The ARCTIC MONKEYS' Misunderstood Masterpiece

[@brunovazquez1]

My favorite line, “ I launch my fragrance called integrity, I sell the fact that I can't be bought”.

[@lindalangue]

the most elegant and sophistcated lines that i ever heard

[@rafjanssen8404]

Still got pictures of friends on the wall. I suppose we aren’t really friends anymore. Maybe i shouldn’t ever have called that thing friendly at all…..

[@SkywalkerSam64]

That's because it was horrible in the secret space program when the *Nachtwaffen* still reigned. Every single song on this album is all about experiences in the secret space program (SSP) that you can enter anytime if you're just famous or wealthy enough! That's 100% clear. The Strokes, sidenote, have been in there as "guests" ever since 2001! Like _everyone_ who made the big money.

[@bowel_movement]

@@SkywalkerSam64 Yikes, you nutters are getting nuttier by the day.

[@subliminalhotellyn_tbhc6036]

Me too

[@houseofleaves126]

If they don’t release new music this year, the world is unjust.

[@benjaminwoodruff8841]

i think they might of broken up but don’t quote me on that

[@santiagobauza4257]

They're in the process of writing the album, they were going to start to do so last year but lockdown happened. My bet is that we'll see a new album out in 2022 or 2023.

[@98cjnixon]

@@benjaminwoodruff8841 they definately haven't broken up they said after tranquility base that they have another album in the works

[@neph3le]

@@benjaminwoodruff8841 no they haven't??

[@yassinesobh4165]

@@benjaminwoodruff8841 actually their drummer confirmed they are working on something in January

[@corah3544]

The line “No ones on the street, we’ve moved it all online as of March” still has me convinced that this album is actually a misplaced historical work from years in the future. How did he know? HOW

[@arsenalrocka16]

shit dude that's a good point lmao

[@joshuajames2318]

‘The whole thing may well just end up too clever for its own good’…this man knew all along

[@eclectic505]

"Highlight dangers and send out hidden messages" from "Science Fiction"!!

[@ecstasy3692]

really adds onto that futuristic element

[@DudeSilad]

Unless he's alluding to the Ides of March. When in the Roman calendar, all your debts need to be paid.

[@milamnalili5772]

They refused to recreate another forced version of AM and went for a new refreshing yet risky path. This album is such a valuable addition to their album collection! Alex is mad genius

[@theevilloafers5235]

Sorta like what happened to SIAS.

[@little2wildinthe70s]

It really blows my mind how many little details he included in the lyrics that all make sense in the end. He's 100% one of the best lyricists this world has ever seen

[@SkywalkerSam64]

It only makes any sense when you consider the Monkeys have been guests in the secret space program eventually. _Without_ relating every single song's lyrics to this fact, they make 0% sense!

[@garmen-]

@@SkywalkerSam64 wtf is the secret space program and why should I care about it

[@SkywalkerSam64]

@@garmen- Look into _Gary McKinnon_ who hacked into NASA and found all these ranks of space-officers that do not make sense without interstellar travel! He was pursued for publishing this by federal law for the following 10 years! The Secret Space Program (SSP) is a program, where people with specific psionic abilities get taken away from their normal life & do service in space for many years. Have you ever wondered about the _moving stars_ you may see when you watch the sky every night?? These are the ships of _Solar Warden_ , funded by the Black Navy, who guard our solar-system! They run bases on Mars and the moon, which were inherited by the *_Nachtwaffen_* , the infamous secret space program of the post-Nazis. (The Swastika on the dark side of the moon... 🌑) Alex Turner must've been there, if you consider all this, his texts about the "tranquility base" make total sense...

[@garmen-]

@@SkywalkerSam64 Oh, I get it. You’re insane.

[@SkywalkerSam64]

@@garmen- Oh, I get it. You're a vacc×××ined!!! 👎🏻👎🏻 // Block. Persecution initiated! 🦗🛸🏴

[@fernandogouvea6498]

Also has that prophetic "We moved it all online as of march" lyric.

[@umey3445]

Was listening to this the other week and chuckled at this too

[@claireeckhardt4472]

I seriously can’t get over that

[@jennifersparks5890]

Yes! I love singing that line now!!

[@SelcanKarimli]

this one is scary

[@zkrhmn]

Once tours start again and they do interviews I bet he'll be asked about that by everyone lmao

[@himagnamukherjee9382]

The album was a masterpiece, it just took the light absolutely forever to get to everyone's eyes.

[@Khryzpawer]

Underrared comment

[@barje.waffles5461]

I see what you did there... nice.

[@cassiamarocki]

This is the best comment on KZbin. Fact.

[@frannyfaderlake]

love this comment.

[@sumedha04]

Facts

[@shubhmathur5589]

1st Listen - Meh 3rd Listen - Brilliant 5th Listen - Freaking Legendary

[@houseofleaves126]

6th: All hail the might Alex

[@LeonardoNicolasNiqqo258]

Same thoughts

[@ezlu77]

Exactly

[@rachelin1825]

FACTS

[@bellamy6086]

for REAL

[@ahdianee]

It’s disappointing how underrated this album is thus we won’t be able to hear much from it during their ongoing tour. star treatment is such a masterpiece to me I would give anything to witness it live :(

[@aspiring_bean2665]

We do get quite a bit from it to be fair, they often play One Point Perspective, Four Out of Five, The Ultracheese and TBHAC :)

[@saltebananer3358]

On the tour now they play four out of five and star treatment

[@Cheetomelito]

I was at the Athens release live today sadly I believe they only played a max of three songs from tranquility base hotel and the car, still amazing to see live though, I'd say they sound better live even

[@warpspeedchics]

@@aspiring_bean2665 SAW ULTRACHEESE LIVE GODBLESS 🙏

[@WiloPolis03]

This album's transitions are so damn *smooth.* Makes them feel like they're all in one single studio session.

