What was arctic monkeys first album called

Another popular track from their fifth album 'AM', the hypnotic beat and catchy lyrics have aided the song in becoming a staple in the Arctic Monkeys' discography. The song debuted at the Number 1 spot in the UK Singles Chart and has since proved to be one of their most popular bops of all time. With drummer Matt Helders giving us an update on the band's seventh album , revealing they are in the early stages of writing, we cannot wait to hear what the band have in store for us all next.

An instant classic upon its release in the opening overs of , Arctic Monkeys' 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' was already familiar to the hundreds of thousands of fans who not only propelled it to the top of the UK album charts, but also made it the fasting-selling debut album in UK chart history.

Released just over year after its predecessor, 'Favourite Worst Nightmare' is the sound of band truly developing its own sound and identity. This isn't an album that's been agonised over or thought about too deeply; as evidenced by the singles 'Brianstorm', 'Flourescent Adolescent' and 'Teddy Picker', a year of solid gigging and youthful energy sharpened the band's reserve, playing and, in the case of Alex Turner's songwriting, widen the lyrical concerns that come with seeing a world beyond their hometown.

The news that Arctic Monkeys, a band that at this point was still very much defined by its Sheffield roots, would be working with Queens Of The Stone Age mastermind Josh Homme was met with more than just a few raised eyebrows. Surely this combination of angular, indie rock and one of the key architects of stoner rock was to clash too harshly? Instead, the two parties found common ground as they brought out the best in each other.

But there are also lessons learned from their time with Josh Homme. And they sound utterly brilliant for it.

Other album tracks include: 'R U Mine? The five-year gap between the release of albums may have suggested a band resting on its laurels or simply running out of ideas, but the reality was far different. Yet for all that, it still became their sixth consecutive No.

And with good reason. The book as turned into a famous film in , where Seaton - played by Albert Finney, who died in aged 82 - rails against people who claim to have got the measure of him. Whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not because they don't know a bloody thing about me!

God knows what I am. The line is slightly different in the original novel, as Seaton rails in his head against authority figures: "What am I? A six-foot pit-prop that wants a pint of ale.