The ARCTIC MONKEYS' Misunderstood Masterpiece

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It’s finally time to admit: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is the Arctic Monkeys’ Misunderstood Masterpiece.
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AM. The album that propelled the Arctic Monkeys into worldwide superstardom. With singles like “Do I Wanna Know?” and “R U Mine?” it sounded like the group had finally mastered the sludgier sound they’d been chasing since their transition with Humbug. Combining garage rock riffs, R&B rhythms and irresistible hooks allowed AM to become one of the Monkey’s most successful projects to date: topping the charts in over a dozen countries and becoming one of the UKs best-selling vinyl albums of the decade.
Five years later, the group’s following record would take one giant leap forward. But to where? Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is the Arctic Monkeys like you had never heard them before. Trading in their arena-sized anthems for a sci-fi inspired, jazz-lounge, concept album. It’s an evolution almost no one saw coming. As a result, it would divide the fandom, being their most polarizing and weirdest record yet. But few bands today are this brave or ambitious -- and a few years out, it’s finally time to admit: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is the Arctic Monkeys’ Misunderstood Masterpiece.
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@houseofleaves126 3 года назад

If they don’t release new music this year, the world is unjust.

@benjaminwoodruff8841 3 года назад

i think they might of broken up but don’t quote me on that

@santiagobauza4257 3 года назад

They're in the process of writing the album, they were going to start to do so last year but lockdown happened. My bet is that we'll see a new album out in 2022 or 2023.

@98cjnixon 3 года назад

@@benjaminwoodruff8841 they definately haven't broken up they said after tranquility base that they have another album in the works

@neph3le 3 года назад

@@benjaminwoodruff8841 no they haven't??

@yassinesobh4165 3 года назад

@@benjaminwoodruff8841 actually their drummer confirmed they are working on something in January

@fernandogouvea6498 3 года назад

Also has that prophetic "We moved it all online as of march" lyric.

@umey3445 3 года назад

Was listening to this the other week and chuckled at this too

@claireeckhardt4472 3 года назад

I seriously can’t get over that

@jennifersparks5890 3 года назад

Yes! I love singing that line now!!

@SelcanKarimli 3 года назад

this one is scary

@zkrhmn 3 года назад

Once tours start again and they do interviews I bet he'll be asked about that by everyone lmao

@harrisonjackkauder8260 3 года назад

Holy crap the way that this was edited is amazing

@critter8132 3 года назад

THAT'S WHAT IM SAYIN

@bondonvinyl7603 3 года назад

Really is a slick video to be fair

@sundogsun 3 года назад

HE ALWAYS HAS THE BEST EDITS HOLY FUCK

@louistaylor-hall3661 3 года назад

No it was annoying

@seankilburn7200 3 года назад

It was very well put together

@milamnalili5772 3 года назад

They refused to recreate another forced version of AM and went for a new refreshing yet risky path. This album is such a valuable addition to their album collection! Alex is mad genius

@theevilloafers5235 Год назад

Sorta like what happened to SIAS.

@WiloPolis03 3 года назад

This album's transitions are so damn *smooth.* Makes them feel like they're all in one single studio session.

@himagnamukherjee9382 3 года назад

The album was a masterpiece, it just took the light absolutely forever to get to everyone's eyes.

@Khryzpawer 3 года назад

Underrared comment

@barje.waffles5461 3 года назад

I see what you did there... nice.

@cassiamarocki 3 года назад

This is the best comment on RU-vid. Fact.

@frannyfaderlake 3 года назад

love this comment.

@sumedha04 3 года назад

Facts

@romancarp6427 3 года назад

"I swim with the economists, and I get to the bottom of it for good" every line in this album is beautifully ironic and self aware

@olliethompson9252 3 года назад

What do you MEAN you haven't seen maze runner ⁉️

@r_eeese 3 года назад

@@olliethompson9252 genuinely dont know if this comment is a joke or not

@rick8575 3 года назад

I just wanted to be one of the Strokes 😌

@NormanWasHere452 3 года назад

Can you elaborate on that line?

@joerandl9252 3 года назад

Cheeeesebuurrrgerrr

@shubhmathur5589 3 года назад

1st Listen - Meh 3rd Listen - Brilliant 5th Listen - Freaking Legendary

@houseofleaves126 3 года назад

6th: All hail the might Alex

@LeonardoNicolasNiqqo258 3 года назад

Same thoughts

@ezlu77 3 года назад

Exactly

@rachelin1825 3 года назад

FACTS

@bellamy6086 3 года назад

for REAL

@internetexplorer3317 3 года назад

This album seems designed for the patient listener. Turner wanted to be appreciated for his music, not just for his voice or sex appeal by teenage girls who discovered him through AM. So he wrote something genuinely meaningful and infinitely thought provoking, rather than just mainstream hype to get easy money.