[@harrisonjackkauder8260]

Holy crap the way that this was edited is amazing

[@critter8132]

THAT'S WHAT IM SAYIN

[@bondonvinyl7603]

Really is a slick video to be fair

[@sundogsun]

HE ALWAYS HAS THE BEST EDITS HOLY FUCK

[@louistaylor-hall3661]

No it was annoying

[@seankilburn7200]

It was very well put together

[@romancarp6427]

"I swim with the economists, and I get to the bottom of it for good" every line in this album is beautifully ironic and self aware

[@olliethompson9252]

What do you MEAN you haven't seen maze runner ⁉️

[@r_eeese]

@@olliethompson9252 genuinely dont know if this comment is a joke or not

[@rick8575]

I just wanted to be one of the Strokes 😌

[@NormanWasHere452]

Can you elaborate on that line?

[@joerandl9252]

Cheeeesebuurrrgerrr

[@kingado1149]

It makes me laugh when people say "why don't they sound like they did in their first album". I mean come on, they are in their 30s now. Their first album was made when they were basically teenagers. They grew up. Peoples tastes change as they grow up. It would be so corny if they were still writing songs like "i she looks good on the dancefloor" and songs about teenage angst. They evolved musically and are also mature men now.

[@audiofunkdialect]

Plus they still have all of that music to play.

[@JakeFarley]

most of those early songs were written when alex was 16 or maybe even earlier, i don’t understand why people expect him to be in that songwriting mindset 15 years later

[@Nicknoise]

They can’t all be blink-182

[@ethanbacarella]

I just want 35 year old Alex Turner to write another song about hooking up / getting kicked out of the club, is that... too much to ask 😭😭😭

[@mylesdlm]

@@ethanbacarella that's not too much to ask...too less, maybe hahaha it felt to me like this album is a proof of transcendence in Alex's creativity. I've considered this album a masterpiece after my first listen (and i didnt even know all these stuff from this video). I feel like i'm a different person when i listen to it.

[@charlie3122]

Finally, someone that actually talks about how important this album is for humanity itself, we really are lucky to live in The Arctic Monkeys era

[@alibektas8934]

I think by now it's safe to say that Alex Turner is a musical genius.

[@AA-ki9qz]

Facts.

[@parkesy7461]

He’s good but he’s not quite that good

[@sylvan3606]

@@parkesy7461 why not he is a hell of a writer

[@parkesy7461]

@@sylvan3606 I’m gonna just mention this album as reference. First his lyrics are clever, yet his vocal and musical range is either to formulaic or just not wide/ risky enough and with his vocal range hardly varying he uses dramatic backing notes to cover that fact, yet doing this just doesn’t quite work with his voice. Some of his hooks are a bit too clunky especially ‘tranquility base and casino’ and I’ve just seen many artist do this approach better. This was very critical I don’t hate Alex it’s just not quite genius.

[@bencleners6655]

@@parkesy7461 maybe… 4 stars out of 5?

[@mouserat31]

This album’s all about the wry and witty lyricism coupled with lush, swanky instrumentation. Really makes you feel like you’re some rich, fur-wearing space yuppie who’s down on his luck in a ritzy but cramped moon resort in both 1963 and 2098 simultaneously.

[@cassiamarocki]

I'm not a native english speaker, so I just learned a ton of adjectives from you comment 😂😂 Had to google translate it first. Nice writing!

[@mouserat31]

@@cassiamarocki thanks!

[@nyeletimahange5993]

Amazing comment.

[@agathadelacruz6689]

lmao somehow u explained alex’s lyricism

[@AlvaroCTV]

This is the best TBH&C summary possible. Props, man.

[@zephyrgolem]

Finally, someone who understands that just because it’s different from anything they’ve doesn’t mean that it’s bad or lost their way. I love the feeling of transportation that the album gives when you listen to it.

[@HectorTWE]

No critical listener thinks it's bad just because it's "different", they just do not enjoy the sound of it and that's a very valid metric by which to form a personal opinion on any album or song. If you sing me the entirety of 1984 backed by mediocre instrumentation and melodies, I won't enjoy it no matter the supposed greatness of the words being sung.

[@AdrianRP1995]

@@HectorTWE Yeah, that's exactly what I think about the album. I like the effort and thought put into the album, but the general impression that it passes on to me is that it kind of misses the point it pursued.

[@paschipaschipaschi]

The underlying problem in the Rock/Hard Rock/Heavy Metal community is that when bands try something new, the fandom automatically reacts with ignorance towards the bands and ridicules them for experiencing new sounds etc. Take for example Bring Me The Horizon's "That's the spirit", because the direction BMTH went was too poppy for the Heavy Metal fandom but too rock for the Popfans, so consequently disapproval on both sides of the spectrum. But in its core, That's the spirit is a fantastic project cause people need to learn to accept other people's change. Back to Arctic Monkeys, even AM was hated by the AM-Fandom because of being too poppy and not of the likes of Arctic Monkeys' previous British Garage Band Styled Rock. With TBHAC they even went further away from that type of rock and were even more ridiculed for that direction, but as always: PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF CHANGES!

