Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys


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Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys
Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys cover
EP by Arctic Monkeys
Released 30 May 2005
Recorded May 2005
Genre Post-punk revival
Length 6:11
Label Bang Bang Recordings
Producer Mike Crossey
Arctic Monkeys chronology
Beneath the Boardwalk
(2004)
Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys
(2005)
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
(2006)

Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys is the debut EP by Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys. Released on 30 May 2005, it featured a re-recording of fan favourite "Fake Tales of San Francisco" and new song and B-side "From the Ritz to the Rubble". It was a limited release by Bang Bang Recordings - a label was created by the band for the sole purpose of releasing the EP. The name, Bang Bang, was mooted as a replacement band name, on the basis that the name Arctic Monkeys sounded "silly". Its name is somewhat ironic, as the EP lasts for six minutes.

Only 1500 CDs and 2000 vinyl copies were made available, meaning the EP is now rare and increasingly sought after by fans of the band, with records exchanging hands on websites such as eBay for high prices. The album in 7" vinyl form is sold for an average price of about $125 US dollars. Both tracks were re-recorded and included on the band's debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006).

Track listing

  • CD BANGCD1
  1. "Fake Tales of San Francisco" – 3:00
  2. "From the Ritz to the Rubble" – 3:11
  • 7" BANGB71
  1. "Fake Tales of San Francisco" – 3:00
  2. "From the Ritz to the Rubble" – 3:11








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