Favourite Worst Nightmare

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Favourite Worst Nightmare · This second album was recorded quickly at Miloco Studios in East London, with producers James Ford and Mike Crossey. The band wanted to get back on tour and half of the songs had already been played live. Bassist Andy Nicholson had left shortly after the debut; Nick O'Malley took his place. The album sounds more ambitious than Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not: faster, harder and with a fierce production, with ambient sounds and more elaborate drum rhythms. The band had by now travelled the world, and you can hear it.

Brianstorm opened as the first single, and Fluorescent Adolescent also became a hit. The organ at the beginning of the closing track 505 refers to Ennio Morricone's music for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Critics praised the emotional depth and the more mature lyrics of Alex Turner. The album won a Brit Award and is regarded as the beginning of the change of sound that the band carried through on every subsequent album.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Brianstorm2:52Apple Music ↗
2. 2Teddy Picker2:45Apple Music ↗
3. 3D Is for Dangerous2:18Apple Music ↗
4. 4Balaclava2:51Apple Music ↗
5. 5Fluorescent Adolescent2:00Apple Music ↗
6. 6Only Ones Who Know3:05Apple Music ↗
7. 7Do Me a Favour3:29Apple Music ↗
8. 8This House Is a Circus3:12Apple Music ↗
9. 9If You Were There, Beware4:36Apple Music ↗
10. 10The Bad Thing2:25Apple Music ↗
11. 11Old Yellow Bricks3:13Apple Music ↗
12. 125054:14Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗

See also

• Arctic Monkeys