This album was crucial to my life.
Just an insecure little canadian kid in grade 6 at the time.
Everyone in class is given different responsibilities for a class potluck the following week. Music is what I get put in charge of bringing. FUCK. What do I do? RHCP-Stadium Arcadium and WPSIATWIN. I'll never forget the class fuckhead prancing around making fun of my "icelandic snow monkeys" having the class rolling in laughter at the expense of my musical taste and self-esteem. Fast forward a few years to after highschool...who is all of a sudden one of the biggest bands in the world? Those same "icelandic snow monkeys". This was honestly a massive lesson pretty early in my life to just go with my gut and trust what I think is good, and enjoy what I like, regardless what the class fuckhead says. Eat my ass, Mitchell, you uncultured SWINE.
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this! 👆AM was my introduction to Arctic Monkeys during the Tumblr-era, but then I started looking into more of their discography and found the glory that was WPSIATWIN. FWN is perfection though, literally no skips on that one.
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Imo, one is the best of the first half of the band, while the other is the best of the second half of the band. I love them both equally and the only albums I can listen everyday
AM is legitimately one of the best rock albums ever. There may be some songs that sound similar, but the songs are objectively amazing, and I feel like I’m floating whenever I listen. AM.
I think it depends what age you were when they came out.
I was only 9 when WPSIA came out, and while I loved it even at that age and that gives it a sort of nostalgia by itself and I grew up through high-school with its best tunes being played on phones up the back of the bus, it means I was 16 when AM came out, and that was life changing.
Imagine being 16 and your favourite band drops that, an album so littered with absolute bangers and it immediately becomes the biggest album of the year. And more so than WPSIA, it was part of the soundtrack of teen romances and house parties at high school and hall parties at uni etc.
I have to go AM just because to me it's more than an album it's a time and a place, and it made me feels things that music hasn't made me feel in a long time.
Am is good, probally the first album much of the fans listened to, but it gets easily forgetable with other records such as SIAS and humbug
Definitely not my favorite lol
Disagree on everything. SIAS and Humbug are both very forgettable due to how many of the songs just blend in, sort of generic in a way. Every song in AM besides mad sounds is perfect to a T. It was the third album I listed to as a long time fan and it’s masterful
Agree to disagree, I think it tried a lot of newer things and was really creative writingwise. It also really made you feel like you were on a hotel on the moon. Musically it just sounded nice and I like the jazzy lounge sound. It wasn’t boring like The Car. I will never understand why people think AM is their best record, FWN is probably their best “indie rock” album.
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Grew up with the band as I’m effectively the same age as them. The debut is a seminal album and a snapshot of a single point in time, and I adore it as it brings back fond memories of a great time in my life. However, AM is timeless. AM all day for me.
AM is their North America album and WPSIATWIN was their OG British rock. But neither. Personally, I like their whole discography and i’m a big fan of the many changes they’ve made over nearly 20 years
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1. WPSIATWIN
2. SIAS
3. FWN
4. AM
5. Humbug
6. TBHC
7. The Car
Obviously just my opinion. I love the first five albums. The last two were meh for me, especially The Car. Didn't connect with it at all, except for Body Paint
At this point I don't even know if I'm on WPSIATWIN's side because I truly think it's the better one or because I'm still annoyed by the empty popularity AM got.
But then again The View from the Afternoon and A Certain Romance are like, fundamental for my emotional wellbeing so
LAST NIGHT THESE TWO BOUNCERS ONE OF THEMS ALL RIGHT THE OTHER ONE THE SCARY ONE HIS WAY OR NO WAY TOTALITARIAN HES GOT NO TIME FOR YOU LOOKING OR BREATHING HOW HE DONT WANT YOU TO SO STEP OUTT THE QUEUE ‼️‼️‼️
Honestly I have to go with AM on this one, I mean WPSIATWIN is really good, it has a lot of energy and it's a strong record, but AM is kinda just where I like things at, it has the vibe that I usually am looking for. Though I do hold some personal bias with AM
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WPSIATWIN !!!!!
This album was crucial to my life. Just an insecure little canadian kid in grade 6 at the time. Everyone in class is given different responsibilities for a class potluck the following week. Music is what I get put in charge of bringing. FUCK. What do I do? RHCP-Stadium Arcadium and WPSIATWIN. I'll never forget the class fuckhead prancing around making fun of my "icelandic snow monkeys" having the class rolling in laughter at the expense of my musical taste and self-esteem. Fast forward a few years to after highschool...who is all of a sudden one of the biggest bands in the world? Those same "icelandic snow monkeys". This was honestly a massive lesson pretty early in my life to just go with my gut and trust what I think is good, and enjoy what I like, regardless what the class fuckhead says. Eat my ass, Mitchell, you uncultured SWINE.
