Favourite Worst Nightmare

The album's title comes from a lyric in the song "D is for Dangerous", the third track on the album: "I think you should know you're his favourite worst nightmare". The band said they also considered naming the album Lesbian Wednesdays, Gordon Brown, or Gary Barlow. This marks the second consecutive time the band used a photograph taken in Liverpool as an album cover, following their debut album ''Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not''. ==Musical style==

The music on Favourite Worst Nightmare has been characterised as post-punk revival, indie rock, alternative rock, garage rock, In comparison to the band's debut album ''Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'', the album has been described as "very, very fast and very, very loud", being seen as "more ambitious, heavier...and with a fiercely bright production". Reflecting the band's travels around the world more than the local stories of the first record, Favourite Worst Nightmare is a "faster, meaner" album. The album arguably has influences from The Smiths – "twanging, quasi-ambient backdrops...and Turner's voice [...] crooning like Morrissey or Richard Hawley." ==Critical reception==

Like with the band's debut album, Favourite Worst Nightmare has received widespread critical acclaim since its release. It has a score of 82 on Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100, based on 38 reviews. while The Guardian said it had "successfully negotiated the daunting task of following up the biggest-selling debut album in British history" and stated that the second half of the album was the stronger half, noting the similarity to Morrissey in "Fluorescent Adolescent" whilst criticising the opening tracks, "Brianstorm" in particular. Their progression was also highlighted with The Guardian saying "if you removed everything from the album except Matt Helders' drumming, it would still be a pretty gripping listen", Pitchfork Media noticed the "new emotional depth" of tracks such as "Do Me a Favour", "Only Ones Who Know" and "505", ==Commercial performance==

In its first week of release, Favourite Worst Nightmare sold 227,993 copies, emulating ''Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'' in going straight to number one on the UK Albums Chart, albeit selling 130,000 copies fewer than the band's record-breaking debut. The first two singles from the album, "Brianstorm" and "Fluorescent Adolescent", were both UK top-10 hits. The album's first day sales of 85,000 outsold the rest of the top 20 combined, while all 12 tracks from the album entered the top 200 of the UK Singles Chart. By September 2022, 1,200,000 copies of the album had been sold in the UK; it was certified 4× Platinum in 2022. and won Best British Album at the BRIT Awards the following year. In the United States, the album debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200, selling around 44,000 copies in its first week and become the band's first top-10 album there. The album also achieved top-10 debuts in 12 other countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, France, Japan, Mexico, and New Zealand. ==Track listing==

Bonus video • The music video for "Brianstorm" was included as a bonus with iTunes pre-orders of Favourite Worst Nightmare. ==Personnel==

Credits taken from liner notes, • Miles Kane – additional guitar Production • James Ford – production; mixing • Mike Crossey – production; mixing • Alan Moulder – mixing • George Marino – mastering Artwork • Juno – art direction and design, illustrations, booklet photography • Matthew Cooper – layout • Joseph Bramhall – illustrations • Graphique Club – illustrations • Drew Millward – illustrations • Al Heighton – illustrations • Anne-Marie Moore – illustrations • Tobias – illustrations • de5ign4 – spray can murals • Matt Goodfellow – photography ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts Decade-end charts ==Certifications==