same experience here. Never Heard TBHC fully; when I First heard the Car completely, the vocals sounded weird. Lacking, as Melon says. Then I went tô listen again and It Just fit in perfectly with the whole album and is one of the most endearing parts of It for me.

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Brad taste in music and arctic monkeys hate

@@strangetimes33 Atleast he liked TBHC lmao.

Arctic Monkeys don't even care about people on youtube talking about them

@@AstroSully he doesn’t even like that one anymore 😂

@@cameronsmusicretreat Are you serious lmaooo. Brad changes his opinion every fucking time lmao.

Exactly, maybe they didn't pull this one off, but if say Radiohead would've stuck to the same we would've never had Ok Computer, much less Kid A.

I think every artist should make the same song and album over and over again or it’s unfair to their fans

Yeah that’s how I feel about it, they have to try different things. But personally I still don’t know how people think it’s as good as their first albums or even better 😂😂

A lot of Bands try new things and end up sounding great. They figured out after 2013 that this mellower sound has helped them become more popular and so they’re continuing it

Yep that's respectable of course, it doesn't make it great though.

This whole album seems like another Shadow Puppets album. I think Alex honestly just prefers that type of music now. I don’t think he is using the other members of the band to their full potential

@@superjlk_9538 It would be interesting to hear what the rest of the band thinks. From the interviews I've seen, they seem happy enough to go along with it lol

Totally agree

@@superjlk_9538 its definitely different without Miles. This still has that Acttic monkeys feeling instead of tlsp

@@superjlk_9538 except TLSP songs actually were catchy with discernible hooks, intelligent but not pretentious lyrics, this album is just so forgettable. Alex could’ve taken a little bit more inspiration from the good stuff he did with TLSP

I would rate it a Jimmy McGill throwing a tantrum in his shit shitbox/10 based on that description alone

You hit the nail right into the deck, mate.

That’s a perfect way to describe it, actually

Just some idiot constructing a fake-deep

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He'll give NOT BAD/10 if he got it

you people are so fucking unfunny it hurts

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No it’s just trash

@@thewarriorreturns9179 It's totally mid but I like some parts of it tho

No, it's just boring and bland TBHC was much better

I agree. Been giving the album a few listens the past month and found myself really enjoying it. Especially, Big Ideas and Mr. Schwartz. And Body Paint has got to be one of the best Arctic Monkeys songs ever.

I think its an album that needs time.. But I still hate the " Alex's solo album vibe" it has..

Mr. Schwartz makes me cry idk why it's so beautiful

You must be boring to like that boring music!

I’m a big fan and there’s only 2 ok songs. The rest of the album is just one long drawn out song. All sounds the same.

@@shermarkijames totally disagree

I like it a lot too 🙆‍♂️ and more than their previous album tbh

@@underneonloneliness2 terrible take .

My beautiful dark twisted car

this has to die

The Beautiful Twisted Car could be a dark concept album about a guy who is all excited to buy a new car after saving up for years, the car representing freedom from the system, then he wraps it around a telephone pole

the brad is here

@javelinwounds 🤓🤓 ummm actually describing something as pretentious is actually very pretentious

@@BradTasteInMusicOfficial why do you think people care about what you have to say?

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where's the link?

by this point I think he's just biased

STOP STEALING MY COMMENT FORMAT

@@Hi-fd4cw STOP STEALING MY PIZZA ROLLS

This is like his third solo project actually

Jamie is the person that’s pushed for this shift in music not Alex

Y’all have no clue how bands world do you

your so funnny (please go to sleep)

@@crispy_dough559 THIS

Melon never really has understood AM so I didn't expect anything else from him.

Why are you upset that Anthony Fantano doesn’t like your album as much as you do . Who gives a shit

@@ceerin4125 Who gives a shit 'bout YOUR reply..... oh wait

@@ceerin4125 because a lot of people seem to care

You should still like it. Even if he has some strong objective points. Maybe you listenned to it in the right moment and clicked with you. This is just his opinion after all.

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Ah yes, Total Xanarchy and The Big Day are masterpieces am I right! You can disagree with a critic, he has his opinions, if you don't like it you can just leave or try to fking explain why he's wrong here?

I wish I was allowed to like it

He just doesn't vibe with Arctic Monkeys on principle, never really has from what i've seen. And that's fine, not everybody is gonna like the same artists. Though i do think his criticisms for basically all their albums are pretty weak, it all comes down to their sound doesn't appeal to him.

