AM is the fifth studio album by the English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. It was released on 9 September 2013 in Europe, 6 September 2013 in Australia, and 10 September 2013 in the United States. On 15 July 2013, the album cover artwork was revealed.
The album features the singles: "R U Mine?", "Do I Wanna Know?" and "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?". It also features guest appearances by Josh Homme, Bill Ryder-Jones and Pete Thomas. It was produced by James Ford and co-produced by Ross Orton at Sage & Sound Recording in Los Angeles and Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, California.
On 11 September 2013, the album reached number 1 on the mid-week UK Albums Chart, having sold more than 97,000 copies. The album received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize for best album.
On 13 September 2013, only four days after its release, the album was certified Gold in the United Kingdom.AM is the fifth studio album by the English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. It was released on 9 September 2013 in Europe, 6 September 2013 in Australia, and 10 September 2013 in the United States. On 15 July 2013, the album cover artwork was revealed.
The album features the singles: "R U Mine?", "Do I Wanna Know?" and "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?". It also features guest appearances by Josh Homme, Bill Ryder-Jones and Pete Thomas. It was produced by James Ford and co-produced by Ross Orton at Sage & Sound Recording in Los Angeles and Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, California.
On 11 September 2013, the album reached number 1 on the mid-week UK Albums Chart, having sold more than 97,000 copies. The album received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize for best album.
On 13 September 2013, only four days after its release, the album was certified Gold in the United Kingdom.false2023-07-15 07:48:29AM8.220132013-08-012013-08-0142Alternative RockBlues RockIndie RockPsychedelic RockRock1116442180196169957aa-2ca8-42a8-ba02-71bdf3fe26ffada7a83c-e3e1-40f1-93f9-3e73dbc9298aa348ba2f-f8b3-4686-b928-e63d8d94d543/media/data/media5/Music/Arctic Monkeys/AM (2013)/12 Vinyl 01/folder.jpgArctic MonkeysAlbumArtistArctic MonkeysArtistArctic MonkeysArctic MonkeysArctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002. The group consists of lead singer Alex Turner, drummer Matt Helders, guitarist Jamie Cook and bassist Nick O'Malley. Former bassist Andy Nicholson left the band in 2006 shortly after their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, was released.
Arctic Monkeys were heralded as one of the first bands to come to public attention via the Internet, with commentators suggesting they represented the possibility of a change in the way in which new bands are promoted and marketed. Their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), received widespread critical acclaim upon release and topped the UK Albums Chart, becoming the fastest-selling debut album in British chart history at the time. It won Best British Album at the 2007 Brit Awards and has since been hailed as one of the greatest debut albums. The band's second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), was also acclaimed by critics and won Best British Album at the 2008 Brit Awards. They went on to release Humbug (2009) and Suck It and See (2011), both of which were well-received critically, though not to the extent of their first two albums.
The band's wider international fame came with the success of their critically acclaimed fifth album AM (2013), which was supported by the global hit "Do I Wanna Know?". It topped four Billboard charts and was certified 3× platinum in the US. At the 2014 Brit Awards, the album became their third to win British Album of the Year. Their sixth album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018), was a major departure from the band's previous guitar-heavy work, instead being piano-oriented. Their seventh album, The Car, was released in 2022 and received nominations for the Ivor Novello Awards and the Mercury Prize in 2023. It received a Best Alternative Music Album nomination at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, their third to do so, and their second consecutive nomination after Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino.
In the United Kingdom, the band became the first independent-label band to debut at number one in the UK with their first five albums. The band have won seven Brit Awards; winning Best British Group and British Album of the Year three times, becoming the first band to ever "do the double" —that is, win in both categories— three times; a Mercury Prize for Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, an Ivor Novello Award and 20 NME Awards. In addition, they have been nominated for nine Grammy Awards, and received Mercury Prize nominations in 2007, 2013, 2018 and 2023. Both Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not and AM are included in NME's and different editions of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time lists.