Album · 2011
Suck It and See
Suck It and See is a 2011 indie rock album by Arctic Monkeys. It runs 13 tracks across 44 minutes on Domino. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.9/5 from 19 ratings.
Indie Rock · Rock · Alternative Rock
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- 3.9 /5
- 19 ratings
- 75 /100
- 9 critics
- 13
- Tracks
- 44 min
- Runtime
- 127 bpm
- Tempo
- E major
- Key
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- NME9/10
- Spin8/10
- The Guardian4/5
- The Daily Telegraph4/5
- Pitchfork7.5/10
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- Rolling Stone3.5/5
- AllMusic3.5/5
- The A.V. ClubC−
- Metacriticaggregate74/100
- AnyDecentMusic?aggregate7.2/10
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Suck It and See album cover

The Suck It and See cover was designed by Jason Evans and Matthew Cooper, photographed by Aaron Brown, and art-directed by Jason Evans and Matthew Cooper.
- Design
- Jason Evans, Matthew Cooper
- Photography
- Aaron Brown
- Art direction
- Jason Evans, Matthew Cooper
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Tracklist
13 tracks · 44 min
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About
Suck It and See is the fourth studio album by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, released 6 June 2011 in the UK and 7 June in the US, following their 2011 North American tour. The band worked with producer James Ford on this album and promised a more "vintage" style. The music video for "Brick by Brick" was released shortly before the album details were revealed on March 10. Drummer Matt Helders, however, confirmed that "Brick by Brick" will not be the lead single. On 19 March 2011, in an interview with NME, Helders revealed that Suck It and See will feature "some songs a bit more instant. A bit more poppy, certainly, than Humbug was." It was revealed on 30 March that three thousand vinyl copies of "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" would be released worldwide by the band as part of Record Store Day on 16 April. The following day it was confirmed on the band's official website that the track would be the album's lead single and that it would be available with B-sides "The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap" and "I.D.S.T." from 30 May.
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The band settled on "Suck It and See" as the title after debating between titles such as "The Rain-Shaped Shimmer Trap", "The Thunder-Suckle Fuzz Canyon", "The Blondo-Sonic Rape Alarm", and "Thriller", according to the NME.[citation needed] The title is a reference to graffiti seen in a scene from Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange, as Alex DeLarge waits outside of a broken elevator inside of his decrepit apartment building. The track "Piledriver Waltz" was first released on Alex Turner's debut EP, Submarine, where it was credited to Turner as a solo artist. It has been confirmed that the Suck It and See version would be a re-recording with the whole band involved. On 30 May, a week before official release Domino Records streamed the entire album on Soundcloud. Within a few hours of being made public the first two tracks had reached over 10,000 listens each, and by the end of the week each had accrued over 100,000 plays. On 25 August a teaser trailer for the Don Valley show DVD was released, it is unknown when it will be released. Non-album song, R U Mine? is to be released with B-Side, Electricity on a 7" record for Record Store Day 2012, signifying there will be no more singles from Suck It and See. It is the first Arctic Monkeys album to have more than 3 singles released from it.
In brief
- Is Suck It and See good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Suck It and See 3.9/5 from 19 ratings.
- When was Suck It and See released?
- Suck It and See was released in 2011 on Domino.
- How many tracks are on Suck It and See?
- Suck It and See has 13 tracks, with a runtime of 44 minutes.
- What genre is Suck It and See?
- Suck It and See is catalogued under Indie Rock, Rock, Alternative Rock.
- What BPM is Suck It and See?
- Suck It and See runs at a median tempo of 127 BPM across its tracks, most often in E major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Suck It and See?
- Listeners of Suck It and See also rate In Rainbows by Radiohead, Black Holes and Revelations by Muse, Is This It by The Strokes.
Suck It and See at a glance
- Label
- Domino Recording Company
- Recorded at
- Sound City Studios
- Produced by
- James Ford
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