Alex Turner (29,520 views)

[1999]

Alexander David Turner (January 1986)

Vocal Range: E2 - G5
Associated Acts: Arctic Monkeys (2002-present), The Last Shadow Puppets (2007-present), Solo

Significant high notes:

G5 ("Four Out of Five")
F♯5 ("Pattern")
F5 ("Do I Wanna Know?", "Star Treatment" live Lollapalooza, Chile 2019)
E5 ("Dracula Teeth" live Rock en Seine 2016, "Four Out of Five", "Is This What You Wanted", "You and I")
E♭5 ("Do I Wanna Know?", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" live Primavera Sound 2016, "Snap Out of It" live Zorlu Center PSM, Istanbul 2022)
D5 ("Body Paint", "Come Together" live London Olympics 2012, "Four Out of Five", "Golden Trunks", "Pattern", "Star Treatment", "The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip", "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High" live Lollapalooza Brazil 2019, "You and I")
C♯5 ("All My Loving" live Madison Square Garden 2014, "Black Plant", "Golden Trunks", "Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You")
C5 ("Body Paint", "I Haven't Got My Strange", "I Want It All", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" several live performances, "One Point Perspective", "R U Mine?", "Snap Out of It" several live performances, "Star Treatment", "Tranquility Base hotel & Casino" live at Kings Theatre 2022, "The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip")
B4 ("Bad Habits", "Balaclava", "Black Plant", "Black Treacle", "Da Frame 2R", "Dancing Shoes", "Hello You", "I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am", "I.D.S.T", "Old Yellow Bricks", "Pattern", "Scupltures of Anything Goes", "Stuck on the Puzzle", "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High" several live performances, "You and I", "You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights But You Were Staring Straight at Me")
B♭4 ("Batphone", "American Sports", "I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am", "Little Illusion Machine (Wirral Riddler)", "Still Take You Home", "There’d Better Be a Mirrorball")
A4 ("505", "The Age of the Understatement", "Aviation", "Bad Habits", "Cigarettes Smoker Fiona", "Come Together" live London Olympics 2012, "Crying Lighting", "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair", "Everything You've Come to Expect", "Fake Tale of San Francisco", "From The Ritz to the Rubble", "Golden Trunks", "Hello You", "Hold On, We're Going Home" live BBC Radio 1, "I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor", "I Want It All", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" several live performances, "Is This What You Wanted", "Knee Socks", "Leave Before the Lights Come On", "Potion Approaching" live Lowlands Festival 2022, "Put Your Dukes Up John", "Scupltures of Anything Goes", "Separate and Ever Deadly", "This House is a Circus", "Tranquility Base hotel & Casino", "The View from the Afternoon", "Walk on the Wild Side" live Liverpool 2013, "When the Sun Goes Down", "Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?", "The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip", "You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights But You Were Staring Straight at Me", "You're So Dark")
G♯4 ("Anyways", "Dancing Shoes", "Diamonds Are Forever", "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala", "I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor", "I Haven't Got My Strange", "Jet Skis On the Moat", "The Machine", "Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But..", "Pretty Visitors", "Still Take You Home", "There’d Better Be a Mirrorball", "The Ultracheese", "What If You Were Right the First Time?", "When the Sun Goes Down")
G4 ("505", "7", "The Age of the Understatement", "Arabella", "Aviation", "Batphone", "Big Ideas", "Black Plant", "Black Treacle", "Body Paint", "Catapult", "Cigarettes Smoker Fiona", "Crying Lightning", "D is for Dangerous", "Dangerous Animals", "Diamonds Are Forever", "Do I Wanna Know?", "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair", "Everything You've Come to Expect", "Fright Lined Dining Room", "I Haven't Got My Strange", "In the Heat of the Morning", "Is This What You Wanted", "Jet Skis On the Moat", "Kate on a Mission" live BBC Radio 1, "Knee Socks", "Leave Before the Lights Come On", "Les Cactus", "Little Illusion Machine (Wirral Riddler)", "Moonage Daydream" several live performances, "My Little Red Book" live from the New Theatre, "My Mistakes Were Made for You", "Old Yellow Bricks", "One Point Perspective", "Put Your Dukes Up John", "Science Fiction", "She's Thunderstorms", "Snap Out of It", "Standing Next to Me", "Star Treatment", "Sticking to the Floor", "Sweet Dreams, TN", "Take It or Leave It" live Taratata, La Plaine-Saint-Denis 2007, "Teddy Picker", "Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend", "Tranquility Base hotel & Casino" live at Kings Theatre 2022, "Totally Wired", "The View from the Afternoon")
F♯4 ("The Age of the Understatement", "All My Loving" several live performances, "All My Own Stunts", "Anyways", "Arabella", "Baby I'm Yours", "The Bad Thing", "The Bakery", "Black Treacle", "The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap", "Brick By Brick", "Calm Like You", "A Certain Romance", "Da Frame 2R", "Dancing Shoes", "Diamonds Are Forever", "Do Me a Favour", "The Dream Synopsis", "Evil Twin", "Fake Tale of San Francisco", "Fright Lined Dining Room", "From The Ritz to the Rubble", "Golden Trunks", "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala", "Hello You", "Hold On, We're Going Home" live BBC Radio 1, "I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am", "I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor", "In the Heat of the Morning", "In My Room" live Rock en Seine 2016, "Is This What You Wanted", "Joining The Dots", "Library Pictures", "The Machine", "Mardy Bum", "Miracle Aligner", "Moonage Daydream" several live performances, "Mr Schwartz", "Nettles", "No. 1 Party Anthem", "One for the Road", "Only You Know" WRXP Session, "Perfect Sense", "Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But..", "Plastic Tramp", "Potion Approaching", "Pretty Visitors", "R U Mine?", "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured", "Red Right Hand", "Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You", "Separate and Ever Deadly", "Stuck on the Puzzle", "Sweet Dreams, TN", "This House is a Circus", "The Ultracheese", "Used to Be My Girl", "Vertigo", "What If You Were Right the First Time?", "When the Sun Goes Down", "Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?", "The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip", "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High", "You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights But You Were Staring Straight at Me", "You're So Dark")