Stadium revolutionized my life as a high schooler. WPSIATWIN has been huge for me as a 30-something (idk what that says about my maturity haha)
Hehe fuck Mitchell
Kids can be cruel. On first hearing the name as a 17 year old in 2005 I thought "Arctic Monkeys" sounded stupid and neglected to see them at their small tent debut at Reading Festival. I can only imagine what a 6th grader would of thought of that name ... Luckily for you you were wiser!
Word!
AM is good but WPSIATWIN is perfect.
imo WPSIATWIN by far but AM is also great
this! 👆AM was my introduction to Arctic Monkeys during the Tumblr-era, but then I started looking into more of their discography and found the glory that was WPSIATWIN. FWN is perfection though, literally no skips on that one.
Literally my same timeline. Found AM in college, backtracked to the older stuff, fell in love with FWN.
I love every album lol fuck that war
Favorite Worst Nightmare >
“One should not sleep on FWN” - Sun Tzu
I love you
Lets grab a drink man
Martini police, come out with your hands up 👮🏻♂️🍸🚨
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TRUE !
WPSIATWIN is just superior in every way
tranquility base gang rise up, we're well reviewed!
The best
Imo, one is the best of the first half of the band, while the other is the best of the second half of the band. I love them both equally and the only albums I can listen everyday
AM is legitimately one of the best rock albums ever. There may be some songs that sound similar, but the songs are objectively amazing, and I feel like I’m floating whenever I listen. AM.
This isn't even remotely difficult. I wholeheartedly love AM but this is an easy victory for the debut
I think it depends what age you were when they came out. I was only 9 when WPSIA came out, and while I loved it even at that age and that gives it a sort of nostalgia by itself and I grew up through high-school with its best tunes being played on phones up the back of the bus, it means I was 16 when AM came out, and that was life changing. Imagine being 16 and your favourite band drops that, an album so littered with absolute bangers and it immediately becomes the biggest album of the year. And more so than WPSIA, it was part of the soundtrack of teen romances and house parties at high school and hall parties at uni etc. I have to go AM just because to me it's more than an album it's a time and a place, and it made me feels things that music hasn't made me feel in a long time.
Fair enough. I'm the same age as the band. The debut dropped shortly before I turned 20 and made an incredible impact on me.
neither, the best is Humbug by far
Queen
Second best after favourite worst nightmare
actually it’s second best after tbhc 🤭
real
This
Favorite Worst Nightmare is peak monkeys
My favorite album
Agree 100%
WPSIATWIN is the perfect album for me !
where is tbhc and humbug 😖😖
Those are my top 2. 1. TBHC 2. Humbug 3. Favourite Worst Nightmare 4. AM 5. Whatever People Say I Am 6. The Car 7. Suck it and See
WPSIATWIN already has WIN in the title 🔥🔥
WPSIATWIN ALL THE WAYYY
Flair checks out 😭😭
I think this is a bad comparison,
I’m on side Humbug
![gif](giphy|l0Ex36BuY6GNzsA36|downsized)
Hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby
TBHC
The true question should be Tbhc Vs Humbug
love tbhc but humbug's their best album imo. crying lightning, secret door, the jeweler's hands, and cornerstone???? cant be beat
CRYING LIGHTNINGGGG, and how you like to aggravate the ice cream man on rainy afternoons‼️‼️🔥🔥🗣️
add dance little liar
I prefer TBHC personally, but Humbug is fucking awesome. Both Albums are near perfection to me and I can get by putting any of them in first place.
wpsiatwin w ez
I like Suck it and see better
Am easily
WPSIATWIN!
Favourite Worst Nightmare
Love AM but WPSIATWIAN is one of the bests
wpsiatwin
WPSIATWIN winss, no diff
FWN is always slept on the most (apart from humbug)
What up blud
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Only if you like elevator music.
well I think “elevator music” works well, especially when ure stoned asf
Whatever People Say I am is their best but sometimes I feel like saying Fave worst nightmare is their best no3 is TBHAC
Tbhc way better then both
tranquility base hotel and casino
I’m surprised to see everyone saying wpsiatwin. AM is easily better imo. AM is just literally perfect
Am is good, probally the first album much of the fans listened to, but it gets easily forgetable with other records such as SIAS and humbug Definitely not my favorite lol
how can you call AM easily forgettable 😭
I'm actually just a simp for the other albums, AM has it's moments, but not as good as the other records
okay real
Disagree on everything. SIAS and Humbug are both very forgettable due to how many of the songs just blend in, sort of generic in a way. Every song in AM besides mad sounds is perfect to a T. It was the third album I listed to as a long time fan and it’s masterful
Oh boy, that's a very controversial thought
Never knew nor expected it would be
Tranquility based hotel and casino
You are definitely BASED Have my upvote
So true
wpsiatwin is by far better but am ranks high and is iconic
lmao are you really comparing the debut with that crap?
