Favorite Worst Nightmare

Favorite Worst Nightmare
Arctic Monkeys studio album
Publication (s)	April 20, 2007
Label (s)	Domino Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Indie rock
Title (number)	12
running time	37:34
occupation	Vocals / guitar: Alex Turner Guitar: Jamie Cook Electric bass: Nick O'Malley Drums: Matt Helders
production	James Ford , Mike Crossey
Studio (s)	The Garden Studio (Miloco Studios), Eastcote Studios, Konk Studios, Motor Museum
chronology Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) Favorite Worst Nightmare Humbug (2009)

Favorite Worst Nightmare is the second studio album by the British band Arctic Monkeys . Before its worldwide release, it was released in Japan on April 18, 2007. The title of the album comes from a line from "D is for Dangerous".

After Andy Nicholson left, it was the Arctic Monkeys' first album with new bassist Nick O'Malley.

Track list

Text and music were written by Alex Turner unless otherwise noted.

1. "Brianstorm" - 2:50 (single release, video by Huse Monfaradi)
2. "Teddy Picker" - 2:43 (single release, video by Roman Coppola)

   The title "Teddy Picker" refers to a mechanical game in which soft toys and other objects are to be grasped with a gripper arm controlled by the player. The song contains a reference to "Save a prayer" by Duran Duran .

3. "D is for Dangerous" - 2:16
4. "Balaclava" - 2:49
5. "Fluorescent Adolescent" (Text: Alex Turner, Johanna Bennett) - 2:57 (single release, video by Richard Ayoade)

   Turner wrote the lyrics with his ex-girlfriend about people at their former school.

6. "Only Ones Who Know" - 3:02
7. "Do Me a Favor" - 3:27
8. "This House is a Circus" - 3:09
9. "If You Were There, Beware" - 4:34
10. "The Bad Thing" - 2:23
11. "Old Yellow Bricks" (Music: Alex Turner, Jon McClure) - 3:11
12. "505" - (4:13)

    Contains a sample from Ennio Morricone's Two Glorious Scoundrels and, according to Turner, is the band's first real love song. Miles Kane, with whom Turner later formed the band The Last Shadow Puppets , plays additional guitar at 505 .

"Da Frame 2R" (2:20) and "Matador" (4:57) were bonus tracks from a Japanese edition.

Media response

Style description

The second work of the Arctic Monkeys was also associated with sonic models such as The Libertines and The Strokes , but also with The Jam , The Clash and The Smiths .

Critical appraisal

“Favorite Worst Nightmare” received a metascore of 82. laut.de awarded 4/5 points and praised the fact that the band did not make it easy for themselves to copy the successful predecessor and only satisfy expectations, but rather possibly less catchy songs created. That is "worthy of all honor." ( Mathias Möller : Arctic Monkeys: Favorite Worst Nightmare)

The NME described Favorite Worst Nightmare as the most anticipated album since The Stone Roses ' second album , but which could meet expectations. The album was certified as great and got 9/10 points. Q said that not only had the songs gotten better, but also their performance. The Guardian awarded full marks with 5/5 points and placed the band at the top of their own and every other league. The Spex praised the album as "successful Nachwurf with simultaneous musical extension." ( René Hamann : Arctic Monkeys - Favorite Worst Nightmare)

However, there was also criticism. So put Plattentests.de found that Favorite Worst Nightmare neither the sense of invincibility radiating the debut album, the band still significantly new had occurred. Noripchord noticed raging and enthusiasm, but was unable to find much substance and only awarded 4/10 points.

statistics

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Favorite Worst Nightmare   DE 2 05/07/2007 (1 week)   AT 6th 05/04/2007 (8 weeks)   CH 6th 05/06/2007 (14 weeks)   UK 1 05/05/2007 (48 weeks)   US 7th 05/12/2007 (7 weeks)

Singles

Brianstorm   DE 64 04/30/2007 (3 weeks)   UK 2 04/14/2007 (13 weeks) Fluorescent Adolescent   DE 68 07/23/2007 (3 weeks)   UK 5 05/05/2007 (29 weeks) 505   UK 74 05/05/2007 (1 week) Teddy picker   UK 20th 12/15/2007 (8 weeks)

Commercial win

On the first day after its release, Favorite Worst Nightmare sold 85,000 copies in the UK, making the album the fastest-selling album of the year there. The album sold more than the rest of the top 20 combined in its first week. Because of the general excitement about the Arctic Monkeys, 18 songs by the band made it into the top 200 of the UK charts this week . Overall, it could not quite match the 360,000 sold records of the debut album, which sold 118,501 copies on the first day. Also in terms of pre-orders, the album was the best-selling album of 2007 in the UK.

In the US, the album sold 44,000 copies in the first week, surpassing the success of the debut by 10,000 copies.

