Arctic Monkeys: Reflecting on AM

Arctic Monkeys: Reflecting on AM | 100 Best Albums

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Ай бұрын

Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys joins Zane Lowe FaceTime to discuss AM, the band’s timeless record just named one of our #100BestAlbums. Which tracks do you still have in heavy rotation?
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@74griffo Ай бұрын

What a band. What an album

@fantasypgatour Ай бұрын

Not a chance this is 100 best albums of all time though lol, would put 4 Arctic Monkeys albums ahead of it alone.

@YesNo-yl6ws Ай бұрын

@@fantasypgatourexactly lol

@harrisonrjjego Ай бұрын

don't be shy matt, drop the rock version of why'd you only call me when you're high

@dimenze99 Ай бұрын

Oh yesm i hope we will get it at some point!

@actualian Ай бұрын

That rock n roll eh??

@ZINXPHASMA1 Ай бұрын

It just never seems to go away

@JDE1995 Ай бұрын

When I think of the album AM, I always think of the Queens Of The Stone Age album Like Clockwork and vise versa. Two brilliant albums that came out months apart that I still go back to regularly. Also the fact that both Josh Homme and Alex Turner both appeared on each others album. I always feel a strong link between each album.

@Dani94Ultra Ай бұрын

Agreed, although Like Clockwork is far more depressing. Love them both.

@humbugg9353 Ай бұрын

YES!! I bought these two on CD at the same time cuz I was still driving a car that had a cd player at the time hahaha. Forever two of my favorite albums!

@jakubw.838 Ай бұрын

Josh produced Humbug and they're all basically really good mates. Josh sang on Humbug, Alex came up with the word "Kalopsia" for Like Clockwork, etc.

@bswalem Ай бұрын

I would argue that in many ways they're opposite. Arctic Monkeys simplified their sound to it's most basic elements on AM and Queens made their most ambitious and conceptual album with Like Clockwork. I do also feel like although AM is pretty great, it's amongst their weakest, and Like Clockwork is QOTSA's best.

@JDE1995 Ай бұрын

@@bswalem Yeah, the two albums are nothing alike. They just make me remember the time they both came out. I like the Arctics, but AM isn't their best. Queens are my favourite band, and as much as I love Like Clockwork, their most ambitious and one of my favourites was Era Vulgaris. But I think their best will always be Songs For The Deaf or Rated R.

@anthonyvizcarra9290 29 күн бұрын

Alex is Alex and deserves a lot of credit - but Zane has one of the greatest drummers of the modern era right in front of him and won’t stop going on about the guy’s best friend

@lulusheffield1884 12 күн бұрын

He’s more than Matt’s best friend - he’s the guy that wrote the songs on AM, lyrics and melodies, and he’s the front-man - there’s only so much non-drummers want to hear about drumming.

@bobertrobertson130 Ай бұрын

agree alex is great from writing different perspectives, it's like he's a new character every album but makes it feel authentic

@jameswaaard Ай бұрын

YES!!

@alicestbrt Ай бұрын

I think his real character is visible when he performs with tlsp

@lulusheffield1884 Ай бұрын

@@alicestbrt I think he is furthest away from his real self in TLSP and closest in The Car.

@alicestbrt Ай бұрын

@@lulusheffield1884 interesting - I def felt he was himself for the car too, but watching interviews of miles and Alex together makes me think his tlsp personality is v natural to him

@lulusheffield1884 29 күн бұрын

@@alicestbrt he is an enigma! I find it hard to reconcile the character who was interviewed with miles (and some of those interviews are embarrassingly bad) and the Al interviewed by Zane for the Car, who is sweet and modest and shy. He’s a method actor for sure - and the method involved stimulants for TLSP. As Matt says, he needed to leave that party!

@TheGora77 Ай бұрын

Matt so serious and relaxed at the same moment. Adore him so much. Great musician.

@Anna-iq4yq Ай бұрын

1) If AM has a spot, then I think WPSIA deserves a spot. 2) What is Zane waffling about. Of all of AM's albums, I wouldn't say that AM is a transient "moves and develops with you as you age" album. What new revelations do age give you about "Arabella" or "Why'd you only call me when you're high?" or "One for the road"

@yonatanrabin5091 Ай бұрын

100% agree, WPSIA is a way better album and even may be more iconic, also I think that favorite worst nightmare is better than AM but that may be just my opinion.

@Got2LoveAmerica Ай бұрын

Fr the dude was just yapping. AM is only relevant to people in their 20s 😂

@olliem40 Ай бұрын

@@Got2LoveAmericaif that mate. More like late teens just like their 1st & 4th album!

