Favourite Worst Nightmare

Rock · 2007 · 14 tracks

Favourite Worst Nightmare

A faster, meaner follow-up defined by frantic drumming and sharp-tongued nostalgia. It captures the transition from teenage garage energy to nocturnal city swagger.

April 18, 2007 · Domino

A darker, more caffeinated urgency replaces the debut's provincial observations, trading the queue outside the club for the volatile tension of the alleyway behind it. The rhythm section drives these songs with a frantic, lead-instrument intensity, while the songwriting shifts toward bittersweet regret and the first cold realizations of fading youth. A cinematic, reverb-drenched atmosphere begins to creep into the margins of their fast-talking garage rock.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks

01

Brianstorm

2:50

02

Teddy Picker

2:43

03

D Is for Dangerous

2:16

04

Balaclava

2:49

05

Fluorescent Adolescent

2:58

06

Only Ones Who Know

3:03

07

Do Me a Favour

3:27

08

This House Is a Circus

3:10

09

If You Were There, Beware

4:34

10

The Bad Thing

2:23

11

Old Yellow Bricks

3:11

12

505

4:43

13

Da Frame 2R

2:20

14

Matador

4:57

Moments Worth Listening For

01BrianstormThe frantic, syncopated drum pattern that opens 'Brianstorm' immediately establishes a heavier, more aggressive tempo than the band's previous work.

12505A dramatic shift in texture occurs on '505' as a sustained, Ennio Morricone-inspired organ chord anchors the song's slow-burning crescendo.

Reviews

BBC Music

AllMusic

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How does Favourite Worst Nightmare sound next to the rest of Arctic Monkeys's catalogue?

Restless+3.0σ

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