@AndersonCriativo Год назад

Agree

@logan4x6 10 месяцев назад

“Two shows a day, four nights a week… Easy money…”

@rubinM47693 8 месяцев назад

Totally agree

@brunovazquez1 3 года назад

My favorite line, “ I launch my fragrance called integrity, I sell the fact that I can't be bought”.

@lindalangue 2 года назад

the most elegant and sophistcated lines that i ever heard

@rafjanssen8404 2 года назад

Still got pictures of friends on the wall. I suppose we aren’t really friends anymore. Maybe i shouldn’t ever have called that thing friendly at all…..

@SkywalkerSam64 2 года назад

That's because it was horrible in the secret space program when the *Nachtwaffen* still reigned. Every single song on this album is all about experiences in the secret space program (SSP) that you can enter anytime if you're just famous or wealthy enough! That's 100% clear. The Strokes, sidenote, have been in there as "guests" ever since 2001! Like _everyone_ who made the big money.

@bowel_movement 2 года назад

@@SkywalkerSam64 Yikes, you nutters are getting nuttier by the day.

@subliminalhotellyn_tbhc6036 2 года назад

Me too

@scottalot05 3 года назад

This album’s all about the wry and witty lyricism coupled with lush, swanky instrumentation. Really makes you feel like you’re some rich, fur-wearing space yuppie who’s down on his luck in a ritzy but cramped moon resort in both 1963 and 2098 simultaneously.

@cassiamarocki 3 года назад

I'm not a native english speaker, so I just learned a ton of adjectives from you comment 😂😂 Had to google translate it first. Nice writing!

@scottalot05 3 года назад

@@cassiamarocki thanks!

@nyeletimahange5993 3 года назад

Amazing comment.

@agathadelacruz6689 3 года назад

lmao somehow u explained alex’s lyricism

@AlvaroCTV 3 года назад

This is the best TBH&C summary possible. Props, man.

@royrusk4673 3 года назад

“I’ve lost the money, lost the keys, but I’m still handcuffed to the briefcase” resinates with me to this day.

@katerinacharalampidou5327 3 года назад

i still haven’t understand its meaning tho

@andrewsissons808 3 года назад

@@katerinacharalampidou5327 You can look at it in a few ways, I think. One, you've lost all your money and other precious things, but you still have this briefcase and it's contents and that will be enough for now. As I've been imagining it though is this guy who's handcuffed to a briefcase stuffed with cash and he's the only one with the keys to open it. Well, something had gone wrong and all he's got now is this useless, empty briefcase that he's handcuffed to.

@pelinsungurtekin7333 3 года назад

@@katerinacharalampidou5327 People handcuff to a briefcase because the case has something very important and of great values in it, and they don’t ever wanna risk losing it. But he has already lost everything (he’s lost his money and keys). This line is suggesting that he’s “holding onto nothing”. -genius

@johnclark1003 3 года назад

I have always took the meaning as like a commentary on the state of the working class- lost the money, the keys as in majority of folks are money insecure, home insecure yet they have to stay chained to the briefcase *work* even though its not really getting them anywhere. Especially in the context of the lines before speaking to human ignorance and politics being hyper focused about the battleground states every 4 yrs, rather than the policies that get us here being far less sexy.

@tetsuoshima7385 3 года назад

Also perhaps, lost the money (the economy) and the keys (keys to the country/nation), but still handcuffed to the briefcase (presidentially speaking handcuffed the the briefcase, or football as it’s sometimes called in various lore, that carries the thermo-nuclear weapons codes).

@ziggyu3667 3 года назад

i listened to this album for a year straight and nothing else. This is truly the documentary no one, unfortunately, saw.

@lexibroening1474 3 года назад

Ok literally same

@Revealingstorm. 3 года назад

Man that would drive me crazy I like listening to so much different shit.

@SkywalkerSam64 2 года назад

It's all about experiences in the secret space program (SSP) that you can enter anytime if you're just famous or wealthy enough! That's 100% clear. The Strokes, sidenote, have been in there as "guests" ever since 2001! Like _everyone_ who made the big money.

@garmen- 2 года назад

How tf do you listen to one album and nothing else for even one week straight let alone a year?

@andreeadobre3190 2 года назад

I was obsessed with it for a couple years, only the pandemic depression stole me from it. In fact it's their album that got me from casual fan to super fan. So happy I got to see them live this past week end, still a bit sad I didn't catch the TBHC tour though.

@colleen5100 3 года назад

I legitimately got into Arctic Monkeys this year and I remember listening to this album for the first time and thinking "What the hell is this sound" then I listened to the full thing..it's my absolute favorite album and usually include songs from it if I'm recommending The Arctic Monkeys to someone...I usually tell them Four out of Five or Star Treatment

@SubbuteoCloak 2 года назад

This is what I thought too, but I first discover the Arctic Monkeys in March and listened to all their albums in order (to see their growth) and I got to TBHC and I thought it was boring and terrible. But a couple days ago I gave it another chance listened to the full thing and fell in love with the sound and the lyrics. It’s definitely one of my favourite albums of the their and of all time.