@user-qp1jn7cm3y Ай бұрын

1) I agree, but AM is their most 'successful' album and apple music thinks that is important 2) you are right. Other album is better, like 'Fluorescent Adolescent' in FWN

@kp-rv3ui Ай бұрын

@@Got2LoveAmerica I don't think Zane Lowe is in his 20s mate

@flyingpianos123 Ай бұрын

I would’ve put in Humbug but I know AM is the most popular

@hippiecheezburger5457 Ай бұрын

Sure it only took 700 listens of do I wanna know on fm radio for me to get the memo, sure lol

@user-qp1jn7cm3y Ай бұрын

Yea Crying Lightning is my favorite am song

@DeadxFr0g Ай бұрын

You cant put Humbug without putting Whatever people say I am thats what im not

@matthewbanton7077 Ай бұрын

@@DeadxFr0g you can, because it's a better album

@DeadxFr0g Ай бұрын

@@matthewbanton7077 Its not tho Humbug is mid with only a few good songs

@katiahachemi823 Ай бұрын

Favorite Worst Nightmare will always and forever be my favorite album. Thank You AM :D

@racheloconnell9060 Ай бұрын

WE LOVE MATT

@3rd_iimpact Ай бұрын

One of my favorite albums from them. Glad to see it mentioned.

@bobertrobertson130 Ай бұрын

If any of their albums deserves it it’d be their debut I think

@MrNorbo95 Ай бұрын

It's one of those where the debut is definitely 'better' but AM had the bigger impact on the world.

@Canela33 22 күн бұрын

@@MrNorbo95nah youre wrong, their debut REALLY had an impact on the uk youth at the time that came out, AM had more recognition worldwide, but not that kind of direct impact on society

@MrNorbo95 22 күн бұрын

@@Canela33 hahaha imagine thinking the most popular rock album of the past 20 years hasn’t had an impact on society 😂😂

@chrisdvsmith999 Ай бұрын

mad sounds, in your ear!

@ObiesieMaduegbuna Ай бұрын

best song on the album in my opinion

@marrvillegas 28 күн бұрын

@@ObiesieMaduegbuna FACTS, quite underrated

@nav84 Ай бұрын

AM is a great album from one of the best rock bands ever

@hippiecheezburger5457 Ай бұрын

No its not

@tobz4403 Ай бұрын

@@hippiecheezburger5457okay hippy cheeseburger brev

@YesNo-yl6ws Ай бұрын

Stop it

@samwebb1828 Ай бұрын

i completely agree with this, i listened properly for the first time in a while and mad sounds had such a beautiful aura that i could apply to moments i am experiencing in the my life

@zetas2968 Ай бұрын

Whatever people say should be on there. Way more electryfying, way better written, arranged and produced, band is tight as heck, just vicious amounts of energy all through out.

@jdg1251 Ай бұрын

Sick pfp

@zetas2968 Ай бұрын

@@jdg1251 thanks dude yours too, although not in love with the resistance 🤣 still decent though and the album cover is cool lol

@jdg1251 Ай бұрын

@@zetas2968 it's not my favourite muse record by a long mile, but the cover is just so beautiful!

@smokymountainangoras Ай бұрын

Every CD from this band is amazing !!!!! Love you guys 💐💐💐

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

Thanks Grandad

@macdevittr Ай бұрын

matt helders is an underrated legend

@superemepwr Ай бұрын

Classic album. One of the all time greats.

@chris-tw2rc Ай бұрын

Omggg mattyyy He’s so adorable i love this man so much

@scottelement Ай бұрын

One of THE best drummers of our era right here

@jazzycode Ай бұрын

AM is a classic.

@ivan_off 11 күн бұрын

wow, didn't check the 100 best albums list yet and didn't even know it's on there - but i keep revisiting this album from time to time, doesn't get old, i even randomly decided to make an instagram post about it recently after another listen :)

@RennieDJ Ай бұрын

Brilliant album!

@cloudnina_ Ай бұрын

love AM so much.. the band and the album. timeless! ❤

@stud105 Ай бұрын

Favourite worst nightmare is their finest work.

@TheChaserTV Ай бұрын

It’s a tough one between SIAS and Tranquility, for me

@olliem40 Ай бұрын

True! ‘That’s where you’re wrong’ is a timeless classic!

@AstroSully Ай бұрын

@@olliem40 too good man. Love is Laserquest is mindblowing. Alex's writing was at his peak there IMO.

