Editors’ Notes Arctic Monkeys' debut gave British rock music a swift kick in the trousers. Riotous tracks like "The View from the Afternoon" and "Dancing Shoes," with their twitchy drum lines and broken guitar scales, are both wobbly and anthemic; they provide a fitting backdrop to Alex Turner's stories of “weekend rock stars” who dodge the police, hustle club bouncers, and dance “to electro-pop from 1984.” The songs are more snapshots than portraits, but there’s an urgent beauty in their raggedness.
The View from the Afternoon
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3:40
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
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2:55
Fake Tales of San Francisco
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2:59
Dancing Shoes
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2:23
You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me
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2:12
Still Take You Home
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2:55
Riot Van
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2:16
Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured
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2:25
Mardy Bum
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2:57
Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But…
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4:30
When the Sun Goes Down
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3:22
From the Ritz to the Rubble
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3:15
A Certain Romance
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5:31
Music Videos
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Fake Tales of San FranciscoArctic Monkeys
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I Bet You Look Good On the DancefloorArctic Monkeys
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The View from the AfternoonArctic Monkeys
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