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01 Brianstorm - Sounds the most like any of the tracks off the first album so it's natural it was selected as the first single. Is very catchy but compared to other stuff on this album it's not that great of a track. 8/10

02 Teddy Picker - Didn't feel this track at all to begin with. Absolutley love it now though. Helder's vocals on this track are great and the bits he sing are just about instantly catchy. Could be a very likely single choice. 9/10

03 D Is For Dangerous - Well the lyrics to this are just really something else. The dirty little herbet line makes me laugh every time I hear it and all round it's just a great track and instantly catchy. Again, Helder's vocals on this are brilliant and I wouldn't be suprised at all if this is single #3. 10/10

04 Balaclava - Much prefer the stuido version to the leaked version as it doesn't skip! :lol: It doesn't seem that much like an Arctic Monkeys track but nethertheless it's a good solid track but one of the more filler tracks. 8/10

05 Fluorescent Adolescent Is for sure gonna be the Mardy Bum off FWN. Is instantly catchy and a great 2nd single choice. Wish i'd never heard the live version of the track though, as it's better than the studio version in my opinion. Is much faster and catchier. 9/10

06 Only One Who Knows - This this is the track that took the longest for me to get to grips with. Is very Riot Van esque. I'm still not too sure about it, but I think it's one of those tracks that will take a lot of listens before you really get to know the track. 7/10

07 Do Me A Favour - Another track that I wasn't too keen on to begin with, but i'm really liking it now. The, "Perhaps f*** off might be too kind bit" really sticks in my head. Is one of the very few singles I wouldn't release as a single though even though I really like it. 9/10

08 This House Is A Circus - The opening line just makes the track for me. Really sets the tone for the rest of the track and is the one line you clearly remember from the track. 10/10

09 If You Were There, Beware - Another track I really wouldn't release as a single. Is more of a filler track but is mixed perfectly together with This House Is A Circus. There's just an eiry feeling about this track for me, like Vampires off the first album. 8/10

10 The Bad Thing My favourite track off the album at the moment. Is the most pop track Arctic Monkeys have done, and I really like it. "Do the bad thing, take off your wedding ring" constantly pops up into my head randomly from time and every time it does I just want to listen to this track again. :lol: 10/10

11 Old Yellow Bricks - The lyrics are very clever to this. Has to be possibly, the only track i've ever heard the word escaologist (sp?) in a track. The guitar riffs are heaving hitting and it just sets the whole tone for the track. Wouldn't mind this being released as a single at all. 10/10

12 505 Just brilliant. The drumming gradully builds up right before the guitars kick in, and at every point I hear that point of the track, the hairs on the back of my kneck stand up. Is one of the more softer songs they've done but is one of the best tracks they've done also. Wouldn't mind this being released as a single either. 10/10

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01 Brianstorm - Fell in love with this from the first listen. A belting tune, but there are a couple of songs on the album that make even this sound average 9/10

Favourite line: "She'll be saying use me, show me the jacuzzi"

 

02 Teddy Picker - This one's good but not great. Has a great riff that runs through it, and the lyrics are up to the usual arctics standard 8/10

Favourite line: "And it's the thousandth time and it's even bolder, Don't be surprised when you get bent over"

 

03 D Is For Dangerous - Great song. One of the stand-out tacks on the album, and would like to see this as the third single 10/10

Favourite line: "D is for dangerous, and try and keep your trousers on"

 

04 Balaclava - I like this one. The song itself is an amazing tune, and coupled with superb lyrics makes for very pleasurable listening 9/10

Favourite line: "And it's wrong wrong wrong but we'll do it anyway cause we love a bit of trouble" / "Sorry sweetheart i'd much rather, keep on the balaclava"

 

05 Fluorescent Adolescent Absolutely sublime. This is arguably setting itself up to be the best single they've released to date. If Brianstorm hadn't already convinced me to buy the album this sure as hell would have. My fave from the album, my fave Arctics song and my fave song this year. Outstanding 10/10

Favourite line: "Was it a Mecca dobber or a betting pencil?" f***ing genius

 

06 Only One Who Knows - Still not entirely convinced on this one. It isnt a bad song by any means, but the fact it comes on after Fluorescent Adolescent only serves to make its flaws more obvious 7/10

Favourite line: "I bet the juliet was just the icing on the cake"

 

07 Do Me A Favour - Has a great build up to it with the drums and slight guitars, but hits its peak later on when it really starts taking off 9/10

Favourite line: "Perhaps f*** off might be too kind, perhaps f*** off might be too kind"

 

08 This House Is A Circus - Twistedly brilliant. The opening few lines along with those constant riffs get stuck in your head right from the off. 9/10

Favourite line: "This house is a circus, berserk as f***, we tend to see that as a perk though"

 

09 If You Were There, Beware - Upon first listen, found it hard to distinguish between "This House Is A Circus"! Very much like "Vampires" off the first album, starts off quite heavy, quietens down and then goes full throttle again 8/10

Favourite line: "There's a circle of witches, ambitiously vicious they are"

 

10 The Bad Thing Gets right in there from the off, and doesn't let up. This is another track that wouldn't have sounded out of place on 'Whatever People Say I Am..', not that that's a bad thing! 9/10

Favourite line: "Oh but she carried on suggesting, I struggled to refuse, she said "its the red wine this time, but that is no excuse"

 

11 Old Yellow Bricks - Love the riff on this one. Wouldn't be a bad single, but there is better that could be released tbh. Another one I find getting stuck in my head all the time 8/10

Favourite line: "Old yellow bricks, Love's a risk, Quite the little Escapoligist, Looked so miffed, When you wished, For a thousand places better than this"

 

12 505 The first half of it does absolutely nothing for me, but once it gets going its a perfectly good track. The weakest song from the album, imo, but it's not a particularly bad song as such 7/10

Favourite line: "Frightened by the bite though its no harsher than the bark"

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The reaction on 505 seems so mixed. :lol: You either think it's an amazing track or just an average track. I'll admit the first few times I heard it though, the first 2 minutes did absolutley nothing for me, and I just thought they singing was cringeworthy to be honest, but now my opinion has completley changed. ^_^
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