[@prodICYN]

@@paschipaschipaschi maybe you are right, but at the same time, you gotta understand that most people don't listen to arctic monkeys *BECAUSE* they are arctic monkeys, myself included, and they're prolly my favorite rock band of all time, we listen to it because we like the songs they produce, that's it. Meaning that if they produce a song that we *don't* like, we won't like it, simple as that. Change is good, but just because someone dislikes the change doesn't make him in the wrong. AM have always changed their style, so it ain't surprising, but maybe, just maybe, people simply don't like the new style? Are we forced to enjoy what we don't enjoy? No, if I don't like their new music, imma say it, at the same time, that doesn't mean I don't respect them wanting to change, I just don't like the change in question

[@trevordark2185]

@@prodICYN But you are speaking as a consumer. From the perspective of the band such sci-fi unusual album is an outstanding move to escape from the "Succes of 2013 AM" trap and they did very well.

[@matt.fromtheinternet]

Arctic Monkeys in 2013: let's make the hottest, grittiest indie album of the decade Arctic Monkeys in 2018: what if it was in s p a c e ? ? ?

[@cinemaspire7258]

I've heard many descriptions for the AM album, gritty, though?

[@badgasaurus4211]

@@cinemaspire7258 Yeah isn’t it their most polished record?

[@lostmyedge_]

AM ain't gritty in the slightest

[@sundogsun]

@@badgasaurus4211 it literally is their most polished record - all the grease none of the grit

[@fideebawa]

I think op meant gritty aesthetic wise - the greaser, which the album seems to be based on, is a subaltern, working-class "gritty" culture. So yes, AM is polished aurally but based on that kind of hard man, working-class image

[@arabella1031]

*” dancing in my underpants, I’m gonna run for government”* Perfect

[@janbarenkatapult7552]

and literally the line from golden trunks

[@janbarenkatapult7552]

the leader of the free world wears golden trunks, so logically turner runs for gv in his underpants

[@internetexplorer3317]

This album seems designed for the patient listener. Turner wanted to be appreciated for his music, not just for his voice or sex appeal by teenage girls who discovered him through AM. So he wrote something genuinely meaningful and infinitely thought provoking, rather than just mainstream hype to get easy money.

[@AndersonCriativo]

Agree

[@logan4x6]

“Two shows a day, four nights a week… Easy money…”

[@rubinM47693]

Totally agree

[@ziggyu3667]

i listened to this album for a year straight and nothing else. This is truly the documentary no one, unfortunately, saw.

[@lexibroening1474]

Ok literally same

[@Revealingstorm.]

Man that would drive me crazy I like listening to so much different shit.

[@SkywalkerSam64]

It's all about experiences in the secret space program (SSP) that you can enter anytime if you're just famous or wealthy enough! That's 100% clear. The Strokes, sidenote, have been in there as "guests" ever since 2001! Like _everyone_ who made the big money.

[@garmen-]

How tf do you listen to one album and nothing else for even one week straight let alone a year?

[@andreeadobre3190]

I was obsessed with it for a couple years, only the pandemic depression stole me from it. In fact it's their album that got me from casual fan to super fan. So happy I got to see them live this past week end, still a bit sad I didn't catch the TBHC tour though.

[@kyletate3199]

Thank you, finally. I've spent the last 3 years defending this album I think its the best thing they've done and I've been listening since favourite worst nightmare

[@patriciofernandez2711]

Me too! Everyone clings to their first two albums' "signature" sound but this left-field masterpiece is so good that it redifined the identity of the band for me. I now think of them as the spacey psych rock band rather than the punk kids who made WPSIATWIN.

[@cameronpritchett7512]

I've loved every album the arctic monkeys have released, except this album. It's boring. It sounds like one never ending boring song. His vocals are extremely uninspired. Maybe if he had released this as a solo record I would have thought more of it but as an arctic monkeys album its terrible

[@DaniLedesma16]

@@cameronpritchett7512 damn, you really don't know what are you talking about.

[@yesno9834]

@@DaniLedesma16 I agree with the above. I’m a MASSIVE Arctic Monkeys fan, I have been from the very first time I heard their unreleased stuff from even before their first album... but, I just can’t get into this album as a whole. Don’t get me wrong, there’s certain songs and certain bits in songs I like, but as a whole I just can’t give it the undying love I’ve given all their previous work. The beautiful thing with music though is that there’s no right or wrong opinion, it’s all subjective. I appreciate someone might listen to the album and hear it completely different to mines.

[@charliejoseph6465]

You mean you’ve not listened to their debut?!

[@nilsrodas6967]

Four out of five it's one of the best songs I've heard in my life, the last minute and a half it's pure magic

[@jackfinnian2064]

It’s is amazing

[@MD-ik8lj]

It is the best song I've heard in my life!

