Humbug (studio album) by Arctic Monkeys
2009-08-19 (16th Year Anniversary)
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Arctic Monkeys bestography
Humbug is ranked 5th best out of 10 albums by Arctic Monkeys on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Arctic Monkeys is Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not which is ranked number 70 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,606.
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Humbug track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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95/100  | 07/23/2025 21:28 | davidbalo | | 76/100 |
80/100 | 07/17/2025 01:11 | rfowler | | 85/100 |
60/100 | 07/13/2025 08:01 |  Milhaud | | 69/100 |
55/100 | 07/11/2025 10:59 | kasetlist | | 68/100 |
80/100 | 07/10/2025 17:07 | platus | | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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pedro1976 07/03/2025 21:40
Solid record, a blend of moody desert rock and psychedelic tones with a darker edge.
Album Rating: 81.70
(817/10)
19.08.2009
Arctic Monkeys (UK): Humbug
1.My Propeller 88
2.Crying Lightning 95
3.Dangerous Animals 41
4.Secret Door 87
5.Potion Approaching 68
6.Fire And The Thud 76
7.Cornerstone 99
8.Dance Little Liar 89
9.Pretty Visitors 77
10.The Jeweller's Hands 97
Dangerous Animals must be one of their worst ever tracks.
VictorVale 11/01/2022 15:33
Psicodélico e enlameado!
More mellow than the previous albums but excellent nonetheless
A slight change in tone from their first two albums - less cheeky and more dark. Underrated though. Some great stuff on here - Crying Lightning, Cornerstone and My Propeller are my highlights.
The brightest gem of all Arctic Monkeys discography
Hypnotic, slow, sexy.
I really do enjoy the influence that Josh Homme and Queens of the Stone Age bring to this project.
Their "best of the rest" (meaning everything except their debut).
Not a bad album, but definitely not too interesting a listen. Definitely a desert rock/stoner rock album, but I get the sense that this is a bit of a precursor to AM in that Turner's lyrics kind of just drone on and linger too long. The album gets boring in The Fire and The Thud and in Dance Little Liar. Feels like a lot of these songs would be featured in the background of movie scenes in which the character are in a drugged stupor.
Standout Tracks: Cornerstone, Potion Approaching, Secret Door, Crying Lightning
My favourite album by them. Love the change in style and more psychedelic style, very spacey. Love it from front to back. Cornerstone is the centre piece of this album for me, perfectly sums up losing a partner and seeing their face everywhere you go. Secret door, cry lighting are fantastic tracks also.
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