Significant low notes:

D3 ("505", "The Afternoon's Hat", "Arabella", "Baby I'm Yours", "The Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap", "Body Paint", "The Bourne Identity", "Brick By Brick", "Catapult", "Colour of the Trap" live OuFM Radio, "Dangerous Animals", "Despair in the Departure Lounge", "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair", "The Element of Surprise", "Fireside", "Gas Dance", "Glass in the Park", "Hiding Tonight", "I Don't Like You Anymore", "I Haven't Got My Strange", "I Want It All", "If You Were There, Beware", "It’s Hard to Get Around the Wind", "Jet Skis On the Moat", Joining The Dots", "Mad Sounds", "Mardy Bum", "The Meeting Place", "Mr Schwartz", "My Mistakes Were Made for You", "No. 1 Party Anthem", "Old Yellow Bricks", "Only Ones Who Know", "Only the Truth", "Reckless Serenade", "Science Fiction", "Secret Door", "She Looks Like Fun", "Sweet Dreams, TN", "Time Has Come Again", "This House is a Circus", "Too Much To Ask", "Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?", "Wondrous Place")
C♯3 ("Baby I'm Yours", "The Bakery", "The Chamber", "Cornerstone", "Dance Little Liar", "Do Me a Favour", "Fire and the Thud", "Glass in the Park", "Hello You", "Love Is a Laserquest", "The Lovers" live, "Mardy Bum", "Miracle Aligner", "No Buses", "Perfect Sense", "Piledriver Waltz", "Potion Approaching", "Reckless Serenade", "Riot Van", "Settle for a Draw", "Strange" live Triple J, "Stuck on the Puzzle", "Suck It and See", "That's Where You're Wrong", "Too Much To Ask", "The Ultracheese")
C3 ("-", "505", "The Bad Thing", "Big Ideas", "Black Plant", "Black Treacle", "The Bourne Identity", "Crying Lightning", "D is for Dangerous", "Don't Forget Whose Legs You're On", "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair", "The Element of Surprise", "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" live Triple J, "Fireside", "Four Out of Five", "Hiding Tonight", "I Wanna Be Yours", "I Want It All", "It’s Hard to Get Around the Wind", "The Jeweller's Hands", "Leave Before the Lights Come On", "Mad Sounds", "The Meeting Place", "Only Ones Who Know", "Sculptures of Anything Goes", "Secret Door", "She's Thunderstorms", "Snap Out of It", "Star Treatment", "There’d Better Be a Mirrorball", "Vertigo", "Walk on the Wild Side" live Liverpool 2013, "The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip")
B2 ("Anyways", "Balaclava", "Brick By Brick", "The Car", "Colour of the Trap" live OuFM Radio, "Despair in the Departure Lounge", "Do Me a Favour", "The Dream Synopsis" The Dream Synopsis EP Version, "Electricity", "Evil Twin", "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" live Triple J, "Fright Lined Dining Room", "From The Ritz to the Rubble", "Glass in the Park", "Hello You", "Hiding Tonight", "Is This What You Wanted", "Library Pictures", "Love Is a Laserquest", "The Lovers" live BBC Radio 2 Studios, London 2007, "Miracle Aligner", "Mr Schwartz", "No Buses", "Only You Know" WRXP Session, "Separate and Ever Deadly", "She's Thunderstorms", "Stuck on the Puzzle", "Suck It and See", "Sweet Dreams, TN", "That's Where You're Wrong", "This House is a Circus", "The Ultracheese", "Vertigo", "You're So Dark")
B♭2 ("American Sports", "Batphone", "The Bourne Identity", "Do I Wanna Know?", "Glass in the Park", "The Jeweller's Hands", "Mad Sounds", "One Point Perspective", "Piledriver Waltz" Submarine version, "Secret Door", "Star Treatment", "There’d Better Be a Mirrorball")
A2 ("-", "505", "American Sports", "Body Paint", "Crying Lightning", "Electricity", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" several live performances, "It’s Hard to Get Around the Wind", "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" live Triple J, "Fluorescent Adolescent" WRXP Session, "I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am", "Is This What You Wanted", "The Jam of Boston" several live performances, "Love is a Laserquest" live on KEXP, "Mardy Bum" live O2 Arena, London 2011, "Mr Schwartz", "No. 1 Party Anthem", "Reckless Serenade", "Scupltures of Anything Goes", "Separate and Ever Deadly", "She Looks Like Fun", "Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You", "Strange" live Triple J, "Sweet Dreams, TN" live Studio Brussel Club 69, "The Ultracheese", "Walk on the Wild Side" live Liverpool 2013)
G♯2 ("Dance Little Liar", "Miracle Aligner" live at The Late Late Show, "Snap Out of It")
G2 ("American Sports", singing "Anna", "The Bourne Identity", "Do I Wanna Know?", "Electricity", singing "I'll Follow the Sun", "Science Fiction", "Star Treatment")
F♯2 ("Anyways", "Hello You", "Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You", "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High")
F2 (singing "Anna", "Snap Out of It")
E2 ("Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High")