[@WiloPolis03]

Lukewarm take, I feel the finale gets stretched out a bit too long, still a banger tho

[@user-lr1rt3sz9u]

@@WiloPolis03 yet it could last an hour and i'd still hear it cause it's fucking fire

[@cynical182]

TLSP’s “Everything That You’ve Come to Expect” (and this album) are underrated masterpieces. so very grateful to have witnessed these songs played live during their respective 2016 & 2018 eras ❤️

[@heatweve]

it'll always be one of my favorite albums, i really wish i could've seen them

[@coleydotmp4]

TLSP2 is insane and incredibly underrated. In fact, i think one of alex's best songs EVER is the closer, The Bourne Identity (the fucking lyrics will tear you apart). I hope they finish the "trilogy" of shadow puppets albums once 8 years have passed... that's in 2024 i think!

[@francesprendergast1721]

Totally agree, they're both up there with my favourite albums ever ever

[@xscarletfields]

So trueeeeeee

[@---MfpMax]

Absolutely agree this shadow puppets album is one of my all time favourite albums ever I love it.

[@colleen5100]

I legitimately got into Arctic Monkeys this year and I remember listening to this album for the first time and thinking "What the hell is this sound" then I listened to the full thing..it's my absolute favorite album and usually include songs from it if I'm recommending The Arctic Monkeys to someone...I usually tell them Four out of Five or Star Treatment

[@SubbuteoCloak]

This is what I thought too, but I first discover the Arctic Monkeys in March and listened to all their albums in order (to see their growth) and I got to TBHC and I thought it was boring and terrible. But a couple days ago I gave it another chance listened to the full thing and fell in love with the sound and the lyrics. It’s definitely one of my favourite albums of the their and of all time.

[@colleen5100]

@@SubbuteoCloak SAME like I know people barely use cd's anymore but I 100% bought that cd it's one of my favs

[@SubbuteoCloak]

I bought a vinyl record play a couple months ago and only have a couple records but I’m going to get TBHC vinyl. I think it would sound amazing. What CD player do you have, and would you recommend getting one?

[@valentinamarcanosanabria]

Exactly the same happened to me, my favourite track of all time is 4 out of 5

[@patricklong2522]

The “what the hell is this sound” thought is the first reaction you’re likely to have to every new album by these guys, but the more you listen the more you get and the better it becomes…every time

[@glost12311goduer]

These videos are just too high quality to be free

[@sundogsun]

let’s not forget the 500k subscribers... deserves way more.

[@DavidLopez-sc1pm]

People just hate when everything changes. They often don’t understand that music can have no boundaries.

[@CarlosRamirez-to9is]

The sad part is that the album is so good, but they don't see it

[@daurpm]

Like someone said above, critical listeners never dislike something just because it’s different; sometimes the changes simply don’t land the way they were intended. That being said, I LOVE this album.

[@fanboydee]

Same deal with 808s & Heartbreak. A bunch of people were just like no, this is not how Kanye West sounds, and rejected it, but it's like.. . a pivotal album in terms of presaging today's soundscape.

[@evan3714]

@@fanboydee spot on

[@preshvilla5182]

Who? I dont know anyone who hates this album...

[@royrusk4673]

“I’ve lost the money, lost the keys, but I’m still handcuffed to the briefcase” resinates with me to this day.

[@katerinacharalampidou5327]

i still haven’t understand its meaning tho

[@andrewsissons808]

@@katerinacharalampidou5327 You can look at it in a few ways, I think. One, you've lost all your money and other precious things, but you still have this briefcase and it's contents and that will be enough for now. As I've been imagining it though is this guy who's handcuffed to a briefcase stuffed with cash and he's the only one with the keys to open it. Well, something had gone wrong and all he's got now is this useless, empty briefcase that he's handcuffed to.

[@pelinsungurtekin7333]

@@katerinacharalampidou5327 People handcuff to a briefcase because the case has something very important and of great values in it, and they don’t ever wanna risk losing it. But he has already lost everything (he’s lost his money and keys). This line is suggesting that he’s “holding onto nothing”. -genius

[@johnclark1003]

I have always took the meaning as like a commentary on the state of the working class- lost the money, the keys as in majority of folks are money insecure, home insecure yet they have to stay chained to the briefcase *work* even though its not really getting them anywhere. Especially in the context of the lines before speaking to human ignorance and politics being hyper focused about the battleground states every 4 yrs, rather than the policies that get us here being far less sexy.

[@tetsuoshima7385]

Also perhaps, lost the money (the economy) and the keys (keys to the country/nation), but still handcuffed to the briefcase (presidentially speaking handcuffed the the briefcase, or football as it’s sometimes called in various lore, that carries the thermo-nuclear weapons codes).

[@Morgan_2317]

This video is really helping recontextualize their newest single. He's letting go of tranquility and going back to the romantic fool. But not back to what people want from them Their latest single is a send-off to this album, a break-up song, and a goodbye to the fans they know won't come with them on their new musical journey. Pretty cool

[@saberbomber24]

you just blew my mind with that interpretation!

[@daillyarran]

phenomenal interpretation. as soon as i heard mirrorball i knew i had to get tickets for the album tour. sure, everyone loves the old indie, punky rock, but i just want to hear one of my favourite bands perform something as intricate and detailed as the car. so, i'll catch yous at old trafford, aye? :P

[@emkiandthesundolls757]

Ultra cheese is a bloody lyrical masterpiece. I didn’t recognise it as arctic monkeys at first, I thought it was a troll. But Jesus, I never stopped listening to it. It’s my go to AM album now.

[@MoKabary]

Finally this album getting what it deserves

[@selenozan3580]

YES really finally

[@DiscountSeanConnery]

YESSS!! Literally my favorite album from one of my favorite bands. Truly genius. Thanks for making this video!!

