Album · 2009
Humbug
Humbug by Arctic Monkeys (2009) is rated 3.0/5 from 2 ratings on Riffiter.
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- 12
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- 45 min
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- 3.5
The difficult third album done on purpose: Humbug slows Arctic Monkeys to a desert crawl under Josh Homme's production, trading wit for atmosphere. "Cornerstone" is Turner's tenderest writing; "Crying Lightning" his most sinister. Fans wanted bangers and got mood — history has ruled in the album's favor.
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12 tracks · 45 min
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Humbug is the third studio album by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, first released on 19 August 2009 by Domino Records. The band started to write songs for the album towards the end of summer 2008, and finished it entirely on spring 2009. Like their last release, Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), Humbug was released first in Japan, on 19 August 2009, followed by Australia, Brazil, Ireland and Germany, on 21 August 2009. It was then released in the UK on 24 August 2009, in the US the following day and in Greece on 31 August. The release preceded the band's headline performances at the Reading and Leeds Festivals at the end of that week. The band started writing songs for the album towards the end of summer 2008, with lead singer Alex Turner suggesting that the inspiration for the first few guitar riffs came while the band were attending the Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Tracks were written through the end of 2008, with recording taking place around the band's touring schedule towards late 2008 and early 2009.
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Co-produced by Josh Homme, the album was wholly recorded in the United States. Homme-produced tracks recorded in Los Angeles and the Mojave Desert alongside New York recordings produced - as per the second album - by James Ford, who also produced the album The Age of the Understatement by Turner's side-project The Last Shadow Puppets. Early soundbites of tracks from the album appeared in the band's periodical video diary on YouTube. While being interviewed for the BBC Culture Show, Alex Turner and Matt Helders cited Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Jake Thackray, John Cale, Nick Cave, Roky Erickson, and The Beatles were all major influences on the recording of the album.
In brief
- Is Humbug good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Humbug 3.0/5 from 2 ratings.
- When was Humbug released?
- Humbug was released in 2009 on Domino.
- How many tracks are on Humbug?
- Humbug has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 45 minutes.
- What genre is Humbug?
- Humbug is catalogued under Indie.