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Arctic Monkeys - 2018 - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (qobuz Hi Res) [[email protected]]
Artist: Arctic Monkeys
Title: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (qobuz Hi Res)
Format: 11 × File, FLAC, Album, Remastered, 24bit 48kHz (qobuz Hi Res)
Producer: James Ford, Alex Turner
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Recorded: September 2017 – 2018 at La Frette (Paris), Vox (Los Angeles), London, Lunar Surface (Los Angeles)
Label: Domino Recording Co
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Britpop, Lounge Pop, Space Pop
Duration: 40:51
Arctic Monkeys:
Wikipedia:
Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb. The band consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, rhythm/lead guitar), Matt Helders (drums, vocals), Jamie Cook (lead/rhythm guitar) and Nick O'Malley (bass, backing vocals). Former band member Andy Nicholson (bass guitar, backing vocals) left the band in 2006 shortly after their debut album was released.
They have released six studio albums: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), Humbug (2009), Suck It and See (2011), AM (2013), and Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018), as well as one live album, At the Apollo (2008). Their debut album is the fastest-selling debut album by a band in UK chart history, and in 2013, Rolling Stone ranked it the 30th-greatest debut album.
The band has won seven Brit Awards – winning both Best British Group and Best British Album three times, and have been nominated for three Grammy Awards. They also won the Mercury Prize in 2006 for their debut album, in addition to receiving nominations in 2007 and 2013. The band have headlined at the Glastonbury Festival twice, in 2007 and again in 2013.
Arctic Monkeys were heralded as one of the first bands to come to public attention via the Internet, with commentators suggesting they represented the possibility of a change in the way in which new bands are promoted and marketed.
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino:
Wikipedia:
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is the sixth studio album by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. It was released on 11 May 2018 by Domino Recording Company, and produced by frequent Arctic Monkeys collaborator James Ford and band frontman Alex Turner. The album was written by Turner on a piano, and features a lush lounge pop and space pop sound with jazz influences; a departure from the band's previous guitar-heavy work. Its lyrical content draws heavily from science fiction and film, exploring consumerism, politics, religion, technology.
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:
It was inevitable that Alex Turner would incorporate the loungey swagger of his busman's holiday the Last Shadow Puppets into his main gig of the Arctic Monkeys, yet the soft louche touch of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino comes as something of a shock. Chalk it up, perhaps, to the fact that Turner was a mere 32 years old when he unleashed Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino onto the world, a young age that seems older because Arctic Monkeys released their debut when he was just 19. Throughout Tranquility Base, Turner comes across as if he were much, much older than his actual age, cocking an eyebrow to a potential paramour who has the audacity to have never seen Blade Runner, and reminiscing about the '70s -- a decade he never saw. He may have been born at the height of Brothers in Arms, but Turner fetishes the swinging sci-fi '60s, winking at futurism while acknowledging that its starry potential has curdled in the digital age. Tranquility Base hints at these dashed dreams in its stylish soft contours, which are neither retro nor modern: they're hung suspended between these two extremes, sounding precisely like Alex Turner while never touching upon the frenzied, heavy roar of the Monkeys. Perhaps it's easy to miss that youthful punchiness, but the expansive aural horizons of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino suggest there are plenty of avenues for Turner to steer Arctic Monkeys into a fruitful middle age. So, it's an accomplished, slyly snappy, and admirable affair, and yet there still seems to be something lacking -- namely, songs that stick. Turner nails the concept, wallowing in warped dreams and painting widescreen soundscapes, but the foundation is wobbly; at a glance, it's impressive, but the slipshod details reveal themselves upon close inspection.
Tracklist:
01.Star Treatment (5:55)
02.One Point Perspective (3:29)
03.American Sports (2:38)
04.Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (3:32)
05.Golden Trunks (2:54)
06.Four Out Of Five (5:12)
07.The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip (3:00)
08.Science Fiction (3:06)
09.She Looks Like Fun (3:03)
10.Batphone (4:32)
11.The Ultracheese (3:38)
Personnel:
Arctic Monkeys:
Alex Turner – vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (1–10), organ (1–7, 9, 10), piano (1, 2, 4–7, 9, 10), guitar (1, 2, 5–7, 9, 10), bass (4–10), Orchestron (1, 2, 4), synthesiser (7, 10), baritone guitar (1), dolceola (1), harpsichord (4), acoustic guitar (5), drums (10)
Jamie Cook – guitar (1, 2, 4–9, 11), lap steel (1, 3), acoustic guitar (5), baritone guitar (10)
Nick O'Malley – bass (1–3, 9, 11), backing vocals (1, 2), guitar (7), baritone guitar (8)Matt Helders – drums (1–3, 6, 7, 9, 11), rotary timpani (1), backing vocals (1), synthesisers (8), Farfisa (8)
Additional Musicians:
James Ford – synthesiser (4–6, 9, 10), drums (1, 4, 7), percussion (1, 5, 6), Orchestron (2, 4, 6), vibraphone (1, 2), pedal steel (1, 11), acoustic guitar (3, 6), piano (8, 11), Farfisa (1), RMI Rocksichord (1), baritone guitar (1), harpsichord (4), synthesiser programming (4), rotary timpani (6), organ (9)Tom Rowley – guitar (5, 8), electric guitar (3, 6), acoustic guitar (5, 8), piano (7, 9), fuzz guitar (3), electric guitar solo (6), acoustic and baritone guitar solo (11)
Zach Dawes – baritone guitar (3), piano (7)
Tyler Parkford – piano (3), Farfisa (7)Evan Weiss – acoustic guitar (3, 7)
Loren Humphrey – drums (6, 8, 9, 11)
James Righton – Wurlitzer (6, 8, 11)
Josephine Stephenson – piano (6, 8, 11)
Cam Avery – backing vocals (9)
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