[@adriabatllemora4925]

Same, soo underrated

[@Khryzpawer]

Is my favorite from them too, and the others are good as well

[@darwinfraudez7804]

Right, yes it’s a good album, but no way is it better than whatever people say I am that’s what I’m not

[@klodno6164]

@@darwinfraudez7804 🎶That's where you're wrong🎶

[@darwinfraudez7804]

@@klodno6164 suck it and see that wpsiatwin is the better album

[@sweetermeow]

It wasn’t a bad album, but so It was so different than what they had done before the fandom really did split because it seems like they were expecting another AM

[@DomHowardsFluoPants]

Split already when Humbug was a thing ('oh no they've lost their way'!) then again when AM was released ('oh no they're too Americanized!') lol

[@_KingOfCalifornia]

In retrospect I much prefer this album to an AM 2

[@lawrence-yx1ew]

Fuck the fandom. Artists are always right if theyre making art for the right reasons.

[@sequeirasasha]

@@lawrence-yx1ew this is such a perfect way to describe it

[@joshlobel8111]

So true

[@_coffeebean_]

I absolutely learned to adore this album. And surprisingly, so did my 60yo dad. First I had the album on repeat in the background pretty often thanks to those lounge vibes. Then I started to really, really like some of the songs on their own (Star Treatment, Tranquility Base Hotel Casino e.g.), and then I decided to get the CD for that good audio quality. Then someday I happened to use my dad's HiFi system to play the CD at his place while he was not around and forgot the CD there. A few days later I visit him again and catch him listening to it. He told me that he was curious about the random CD of a band he didn't know and checked it out. Turns out he also had it on repeat since then and absolutely loved it. He asked me what band this was and wondered why he had never heard of them since they clearly must be from his time as they remind him a lot of David Bowie's music. He was pretty surprised when I told him that this is a band from the 2000s that's normally known for quite a different kind of sound and that I've been a fan for years. Needless to say, he's a fan now as well haha

[@m1xedp1ckle]

My favourite line is "dance as if somebody's watching, because they are" followed by the most hypnotic solo. All of she looks like fun is excellent. An excellent album

[@noteverydayuser]

the ending of the album: Oh, the dawn won't stop weighing a tonne I've done some things that I shouldn't have done But I haven't stopped loving you once

[@suejackson2304]

Hooooooo Hoooooo oooo oooooooo

[@bellamy6086]

makes me cry every time

[@cassiamarocki]

SO so good

[@juvecro]

Shoodena dooooneee*

[@mathildecayer2430]

The ultracheese is so freaking good

[@TheLoneJedi-77]

Honestly I think TBH&C is one of their strongest albums, probably my favourite behind their debut album.

[@asiahd5074]

When the album first came out, I HATED this album. I couldn’t get into it, but i gave it a few more listens and became one of my favorite album by the Monkeys!! This video made me appreciate and love it even more :)

[@odykoutsoubakis]

The album wasn't bad, it just didn't seem arctic monkeysish so it takes some getting used to, because it's hard to think that the band that made star treatment also made WPSIATWIN.

[@jeimy.407]

@@odykoutsoubakis honesty

[@gilbycoyote]

I loved it from day one, but i had the feeling you described when humbug came out, i felt it was washed down. Although it’s not my favorite, i came to appreciate it around the time AM came out. I would also say TBHAC is my favorite album.

[@camiloordonez4906]

@@odykoutsoubakis That's weird comment it would be lame and boring if it sounded as the same band. I don't know but the thing I love about Monkeys is their hability to evolve their sound very differently each album, this is their most radical change yes but it's not like the band hasn't characterized by changing sound with each album release.

[@augustomadalengoitia]

same

[@lolololololutrythcfy]

people tend to like to consume something they don’t have to figure out or sit with. that’s why pop songs about love, sex, drugs, and heartbreak are so popular, it’s easy to relate to, a baseline human experience for the majority. when something like this comes along people turn it away too quick... this is genius and a genuine masterpiece. good on alex to do what he wanted and not stick with what his demographic wants.

[@snodge815]

I agree. I feel like all the songs are trying to pin down very specific emotions. But it really hits hard when it resonates. It feels very personal. I guess that's what makes it so special.

[@ishakhalid3618]

@@snodge815 this.. you said it so well

[@aloechamomile]

Since it dropped, I've thought that this was their best record to date and I'm so glad that it's getting the recognition it deserves! I literally could never listen to it too many times, it's got such intricate instrumental layering and I always find something new to focus on with every listen. This was such a well-worded, thoughtful video, great job!!!

[@stephaniehardy7718]

My boyfriend fell madly in love with them after hearing Four Out of Five in a Box Lunch store at the mall. He found this band and he loves them so much! The album is pretty beautiful.

[@HofTheStage]

Excellent video, been an Arctic Monkeys fan since the beginning and this made me appreciate the last album even more

[@doctorwhat3683]

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not was the album of my teenage years, it came out when me and my friends were 16 and it just epitomised that time for us. I actually knew them beforehand and we grew to be massive fans of them then, when a mate’s dad gave us a copy of Beneath the Boardwalk that we’d all take turns having (no idea who’s got it now, probably been sold off) and as Northerners it gave us something to just shout to and headbang. I can still sing every single word now. While their later stuff hasn’t grabbed me as much, I think in terms of those bands from the era (Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, Kasabian, etc.) they’ve done by far the best job of evolving and maturing as time goes on. TBH+C didn’t blow my mind, but I did appreciate it quite a damn bit because one of the most pivotal bands of my adolescence wasn’t just making reheats of their previous hits, or really even their more recent hits, they were making the album they wanted to make, and you’ve got to respect the lads for that.

