AM (album)
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Arctic Monkeys studio album | |||||||||||||
Publication |
September 6, 2013 |
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admission |
2012/2013 |
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Label (s) | Domino Records | ||||||||||||
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
41 min 43 s |
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occupation |
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Studio (s) |
Sound City Studios, Los Angeles |
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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 |
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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 |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Australia (ARIA) | 2 × platinum | 140,000 |
Belgium (BEA) | gold | 15,000 |
Denmark (IFPI) | gold | 10,000 |
France (SNEP) | gold | 50,000 |
Ireland (IRMA) | platinum | 15,000 |
Italy (FIMI) | gold | 25,000 |
Mexico (AMPROFON) | 3 × gold | 90,000 |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | platinum | 15,000 |
Norway (IFPI) | gold | 15,000 |
Poland (ZPAV) | platinum | 20,000 |
Portugal (AFP) | gold | 10,000 |
United States (RIAA) | platinum | 1,000,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 3 × platinum | 900,000 |
All in all |
7 × gold 10 × platinum |
2,305,000 |
Web links
- Information and criticism on allmusic.com (English)
- Criticism on laut.de
- Review on rollingstone.com
- Review on nme.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michael Schuh: From Internet Hype to Rock Gods in Eight Years. On: laut.de. Retrieved August 19, 2014
- ↑ Jon Dolan: Review on rollingstone.com (English). Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Review on allmusic.com (English). Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ↑ Mike Williams: Review on nme.com (English). Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ Chart placement in the United States, billboard.com.
- ↑ Chart placement in Germany, officialcharts.de.
- ↑ Certified Awards , bpi.co.uk
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Goud en Platina , ultratop.be
- ^ The Official NZ Music Charts , nztop40.co.nz.
- ↑ Award in Australia
- ^ Award in Belgium
- ^ Award in Denmark
- ^ Award in France
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Award in Italy
- ^ Award in Mexico
- ↑ Award in New Zealand
- ^ Award in Norway
- ↑ Award in Poland
- ↑ Award in Portugal
- ↑ Distinction in the United States
- ↑ Award in the United Kingdom