Which album knocked ‘Whatever People Say I am’ from the top spot? Most recently, in 2025, it was Geese, with Getting Killed, while Fontaines DC punctuated the air of dreary 2010s pop with their debut Dogrel, but it was Arctic Monkeys who kicked off the century of rebellion with their triumphant debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. Helders felt that too, explaining, “I didn’t feel any pressure going into record the debut album, but I don’t know if, again, that’s because we were in the eye of the storm. The band made no bones about their admiration of the New York band and labelled them pivotal in the curation of the sound on their 2006 debut album. But in succeeding in doing so, they dominated The Strokes’ third album, First Impressions of Earth, which enjoyed just one week on top of the charts after its release on January 3rd.