[@sloaiza81]

No one who knows music misunderstood a thing. It was brilliant upon release. And gets better like fine wine. Real artist evolve. I wouldn't expect less.

[@joeabouassaly7960]

This album is Beatles level. It is the next THE album. It's like bowie wrote Eagles "Hotel California". Just a masterpiece not yet appreciated. In the future when Arctic Monkeys become oldies, people will start to aknowledge it more. You feel as if you just you need it as a Vinyl and listen to it while having a drink.

[@bernhardsonn8996]

Nas Bro chill

[@avelez1812]

LOL it really isnt that good I promise you

[@joeabouassaly7960]

@@avelez1812 bruh art and music are an opinion. Thats my opinion now go karen to somebody else

[@matthewrohner3743]

I was one of the people who dismissed this album pretty quickly because it wasn't more of what I expected. As I was listening to the various snippets in this video, by the end I kept thinking "this sounds like where the Beatles might be if they could have stayed themselves through 2018." Vocals aside, of course, there's only one Alex Turner and only one McCartney (and unfortunately zero Lennons).

[@joeabouassaly7960]

@@matthewrohner3743 ma dude you are a legend

[@sophiew.259]

Being depressed and lonely on the moon was a vibe pre-pandemic but aspirational/preferable during a pandemic. The amount of times I thought (or heard Alex's voice) the line "I DON'T WANT TO BE NICE AND YOU KNOOOOOOOOW THAT" is immeasurable. Depending my mood, I listened to either Star Treatment or Batphone to fall asleep, just the way he sang certain lines in both ("It took the light absolutely forever to get to your eyes", the last "ain't it dark early", "They've changed all the lights and the bar's down the side") legitimately made me swoon. When I think of albums from the last 4-5 years that stuck with me, TBH+C always comes to mind. I can't praise this album enough, glad to see it hailed here.

[@snOowayy]

As a non-English-speaking boy, I've listened to this album and it has completely mature sound as it should be by their ages(some ppl out there haven't gotten that yet). Although I didn't understand all of the lyrics(which is sad), I liked it when it had released, cause I love huge transitions between genres and experiments by a band. The album has deep meanings and complaints about the present society(maybe), and it proves Alex's brilliance at songwriting! Hope someday, I'll get to the bottom of the lyrics, for good ofc

[@chromberries7329]

Haha, either Alex's lyrics are going to help you with your English, or completely confuse you. I'm a native speaker and sometimes he's just too British for me.

[@AA-ki9qz]

Im a non english speaker as well and sometimes i look up for the meanings of lyrics and oh boy im like daamnnnn this guy is a genius also because of arctic monkeys i learned more about british culture and accent so yeah love em.

[@heatweve]

same cause i usually pick the lyrics by ear, since tbch is not an easy one to listen (it's not catchy neither very intelligible as it has very atmospheric/ambient melodies) i didn't really caught up the meaning and thematic continuity behind the lyrics throughout the album

[@piethedye3948]

Fun fact in “she looks like fun” he references moving online in the month of March. I thought that was interesting.

[@MJ-nz7fr]

He sat alone infront of that piano for so long he projected into 2020 lmaoo

[@BeachSkies]

Even Matt helders found that weird lol

[@dalekay9ine]

No way!!!! Really???! That comment isn't in here 2,849 times or anything.....

[@AA-ki9qz]

This album makes u feel so artsy it actually helped me get more creative while drawing its just magical

[@sjorsvanrijswijk358]

four out of five is pure gold, i often wake up with that song in my head, and remains my soundtrack of the day. everytime that happens i'm over the moon.

[@odintheprole6068]

TBH+C is genuinely amazing. I cannot tell you how many times I have listened to it beginning to end while smoking a J.

[@anthonygroll8221]

Best vibes

[@MoniBahaa]

Happy 420, man.

[@juvecro]

This is the way. My first listen, got home pretty late, high as a kite and a bit tipsy from a few beers, sank into my bed, put my headphones on and pressed play. I couldn't have picked better setting and LOVED the album on first listen, even tough it cought me off guard.

[@OakRidgePunk777]

This album rewards the daydreamers. I'm glad they came together and found such good material while in a creative rut.

[@ryf772]

I haven't heard the album, not really an Arctic Monkeys fan, but this beautifully-edited video had me intrigued.

[@alex-coelho]

same here m8

[@josephdunn3757]

Not really a Monkeys fan?! Have you heard the first 2 albums??!😲😲😲

[@GaeFootballClub]

let’s be real; no matter what they put out after AM, it was never gonna live up to what people wanted

[@dalekay9ine]

I bet the next album is a mix of AM and this direction and will be their best album yet.

[@pradeeppandey1978]

Agreed

[@AugAug989]

Honestly. Tranquility base is one of my favorite albums ever.

[@garmen-]

@@dalekay9ine apparently the next album will be similar to Tranquility Base, but I hope they go back to their roots a little bit too.

