Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Occupation
- Vocal / Guitar: Alex Turner
- Guitar: Jamie Cook
- E -Bass: Andy Nicholson
- Drums: Matt Helders
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is the debut album of the coming of Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys.
It is the debut album, which was sold in the UK in the first week most frequently; it purchased 363 735 copies. It got there triple platinum and won the Mercury Music Prize.
Publication
Originally, the release of the album in the UK was scheduled for January 30, but it was brought forward to January 23. On the day of publication, Whatever People Say I Am sold, That's What I'm Not just a little less than 120,000 times, making it so far the fastest-selling debut album in British music history. In the United States about 34,000 copies were sold in the first week and the album reached number 24 of the local charts. As in Britain, the album was also in Ireland and Australia No. 1 on the album charts.
Cover
The cover of the CD is Chris McClure, a friend of the band, while smoking dar. It was criticized by the Scottish National Health Service because it glorifies smoking. The product manager of the Arctic Monkeys but denied this and said it was doing Chris McClure not good to smoke. Yet in March 2006, McClure wanted to stop smoking for lack of money, but was unsuccessful. The CD kept the cover above, on billboards but a similar figure was used without cigarette.
Awards
- Fifth Best British Album - NME, January 2006
- Mercury Prize Album of the Year, September 2006
- Best Album - Q Awards, October 2006
- Album of the Year - NME, December 2006
- Album of the Year - Visions ( Readers Poll)
- Album of the Year - Cross Beat Magazine (Japan), December 2006
- Album of the Year - TIME Magazine, December 2006
- Album of the Year - Hot Press Magazine ( Ireland), December 2006
- Best International Album - Meteor Music Awards (Ireland), February 2007
- Best British album - 2007 Brit Awards, February 2007
Title list
Single releases
- I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor (17 October 2005 )
- When the Sun Goes Down (16 January 2006)
- The View From The Afternoon
- Fake Tales of San Francisco