Humbug is an Alt/Indie album by Arctic Monkeys, originally released in 2009. On Gatefold: 41 pressings tracked, owned by 50 collectors.
About
For all the supposed Arctic Monkeys hallmarks absent on <i>Humbug</i>—buoyant, festival-ready choruses; Alex Turner’s socially acute punchlines—this bold, challenging third record still bears the Sheffield band’s unmistakable fingerprints. It’s just that, thanks to the presence of coproducer Joshua Homme (frontman for Queens of the Stone Age), they’re visible through a kind of enigmatic, desert twilight. “Crying Lightning” is all purring couplets with menacing guitar, “Pretty Visitors” adds ghostly organ and spoken word, and “Cornerstone” invokes Britpop grandeur with the added pull of Turner’s gimlet eye.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1My Propeller3:28
- A2Crying Lightning3:24
- A3Dangerous Animals3:24
- A4Secret Door3:41
- A5Potion Approaching3:32
Side B
- B1Fire And The Thud3:50
- B2Cornerstone3:17
- B3Dance Little Liar4:43
- B4Pretty Visitors3:40
- B5The Jeweller's Hands5:42
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- heavy
- brooding
- desert
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Tracks A2, A3, A5, B1, B3, B4 and B5 recorded at Pink Duck Studios and Rancho de la Luna
Tracks A1, A4, B2 recorded at Mission Sound, Brooklyn
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York
LP mastering at Electric, London
Management for Wildlife Entertainment Ltd
Sticker on cover says "180gm heavyweight virgin vinyl, comes with MP3s!" (release actually includes a coupon insert with a code for free downloading of a digital version of the album).
Fold out inlay with lyrics and credits.
Tracks are referred to as 1 to 10 on the release itself. Presented here as follows:
1 to 5 as A1 to A5;
6 to 10 as B1 to B5
ATTN: many reissues have the same cover, label and OIS, the only difference is the Matrix / Runouts: Side A runout, etched A1 WIGLP 220 A-1 with no other words, letters or numbers - Side B runout, etched: WIGLP 220 B2 with no other words, letters or numbers
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alison MosshartBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- John AshtonBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS
50 collectors on Gatefold own this · 41 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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