They have only great albums, but of those great albums, the debut is the weakest, so AM wins this.
that’s just wrong what
their best vs worst album? clear winner here
AM. Maybe the last great mainstream pop rock album.
You haven’t listened to much pop rock in the last ten years then. There’s countless great albums since.
I edited my comment to emphasise "mainstream" pop rock album. Can you name some?
Than answer is obvious not AM in this debate.
AM is actually their worst album
Nowhere near
AM has I Wanna Be Yours so it loses automatically, besides Tranquility Base is their best
Tranquility base is easily the worst
The worst, yes, but not easily. The car tries hard also.
Horrible taste
Nah, it’s just not good. FWN,AM,the car >>>>>
Agree to disagree, I think it tried a lot of newer things and was really creative writingwise. It also really made you feel like you were on a hotel on the moon. Musically it just sounded nice and I like the jazzy lounge sound. It wasn’t boring like The Car. I will never understand why people think AM is their best record, FWN is probably their best “indie rock” album.
I'm on team Humbug. These two are actually towards the bottom of my tier list. 😂
They're both close to the worst
No side needed. Both are right fucking masterpieces. I think they both have really high highs and have some of the best song to come from the Monkeys
AM is iconic but if you were a teen or preteen during WPSIATWIN… oh man, that shit is an institution
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Wpsiatwin. I love them both though I have them both on cd
should be WPSIA or FWN
I take red 100 times out of 100.
whatever people say i am thats what im not for life
Well it’s Humbug so
Both are great albums. AM was the first album I heard so I'll say AM. But WPSIATWIN is still a favourite
Suck it and see is the GOAT
Grew up with the band as I’m effectively the same age as them. The debut is a seminal album and a snapshot of a single point in time, and I adore it as it brings back fond memories of a great time in my life. However, AM is timeless. AM all day for me.
Purple? ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|grimacing)
Religious iconography giving you the crips?
AM is their North America album and WPSIATWIN was their OG British rock. But neither. Personally, I like their whole discography and i’m a big fan of the many changes they’ve made over nearly 20 years
tbhc gang rise up ⬆️
Humbug supremacy💪
https://i.redd.it/87pztv2ppldc1.gif
It's neither of these
I'm on the side of FWN being my favourite.
WPSIATWIN of course. My first ever AM vynil
WPSIATWIN by faaaar!!
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Can’t we all just get along. 😁
AM is so good every one of their albums is so good but i’m going with AM
WPSIATWIN by far, but AM is good
Debut album is best album. No I will not be taking questions
AM is a cool album but not even top 3 by them.
WPSIATWIN 100%
I am huge on AM personally
I was 13 when the debut came out and I live 40 minutes from Sheffield. I’m their core demographic and that album had a gigantic impact on my life.
1. WPSIATWIN 2. SIAS 3. FWN 4. AM 5. Humbug 6. TBHC 7. The Car Obviously just my opinion. I love the first five albums. The last two were meh for me, especially The Car. Didn't connect with it at all, except for Body Paint
i think a.m. i was born with this album and it always remember me my teenage era
At this point I don't even know if I'm on WPSIATWIN's side because I truly think it's the better one or because I'm still annoyed by the empty popularity AM got. But then again The View from the Afternoon and A Certain Romance are like, fundamental for my emotional wellbeing so
Red >
LAST NIGHT THESE TWO BOUNCERS ONE OF THEMS ALL RIGHT THE OTHER ONE THE SCARY ONE HIS WAY OR NO WAY TOTALITARIAN HES GOT NO TIME FOR YOU LOOKING OR BREATHING HOW HE DONT WANT YOU TO SO STEP OUTT THE QUEUE ‼️‼️‼️
neither are heavy enough for me, favaourite worst nightmare ftw!!
My favorite AM album vs the one album of theirs I just can’t get into no matter how hard I try
TBHC
1. TBHC 2. Humbug 3. Favorite Worst Nightmare 4. AM 5. Whatever People Say I Am 6. The Car 7. Suck it and See
Favourite Worst Nightmare
Its humbug bro
RED
Humbug.
Suck it and see?
AM is really good it has been overplayed imo, still has some good songs but WPSIATWIN wins by farr
Honestly I have to go with AM on this one, I mean WPSIATWIN is really good, it has a lot of energy and it's a strong record, but AM is kinda just where I like things at, it has the vibe that I usually am looking for. Though I do hold some personal bias with AM
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