- Beneath the Boardwalk
Infobox Album
Name = Beneath the Boardwalk
Type = compilation
Longtype =
Artist =Arctic Monkeys
Released = 2004
Recorded =
Genre =Indie rock
Length = 46:21
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Beneath the Boardwalk " (2004)
Next album = "Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys " (2005)"Beneath the Boardwalk" was the name given to an unofficial collection of recorded tracks by
Sheffield bandArctic Monkeys . Its name is a reference to a club the band often played at, "The Boardwalk". The collection is sometimes incorrectly called "Beneath the Broadwalk".Beneath the Boardwalk was available for download for free from local amateur photographer Mark "The Sheriff" Bull's webpage.
The collection consists of a large amount of demo tracks that had previously been released. The collection introduced a large number of people to the band, before the release of their first album, "
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not " and aided in making it the fastest-selling debut album in UK history.The collection is no longer available from the original webpage, and must be obtained either from other websites or peer-to-peer file sharing networks.
Track listing
#"A Certain Romance"
#"Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts"
#"Choo Choo"
#"Cigarette Smoke" (later re-written and released as "Cigarette Smoker Fiona" on the EP Who The Fuck Are The Arctic Monkeys)
#"Dancin' Shoes" (later renamed "Dancing Shoes")
#"Fake Tales of San Francisco "
#"Knock a Door Run"
#"Mardy Bum"
#"On the Run from the MI5"
#"Riot Van "
#"Scummy" (later renamed "When the Sun Goes Down")
#"Still Take You Home"
#"Wavin' Bye to the Train or the Bus"
#"Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" (later renamed "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor ")
#"Stickin' to the Floor"Fact|date=July 2008
#"Space Invaders"Fact|date=July 2008
#"Curtains Closed"Fact|date=July 2008
#"Ravey Ravey Ravey Club"Fact|date=July 2008A track which is often mistakenly placed along with these songs is "From the Ritz to the Rubble" although the first recorded version of this song was only available on the Five Minutes With... EP, and is not part of the Beneath the Boardwalk selection.Fact|date=July 2008
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