@colleen5100 2 года назад

@@SubbuteoCloak SAME like I know people barely use cd's anymore but I 100% bought that cd it's one of my favs

@SubbuteoCloak 2 года назад

I bought a vinyl record play a couple months ago and only have a couple records but I’m going to get TBHC vinyl. I think it would sound amazing. What CD player do you have, and would you recommend getting one?

@valentinamarcanosanabria 2 года назад

Exactly the same happened to me, my favourite track of all time is 4 out of 5

@patricklong2522 2 года назад

The “what the hell is this sound” thought is the first reaction you’re likely to have to every new album by these guys, but the more you listen the more you get and the better it becomes…every time

@cynical182 3 года назад

TLSP’s “Everything That You’ve Come to Expect” (and this album) are underrated masterpieces. so very grateful to have witnessed these songs played live during their respective 2016 & 2018 eras ❤️

@heatweve 2 года назад

it'll always be one of my favorite albums, i really wish i could've seen them

@coleydotmp4 2 года назад

TLSP2 is insane and incredibly underrated. In fact, i think one of alex's best songs EVER is the closer, The Bourne Identity (the fucking lyrics will tear you apart). I hope they finish the "trilogy" of shadow puppets albums once 8 years have passed... that's in 2024 i think!

@francesprendergast1721 2 года назад

Totally agree, they're both up there with my favourite albums ever ever

@xscarletfields 2 года назад

So trueeeeeee

@---MfpMax Год назад

Absolutely agree this shadow puppets album is one of my all time favourite albums ever I love it.

@matt.fromtheinternet 3 года назад

Arctic Monkeys in 2013: let's make the hottest, grittiest indie album of the decade Arctic Monkeys in 2018: what if it was in s p a c e ? ? ?

@cinemaspire7258 3 года назад

I've heard many descriptions for the AM album, gritty, though?

@badgasaurus4211 3 года назад

@@cinemaspire7258 Yeah isn’t it their most polished record?

@lostmyedge_ 3 года назад

AM ain't gritty in the slightest

@sundogsun 3 года назад

@@badgasaurus4211 it literally is their most polished record - all the grease none of the grit

@fideebawa 3 года назад

I think op meant gritty aesthetic wise - the greaser, which the album seems to be based on, is a subaltern, working-class "gritty" culture. So yes, AM is polished aurally but based on that kind of hard man, working-class image

@kyletate3199 3 года назад

Thank you, finally. I've spent the last 3 years defending this album I think its the best thing they've done and I've been listening since favourite worst nightmare

@patriciofernandez2711 3 года назад

Me too! Everyone clings to their first two albums' "signature" sound but this left-field masterpiece is so good that it redifined the identity of the band for me. I now think of them as the spacey psych rock band rather than the punk kids who made WPSIATWIN.

@cameronpritchett7512 3 года назад

I've loved every album the arctic monkeys have released, except this album. It's boring. It sounds like one never ending boring song. His vocals are extremely uninspired. Maybe if he had released this as a solo record I would have thought more of it but as an arctic monkeys album its terrible

@DaniLedesma16 3 года назад

@@cameronpritchett7512 damn, you really don't know what are you talking about.

@yesno9834 3 года назад

@@DaniLedesma16 I agree with the above. I’m a MASSIVE Arctic Monkeys fan, I have been from the very first time I heard their unreleased stuff from even before their first album... but, I just can’t get into this album as a whole. Don’t get me wrong, there’s certain songs and certain bits in songs I like, but as a whole I just can’t give it the undying love I’ve given all their previous work. The beautiful thing with music though is that there’s no right or wrong opinion, it’s all subjective. I appreciate someone might listen to the album and hear it completely different to mines.

@charliejoseph6465 3 года назад

You mean you’ve not listened to their debut?!

@nilsrodas6967 3 года назад

Four out of five it's one of the best songs I've heard in my life, the last minute and a half it's pure magic

@jackfinnian2064 3 года назад

It’s is amazing

@MD-ik8lj 3 года назад

It is the best song I've heard in my life!

@WiloPolis03 3 года назад

Lukewarm take, I feel the finale gets stretched out a bit too long, still a banger tho

@user-lr1rt3sz9u 3 года назад

@@WiloPolis03 yet it could last an hour and i'd still hear it cause it's fucking fire

@Morgan_2317 2 года назад

This video is really helping recontextualize their newest single. He's letting go of tranquility and going back to the romantic fool. But not back to what people want from them Their latest single is a send-off to this album, a break-up song, and a goodbye to the fans they know won't come with them on their new musical journey. Pretty cool

@saberbomber24 2 года назад

you just blew my mind with that interpretation!