@olliem40 Ай бұрын

@@AstroSullyironically that’s the only song off that album that I don’t have on my AM playlist 😅 I just find the pace too slow, depressing and the song quite predictable albeit the lyrics are fantastic.

@MrSylthas Ай бұрын

Great interviewer! Super interesting questions

@MrMishal03 Ай бұрын

So happy that this iconic, falsetto-spiced, feel good, chart topping, critically acclaimed, Mercury Prize nominated album is on the list 🖤 Far and away their best album in my humble opinion

@jdg1251 Ай бұрын

I would like to politely disagree. I think AM is great, but possibly my least favourite arctic monkeys record

@astroinnmusic Ай бұрын

Matt 👏 always so affable 👏 legend. Legendary album 🎉

@AP-hr8cq Ай бұрын

Humbug is the best and most important Arctic Monkeys album.

@star.treatment Ай бұрын

I feel like tbhc should have been in the list

@migueltorres8078 Ай бұрын

For me, it’s in the top 10 of best albums of all time. It’s an absolute masterpiece, and people don’t seem to see that. Hopefully, in the future it gets that recognition

@jdg1251 Ай бұрын

@@migueltorres8078 id say that's a bit of a stretch! Although it certainly is a runner up for best am record in my opinion, along with Humbug

@Rachel-dt7yt 23 күн бұрын

You should have asked Matt more about his drumming and his growth when playing different styles of drumming throughout the years

@leomationsyt8112 Ай бұрын

Words will not describe how much personal value Snap Out Of It and R U Mine have to me

@Skyla_stars 11 күн бұрын

Snap out of it will always be my favorite from AM album and one for the road

@MF-vt6si Ай бұрын

I always feel that the confidence of the sound of AM has an undertone of insecurity in the lyrics

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

Fascinating insight that! Profound stuff

@humorouswizard Ай бұрын

Exactly, songs like Do I Wanna Know, R U Mine, and Arabella are the soul, the sound that hooks people to the album/the feeling that hooks people onto love. While No. 1 Party Anthem and Mad Sounds are the heart of the album, they're both in the middle of the record, and they have a more honest look at the message of the album/the meaning of the search for love. 10/10 Amazing Album

@tilstrim2944 Ай бұрын

It’s my least favourite album from the band but I still love it, fireside is such a tune

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

Literally their worst song

@koccatsswhx 23 күн бұрын

ILY MATT HELDERSS 🥰🎀🫶

@pattiecartier Ай бұрын

Gift from God. This 4 blokes.

@jenieafendi4951 Ай бұрын

id like to see zane lowe interview julian casablancas again

@alenkaarya Ай бұрын

My fav album of all time! Such a masterpiece!

@kay3900 Ай бұрын

❤

@cadencecabrera 23 күн бұрын

😩

@chrishall7258 7 күн бұрын

It is the 18th most streamed album of all time, and looking at the list, the most streamed rock album ever

@olliem40 Ай бұрын

Humbug & The Car are their best albums for me.

@AstroSully Ай бұрын

Matt looks good

@lulusheffield1884 Ай бұрын

How is it that no one has anything to say about this great interview, and what Matt said, rather than just this pointless ‘yes it is, no it isn’t’, ‘I’m right, your wrong’?

@lulusheffield1884 Ай бұрын

‘You’re’ 😊

@piqueblinders7948 Ай бұрын

My only issue with AM is that One for the Road, Arabella and Knee Socks are so similar. Only needed one of them tbh

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback, I'm sure Zane will be straight on the phone to him to let him know @piqueblinders7948 could've done without those ones but otherwise OK.

@heisst Ай бұрын

it sort of hurt me that WPSIA doesn’t have a spot on the list

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

There is no hope for you. Not now, not ever.

@Nata83689 Ай бұрын

Wow, I can't believe it) Matt)😅

@funnypantshd150 Ай бұрын

what a band. extremely underrated by the strokes fanboys. SO versitile. wpsaitwin is the best album of all time

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

🤣

@EllaTurner-id2yn Ай бұрын

NEW ARCTIC MONKEYS INTERVIEWWW WHAAAAT!!!???

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

cringe

@EllaTurner-id2yn Ай бұрын

@@easyandy95 nice username buddy 🤡

@EllaTurner-id2yn 29 күн бұрын

@@easyandy95 says 'easy andy' 🤡

@marrvillegas 28 күн бұрын

i think tbhc deserves it more, but AM is wonderfult as well

@-cryforalex Ай бұрын

مدا اصدك 😭😭

@mrc5653 Ай бұрын

The Car

@MF-vt6si Ай бұрын

I wonder what Matt means with that having to ‘leave the party’ after being done with an album is more of a methaphor then you realize

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

Keep rubbing those last braincells together, you'll get there.

