Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
by Arctic Monkeys
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is ranked as the best album by Arctic Monkeys.
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not rankings summary
Overall rank: 68th | 2000s rank: 7th | 2006 rank: 1st Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
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| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 21/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2006 | 4/50 | 5 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  RasmV | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 8/100 | 86 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 69 Music Albums of 2006 | 69/69 | 0 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 26/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  Pastiche | Top 98 Music Albums of the 2000s | 2/98 | 20 |
| 2026 |  swed | Top 66 Music Albums of the 2000s | 43/66 | 7 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 1,650 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 15,360 | |||
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| ! | 09/18/2026 15:23 | Mafedere | 820 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2026 11:28 | RemainInLight | 3,802 | 36/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2026 10:21 |  Strangel | 1,009 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.7/100, a mean average of 81.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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Sqez 08/17/2016 13:39 | #173004 | TOP COMMENT
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Overrated as heck, every track is solid though, but that doesn't make a great album in my book. Also there is no peak song so... The lyrics for me are, for the most part, below average, but the music is great. Might be alone on that one though, because people seem to love the lyrics. Lyrics aren't a big part of rock songs for me anyway. It's a definite must listen to once in your life, it but shouldn't be in the top 50 albums of all time imo. (Edited)
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nshaw75 04/28/2013 06:36 | #74644 | TOP COMMENT
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Definitely in my Top 5 albums of all time. The guitar music is great but the way it is brought across in broad Yorkshire accent and dialect is summet else.
The way the stories are told in the lyrics is just how one of your mates would tell a story about one of his nights out.
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arthurbittencourt 07/25/2011 06:54 | #24832 | TOP COMMENT
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arthurbittencourt 07/25/2011 06:54 | #24832 | TOP COMMENT
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Quick guitars and drum beats, the first Arctic Monkeys album is full of originality, and heaviness. 2005 world’s coolest guy, Alex Turner, is a fast-ballad-maker and the lead singer of the band. The songs show how youth in our days can also be interesting. Drummer Matthew Helders, the Agile Beast, explodes in ability in The View From The Afternoon. Album’s second song, I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor is my personal favourite, because it brings the whole idea of the Monkeys album. The unstoppable sequence of unusual rock-n-roll reefs will open your mind to a 60’s nostalgia, that’s going to make Alex Turner the new Beatle.
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If I want to listen to jarring, headache-inducing guitars, I'll listen to Gang of Four. Their music at least has a rhythm that makes those guitars more than just loud for the sake of being loud. This album adds nothing to the "rock revival" indie movement from the 2000s that the Strokes or White Stripes haven't already done. In fact, if the Strokes were British and Casablancas stood farther away from his microphone, this is what they would sound like.
Oh, and there were no robots in the book 1984.
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Wasn't impressed. Album was very highly rated on this site, so I figured it was worth a listen. Not bad by any means, just not all that special either. Maybe will revisit later, but for now it's a bit of a disappointment. (Edited)
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