On 4 July 2013, Homme mentioned AM at the Rock for People festival in the Czech Republic: 'I sang on the new Arctic Monkeys record. Not to blow my own trumpet or anything, but you know what I'm saying.' In an interview with 24sata, Turner mentioned that Homme would appear in the song 'Knee Socks'. The 30В seconds that he's in there is just, I dunno, it's like something that I've never heard before. His contribution to our record is really exciting, it's probably my favourite.

It's just fun, it's friends, extended family now вЂ“ came round, had a fun night.

Turner continued: 'He came down and sort of got us out of a little rut. Speaking about Josh Homme's contribution to AM with Zane Lowe, Turner said: 'The Josh thing was very much a case of one of us returning a back scratch to the other', referring to his appearance as a guest vocalist on the Queens of the Stone Age album. Josh Homme provided background vocals to two songs on AM. Crossed me mind to call the album that.' Josh Homme contribution And this little black amp that became known as The New Black. Turner later revealed that the band had nearly titled the album The New Black, after a guitar amp they used in the recording process: 'I got this old Rickenbacker thing that we recorded a lot through. The 'VU' record, obviously.' He went on to say: 'Did we cop out? Yeah! Summat about it feels like this record is exactly where we should be right now. In an interview with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner said that the album title was inspired by the Velvet Underground's 1985 compilation album VU: 'I actually stole it from the Velvet Underground, I'll just confess that now and get it out of the way. Rolling Stone ranked it 346 in their 2020 edition of their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. NME hailed it the best album of the decade and, just a month after its release, ranked it 449 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It was also nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize and received a Best Rock Performance nomination for 'Do I Wanna Know?' at the 57th Grammy Awards in 2015. At the 2014 BRIT Awards, Arctic Monkeys won British Album of the Year for AM. It featured in many year-end lists as one of the best albums of 2013, including the BBC who named it the best of 2013. The album received critical acclaim, with critics praising its darker and groovier sound in comparison to the band's previous records. In addition, the album became the band's most successful in the United States, with the single ' Do I Wanna Know?' being the first song by the band to enter the Billboard Hot 100 and the album topping four Billboard charts and being certified platinum in the US in 2017. Topping the UK Albums Chart, it sold over 157,000 copies in its first week and also went on to be one of the UK's best-selling vinyl albums of the decade, selling 73,000 units. Thematically, the album concerns frustration surrounding tainted romance, sex and loneliness.Д¬ommercially, the album has become one of Arctic Monkeys' most successful albums to date, topping charts in several countries, and reaching top ten positions in many more. The band incorporated new instruments on the album, including the piano, organ, Hohner Guitaret, and vintage drum machine. The band took a different approach to recording the album in comparison to their previous album, Suck It and See, with more emphasis into creating a 'studio album' according to frontman Alex Turner. It features guest appearances by Josh Homme, Bill Ryder-Jones, and Pete Thomas.Дrawing inspiration from a wide range of genres, including psychedelic rock, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, desert rock, R&B, and soul, AM notably marks Arctic Monkeys' first venture into hip hop. The album was promoted by the singles ' R U Mine?', ' Do I Wanna Know?', ' Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?', ' One for the Road', ' Arabella', and ' Snap Out of It'. 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, and released in September 2013 through Domino. ' Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?'ДЄM is the fifth studio album by English rock band Arctic Monkeys.

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