Arctic Monkeys
The Car
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Arctic Monkeys

The Car
2022 gatefold original with custom printed inner sleeve. "The Car is in every way a sequel to Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, the 2018 album that found Alex Turner pushing Arctic Monkeys in the direction his side project Last Shadow Puppets pursued. Louche and lugubrious, The Car is rife with signifiers of a stylish, seedy past: wah-wah guitars, swelling cinematic strings, tinkling ivories, and analog synths. What's missing is any sense of rock & roll, a swagger that's absent in the backbeat rhythms, slithery guitars, and falsetto croon Turner adopts for the majority of the album. Ever the wordsmith, he packs a lot of lyrics into his winding melodies yet ends up obscuring their intent by singing like a lounge singer whiling away his hours in a second-rate hotel. The effect is intentional and is not without appeal. There's a certain charm in hearing Arctic Monkeys abandon all their previous strengths, defiantly avoiding melody and muscle; few groups of their stature embark on such a radical revision of their aesthetic. The Car doesn't feel like a progression from Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino so much as a holding pattern, though, with any forward motion arriving in arrangements, not compositions or execution, particularly because Turner seems to be angling for atmosphere, not hooks, with his melodies. The free-floating croon helps The Car amiably drift in space, but it also highlights how the record could use a couple of elements to bring it back to earth." All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine.

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  • Artist: Arctic Monkeys
  • Genre: Rock
  • Type: Used - LP
  • Label: Domino
  • Catalog ID: WIGLP455
  • Condition:
    Vinyl:
    Near Mint (NM or M-)
    Sleeve:
    Near Mint (NM or M-)
  • Country ID: US
  • SKU: 182038

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