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*Underlines marks notes sung in backing vocals/overdubs.
*Italics marks non-melodic notes.
*Blue marks soft falsetto notes.
*Boldface marks noteworthy passages or performances.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Questionable Notes}
F♯5 ("Miracle Aligner"[2])
F5 ("Miracle Aligner"live Rock en Seine 2016[5])
C♯5 ("Suck It and See"[2])
C5 ("7"[2])
B4 ("Dance Little Liar"[2], "This House is a Circus"[4])
B♭4 ("Settle for a Draw"[2], "What If You Were Right the First Time?"[2])
A4 ("She Looks Like Fun"[2])

C♯3 ("A Certain Romance"[1])
B2 ("Knee Socks" [1])
B♭2 ("D is for Dangerous"[5])
A2 ("Big Ideas"[one of his borderline notes, sitting between being actual part of the melody or just a little fart, idk], "Hiding Tonight"[1], "The Element of Surprise"[5])
G♯2 ("What If You Were Right The First Time?"[2])
F♯2 ("Nettles"[2])

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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Album Ranges}
With Arctic Monkeys:

2006 - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not: B2 - B4
2007 - Favourite Worst Nightmare: A2 - B4
2009 - Humbug: G♯2 - A4
2011 - Suck It and See: A2 - A4 - B4
2013 - AM: E2 - G4 - F5
2018 - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino: G2 - G4 - G5
2022 - The Car: F♯2 - G4 - D5

EPs:

2006 - Who the F*** Are Arctic Monkeys?: B2 - A4

With The Last Shadow Puppets:

2008 - The Age of the Understatement: A2 - A4 - C♯5
2016 - Everything You've Come To Expect: G2 - G4 - F♯5

EPs:

2016 - The Dream Synopsis EP: A2 - G4 - E5

Solo:

2011 - Submarine: A2 - F♯4 - B4

[1999]

Soooo, I'm just dropping this here for the time being, of course I'm still missing important stuff as you can see.
Particular reason I'm doing that is: I'm gonna notewatch AM next and I can see, on TRP3, that the general opinion about the background falsettos on the album is that Matt Helders is the only responsible for that.
I wasn't 100% sure about it and doing a little bit of research I found multiple interesting articles:

link - I don't really know the source of this one but it goes a little bit in depth even talking about mics etc... and it specifically says: "It became routine for Turner to re-record his lead vocals up an octave for the sake of doubling."

link - This one might be more reliable; basically Ford was both producer of Haim and the Monkeys, after insuccessfully trying to put the trio to sing backing vocals on the album (AM), the article says: "Instead, the high pitched backing vocals were laid down by Jamie Cook, Nick O’Malley and Alex Turner of the band."

link - this one is basically Turner referring to "R U Mine?": “The high vocals we’re doing there, I call them The Cosmic Opera Melodies and Helders and O’Malley are The Space Choirboys.”

