Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys
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| EP by Arctic Monkeys | ||
| Released |  24 April 2006 25 April 2006 |
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| Recorded | 2006 | |
| Genre | Indie rock | |
| Length | 18:51 | |
| Label | Domino Records | |
| Producer(s) | Jim Abbiss (Track 1 only) and Mike Crossey | |
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| Arctic Monkeys chronology | ||
| 2nd "When the Sun Goes Down" (2006) |
(EP) Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys (2006) |
3rd "Leave Before the Lights Come On" (2006) |
Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys is the second EP by Sheffield indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, first released 24 April 2006 (see 2006 in British music). The EP features "The View from the Afternoon", the opening track of their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, along with four new songs.
"The View from the Afternoon" was originally expected to be the band's third single following UK Number Ones "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and "When the Sun Goes Down", but the band announced in March 2006 that their next record would in fact be a 5-track EP [1], thereby disqualifying it from the UK singles and albums charts [2] due to the EP being too long to be a single and being too cheap to be an album. With "The View from the Afternoon" as the A-side, the remainder of the EP is made up of new material, although "Cigarette Smoker Fiona" is a reworking of "Cigarette Smoke" - one of the band's earlier songs that formed part of the "Beneath the Boardwalk" collection of demo CDs.
"Despair In The Departure Lounge" was premièred at a gig in the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, although it was played by Alex Turner alone due to Andy Nicholson blowing his bass amp.[citation needed]
Although the bad language of the EP resulted in less radio airplay than their earlier releases, the nature of the band's rise to fame and its lack of reliance on radio meant that this was not a concern for the band. [3]
As with previous releases, the contents of the EP leaked onto the internet and peer-to-peer file-sharing programmes several weeks before its release.
[edit] Track listing
- "The View from the Afternoon" – 3:38
- "Cigarette Smoker Fiona" – 2:56
- "Despair in the Departure Lounge" – 3:22
- "No Buses" – 3:17
- "Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?" – 5:36
[edit] References
- ^ "Arctic Monkeys plan new EP", NME, 2006-03-10. Retrieved on 2006-03-26.
- ^ The Official UK Charts Company - Chart Rules (9th edition) - PDF
- ^ Kilkelly, Daniel. "Arctic Monkeys plan foul-mouthed EP", Digital Spy, 2006-03-25. Retrieved on 2006-03-26.
| Arctic Monkeys |
| Alex Turner – Jamie Cook – Matthew Helders – Nick O'Malley |
| Andy Nicholson – Glyn Jones |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not – Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| EPs: Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys – Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys |
| Compilations: Beneath the Boardwalk |
| Singles: "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" – "When the Sun Goes Down" – "Leave Before the Lights Come On" – "Fake Tales of San Francisco" – "Brianstorm" |
| Related articles |
| Arctic Monkeys tour history – Scummy Man – Domino Records |