@daillyarran Год назад

phenomenal interpretation. as soon as i heard mirrorball i knew i had to get tickets for the album tour. sure, everyone loves the old indie, punky rock, but i just want to hear one of my favourite bands perform something as intricate and detailed as the car. so, i'll catch yous at old trafford, aye? :P

@charlie3122 3 года назад

Finally, someone that actually talks about how important this album is for humanity itself, we really are lucky to live in The Arctic Monkeys era

@sweetermeow 3 года назад

It wasn’t a bad album, but so It was so different than what they had done before the fandom really did split because it seems like they were expecting another AM

@DomHowardsFluoPants 3 года назад

Split already when Humbug was a thing ('oh no they've lost their way'!) then again when AM was released ('oh no they're too Americanized!') lol

@_KingOfCalifornia 3 года назад

In retrospect I much prefer this album to an AM 2

@lawrence-yx1ew 3 года назад

Fuck the fandom. Artists are always right if theyre making art for the right reasons.

@sequeirasasha 3 года назад

@@lawrence-yx1ew this is such a perfect way to describe it

@joshlobel8111 3 года назад

So true

@glost12311goduer 3 года назад

These videos are just too high quality to be free

@sundogsun 3 года назад

let’s not forget the 500k subscribers... deserves way more.

@emkiandthesundolls757 2 года назад

Ultra cheese is a bloody lyrical masterpiece. I didn’t recognise it as arctic monkeys at first, I thought it was a troll. But Jesus, I never stopped listening to it. It’s my go to AM album now.

@_coffeebean_ 2 года назад

I absolutely learned to adore this album. And surprisingly, so did my 60yo dad. First I had the album on repeat in the background pretty often thanks to those lounge vibes. Then I started to really, really like some of the songs on their own (Star Treatment, Tranquility Base Hotel Casino e.g.), and then I decided to get the CD for that good audio quality. Then someday I happened to use my dad's HiFi system to play the CD at his place while he was not around and forgot the CD there. A few days later I visit him again and catch him listening to it. He told me that he was curious about the random CD of a band he didn't know and checked it out. Turns out he also had it on repeat since then and absolutely loved it. He asked me what band this was and wondered why he had never heard of them since they clearly must be from his time as they remind him a lot of David Bowie's music. He was pretty surprised when I told him that this is a band from the 2000s that's normally known for quite a different kind of sound and that I've been a fan for years. Needless to say, he's a fan now as well haha

@DavidLopez-sc1pm 3 года назад

People just hate when everything changes. They often don’t understand that music can have no boundaries.

@CarlosRamirez-to9is 3 года назад

The sad part is that the album is so good, but they don't see it

@daurpm 3 года назад

Like someone said above, critical listeners never dislike something just because it’s different; sometimes the changes simply don’t land the way they were intended. That being said, I LOVE this album.

@fanboydee 3 года назад

Same deal with 808s & Heartbreak. A bunch of people were just like no, this is not how Kanye West sounds, and rejected it, but it's like.. . a pivotal album in terms of presaging today's soundscape.

@evan3714 3 года назад

@@fanboydee spot on

@preshvilla5182 3 года назад

Who? I dont know anyone who hates this album...

@DiscountSeanConnery 3 года назад

YESSS!! Literally my favorite album from one of my favorite bands. Truly genius. Thanks for making this video!!

@adriabatllemora4925 3 года назад

Same, soo underrated

@Khryzpawer 3 года назад

Is my favorite from them too, and the others are good as well

@darwinfraudez7804 3 года назад

Right, yes it’s a good album, but no way is it better than whatever people say I am that’s what I’m not

@klodno6164 3 года назад

@@darwinfraudez7804 🎶That's where you're wrong🎶

@darwinfraudez7804 3 года назад

@@klodno6164 suck it and see that wpsiatwin is the better album

@m1xedp1ckle 2 года назад

My favourite line is "dance as if somebody's watching, because they are" followed by the most hypnotic solo. All of she looks like fun is excellent. An excellent album

@TheLoneJedi-77 3 года назад

Honestly I think TBH&C is one of their strongest albums, probably my favourite behind their debut album.

@noteverydayuser 3 года назад

the ending of the album: Oh, the dawn won't stop weighing a tonne I've done some things that I shouldn't have done But I haven't stopped loving you once

@suejackson2304 3 года назад

Hooooooo Hoooooo oooo oooooooo

@bellamy6086 3 года назад

makes me cry every time

@cassiamarocki 3 года назад

SO so good

@juvecro 3 года назад

Shoodena dooooneee*

@mathildecayer2430 3 года назад

The ultracheese is so freaking good

@stephaniehardy7718 3 года назад

My boyfriend fell madly in love with them after hearing Four Out of Five in a Box Lunch store at the mall. He found this band and he loves them so much! The album is pretty beautiful.

@aloechamomile 3 года назад

Since it dropped, I've thought that this was their best record to date and I'm so glad that it's getting the recognition it deserves! I literally could never listen to it too many times, it's got such intricate instrumental layering and I always find something new to focus on with every listen. This was such a well-worded, thoughtful video, great job!!!