@MF-vt6si Ай бұрын

@@easyandy95 who hurt you

@lulusheffield1884 12 күн бұрын

He says it’s more than a metaphor, not more of a metaphor - he really had to leave the party. I suspect the party got out of hand on the LSP tour in 2016.

@DavidParker-cx1rh Ай бұрын

I would've put it at number 1 if it was up to me!

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

That's because your name is David. Your opinion is therefore redundant

@-lorenisonly Ай бұрын

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@bswalem Ай бұрын

Ironic they're interviewing Matt about an album in which he had to simplify and downplay his drum parts significantly. Each of the first three albums deserve this spot more than AM for countless reasons, one of which is that Matt's skill can really shine through.

@evanrichter3893 Ай бұрын

I’m a huge monkeys fan but am is not a top 100 album of all time. I honestly think it’s their second worst album lol

@jdg1251 Ай бұрын

Absolutely

@bswalem Ай бұрын

I agree. Only undercut by The Car imo (the second half of that album is so bland and forgettable)

@jdg1251 Ай бұрын

@@bswalem wdym it's filled with bangers!! Hello You is great, and Perfect Sense is possibly the best track in the album. The only song I find quite dull is Mr. Schwartz

@user-qp1jn7cm3y Ай бұрын

Imagine that you are rated higher than your 'idol' AM is perfect album.

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

60 years ago you would've been sectioned.

@harrybakewell-cx2xo Ай бұрын

Matts lost his accent xD

@rd-xv1xk Ай бұрын

letting the american accent slip 😭

@OperationBlueprint Ай бұрын

I don't know, I think of all the albums it has dated the most

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

Someone who isn't mentally handicapped

@domper4845 Ай бұрын

His accent has properly changed

@RV-vx9ek Ай бұрын

In what way?

@DMZ112 Ай бұрын

not really? he's always sounded like this

@domper4845 Ай бұрын

American twang

@lulusheffield1884 12 күн бұрын

@@domper4845 there isn’t the slightest hint of American twang!

@domper4845 12 күн бұрын

@@lulusheffield1884 no worries dawg

@hippierip6695 Ай бұрын

not even the best am album, and to place it over the velvet underground is fucking criminal

@panda-monium69 17 күн бұрын

They definitely did it for popularity’s sake. It’s a good album, but is it one of the greatest of all time?

@Dariusz-en5xm Ай бұрын

😀👌😺😺😺😺👏👏👏

@dan15000 Ай бұрын

AM was great but their first 2 albums were better and so was Everything You’ve Come To Expect

@timcallcott2450 Ай бұрын

Zane Lowe doesn’t a second person to conduct an interview.

@urbanzs Ай бұрын

INTERVIEW BILLIE EILISH NOW ZANE

@Francesco.v Ай бұрын

this album over fisrt of Velvet Underground is disgusting

@ericp8256 Ай бұрын

Zane always comes across as the most disingenuous, pretentious interviewer.

@Abhishek.Basnyat Ай бұрын

Tiktok ruined this album for me.

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

Tiktok has ruined the planet.

@stevencopeland1401 Ай бұрын

Candidate for the post overrated album of all time

@Vendetta1337 Ай бұрын

The whole list is a complete joke. AM isnt even their best album and even though I really like Arctic Monkeys, even their best album (which imo is their debut) shouldnt be in the top 100 best albums ever.

@easyandy95 Ай бұрын

Congratulations, you are in the top percentile in this comment section who isn't mentally handicapped

@khakisnowman1276 Ай бұрын

Worst AM album is AM

@suites.74 Ай бұрын

Its their worst album .... But still decent ... Great production and mix but wasnt colorful and energetic as their other work and I find being quirky and wild is better for them. Just my opinion.

@JohnGaltHasArrived Ай бұрын

Well, your opinion just sounds contrarian. Let me guess, you discovered Arctic Monkeys before they blew up?

@suites.74 Ай бұрын

@@JohnGaltHasArrived to me they blew up in 2006 on Myspace, so no. I caught them on Glastonbury.

@Danny-cc4fi Ай бұрын

It's not their worst but definitely not their best - their first two are astronomically clear of it

@suites.74 Ай бұрын

@@Danny-cc4fi my favourite is Humbug

@star.treatment Ай бұрын

Its mainstream but not their worst

@berkcavdar3520 28 күн бұрын

Arctic Monkeys is one of my favorite bands. AM is by far their worst album. So off-brand for them to make such a fake, pretentious album. I really don't get people at all.