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'Released: 16 January 2006Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is the debut by English band, released on 23 January 2006. The album surpassed 's to become the fastest selling debut album in British music history, shifting over 360,000 copies in its first week, and remains the fastest selling debut album by a band. It has since gone quintuple in the UK.The album includes both tracks from the band's original, as well as their first two singles and, ' and '. It is often cited as one of the best rock albums of its decade.
It received the 2006 for Best Album, and was ranked number 371 on. In 2013 ranked it the 30th greatest debut album of all time.
In October 2013, music magazine also ranked the album at number 19 in their poll of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Contents.Composition and content Musically, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not features,. The common thematic content of the album has led to it being considered by some a concerning 'the lives of young clubbers'. All tracks record first-person narratives of observations made within this context. 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor', 'Still Take You Home', 'You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me' and 'Dancing Shoes' all examine human behaviour in. Frontman describes 'Dancing Shoes' as being about 'people always looking to when they go out however much they mask it.' Other songs examine other aspects of; 'From the Ritz to the Rubble' is an account of nightclub bouncers, 'Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured' tells the typical experiences and troubles of getting a after a night out, and 'When the Sun Goes Down' was inspired by in the locality of their practice room in the district of.
Other songs are themed on romantic relationships, such as 'Mardy Bum', or, such as 'Fake Tales of San Francisco' and 'A Certain Romance'. In 's list of the top 100 tracks of the decade, 'A Certain Romance' was described as 'a strangely even-handed song which starts out scorning local townies then appears to absolve them at the end of the song.'
Title and artwork The album's title was taken from a line from the novel written. The name was chosen after Turner recognised similarities between the two works and the appropriateness of the title. He said that 'it's good because the book is called Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and that's kind of what the album is, so there's a link there.
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And also, there's a lot of people saying a lot of things about us and you don't have control over it.' He also said that 'songs including 'The View from the Afternoon', 'Dancing Shoes', 'Still Take You Home' and 'From the Ritz to the Rubble' all cover that bit of the weekend and feature the same character.'
Of the album is a photo of Chris McClure—a close friend of the band, frontman of and brother of of —taken in the early hours of the morning in bar, after the band had given him, his cousin and his best friend 'seventy to spend on a night out'. The image caused some controversy when Laurence Gruer of criticised the cover for 'reinforcing the idea that smoking is okay'. The band's product manager denied the accusation, and in fact suggested the opposite: 'You can see from the image smoking is not doing him the world of good.' Advertisements for the album used a similar image to the cover picture, but without the cigarette.Release and promotion Prior to the release of the album, the tracks 'Mardy Bum', ', ', 'Dancing Shoes', 'Still Take You Home', 'Riot Van', ' (then known as 'Scummy' or 'Scummy Man') and 'A Certain Romance' had been released for free via the internet in late 2004 and consolidated on the unofficial compilation.' I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor' was released as the first single from the album, the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart in October 2005 for one week, knocking ' ' off the top. 'When the Sun Goes Down' was released as the second single from the album in January 2006, also debuting at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their second consecutive UK number-one single.The original release date was 30 January 2006, but was brought forward to 23 January 2006 due to 'high demand'.
Although the same was done with, it was speculated that the move was an attempt to counter the effects of the album's leak onto online sites. The re-recorded album versions had been leaked onto the internet by December 2005.On the first day of its release, the album became the fastest-selling debut album in British history, selling just under 120,000 copies. By the end of the week, the album had sold 363,735 copies—more than the rest of the Top 20 combined and making it the overall fastest selling debut album in British history.Its release in the United States on 21 February 2006 saw it become the second fastest selling debut indie album in history, turning over around 34,000 copies in its first week and achieving number 24 in the album charts. The album also went to number 1 in. UK sales as of September 2013 stood at 1,475,982 copies.
In February 2014, the album was certified 5× platinum, indicating sales of 1,500,000 copies.The track 'Mardy Bum', while not released as a single, appeared on radio playlists throughout the UK in mid-2006, and is still played infrequently on and some alternative rock stations such as 's. The track 'A Certain Romance' was ranked number 90 in 's Top 100 Tracks of 2006 and cited as the standout track.
NME also placed 'A Certain Romance' at 10 in their list of 100 Tracks of the Decade. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 140 on its list '150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years'.In the US, ' was released as the album's third single and peaked at number 30 on the Billboard charts.Critical reception Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRating82/100Review scoresSourceRatingA−10/107.4/10B+A−Since its release the album has received universal acclaim with a rating of 82. It featured highly in many year-end lists and has been hailed as a modern classic. 29 January 2006.
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