@HofTheStage 3 года назад

Excellent video, been an Arctic Monkeys fan since the beginning and this made me appreciate the last album even more

@sophiew.259 3 года назад

Being depressed and lonely on the moon was a vibe pre-pandemic but aspirational/preferable during a pandemic. The amount of times I thought (or heard Alex's voice) the line "I DON'T WANT TO BE NICE AND YOU KNOOOOOOOOW THAT" is immeasurable. Depending my mood, I listened to either Star Treatment or Batphone to fall asleep, just the way he sang certain lines in both ("It took the light absolutely forever to get to your eyes", the last "ain't it dark early", "They've changed all the lights and the bar's down the side") legitimately made me swoon. When I think of albums from the last 4-5 years that stuck with me, TBH+C always comes to mind. I can't praise this album enough, glad to see it hailed here.

@asiahd5074 3 года назад

When the album first came out, I HATED this album. I couldn’t get into it, but i gave it a few more listens and became one of my favorite album by the Monkeys!! This video made me appreciate and love it even more :)

@picklemaster5144 3 года назад

The album wasn't bad, it just didn't seem arctic monkeysish so it takes some getting used to, because it's hard to think that the band that made star treatment also made WPSIATWIN.

@jeimy.407 3 года назад

@@picklemaster5144 honesty

@gilbycoyote 3 года назад

I loved it from day one, but i had the feeling you described when humbug came out, i felt it was washed down. Although it’s not my favorite, i came to appreciate it around the time AM came out. I would also say TBHAC is my favorite album.

@camiloordonez4906 3 года назад

@@picklemaster5144 That's weird comment it would be lame and boring if it sounded as the same band. I don't know but the thing I love about Monkeys is their hability to evolve their sound very differently each album, this is their most radical change yes but it's not like the band hasn't characterized by changing sound with each album release.

@augustomadalengoitia 3 года назад

same

@sn0wwway 3 года назад

As a non-English-speaking boy, I've listened to this album and it has completely mature sound as it should be by their ages(some ppl out there haven't gotten that yet). Although I didn't understand all of the lyrics(which is sad), I liked it when it had released, cause I love huge transitions between genres and experiments by a band. The album has deep meanings and complaints about the present society(maybe), and it proves Alex's brilliance at songwriting! Hope someday, I'll get to the bottom of the lyrics, for good ofc

@chromberries7329 3 года назад

Haha, either Alex's lyrics are going to help you with your English, or completely confuse you. I'm a native speaker and sometimes he's just too British for me.

@AA-ki9qz 3 года назад

Im a non english speaker as well and sometimes i look up for the meanings of lyrics and oh boy im like daamnnnn this guy is a genius also because of arctic monkeys i learned more about british culture and accent so yeah love em.

@heatweve 2 года назад

same cause i usually pick the lyrics by ear, since tbch is not an easy one to listen (it's not catchy neither very intelligible as it has very atmospheric/ambient melodies) i didn't really caught up the meaning and thematic continuity behind the lyrics throughout the album

@samvlya 3 года назад

This album literally makes my quarantine year feel much better, couldn't imagine if this masterpiece doesn't exist.

@cassiamarocki 3 года назад

Totally me, I've been on a make-believe residency from the honeymoon suite of TBH&C for this entire pandemic 😂 😂

@odintheprole6068 3 года назад

TBH+C is genuinely amazing. I cannot tell you how many times I have listened to it beginning to end while smoking a J.

@anthonygroll8221 3 года назад

Best vibes

@MoniBahaa 3 года назад

Happy 420, man.

@juvecro 3 года назад

This is the way. My first listen, got home pretty late, high as a kite and a bit tipsy from a few beers, sank into my bed, put my headphones on and pressed play. I couldn't have picked better setting and LOVED the album on first listen, even tough it cought me off guard.

@sloaiza81 2 года назад

No one who knows music misunderstood a thing. It was brilliant upon release. And gets better like fine wine. Real artist evolve. I wouldn't expect less.

@joeabouassaly7960 3 года назад

This album is Beatles level. It is the next THE album. It's like bowie wrote Eagles "Hotel California". Just a masterpiece not yet appreciated. In the future when Arctic Monkeys become oldies, people will start to aknowledge it more. You feel as if you just you need it as a Vinyl and listen to it while having a drink.

@bernhardsonn8996 2 года назад

Nas Bro chill

@avelez1812 2 года назад

LOL it really isnt that good I promise you

@joeabouassaly7960 2 года назад

@@avelez1812 bruh art and music are an opinion. Thats my opinion now go karen to somebody else

@matthewrohner3743 2 года назад

I was one of the people who dismissed this album pretty quickly because it wasn't more of what I expected. As I was listening to the various snippets in this video, by the end I kept thinking "this sounds like where the Beatles might be if they could have stayed themselves through 2018." Vocals aside, of course, there's only one Alex Turner and only one McCartney (and unfortunately zero Lennons).

