HUMBUG (CD) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label: Domino – DNO 237
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
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Genre: Rock 
Style: Indie Rock

1        My Propeller
Backing Vocals, Keyboards – John Ashton (4)
3:28
2        Crying Lightning
Backing Vocals, Keyboards – John Ashton (4)
Engineer [Additional] – Claudius Mittendorfer
3:24
3        Dangerous Animals    3:24
4        Secret Door    3:41
5        Potion Approaching
Engineer [Additional] – Claudius Mittendorfer
3:32
6        Fire And The Thud
Vocals [Additional] – Alison Mosshart
3:50
7        Cornerstone
Keyboards – John Ashton (4)
3:17
8        Dance Little Liar    4:43
9        Pretty Visitors    3:40
10        The Jeweller's Hands    5:42

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Domino Recording Co. Ltd.
Copyright © – Domino Recording Co. Ltd.
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Mixed At – Electric Lady Studios
Recorded At – Pink Duck Studios
Recorded At – Rancho De La Luna
Published By – EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Recorded At – Mission Sound
Made By – Sound Performance
Manufactured By – The ADS Group – 15133-CD-0054
Artwork [Cover And Booklet], Photography By [Booklet & Cover] – Guy Aroch
Design – Matthew Cooper (2)
Engineer – Alain Johannes
Engineer [Assistant] – Justin Smith (51) (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 to 10)
Lyrics By – Alex Turner
Management – Geoff Barradale, Ian McAndrew, Wildlife Entertainment
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Mixed By – Rich Costey
Music By – Arctic Monkeys
Photography By [Booklet] – Chapman Baehler, Justin Smith (51), Mark Bull
Producer – James Ford (tracks: 1, 4, 7), Joshua Homme* (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 to 10)
Gatefold cardboard cover with 16-page booklet with lyrics and credits.

Joshua Homme songs recorded at Pink Duck Studios and Rancho de la Luna.
James Ford songs recorded at Mission Sound, Brooklyn.
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York.
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York.
LP mastering at Electric, London.

Barcode (Text): 8 01390 02372 9

Personnel: Alison Mosshart (vocals); John Ashton (keyboards, background vocals). Audio Mixer: Rich Costey. Recording information: Mission Sound, Brooklyn, NY; Pink Duck Studios; Rancho de La Luna. Photographers: Mark Bull; Justin Smith ; Chapman Baehler; Guy Aroch. Facing the third album blues, the Arctic Monkeys turned to Josh Homme, the Queens of the Stone Age mastermind renowned for his collaborations but heretofore untested as a producer. On first glance, it's a peculiar pair--the heirs of Paul Weller meet the heavy desert mystic--but this isn't a team of equals, it's a big brother helping his little siblings go wayward and get weird. Homme doesn't imprint his own views on the Monkeys but encourages them to follow their strange instincts. Wading into the murk of HUMBUG it becomes clear that the common ground between the Monkeys and Homme is the actual act of making music, the pleasure of not knowing what comes next when an entire band is drifting inside a zone. Since so much of HUMBUG is about its process, it's not always immediately accessible or pleasurable to an outside listener, nor is it quite the thickly colored freakout Homme's presence suggests. The Monkeys still favor angular riffs and clenched rhythms, constructing tightly framed vignettes not widescreen epics, but they're working with a darker palette and creating vaguely abstract compositions, sensibilities that extend to Alex Turner's words too, as he trades keen detail for vivid scrawled impressions. Every element of the album reflects a band testing its limits, seeing where they could go next.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Genre: ALT/INDIE
• Released: 8/25/09