I think once you decided you don't like something, it's hard to get back from that position. We form our own biases and then follow through on them.

I don't know his opinions on their earlier record pre Suck it and See. Did he like them then?

@@zero-pl3tt artic monkeys have become trash. Cope 😂

@@zero-pl3tt and also how he doesn't like Alex Turner at all

Absofuckinglutely ridiculous

It’s been like this since tranquility base, I’d say. (The solo album vibes)

@@Spicyyy832 kinda. Theres much more riffing and traditional rock group song structures on TBHC. That album was so jarring because of how slow and unserious it was

The tone/feeling will grow on you

@@Spicyyy832 Yup, I remember back in 2018 people where calling Tranquility Base a solo album by Alex, wich was a bit dissapointing

I agree!

This man is pathetic, all the musicians he does not like are doing well!!

At this point, Anthony has messed up plenty reviews for anyone to see him as a reference. Tranquility Base, Yeezus, among other great albums.

Nah, man, TBHC and The Car are both quite shite. It's not my vibe. I've tried really hard, but goddamn are they just a droning bore.

If you look closely it's actually a car.

@@ds2587 Would have been a 10 if it was a bike.

The album of all time?

It really just depends on what your preferences are, and how you set your expectations. If you were wanting this to live up to and do justice to the baroque glam rock of the 70's like Bowie, T. Rex, Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music etc. then you may be sorely disappointed. I think that's where melon man sits

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it does have the ability to do that. i know for a fact that i’ve played ‘sculptures of anything goes’ several times over since the album was released..

yesss

That's what I'm saying I listened to it a couple more times... The vocals were rubbing me the wrong way suddenly it's the best album coming out this year. they are growers they're not immediately obviously good UK

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@@tak-pa3134 fr exactly what i was thinking, tbh+c didnt get the greatest first impression but now a goood amount of ppl love it, hoping the same situation for the car

I had the opposite; though TBHC was ok on first listen, but honestly, TBHC and this record are just dreadfully boring. TBHC at least went somwhere

TBHC is actually good, but this isn't except for like 3 songs. 4 at most.

He mentioned in a few interviews that liked their earlier works (wpsiatwin, favorite worst nightmare) and implied he liked humbug too. Then he disliked AM, as well as the following two albums. Remember that AM was when Arctic Monkeys changed their style, which appeared to appeal to the ‘Tumblr-esque mainstream non-mainstream’ crowd more that it’s original fanbase, and it led to a dip in quality from the originals. While I do agree Fantano is biased with Arctic Monkeys in general after AM, it is with some good reasons

@@wadejg_blaze0n213 TBHC is arguably the most boundary-pushing, original, innovative and unique album of 21st century how tf is that a dip in quality?

​@@abdulhakdavutburcek5227 you need to stop sniffing glue my guy. TBHC is garbage. Turner is not a good singer lmao

@@corycosta1818 Thanks for the insightful analysis my guy. This sure changed my perspective.

@@abdulhakdavutburcek5227 Hey man, I do what I can🤷🏽‍♂️

I like this take, and I think it's what I like about this album and the last. I really didn't appreciate TBHC until I listened to it studying. I don't know if monotonous is the right word, but it fades into the background very nicely.

I had the same impression

bullshit

@@MediocreLPC Yeah, that's how I ended up listening to this album. Gave it a 5/10 on AOTY solely because I was vibin listening to this album while playing Minecraft. It's a good background music. But I don't think it's what they intended

i would say in that case that you do have to actually listen to the songs like it's not bops, the words are very important if you have simply determined from this one idle listen that it's not for you then i suppose fair enough but if you are willing to give it a second listen do so while reading the lyrics, spotify will scroll them for you i think it's really good, i wouldn't have listened to it this way and i would've equally just brushed it off as i did on previous listens of tranquility base but the lyrics are beautifully written and the composition of them too which is not really addressed very well in this review in conclusion i enjoyed this album quite well on my first listen and look forward to future ones and i would recommend you give it another go if you actually were not actively listening and just had it on because it's not that kind of music

Turn your volume on next time

try listening a little more critically next time :)

Honestly same first listen. I’ve heard it three times and only a few songs have really grown on me.

Alex is a godly lyricist, but I'm undecided if he really hit his own high benchmark on this one.

It's among the band's best reviewed albums. I happen to love the record too, but I've been a fan since their debut.

