Suck It and See
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June 3, 2011 |
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Winter 2010/11 |
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| Label (s) | Domino Records | |||
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
40 min 11 s |
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Studio (s) |
Sound City Studios, Los Angeles |
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Suck It and See is the fourth studio album of British indie rock - band Arctic Monkeys . It was released on June 3, 2011 on the indie label Domino Records .
Creation and publication
Work on the new album began in early 2010 when front man Alex Turner started writing the songs. The recordings began in winter 2010 and lasted until the beginning of 2011. Sound City Studios in Los Angeles were chosen as the recording location. The chosen producer was James Ford , who had already worked as a producer on Favorite Worst Nightmare for the Arctic Monkeys .
The first video for the new album, Brick by Brick , was released on March 7, 2011, and the first details about the album were published three days later. A short time later, Matt Helders announced that Brick by Brick would not be the first single. On April 16, the first single, Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair , was released, but initially only as a limited edition with 1000 vinyl editions. The single was released in larger editions on May 30, 2011. The single reached number 28 in the British singles charts and stayed there for twelve weeks. On May 30, 2011, the album was released in advance on the SoundCloud online platform . The album itself was released on June 3, 2011 in Germany, on June 6, 2011 in Great Britain and a day later in the USA . In Great Britain, the album was able to enter the album charts at number 1.
Track list
| # | title | length |
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| 1. | She's Thunderstorms | 3:54 |
| 2. | Black Treacle | 3:35 |
| 3. | Brick by Brick | 2:59 |
| 4th | The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala | 3:00 |
| 5. | Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair | 3:03 |
| 6th | Library Pictures | 2:22 |
| 7th | All my own stunts | 3:52 |
| 8th. | Reckless serenade | 2:42 |
| 9. | Piledriver Waltz | 3:23 |
| 10. | Love is a laser quest | 3:11 |
| 11. | Suck It and See | 3:46 |
| 12. | That's where you're wrong | 4:16 |
reception
The album received mostly positive to average ratings from critics .
Andreas Bättig awards 4 out of 5 stars on laut.de and says that the album puts you in a good mood.
On plattentests.de the album gets 7 out of 10 points. Critic Thomas Pilgrim particularly praises the lyrics.
From Rolling Stone , the album gets 3.5 out of 5 stars. Critic Jody Rosen says Suck It and See is the band's best album to date.
Arne Janßen from cdstarts.de gets the album 6 out of 10 points. In his opinion, the album can be heard very well in one piece, but the real highlights are missing.
whiskey-soda.de gives it the school grade 1 and says that you couldn't bring out a better album.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine awards 3.5 out of 5 stars on allmusic.com and writes that the album sounds good, but that a real highlight is missing.
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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 United Kingdom (BPI)
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 platinum
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300,000 |
| All in all |
1 × platinum |
300,000 |
Web links
- Information and criticism on allmusic.com (English)
- Criticism on laut.de
- Criticism on plattentests.de
- Review on rollingstone.com
- Criticism on cdstarts.de
- Criticism on whiskey-soda.de
- Title list on hitparade.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Andreas Bättig: From the desert it goes to the Feel Good Beach. On: laut.de. Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ Information on allmusic.com (English). Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ Credits on allmusic.com (English). Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ "Brick By Brick" back to the 60s . On laut.de, March 7, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ Interview with Matt Helders (English). On: clashmusic.com. Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ Holly Firth: Arctic Monkeys Announce First Single From 'Suck It And See' . From: gigwise.com, March 31, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ Arctic Monkeys Announce New Single ... ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2011 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. (English). From: arcticmonkeys.com, March 31, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ a b Arctic Monkeys in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ↑ Arctic Monkeys stream new album 'Suck It And See' online . On: nme.com. Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ Thomas Pilgrim: All severe weather . On: plattentests.de. Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ Jody Rosen: Review on rollingstone.com (English), June 7, 2011. Accessed June 12, 2011
- ↑ Arne Janßen: Criticism on cdstarts.de. Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ Criticism ( Memento of the original from June 5, 2011 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. on whiskey-soda.de. Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Review on allmusic.com (English). Retrieved June 12, 2011
- ↑ Award in the United Kingdom
