History Music / WhateverPeopleSayIAmThatsWhatImNot

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''Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'' is the first studio album by the British {{indie rock}} band Music/ArcticMonkeys. It was released in 2006 through Domino Records to near-universal acclaim, and it became the fastest-selling debut album ''ever'' by any band in the history of the UK[[note]]Since surpassed by Music/LeonaLewis's ''Spirit'' and Music/SusanBoyle's ''I Dreamed A Dream''[[/note]]. It has since gone quintuple platinum and quickly established the Monkeys as a mainstream indie act, though the band more or less eschewed this label with their [[NewSoundAlbum constant experimentation]] on later albums such as ''Humbug'' and ''Suck It and See''.

!!"Whatever People Say I Trope, That's What I'm Not":

[[caption-width-right:300:"''And what a scummy man/Just give him half a chance, I bet he'll rob ya if he can...''" [[note]]This guy isn't a band member; he's a friend of Alex Turner's, named Chris [=McClure=][[/note]]]]

''Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'' is the first studio album by the Indie Rock band Music/ArcticMonkeys. It was released in 2006 through Domino Records, to near-universal acclaim, and it became the fastest-selling debut album ''ever'' by any band in the history of the UK[[note]]Since surpassed by Music/LeonaLewis's ''Spirit'' and Music/SusanBoyle's ''I Dreamed A Dream''[[/note]]. It has since gone quintuple platinum and quickly established the Monkeys as a mainstream Indie act, though the band more or less eschewed this label with their constant experimentation on later albums such as ''Humbug'' and ''Suck It and See''.

Its massive success stems from the fact that their demo album was [[DigitalPiracyIsOkay leaked onto the Internet in 2003]] (called ''Beneath the Boardwalk'') and the fans subsequently began widespread file-sharing on websites such as Website/MySpace. The songs "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and "When the Sun Goes Down" were both released prior to the album, and both hit number one on the UK Singles chart. The band thus became one of the first to emerge through Internet popularity, and the album became a landmark in the TurnOfTheMillennium since they won a widespread audience of millennials in a way almost no other band had done before.

''Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'' is the first studio album by the Indie Rock band Music/ArcticMonkeys. It was released in 2006, to near-universal acclaim, and it became the fastest-selling debut album ''ever'' by any band in the history of the UK[[note]]Since surpassed by Music/LeonaLewis's ''Spirit'' and Music/SusanBoyle's ''I Dreamed A Dream''[[/note]]. It has since gone quintuple platinum and quickly established the Monkeys as a mainstream Indie act, though the band more or less eschewed this label with their constant experimentation on later albums such as ''Humbug'' and ''Suck It and See''.

* LongTitle: Most of the songs, as seen above, average about six words per title. The fifth track takes this up to eleven (literally) with ''a fourteen-word long'' title. Most [=MP3=] versions of the album truncate it.

* LongTitle: Most of the songs, as seen above, average about six words per title. The fifth track takes this UpToEleven (literally) with ''a fourteen-word long'' title. Most [=MP3=] versions of the album truncate it.

''Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'' is the first studio album by the Indie Rock band Music/ArcticMonkeys. It was released in 2006, to near universal acclaim, and it became the fastest selling debut album ''ever'' by any band in the history of the UK[[note]]Since surpassed by Music/LeonaLewis's ''Spirit'' and Music/SusanBoyle's ''I Dreamed A Dream''[[/note]]. It has since gone quintuple platinum and quickly established the Monkeys as a mainstream Indie act, though the band more or less eschewed this label with their constant experimentation on later albums such as ''Humbug'' and ''Suck It and See''.

** "You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me" is about a guy so desperate to hookup with a girl that when she ignores him, he goes and drinks a few.

--> ''And lets not fall in the trap of answering back\\

''Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'' is the first studio album by the Indie Rock band Music/ArcticMonkeys. It was released in 2006, to near universal acclaim, and it became the fastest selling debut album ''ever'' by any band in the history of the UK[[note]]Since surpassed by Music/LeonaLewis's ''Spirit'' and Music/SusanBoyle's ''I Dreamed A Dream''[[/note]]. It has since gone quintuple platinum and quickly established the Monkeys as a mainstream AlternativeIndie act, though the band more or less eschewed this label with their constant experimentation on later albums such as ''Humbug'' and ''Suck It and See''.

[[Magazine/RollingStone Rolling Stone Magazine]] named it as the #371th [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime best album of all time]], and Magazine/{{NME}} named it as the #19th best album on their list.