I've really been enjoying it. I was initially underwhelmed by the first couple of singles upon release, but they've grown on me enormously over the last couple of months. Similary with the album, it washed over me on the first listen or two, but it's grown on me massively over the last week. Don't know if you can call it a masterpiece, as some have, but I don't see many other bands taking huge musical risks and pretty much pulling them off in 2022. The production and string arrangements alone are extremely well crafted. One thing that concerns me with music critics is how many listens do they give an LP before reviewing it? Some of my all time favourite albums have taken probably half a dozen listens through before I can properly appraise them. I'd have probably have given this a 4 on the weekend of it's release, but it's now approaching an 8.

"what critics don’t seem to realize" This album's actually been really well received by critics. This video is an outlier in that respect

Since when turner is regarded as one of the leading wordsmiths of his generation? You totally made that up🤣. Why dont you call him the bob Dylan of this generation?

I am the opposite. I found their early material derivative and somewhat banal.

I dont like them either since AM but im just kinda glad they didnt took the easy/predictable way and made AM 2.0 AND 3.0 given the popularity it got.

Took the words right out of my mouth

​@@YoSoySafeAsMilk It was and still is but at least they were a fun band. This isn't even fun

Why would a song have to be Catchy to be considered as a good one?

the beatles say it's okay to leave your dog in one of those

Mine too

Am 2 was all but a dream

Yeah, idk. I would love to see them be a “mature” band but also do upbeat and hype music. Nothing wrong with getting older but still have fun. (I just really miss their old stuff 😅)

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You probably listened to it only once or didn’t think about the lyrics much. I found big ideas quite emotional

I did feel something the two times I've listened through it all.. boredom.

@@NK-dj7no I’m sure Alex Turner did put plenty of emotion into the album and if I was to read the lyrics I’d be able to see it, I’m just saying that the music didn’t convey it in a way that engaged me as a listener.

@@michaelhoskin2115 alright mate. I hope you enjoy the next one

That album is amazing, definitely one of my favourite projects

That album is filled with bangers

Happy I’m not the only one who understands where this new sound came from. I think miles Kane is to thank a bit for that influence.

Love that album, but Alex' peak was the "Submarine OST".

Completely agree, and it seems like not a lot of people are talking about it.

Absolutely

No

@@sebastian.2.311 but yes

Nope.

@@Annafyz how eloquent, you must be right

Listen to it 3 more times and t will grow on you

I like all of them except Mr Schwartz and the Car. I believe that they had never made a song with acoustic guitar before and they tried it here twice. I don’t think it really worked, at least for me.

@@benjaminodelcamino6689 I'm still in the preliminary evaluation stage, as it's only been a few days since it's been out. That being said, I think some songs are just .. fine ("Sculptures of Anything Goes," "Jet Skis on the Moat," "Hello You"). But it's the fact that I could take them or leave them that bugs me. Sure, they could grow on me, but I don't see the whole of the record coming into a _radically_ different focus.

Listen to it like three more times bc perfect sense ended up my least favorite by a long shot

Interestingly Mr Schwartz has been permanently stuck in my head since I first heard it. The picking pattern is something else

Totally agree about matt, though I feel like he did have at least a little more to do on this album. The drums weren't as boring as they were on thbc imo. But I'd love to see the drums play a more prominent role on future releases

Matt is absolutely playing the drums what are you talking about it's subtle but the panning of the Toms and the ghost notes .. it's all there the finesse man the finesse!!!!!

RIGHT???

Nobody would listen to this album if it wasn’t made by the Arctic Monkeys

So is listening to your dishwasher and we're not giving it any Grammys

definitely a 7, Mirrorball and Body Paint carries it so hard imo.

perfect album for sleeping

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"It's decent when you're not actually listening to it". Like, just defend the album, these half defenses are so weird.

Same thin with TBH&C. I hated that shit when it came out but now it’s in my top 3 AM albums

@@Hypocriticalx yeah man, embrace change!

Milk

TBHC did because it was unique compared to anything they’ve done before. This is very similar sounding, but so uninspiring, SO boring. Sure we may grow to find it more ‘pleasant’ to listen to, but I don’t think I can take any of this seriously for a band of their calibre.

@@Trishyfishypoo it sounds absolutely nothing like TBHAC

I love this comment. Thank you.

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can't play in hotel lobbies and casinos, and score lonely middle aged american women with a sheffield accent 🤷‍♂

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