Arctic Monkeys, 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' (Domino)

Openly disregarding their "it"-ness, sort of.

"Anticipation has a habit to set you up for disappointment," or so goes the smarting first line from Arctic Monkeys' debut LP. Before the Sheffield upstarts had been around long enough to get slagged as a second-rate Jam rip, the British music press had already placed a crown in their cradle, making them fresh bait for industry bats and baby eaters.

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