[@martinlaird9712]

AM is one of the best albums I've ever heard. Hopefully wrong but I don't see how they can ever recreate an album that gets close to that. These days many don't care for listening to an album from start to finish, like the way a pink Floyd or zeppelin album were put together. People just want one good tune after another released whether it's on an album or not.

[@juliustan9647]

I think people didn't like it as much because the tone of the singing is not what we're used to. It's hard to sing along if you don't have it on repeat 24 7 . I find it especially magical during cold seasons , listening to Alex tell me a story over and over again. It's an acquired taste. Also, I'm loving the new singles that came out recently, it has similar flavors to tranquility base

[@samvlya]

This album literally makes my quarantine year feel much better, couldn't imagine if this masterpiece doesn't exist.

[@cassiamarocki]

Totally me, I've been on a make-believe residency from the honeymoon suite of TBH&C for this entire pandemic 😂 😂

[@casualsoundenjoyer]

It’s so sad that people didn’t really like this album when it first came out.

[@liawasadiver]

This were mostly the Tumblr AM fans from 2014

[@MiguelRamirez-sw2nf]

I don’t necessarily like the sound they went with on this album but objectively it’s not bad

[@lilnaze7218]

Konstantine Presents LISTEN TO IT AGAIN

[@imalinzia]

@@konstantinepresents8825 it's that's kind of record that grow up with you...give it more time

[@seankilburn7200]

I wasn’t listening to Arctic monkeys at the time but heard bad things about tranquility. Glad I gave it a listen

[@catalinasuarez4991]

this album will be considered as one of the best albums of all time, for sure! it's such a shame people don't appreciate it enough

[@noah6209-3]

This is one of the my favourite albums and rly one of their best Predicting the future on several tracks and leaving me speechless with the captivating guitar riffs, singing and even drumming in four out of five.

[@custard-scream]

yes, four out of five is my favourite!

[@caseyhamm4292]

this is my favorite arctic monkeys record that’s come out to date and i think part of the reason is because of the distinct lack of pop in it. i also love how their pandemic album came out two years before the pandemic

[@TWDxNM]

Finally an appreciation for this album

[@barje.waffles5461]

I think Ultracheese is one of the best songs I have ever had the pleasure to listen to. It hits home in so many ways.

[@theresesmith4082]

Honestly the way the monkeys evolve and experiment with their music and the way they nail it every time is the reason they're the greatest

[@simranwilasra2196]

I LOVED this album when it first came out, but when speaking to people online and in real life I found many were disappointed with their new direction. But I guess they expected more AM or Humbug. I really did not understand where people were coming from then, and I'm happy to see more people appreciating it now.

[@subliimax]

Four out of Five has an eerie similarity to Lou Reed’s “satellite of love” in cadence and tone at “take it it easy for a little while” and “I like to watch it for a little while, I like to watch things on tv”. While turner is looking down from above Reed is looking up to ponder the satellite. Has anyone stumbled on this?

[@Get_Bush_wookied]

The repeat listens thing is so true. The more I listened the more I fell in love with it.

[@gautub]

I’ve been waiting for this video!! I believe humbug had the same negative reaction at first because it was different from the previous albums. Now humbug is almost everyone’s favorite so I hope in time TBHC will get the praise it deserves

[@petroscardoso]

The album is mesmerizing from min 0 to the end. A lot of fans resist to it for preferring a more Alt. Rock sound, but it's so unfair with the masterpiece that it is. It was my soundtrack of 2018, and I'll keep it with me forever

[@StratOnFire]

Imagine that in the future there will be a real moon base hotel and people will listen to this record wondering how he predicted all this

[@WillowXena]

I have liked a few songs off this album over the last few years but I never truly understood the messages or where it was all coming from, this videos really helped put all the pieces together, I think I’ll enjoy listening to it a lot more now.

[@PsyFyFungi]

Thank you for making this video. Haven't even watched yet, just so glad someone is giving this piece of art it's credit that it's due. Assuming it's TBHAQ, that is. Your videos are always quality, too. Thanks for showing more regarding AM. They deserve it, and you deserve credit for your work too.

[@humanbeing4841]

Being an Arctic Monkeys fan, when I first heard this album in 2018 I was amazed and thrilled with the new direction. I was so impressed with this album that I still to this day call it my favorite album by them. Being someone who favors more experimental and ambitious music, this album hit the nail on the head for me. I admire the band's willingness to take risks and polarize fans - the best bands always do.

[@pageturners8681]

Amazing video , amazing album, absolutely love your infographics! When the album came out in May 2018, couldn't stop listening to it for practically the whole summer...

[@alliewassogood9382]

As soon as I heard it I loved it. I started playing it while I was cleaning my house and legitimately dropped what I was doing cause I felt like I just had to really listen and absorb it all. I personally feel like so many people didn’t just ‘not like the new sound’. I think it’s cause it makes you think. You have to pay attention or you’ll miss something. I swear this man’s brain is working on a different frequency than the rest of us.

[@478Johnnyboy]

I feel like the album has a lot of gems on it. When I first initially heard it I wasn’t a fan of it but it later grew on me and I still play the album often.

[@datix]

When it came out, I didn't feel like it resonate with me, but after a year of pandemic isolation, it resonates so much better, I guess it's a record that you have to listen in an especial state of mind

[@5pacekitty]

anyone elses fav song by them is one point persepctive

[@johnpaulcross424]

So glad this hidden gem is finally getting the recognition it deserves!

