The Arctic Monkeys of 2011 have produced, probably by a significant margin, the best British Rock 'n' Roll album you will hear this year.
I think it’s definitely up there with their best work, showing maturity in both the writing and the musicianship as a whole.
Suck It And See is an almost seamless step forward, reaffirming the notion that the band’s shelf life is probably much longer than initially estimated.
You won’t hear buzzwords like “rollicking” or “raucous” being tossed around about this record, but don’t for a second think that means Turner and company have gone soft — on Suck It and See, the Monkeys are evolving.
Arctic Monkeys have abandoned lurching darkness for wistful guitar pop. It suits them.
Arctic Monkeys, after an opinion-dividing experimental phase with 2009's Humbug, roar back to melodic life on their fourth album.
Their latest, Suck It and See, is a long way from Sheffield’s kebab houses and seedy nightclubs, but it intimates that the group is, for all practical purposes, starting to come down from their kaleidoscopic peyote trip.
Suck it and See is a thorough success imbued with the very same spirit, reflecting the boys’ widely expanded palette while successfully working in everything they did so well in their yester-album.
This push 'n' pull between pop and rock, sweet and sour, is a motif throughout but, crucially, Suck It And See also comes with a spacedust kick.
Alex Turner and his bandmates are clearly expanding their abilities and getting better at focusing their fire with every release.
This is another intriguing evolution for one of the country's great bands, and a shot in the arm for Britain's rather moribund 'indie guitar' scene.
Suck It and See, the Arctics' fourth and most rewarding album so far, is not music to blog to.
[Turner's] newer sound, along with more layered arrangements, lends itself nicely to Arctic Monkeys' take on pop, balladry and stoner rock.
Suck It and See may be at the opposite end of the spectrum from Humbug -- it’s concentrated and purposeful where its predecessor sprawled -- yet it still demands attention from the listener, delivering its rewards according to just how much time you’re willing to devote.
By the impeccably high standards they've set so far it ranks as a good rather than great album.
There’s nothing wrong with sticking to your guns (particularly when they’ve had more hits than misses), but there’s nothing particularly ambitious or aspirational about Suck It and See.
‘Suck It And See’ is not a disappointment, because we’ve learned never to expect the Monkeys’ next move, but it’s not half as fun as we’d like it to be.
The lumpy, somewhat stodgy sound that Josh Homme devised for Arctic Monkeys on 2009's Humbug has been mercifully discarded for Suck It and See, which represents a return of sorts to the pell-mell manner of their earlier albums.
The news that Arctic Monkeys have made a British indie-rock record will probably cheer the two heaving Don Valley Bowls that the band are due to play this weekend. And yet the thrills on Suck It and See are muted – lovelorn, crafted, elegantly played, but somehow unelectrifying.
Alex Turner really shows his hand as a compelling songwriter on SIAS. There is not a whole lot in the way of interesting songs, but a lot of great uninteresting songs.
The fatal goodbye kiss to the once enjoyable band that was Arctic Monkeys, as they embark on their quest to become the kings of tumblr.
There are so many reviews calling this uninteresting, but I would argue against them. The album does envelop a common indie rock sound in terms of song structures and production, but I feel like there's still plenty of pizzazz thrown in all over to make this a distinct listen. The record wants to come and go, and it's fine doing that because it thinks it can still make an impact along the way. There's a sense of direction here that's missing from the group's later releases.
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when i fist heard it i dint really like it but the more i listen it really gets better and better
Favourites: library pictures, black treacle, reckless serenade
Not the biggest fan of this album, though still has some good stuff on it.
Favourite song: Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
Least Favourite Song: Brick by Brick
1 | She's Thunderstorms 3:54 | 78 |
2 | Black Treacle 3:35 | 80 |
3 | Brick By Brick 2:59 | 54 |
4 | The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala 3:00 | 76 |
5 | Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair 3:03 | 76 |
6 | Library Pictures 2:22 | 77 |
7 | All My Own Stunts 3:52 | 71 |
8 | Reckless Serenade 2:42 | 72 |
9 | Piledriver Waltz 3:23 | 81 |
10 | Love Is a Laserquest 3:11 | 75 |
11 | Suck It and See 3:45 | 76 |
12 | That's Where You're Wrong 4:16 | 76 |
#6 | / | NME |
#7 | / | Gigwise |
#7 | / | Q Magazine |
#13 | / | DIY |
#22 | / | musicOMH |
#29 | / | One Thirty BPM |
#36 | / | The Fly |
#37 | / | No Ripcord |
#39 | / | MOJO |