Suck It and See is the fourth studio album by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, released 6 June 2011 in the UK and 7 June in the US, following their 2011 North American tour. The band worked with producer James Ford on this album and promised a more "vintage" style. The music video for "Brick by Brick" was released shortly before the album details were revealed on March 10. Drummer Matt Helders, however, confirmed that "Brick by Brick" will not be the lead single. On 19 March 2011, in an interview with NME, Helders revealed that Suck It and See will feature "some songs a bit more instant. A bit more poppy, certainly, than Humbug was."
It was revealed on 30 March that three thousand vinyl copies of "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" would be released worldwide by the band as part of Record Store Day on 16 April. The following day it was confirmed on the band's official website that the track would be the album's lead single and that it would be available with B-sides "The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap" and "I.D.S.T." from 30 May.
The band settled on "Suck It and See" as the title after debating between titles such as "The Rain-Shaped Shimmer Trap", "The Thunder-Suckle Fuzz Canyon", "The Blondo-Sonic Rape Alarm", and "Thriller", according to the NME.[citation needed] The title is a reference to graffiti seen in a scene from Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange, as Alex DeLarge waits outside of a broken elevator inside of his decrepit apartment building.
The track "Piledriver Waltz" was first released on Alex Turner's debut EP, Submarine, where it was credited to Turner as a solo artist. It has been confirmed that the Suck It and See version would be a re-recording with the whole band involved.
On 30 May, a week before official release Domino Records streamed the entire album on Soundcloud. Within a few hours of being made public the first two tracks had reached over 10,000 listens each, and by the end of the week each had accrued over 100,000 plays.
On 25 August a teaser trailer for the Don Valley show DVD was released, it is unknown when it will be released.
Non-album song, R U Mine? is to be released with B-Side, Electricity on a 7" record for Record Store Day 2012, signifying there will be no more singles from Suck It and See. It is the first Arctic Monkeys album to have more than 3 singles released from it.Suck It and See is the fourth studio album by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, released 6 June 2011 in the UK and 7 June in the US, following their 2011 North American tour. The band worked with producer James Ford on this album and promised a more "vintage" style. The music video for "Brick by Brick" was released shortly before the album details were revealed on March 10. Drummer Matt Helders, however, confirmed that "Brick by Brick" will not be the lead single. On 19 March 2011, in an interview with NME, Helders revealed that Suck It and See will feature "some songs a bit more instant. A bit more poppy, certainly, than Humbug was."
It was revealed on 30 March that three thousand vinyl copies of "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" would be released worldwide by the band as part of Record Store Day on 16 April. The following day it was confirmed on the band's official website that the track would be the album's lead single and that it would be available with B-sides "The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap" and "I.D.S.T." from 30 May.
The band settled on "Suck It and See" as the title after debating between titles such as "The Rain-Shaped Shimmer Trap", "The Thunder-Suckle Fuzz Canyon", "The Blondo-Sonic Rape Alarm", and "Thriller", according to the NME.[citation needed] The title is a reference to graffiti seen in a scene from Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange, as Alex DeLarge waits outside of a broken elevator inside of his decrepit apartment building.
The track "Piledriver Waltz" was first released on Alex Turner's debut EP, Submarine, where it was credited to Turner as a solo artist. It has been confirmed that the Suck It and See version would be a re-recording with the whole band involved.
On 30 May, a week before official release Domino Records streamed the entire album on Soundcloud. Within a few hours of being made public the first two tracks had reached over 10,000 listens each, and by the end of the week each had accrued over 100,000 plays.
On 25 August a teaser trailer for the Don Valley show DVD was released, it is unknown when it will be released.
Non-album song, R U Mine? is to be released with B-Side, Electricity on a 7" record for Record Store Day 2012, signifying there will be no more singles from Suck It and See. It is the first Arctic Monkeys album to have more than 3 singles released from it.false2025-09-15 22:35:55Suck It and See20112011-01-012011-01-0143Indie RockRock1116442113922d0c06b50-7f7b-40b2-9c80-618f8b119cadada7a83c-e3e1-40f1-93f9-3e73dbc9298affdc0fd3-e726-4e98-af19-d3274ede2311/media/data/media5/Music/Arctic Monkeys/Suck It and See/folder.jpgArctic 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.