[@raahimas2776]

i really have to say this video is SO lovely to watch! thank you for putting so much effort into talking about one of my favourite albums. i have loved it since the day it came out. the first time listening to it went straight over my head and everytime since i pick out something new. it’s been out for how many years now and still continues to surprise me when another line clicks into place and takes on meaning. i’ll never not be impressed by the intricacies he created. idk what i’m saying anymore my sister distracted me but thank you anyway :)

[@kJ922-h3j]

If you were old enough at the time, and in britain, those first two albums were so MASSIVE and had such a huge cultural impact in Britain (the biggest since Oasis in 1994) that why they have had good songs since, it’s just hard to really get passed them

[@Ldoggmillionaire]

The fact they AM have made fairly different sounded albums helped kept them great though. Oasis last few albums sound like a band that was inspired by morning glory and other brit pop going to make records that weren’t anywhere near as good as morning glory or definitely maybe

[@theocoast7958]

I think "emergency battery pack just in time for my weekly chat with God, on videoooo caaaalll" is my favourite lyric ever

[@EasyInnit]

Some albums are so ahead of their time that they don't get the love and appreciation deserve when released and overtime become historical pieces of art to inspire new generation of musicians, Misunderstood is that album

[@catarinad1740]

Arctic Monkeys are always looking forward to try something new. They've never been afraid of going to a different direction or changing their sound/writing process, and that's one of the reasons why their music is so amazing. "Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino" is such a great album and truly deserves to be known as a masterpiece. I hope they release more music this year

[@emmalomangino3286]

It’s brilliant on so many levels. It works amazing live. I think Star Treatment and the Ultracheese are two of the most brilliant songs I’ve ever heard, and there are lyrical levels and musical levels throughout the entire album that blow my mind. The breaking of the fourth wall/semitone change in Four out of Five. The entire concept and execution of One Point Perspective. The lyrical playfulness in TBHC. The mental pictures The First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip creates. Batphone’s genius minimalist musical accompaniment- that little guitar riff is perfection. I just love finding more to delve into on every listen.

[@vendokripy3309]

This album is gold, its my favourite post-2010 album along with "The New Abnormal", we're seeing the most mature creations of the top rock band of this millennium, we all will remeber those albums as classics in a couple decades later.

[@ConcreteAtrocity]

Damn, I was gonna make this video! Sort of glad you did it though, because the quality will be unprecedented!

[@YELHEZMIR]

This album was one my favorite 2018 albums including 7 by Beach House, Isolation by Kali Uchis, In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls, High As Hope by Florence + the Machine. 👌🏻

[@humanbeing4841]

Don't forget Honey by Robyn and Kids See Ghosts. But Beach House's 7 was the best of the lot.

[@enormouslittlethings6893]

Thank you! This is one of my all time favorite albums and is CRIMINALLY underrated. Excellent deep dive and quality video. 🤯

[@mymistake8214]

Ultracheese has my heart and soul, and is the drunk ballad I always play whenever I see a piano

[@heicup1054]

"he's a lost boy...who just wanted to be..." ofc, i know this album was a masterpiece since i was listening to the first line of Star Treatment

[@FolhetoGrena]

They managed to make two of the best albums of the decade, TBHAC being a masterpiece that truly deserves eternal recognition

[@lololopez503]

wow didn't expect a video on this album. People should make more of them

[@conallkingshott4597]

This is honestly probably my favourite Monkeys album and I am glad to see it get the attention it deserves. I love their other stuff as well but Tranquility is so unique.

[@fungus_am0nguz644]

You know i remember catching them live twice on this album tour and thinking "wtf is this elevator music? Where's the ferocity, the rock n roll? They fell off" (ive been seeing them live since their 1album, which everybody loves) then out of the blue i decided to give this album a listen from top to bottom and man is it a good album, i also understand more were Alex was coming from not wanting to repeat the same stuff at "whatever plp say i am or FWN or even humbug" and i respect that from him....now in a live gig does it compare to the rawness, fun, crazyness of the first few records, nope, but im glad i gave tranquility a chance since i play it more often than the other records at home. He was 20 years old in that first album.

[@matthewdix9576]

this video stuck in my mind after I watched it a couple months ago, and when I was bored of my playlist I listened to the album, and have listened to it many times since without feeling like I need to skip song, each song flows so well to the next and it is a great musical piece that also does a great job of social commentary

[@ephratha5339]

YESSS!! I had been waiting for this. I havent even watched the video yet but already liked. It took me a year to warm up to TBH+C but once I did, I couldnt get enough of it. It is an an album like no other. If I listen to Star Treatment, I have to finish the whole thing. Depending on my mood it's either my favorite or my 2nd favorite Monkeys album.

[@dongulio5539]

“Maybe I was a little too wild for the 70’s”

[@harrisonrjjego]

my favourite underrated youtuber and my favourite band's underrated masterpiece? i feel blessed

[@Red_Dead_Director]

I am a hudge Arctic Monkeys fan because of this Album - thats how i discovered them - i love the sound - the style of the album - everything about it - i really know nothing of the older arctic monkeys aside from great tracks from other albums

[@eif6051]

it makes a lot of sense that the vocals are partially from demo's in one point perspective at around 0:24 you can hear a random vocal snippet from alex saying "STOP" (or actually "STO..."). these "flaws", intentionally left in or not, are awesome. beatles stuff is absolutely loaded with it.