AlbumE · 2007
Favourite Worst Nightmare
Favourite Worst Nightmare is a 2007 indie rock album by Arctic Monkeys. It runs 12 tracks across 38 minutes on Domino. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.1/5 from 779 ratings.
Indie Rock · Alternative Rock · Post-Punk Revival
#11 in Best albums of 2007 · #29 in Best indie rock albums
Your rating
- 4.1 /5
- 779 ratings
- 80 /100
- 9 critics
- 12
- Tracks
- 38 min
- Runtime
- 138 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
- Key
Ratings
779 ratings · avg 4.1
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Reviews
1 review
- 4.0
The follow-up that traded CCTV realism for velocity: Favourite Worst Nightmare is faster, darker and more muscular than the debut, with "Fluorescent Adolescent" supplying the bittersweet singalong and "505" quietly becoming the band's most beloved song a decade later. No slump, just acceleration.
22 people have played it start to finish
3 people are spinning it this week
Critics
9 publications
- AllMusic4.5/5
- NME9/10
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- MSN Music (Consumer Guide)B+
- The Guardian4/5
- Pitchfork7.4/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5
- Spin3/5
- Metacriticaggregate82/100
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Favourite Worst Nightmare album cover
The Favourite Worst Nightmare cover was designed by Al Heighton, Anne-Marie Moore, Drew Millward, Graphique Club, Joseph Bramhall, Juno, Matthew Cooper, Tobias and deSign4, photographed by Juno and Matt Goodfellow, and art-directed by Juno.
- Design
- Al Heighton, Anne-Marie Moore, Drew Millward, Graphique Club, Joseph Bramhall, Juno, Matthew Cooper, Tobias, deSign4
- Photography
- Juno, Matt Goodfellow
- Art direction
- Juno
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Tracklist
12 tracks · 38 min
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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Favourite Worst Nightmare is 505 — rated 4.6/5 by 13 listeners.
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About
Favourite Worst Nightmare is the second studio album by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys that was first released in Japan on 18 April 2007 before being released around the world. Recorded in east London's Miloco Studios with producers James Ford and Mike Crossey, the album was preceded by the release of new single "Brianstorm" on 16 April 2007. In its first week following release the album sold over 220,000 copies, emulating Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not in going straight to number one in the UK Albums Chart, albeit selling 100,000 copies fewer than their record-breaking debut. Favourite Worst Nightmare's first day sales of 85,000 outsold the rest of the Top 20 combined, while all twelve tracks from the album entered the top 200 of the UK Singles Chart in their own right. In the USA, the album debuted at number seven, selling around 44,000 copies in its first week. The album has since gone 2x platinum in the UK and the album was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize. At the 2008 BRIT Awards it won Best British Album.
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In comparison to the band's debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, the album has been described as "very, very fast and very, very loud," being seen as "more ambitious, heavier...and with a fiercely bright production". Reflecting the band's travels around the world more than local stories of the first record, FWN is a "faster, meaner" album. The album arguably has influences from The Smiths - "twanging, quasi-ambient backdrops...and Turner's voice [...] crooning like Morrissey or Richard Hawley." Matt Helders said "Conor McBride's superfast supersmooth guitar sweeps and bone-crunching C-tuned guitar riffs were a major influence on this album." As a result, the drum rhythms of Helders and bassist Nick O'Malley have drawn comparisons to the Eighties funk band ESG. The band's love of classic films also influences their new style. For example, the organ at the beginning of the album's final track, "505" is taken directly from Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (where Angel Eyes enters before the final standoff).
In brief
- Is Favourite Worst Nightmare good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Favourite Worst Nightmare 4.1/5 from 779 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Favourite Worst Nightmare?
- 505, rated 4.6/5 by 13 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was Favourite Worst Nightmare released?
- Favourite Worst Nightmare was released in 2007 on Domino.
- How many tracks are on Favourite Worst Nightmare?
- Favourite Worst Nightmare has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 38 minutes.
- What genre is Favourite Worst Nightmare?
- Favourite Worst Nightmare is catalogued under Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Post-Punk Revival.
- What BPM is Favourite Worst Nightmare?
- Favourite Worst Nightmare runs at a median tempo of 138 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Favourite Worst Nightmare?
- Listeners of Favourite Worst Nightmare also rate In Rainbows by Radiohead, Black Holes and Revelations by Muse, Is This It by The Strokes.
- Who produced Favourite Worst Nightmare?
- Favourite Worst Nightmare was produced by James Ellis Ford and Mike Crossey. James Ellis Ford produced all of them.
- Who wrote the songs on Favourite Worst Nightmare?
- Favourite Worst Nightmare was written by Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O’Malley. Alex Turner wrote 2 of them.
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