@joeabouassaly7960 2 года назад

@@matthewrohner3743 ma dude you are a legend

@OakRidgePunk777 3 года назад

This album rewards the daydreamers. I'm glad they came together and found such good material while in a creative rut.

@doctorwhat3683 3 года назад

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not was the album of my teenage years, it came out when me and my friends were 16 and it just epitomised that time for us. I actually knew them beforehand and we grew to be massive fans of them then, when a mate’s dad gave us a copy of Beneath the Boardwalk that we’d all take turns having (no idea who’s got it now, probably been sold off) and as Northerners it gave us something to just shout to and headbang. I can still sing every single word now. While their later stuff hasn’t grabbed me as much, I think in terms of those bands from the era (Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, Kasabian, etc.) they’ve done by far the best job of evolving and maturing as time goes on. TBH+C didn’t blow my mind, but I did appreciate it quite a damn bit because one of the most pivotal bands of my adolescence wasn’t just making reheats of their previous hits, or really even their more recent hits, they were making the album they wanted to make, and you’ve got to respect the lads for that.

@ryf772 3 года назад

I haven't heard the album, not really an Arctic Monkeys fan, but this beautifully-edited video had me intrigued.

@alex-coelho 3 года назад

same here m8

@josephdunn3757 3 года назад

Not really a Monkeys fan?! Have you heard the first 2 albums??!😲😲😲

@StratOnFire 3 года назад

Imagine that in the future there will be a real moon base hotel and people will listen to this record wondering how he predicted all this

@AA-ki9qz 3 года назад

This album makes u feel so artsy it actually helped me get more creative while drawing its just magical

@TWDxNM 3 года назад

Finally an appreciation for this album

@sjorsvanrijswijk358 3 года назад

four out of five is pure gold, i often wake up with that song in my head, and remains my soundtrack of the day. everytime that happens i'm over the moon.

@petroscardoso 3 года назад

The album is mesmerizing from min 0 to the end. A lot of fans resist to it for preferring a more Alt. Rock sound, but it's so unfair with the masterpiece that it is. It was my soundtrack of 2018, and I'll keep it with me forever

@gautub 3 года назад

I’ve been waiting for this video!! I believe humbug had the same negative reaction at first because it was different from the previous albums. Now humbug is almost everyone’s favorite so I hope in time TBHC will get the praise it deserves

@juliustan9647 Год назад

I think people didn't like it as much because the tone of the singing is not what we're used to. It's hard to sing along if you don't have it on repeat 24 7 . I find it especially magical during cold seasons , listening to Alex tell me a story over and over again. It's an acquired taste. Also, I'm loving the new singles that came out recently, it has similar flavors to tranquility base

@punkrockrules205 3 года назад

so we are not talkign about the fact that alex predicted the global pandemic? "as of march we moved it all online"

@1ouis1ouis 3 года назад

Alex actually wrote the guitar solos and the bass track on TBHC!

@selimcekir8621 3 года назад

really? the bass too? well that is kinda dissapointing.

@seankilburn7200 3 года назад

@@selimcekir8621 He writes most of it all on his own. The others do have some input though and are great musicians.

@loloskiller 3 года назад

he played drums on batphone too!

@loloskiller 3 года назад

@@selimcekir8621 I'm pretty sure he probably wrote some basslines for the first album

@manho1911 3 года назад

the bassline was the only thing i like on the album

@PsyFyFungi 3 года назад

Thank you for making this video. Haven't even watched yet, just so glad someone is giving this piece of art it's credit that it's due. Assuming it's TBHAQ, that is. Your videos are always quality, too. Thanks for showing more regarding AM. They deserve it, and you deserve credit for your work too.

@datix 3 года назад

When it came out, I didn't feel like it resonate with me, but after a year of pandemic isolation, it resonates so much better, I guess it's a record that you have to listen in an especial state of mind

@madelynrodriguez5283 3 года назад

the whole climax to the “one of the strokes” analysis was fucking brilliant

@ishakhalid3618 2 года назад

i know that was way too good

@subliimax Год назад

Four out of Five has an eerie similarity to Lou Reed’s “satellite of love” in cadence and tone at “take it it easy for a little while” and “I like to watch it for a little while, I like to watch things on tv”. While turner is looking down from above Reed is looking up to ponder the satellite. Has anyone stumbled on this?

@jacobarmstrong5308 3 года назад

I can't be the only one who hears a strong Bowie influence. Either intentionally or unintentionally.

@KyTaundry 3 года назад

I heard it too, which was kinda what threw me off listening to it fully when it came out, seemed like everyone got obsessed with Bowie only after he passed

@_Lord_of_Misrule_ 3 года назад

@@KyTaundry Alex has been a Bowie fan for a very long time though, he‘s been a constant influence over the years.

