Taken from the 1958 novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe. Critical Acclaim and Legacy
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magazine. It is frequently ranked among the greatest debut albums of all time by publications like Rolling Stone Cultural Impact: Taken from the 1958 novel Saturday Night and
The success of "Beneathing the Boardwalk" led to a record deal with RCA Records, and the band began working on their debut album. Recorded in just two weeks, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" was released on January 23, 2006. The album's title, a reference to a line from the song "Crying Lightning," was inspired by a graffiti tag Turner had seen in a Sheffield toilet. "Whatever People Say I Am