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Suck It and See, Arctic Monkeys fourth album, features 12 songs produced by James Ford at the legendary Sound City Studios in Los Angeles. With Suck It and See the band perfectly mesh their hard and soft sides. The album is lyrically their most verbose since their record-breaking debut Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. From shimmering opener "She's Thunderstorms" to the brilliantly buoyant "Black Treacle" through to perfect closer "That's Where You're Wrong," Alex Turner brings an articulate melodic swagger to the proceedings.
Suck It & See Reviews
Suck It & See Reviews
| 37 of 39 people found the following review helpful  Not For Everyone - But Good Nonetheless, By Gentlegiantprog "Kingcrimsonprog" (England) - See all my reviews This review is from: Suck It and See (Audio CD) The Arctic Monkeys rose to prominence with a style of music that was fairly upbeat, lively and more rock orientated and with each new album they move further away from their early template, shedding fans with each new release along the way.With the band's previous album, Humbug, the music became more difficult and experimental, with production duties being handled in part by legendary QOTSA/Kyuss musician Josh Homme. For fans who were very turned off by Humbug, this latest album, Suck It And See is not the glorious return to the style of their debut album that you may be hoping for. The musical direction suggested by excellent single `Don't Sit Down `Cause I Moved Your Chair,' and the drummer-singing pre-release track `Brick By Brick,' may have been misleading as the overall tone is less rock orientated than previous Arctic Monkeys material. The album rather, is a mixture of the slower, more ballad style material such as Alex's solo work... Read more 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful  The Monkeys at Their Finest, By jsf1189 "doc4e" (Somerset, CA United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Suck It and See (Audio CD) The Monkeys debut LP's claim to greatness was derived from the ability of Alex Turner to deliver a certain cleverness, a unique obsession to detail, and British cheek that on one level told the story of a drunken night in Sheffield from the viewpoint of twenty one year old locals. The story progressed in the critiques of their subsequent albums "Favourite Worst Nightmare" and "Humbug", with the main focus of the reviews of critics being Turner's lyricism. With "Suck It and See" Turner's lyrics were my initial reasoning that this is indeed the group's best album, but after several dozen listens I have come to realize what makes their new album my favorite album of 2011 is not that Alex Turner has earned the title of the premier lyricist of current music, but that the band as a whole has hit their peak."She Thunderstorms" presents drummer Matt Helders making his presence first known on the album in a signature pounding, attacking drum lead in. Critically, Helders has been... Read more 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful Beautiful Album, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Suck It and See (Audio CD) This album marks the newest transition of the Arctic Monkeys. Away goes the psychedelic influenced "Humbug" to the soothing, mellow "Suck it and See." I highly recommend that anyone who is turned off by this album at first to listen to it several times before making a decision. |
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