@daltontomkins5406 3 года назад

I'm guessing its intentional

@gpeddino 3 года назад

“The Ultracheese” is very reminiscent of Bowie’s “Five Years”.

@aperson9556 3 года назад

But Bowie did it so much better

@humanbeing4841 3 года назад

Being an Arctic Monkeys fan, when I first heard this album in 2018 I was amazed and thrilled with the new direction. I was so impressed with this album that I still to this day call it my favorite album by them. Being someone who favors more experimental and ambitious music, this album hit the nail on the head for me. I admire the band's willingness to take risks and polarize fans - the best bands always do.

@FolhetoGrena 3 года назад

They managed to make two of the best albums of the decade, TBHAC being a masterpiece that truly deserves eternal recognition

@kJ922-h3j 3 года назад

If you were old enough at the time, and in britain, those first two albums were so MASSIVE and had such a huge cultural impact in Britain (the biggest since Oasis in 1994) that why they have had good songs since, it’s just hard to really get passed them

@Ldoggmillionaire 2 года назад

The fact they AM have made fairly different sounded albums helped kept them great though. Oasis last few albums sound like a band that was inspired by morning glory and other brit pop going to make records that weren’t anywhere near as good as morning glory or definitely maybe

@chippy5933 2 года назад

This is one of the my favourite albums and rly one of their best Predicting the future on several tracks and leaving me speechless with the captivating guitar riffs, singing and even drumming in four out of five.

@custard-scream 2 года назад

yes, four out of five is my favourite!

@mymistake8214 2 года назад

Ultracheese has my heart and soul, and is the drunk ballad I always play whenever I see a piano

@pageturners8681 3 года назад

Amazing video , amazing album, absolutely love your infographics! When the album came out in May 2018, couldn't stop listening to it for practically the whole summer...

@caseyhamm4292 Год назад

this is my favorite arctic monkeys record that’s come out to date and i think part of the reason is because of the distinct lack of pop in it. i also love how their pandemic album came out two years before the pandemic

@alexi9847 10 месяцев назад

I showed TBH+C to my dad and he instantly pointed out how Alex sounded like early Bowie. He said that it was almost like he was a teenager again, but at the same time he mentioned how this album is so mature compared to their previous ones. It makes sense that a lot of Arctic Monkeys fans didn't like it, once they get older they will realize how much of a masterpiece TBH+C really is.

@simranwilasra2196 3 года назад

I LOVED this album when it first came out, but when speaking to people online and in real life I found many were disappointed with their new direction. But I guess they expected more AM or Humbug. I really did not understand where people were coming from then, and I'm happy to see more people appreciating it now.

@EasyInnit 3 года назад

Some albums are so ahead of their time that they don't get the love and appreciation deserve when released and overtime become historical pieces of art to inspire new generation of musicians, Misunderstood is that album

@alliewassogood9382 2 года назад

As soon as I heard it I loved it. I started playing it while I was cleaning my house and legitimately dropped what I was doing cause I felt like I just had to really listen and absorb it all. I personally feel like so many people didn’t just ‘not like the new sound’. I think it’s cause it makes you think. You have to pay attention or you’ll miss something. I swear this man’s brain is working on a different frequency than the rest of us.

@heicup1054 3 года назад

"he's a lost boy...who just wanted to be..." ofc, i know this album was a masterpiece since i was listening to the first line of Star Treatment

@478Johnnyboy 3 года назад

I feel like the album has a lot of gems on it. When I first initially heard it I wasn’t a fan of it but it later grew on me and I still play the album often.

@WillowXena 3 года назад

I have liked a few songs off this album over the last few years but I never truly understood the messages or where it was all coming from, this videos really helped put all the pieces together, I think I’ll enjoy listening to it a lot more now.

@vendokripy3309 3 года назад

This album is gold, its my favourite post-2010 album along with "The New Abnormal", we're seeing the most mature creations of the top rock band of this millennium, we all will remeber those albums as classics in a couple decades later.

@MrJvictorj 3 года назад

I remember the first time I listened to it. I was so dissapointed, because I was expecting something like AM and wasn't able to understand the album. After some time I realized just how good this album is. Such a masterpiece, just like this video :)

@fiscalizacaoletterboxd 3 года назад

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@MrJvictorj 3 года назад

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@catarinad1740 3 года назад

Arctic Monkeys are always looking forward to try something new. They've never been afraid of going to a different direction or changing their sound/writing process, and that's one of the reasons why their music is so amazing. "Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino" is such a great album and truly deserves to be known as a masterpiece. I hope they release more music this year

@themusicaljunkie37 2 года назад

I always thought "Tranquility Base Hotel..." was a proper sequel to "Humbug." In terms of experimentation and songwriting, it's like they are growing into their own sound. I always felt like "AM" was a step back from what they can accomplish.

