Article: CD REVIEW: Arctic Monkeys' 'Whatever' not an instant classic

Mark Sibilla
University Wire
03-09-2006
(Kansas State Collegian) (U-WIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. -- You will excuse me if I was a little skeptical on first listen of "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not," the debut album from England's Arctic Monkeys.

This may be hyperbolic, but hyperbole does not even begin to explain the hype-storm that has surrounded this debut. British music magazine, New Music Express (NME) gave the Arctic Monkeys' album its highest score, 10.

Fans of the band made the album the fastest-selling debut ever. During the first week of its release in Britain, it sold 118,501 copies -- more than the rest of the top 20 combined.

The Monkeys were quickly declared our ...

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