AM (album)

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Arctic Monkeys studio album

Publication
(s)

September 6, 2013

admission

2012/2013

Label (s) Domino Records

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Indie rock , post punk

Title (number)

12

running time

41 min 43 s

occupation
  • Bass : Nick O'Malley

production

James Ford

Studio (s)

Sound City Studios, Los Angeles

chronology
Suck It and See
2011
AT THE Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
2018
Single releases
February 27, 2012 RU mine?
19th June 2013 Do I Wanna Know?
August 11, 2013 Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
December 9, 2013 One for the Road
January 28, 2014 Arabella
June 9, 2014 Snap Out of It

AM is the fifth studio album of British indie rock - band Arctic Monkeys . It was released on September 6, 2013 on the indie label Domino Records .

Creation and publication

The album was produced from August 2012 to June 2013, the executive producer was, as with the previous album, James Ford . The recordings were made at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles and at Studio Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree . Before the album was released, a total of three singles were released: RU Mine? was released on February 27, 2012, before only over a year later on June 19, 2013 with Do I Wanna Know? the introductory song was released. On August 11, 2013, Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? until the album itself was finally released on September 6, 2013, initially only in Australia. On September 9th it was published in Germany, France and Great Britain, and on September 10th it was also published in the United States.

Track list

# title length
1. Do I Wanna Know? 4:32
2. RU mine? 3:20
3. One for the Road 3:26
4th Arabella 3:27
5. I want it all 3:04
6th No.1 Party Anthem 4:03
7th Mad sounds 3:35
8th. Fireside 3:01
9. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? 2:42
10. Snap Out of It 3:12
11. Knee socks 4:17
12. I want to be yours 3:04

reception

The album received mostly positive reviews from critics .

Michael Schuh rated the album with full points on laut.de and placed it above the debut Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not . Rolling Stone's Jon Dolan gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars. It is the band's most American album, especially on the rhythmic level. Stephen Thomas Erlewine gives 4 out of 5 stars on allmusic.com and describes the album as unsuitable for a night on the road, but ideal for a night at home. The NME even considers the album to be the best of the decade so far and awarded it the highest rating with 10 out of 10 points.

successes

In the album charts, the album reached numerous top positions. It was number one in Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Great Britain, among others. It was number six on the Billboard 200 in the United States and number three in Germany.

With over 600,000 units sold, the album went double-platinum in the UK. It also received platinum in Ireland and Australia and gold in Belgium, Portugal and New Zealand.

It was named Best British Album at the BRIT Awards 2014 .

Sales and Awards

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 140,000
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) Gold record icon.svg gold 15,000
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 10,000
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Gold record icon.svg gold 50,000
Ireland (IRMA) Ireland (IRMA) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 15,000
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) Gold record icon.svg gold 25,000
Mexico (AMPROFON) Mexico (AMPROFON) Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold 90,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 15,000
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 15,000
Poland (ZPAV) Poland (ZPAV) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 20,000
Portugal (AFP) Portugal (AFP) Gold record icon.svg gold 10,000
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum 900,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg7 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg10 × platinum
2,305,000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Michael Schuh: From Internet Hype to Rock Gods in Eight Years. On: laut.de. Retrieved August 19, 2014
  2. Jon Dolan: Review on rollingstone.com (English). Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  3. Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Review on allmusic.com (English). Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  4. Mike Williams: Review on nme.com (English). Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  5. Chart placement in the United States, billboard.com.
  6. Chart placement in Germany, officialcharts.de.
  7. Certified Awards , bpi.co.uk
  8. Awards ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , irishcharts.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.irishcharts.ie
  9. Goud en Platina , ultratop.be
  10. ^ The Official NZ Music Charts , nztop40.co.nz.
  11. Award in Australia
  12. ^ Award in Belgium
  13. ^ Award in Denmark
  14. ^ Award in France
  15. Award in Ireland ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.irishcharts.ie
  16. Award in Italy
  17. ^ Award in Mexico
  18. Award in New Zealand
  19. ^ Award in Norway
  20. Award in Poland
  21. Award in Portugal
  22. ↑ Distinction in the United States
  23. Award in the United Kingdom