@joshm7081 3 года назад

For me this album cemented Arctic Monkeys as the best artists of their generation. No other band can consistently evolve like them and stay brilliant. I love this album so, so much and the irony is that it hasn’t been well received by people who refused to give it a chance... maybe they were too busy on their phones to really take a trip. Does anyone even listen to proper albums any more? Maybe in a weird sort of way, that was the point Alex Turner was trying to make.

@harrisonrjjego 3 года назад

my favourite underrated youtuber and my favourite band's underrated masterpiece? i feel blessed

@ConcreteAtrocity 3 года назад

Damn, I was gonna make this video! Sort of glad you did it though, because the quality will be unprecedented!

@Camds1111 3 года назад

It's not even underrated nor overrated, it's just... perfect

@seankilburn7200 3 года назад

It did get quite a bit of hate though.

@incognisant7904 3 года назад

@@seankilburn7200 and a lot of people who disliked it now loves it

@yashkose3496 3 года назад

Just can’t skip any songs from this album 💿

@victorscarpes 3 года назад

This is the best Arctic Monkeys albun, no doubt. I've been driving arround listening to the score. Literally.

@lololopez503 3 года назад

wow didn't expect a video on this album. People should make more of them

@enormouslittlethings6893 3 года назад

Thank you! This is one of my all time favorite albums and is CRIMINALLY underrated. Excellent deep dive and quality video. 🤯

@RetroWez 3 года назад

I’ve always felt this album was vastly unappreciated, especially in terms of its lyrical narrative. Coming across this video was great! Fantastic work and well researched.

@Mega-ko2hb 2 года назад

7:55 I agree that the whole album is mostly overly poetic but that line from science fiction actually says something. The whole song is about people experiencing grand adventures through science fiction that sort of dumbs down big concepts. That line from the song is about how much of science fiction is also way too clever "for its own good" since the message rarely reaches people

@MartnoksasTO 3 года назад

I've been waiting for a video like this since the album was released

@Cyboogie 3 года назад

Masterpiece is right, one of my favorite albums of all time

@gold_fox2922 3 года назад

Still my favorite AM album. Big ups

@biancabeavis7198 2 года назад

The lyrics are terrifying and fascinating. He knows.

@fungus_am0nguz644 3 года назад

You know i remember catching them live twice on this album tour and thinking "wtf is this elevator music? Where's the ferocity, the rock n roll? They fell off" (ive been seeing them live since their 1album, which everybody loves) then out of the blue i decided to give this album a listen from top to bottom and man is it a good album, i also understand more were Alex was coming from not wanting to repeat the same stuff at "whatever plp say i am or FWN or even humbug" and i respect that from him....now in a live gig does it compare to the rawness, fun, crazyness of the first few records, nope, but im glad i gave tranquility a chance since i play it more often than the other records at home. He was 20 years old in that first album.

@timwilbur4387 3 года назад

Gained an entirely new love and appreciation for its prophetic atmosphere in a post-pandemic world "No one is on the streets, we moved it all online as of March" Is eerily accurate, goddamn this album is good.

@CeeJayDee94 2 года назад

fucking hell I had crazy respect for him (and the album) before this video, but my god he's the best thing to happen to music in 20 years. He'll go down with the greats. What an unbelievable talent.

@matthewdix9576 Год назад

this video stuck in my mind after I watched it a couple months ago, and when I was bored of my playlist I listened to the album, and have listened to it many times since without feeling like I need to skip song, each song flows so well to the next and it is a great musical piece that also does a great job of social commentary

@illletauntmaybreakmyback3912 3 года назад

i love how AM is the most knows album when my favorite is ether favorite worst nightmare or whatever people say i am that’s what i’m not

@loversspit 3 года назад

I've been waiting for this one! As always, the video editing is beyond incredible. Thank you Middle 8!

@Missjunebugfreak 3 года назад

I remember not loving TBH+C on my 1st listen, and then by the 3rd and 4th listen it fully clicked. Now it's my 2nd favourite Arctic Monkeys album. I have a feeling in a few years, more fans will appreciate just how great this album is. I'm glad they didn't make another AM.

@damonm1927 3 года назад

I've been going to bat for this record since it came out. Ecstatic to see more people doing it too recently

@liamriordan1204 3 года назад

The motion graphics in this are off the charts mate

@Billy-mf9en 3 года назад

I think the real genius part of this album is that Turner wanted it to pan out this way in how we all received it. All the other albums which I love btw didn't require a dig... TBH&C required a dig and treasure was found!!! Alot of fucking treasure. Salute you Alex

@fredman727 3 года назад

I loved that shit when it leaked. I remember listening to it for the first time by the rain and just dead at how good it actually was, holly fuck. So glad they didn't fuck up.

@maritrndal815 3 года назад

honestly wasnt shocked about their new sound at all. like, they've changed between every album post FWN. wouldnt be surprised if their next is a swing record