Awards

The album went double platinum in the UK and platinum in Canada, as well as in Germany, France, Italy and Brazil. “Favorite Worst Nightmare” was named Best British Album at the 2008 Brit Awards . In the same year the Arctic Monkeys also won the award for best British band. “Favorite Worst Nightmare” was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Music Prize , but couldn't prevail against the Klaxons' album “Myths of the near future” .

Also in the annual ranking of the NME, “Favorite Worst Nightmare” had to admit defeat to the Klaxons and took second place. In the Musikexpress readers poll , the album took fourth place, while in the editorial review of the year it was seventh. The album took 21st place in the Spex reader poll and the intro 14th place in the reader poll .

Published in the ranking of the best British album of all time, the Q in May 2008, took "Favorite Worst Nightmare" 42nd place in the annual list of Mojo album was ranked 4 and Uncut at No. 2. In Jahrespoll of spinning it reached 19th place and 65th place in the Village Voice's 2007 Pazz & Jop Poll .

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	2 × gold 3 × platinum	1,035,000

Web links

• Favorite Worst Nightmare on Allmusic (English)
• Favorite Worst Nightmare on last.fm (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Simon Bartz: Planet of the apes on japantimes.co.jp (English)
2. ↑ Insiders' guide to Arctic Monkeys on bbc.co.uk (English)
3. ↑ Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm video ( Memento from November 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Video on youtube.com (English)
5. ↑ Teddy Picker by Arctic Monkeys (English)
6. ↑ Warp News August 2007 ( Memento from November 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Warprecords.com (English)
7. ↑ Fluorescent Adolescent by Arctic Monkeys (English)
8. ↑ 505 by Arctic Monkeys on songfacts.com (English)
9. ↑ Arctic Monkeys - Favorite Worst Nightmare ( Memento from August 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on themodernmusic.com (English)
10. ↑ Arctic Monkeys: Favorite Worst Nightmare (2007) on metacritic.com (English)
11. ^ Mathias Möller: Review on laut.de
12. ↑ Review on nme.com (English)
13. ↑ Q, May 2007, p. 115 (English)
14. ↑ Jon Savage : Review on guardian.co.uk (English)
15. ↑ René Hamann: Review ( memento from September 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on spex.de
16. ^ Daniel Gerhardt: Review on Plattentests.de
17. ↑ Review on noripcord.com (English)
18. ↑ musicline.de: Chart tracking / Arctic Monkeys / Longplay ( Memento from May 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on February 3, 2010
19. ↑ musicline.de: Chart tracking / Arctic Monkeys / Single ( Memento from January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on February 3, 2010
20. ↑ austriancharts.at: Discographie Arctic Monkeys.Retrieved on February 3, 2010
21. ↑ hitparade.ch: Discography Arctic Monkeys.Retrieved on February 3, 2010
22. ↑ Favorite Worst Nightmare in the Official UK Charts (English)
23. ↑ billboard.com: Arctic Monkeys Album & Song Chart History.Retrieved February 3, 2010 (English)
24. ↑ Arctics album flies off shelves on bbc.co.uk (English)
25. ↑ Arctic Monkeys LP Is Best Seller On Release  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on lifestyleextra.com (English)  
26. ↑ Arctic Monkeys - Billboard gets worst nightmare on contactmusic.com (English)
27. ↑ IMPALA SALES AWARD WINNERS: June 2005 - September 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on impalamusic.org (English, .pdf file). Retrieved September 12, 2012  
28. ^ The clearers of the Brit Awards 2008 ( memento of April 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on mtv.de.
29. ↑ Klaxons scoop Mercury album prize on bbc.co.uk (English)
30. ↑ NME Albums Of 2007 ( Memento from December 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
31. ↑ Musikexpress, March 2008, p. 43 (see annual charts (Musikexpress), 2007 at indiepedia.de)
32. ↑ Musikexpress, January 2008 (see annual charts (Musikexpress), 2007 at indiepedia.de)
33. ↑ Reader Charts 2007: The 50 Most Important Albums ( Memento from January 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
34. ↑ Annual charts (intro), 2007 at indiepedia.de
35. ↑ Readers Best British Albums Q Readers Best British Albums on rocklistmusic.co.uk (English)
36. ↑ MOJO End Of Year Lists: 2007 on rocklistmusic.co.uk (English)
37. ↑ Uncut 50 Best Albums Of 2007 on rocklistmusic.co.uk (English)
38. ↑ Spin End of Year Album List: 2007 on rocklistmusic.co.uk (English)
39. ↑ Pazz & Jop End of Year Critics' Polls: 2007 on rocklistmusic.co.uk (English)
40. ↑ Award in Australia
41. ↑ Award in Japan
42. ↑ Award in the United Kingdom