AM | ||||
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Released | 9 September 2013 | |||
Recorded | August 2012 – June 2013[1] | |||
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Genre | Indie rock[2] | |||
Length | 41:43 | |||
Label | Domino (a Universal Music Group company) | |||
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Arctic Monkeys chronology | ||||
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Singles from AM | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 81/100[42] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [43] |
The A.V. Club | B+[44] |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[45] |
The Guardian | [46] |
The Independent | [47] |
NME | 10/10[48] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10[49] |
Q | [50] |
Rolling Stone | [51] |
Spin | 7/10[12] |
Publication | Rank | List |
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Consequence of Sound | 45 | Top 50 Albums of 2013[63] |
Digital Spy | 5 | Top Albums of 2013[64] |
Gazeta Wyborcza | 2 | 10 Best Foreign Albums of 2013[61] |
Mojo | 4 | Mojo's Top 50 Albums of 2013[65] |
musicOMH | 5 | musicOMH's Top 100 Albums of 2013[66] |
NME | 1 | NME's 50 Best Albums of 2013[60] |
PopMatters | 28 | The 75 Best Albums of 2013[67] |
Q | 1 | Q's 50 Albums of the Year[68] |
Rolling Stone | 9 | 50 Best Albums of 2013[69] |
Slant Magazine | 16 | The 25 Best Albums of 2013[70] |
Time Out | 2 | 50 Best Albums of 2013[71] |
Uncut | 9 | Uncut's Top 50 Albums of 2013[72] |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Do I Wanna Know?' | 4:32 |
2. | 'R U Mine?' | 3:20 |
3. | 'One for the Road' | 3:26 |
4. | 'Arabella' | 3:27 |
5. | 'I Want It All' | 3:04 |
6. | 'No.1 Party Anthem' | 4:03 |
7. | 'Mad Sounds' (Turner, Alan Smyth) | 3:35 |
8. | 'Fireside' | 3:01 |
9. | 'Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?' | 2:42 |
10. | 'Snap Out of It' | 3:12 |
11. | 'Knee Socks' | 4:17 |
12. | 'I Wanna Be Yours' (John Cooper Clarke) | 3:04 |
Total length: | 41:43 |
Polish[79] and Japanese bonus track | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | '2013' (hidden track; begins after approximately 1-minute silence) | 2:28 |
Total length: | 45:18 |
iTunes live EP bonus tracks[80] | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Do I Wanna Know?' (Live from the iTunes Festival) | 4:27 |
14. | 'Fireside' (Live from the iTunes Festival) | 2:59 |
15. | 'Arabella' (Live from the iTunes Festival) | 3:27 |
16. | 'One for the Road' (Live from the iTunes Festival) | 3:28 |
17. | 'R U Mine?' (Live from the iTunes Festival) | 3:23 |
Total length: | 59:27 |
Deluxe LP edition – exclusive 7' vinyl | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | '2013' | 2:26 |
2. | 'Stop the World I Wanna Get Off with You' | 3:12 |
Total length: | 48:21 |
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[142] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
Belgium (BEA)[143] | Gold | 15,000* |
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[144] | Gold | 10,000^ |
France (SNEP)[145] | Gold | 50,000* |
Ireland (IRMA)[146] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[147] | Gold | 25,000* |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[148] | Gold | 30,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[149] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[150] | Gold | 15,000* |
Poland (ZPAV)[151] | Platinum | 20,000* |
Portugal (AFP)[152] | Gold | 10,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[153] | 4× Platinum | 1,200,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[154] | Platinum | 1,400,000 |
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone |
Country | Date | Label | Format(s) |
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Australia[155] | 6 September 2013 | Domino | |
France[156] | 9 September 2013 |
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Germany[157] | |||
United Kingdom[158] | |||
Poland[159] | 10 September 2013 | NoPaper | |
United States[160] | Domino |
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Though AM is firmly indie rock...
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