Suck It and See
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90
The Arctic Monkeys of 2011 have produced, probably by a significant margin, the best British Rock 'n' Roll album you will hear this year.
85
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.
80
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.
80
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.
80
Alex Turner and his bandmates are clearly expanding their abilities and getting better at focusing their fire with every release.
75
Suck It and See, the Arctics' fourth and most rewarding album so far, is not music to blog to.
70
By the impeccably high standards they've set so far it ranks as a good rather than great album.
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.
It has some amazing songs but it kinda gets a bit boring with time. Not a bad album tho
When this album came out I was very disappointed, as I expected it to sound more like the stoner Don't Sit Down... and less like the delightful Reckless Serenade, so I forced myself to listen to its songs over and over again. My appreciation of the album didn't improve much, I only liked a bunch of the songs and hated the band for not including the b side Evil Twin, because I felt bored by the relaxed tone Turner used most of the time. With all this in mind, SIS has been, by far, my least liked ... read more
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Track List
- She’s Thunderstorms
- Black Treacle
- Brick by Brick
- The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
- Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
- Library Pictures
- All My Own Stunts
- Reckless Serenade
- Piledriver Waltz
- Love is a Laserquest
- Suck It and See
- That’s Where You’re Wrong
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