Thanks for any feedback!

[EddieCheivz]

Hey, nice research with this one, about that falsetto notes i'd say it also depends which album we're talking about, and sometimes even which song; for example in TBHC there are background falsettos by Alex as ones in "Golden Trunks" or "The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip" also lot of them in lead vocals through the entire album.

In AM definitely most of them aren't him, but in some cases, i think he could hit the harmonies with them, reading about Alex says albout "R U Mine", i listened the falsettos and i hear at least two different voices in the background; the most obvious is that one in the choruses and in some verses (i think is Matt) and other one appears at 2:06 and sounds like Nick (even he appears right there singing too) but also somtimes sounds to me a bit different the voice at 1:10 and the one at 1:36, maybe one is Alex and other one is Matt? Also could be more voices together in some parts.



This one could help too, very different voices through this, background voice in the chorus is one, and after that, appears other one singing "message to reply" (1:22) compared with live version (when Alex obviously can't sing the harmonies, we can hear "message to reply" lines are sung by Nick, but i don't know what do you think, but doesn't sounds like the voice in studio to me.



Live version "message to reply"



Regarding to Spoiler notes, i don't see reason to discontinuing the F5 and the Eb5, yeah the're not particulary good, but that's not reason to remove them, they sounds with a clear tone and consistent, and decently executed, but lack of use and practice from Alex in his highs and falsettos could be the reason why when he do it randomly in his highest notes doesn't sounds wonderfull. BTW it's confirmed the "Fire and the Thud" falsetto is sung by Matt.

Also i'd like to share some missing notes :D


F#5 (he does it several performances too)


D5


F#2 (this track it's not included in THBC)


C5

B4 falsetto in several performances of "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" at the final "high"


G2 and lot of A2s and B2s


A2s

I don't know if you care for spoiler or something this:

[jaredletoisbackagain]

Sept 10, 2020 14:31:30 GMT EddieCheivz said:

C5

That's a chest C4. Same as he does in other performances: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMEn36Ob10I&t=2m25s

I think the strings are confusing you.

[1999]

Sept 10, 2020 14:31:30 GMT EddieCheivz said:

Thanks for the feedback buddy!
So, to reply to your message, in the background in "R U Mine?" at 1.36 in the video (Which is at 1.09 here), I Could definitely say Alex's voice is there as well:

R U Mine? (Vocals Only) - C5

If i'm being honest though, none of the other backings really convince me that Alex's voice might be in there too, maybe I'd say the ones in the chorus.

The backing part you were talking about in "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"; that definitely doesn't sounds as Alex to my ears. I'll have an easier time believing he actually sang the other lines with Helders in unison.

Do I Wanna Know? is the one I was mainly interested because Ford itself said Alex voice was in there too.
yeah but were lol:

link - if we're considering the falsettos at 1.12, that's not Alex to me, I do think he could be singing at 1.38 with Helders, hitting those E♭5s as well. than there's an F5 at 2.20 which doesn't really scream Alex is singing here to me.

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about the rest of the album might be pretty difficult to determinate whatever the guy is actually singing or not, I'll go through the thing in the next few days and maybe we could discuss again, let's see!

[EddieCheivz]

Sept 11, 2020 15:04:36 GMT 1999 said:

Sept 10, 2020 14:31:30 GMT EddieCheivz said:

Thanks for the feedback buddy!
So, to reply to your message, in the background in "R U Mine?" at 1.36 in the video (Which is at 1.09 here), I Could definitely say Alex's voice is there as well:

R U Mine? (Vocals Only) - C5

If i'm being honest though, none of the other backings really convince me that Alex's voice might be in there too, maybe I'd say the ones in the chorus.

The backing part you were talking about in "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"; that definitely doesn't sounds as Alex to my ears. I'll have an easier time believing he actually sang the other lines with Helders in unison.

Do I Wanna Know? is the one I was mainly interested because Ford itself said Alex voice was in there too.
yeah but were lol:

link - if we're considering the falsettos at 1.12, that's not Alex to me, I do think he could be singing at 1.38 with Helders, hitting those E♭5s as well. than there's an F5 at 2.20 which doesn't really scream Alex is singing here to me.

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about the rest of the album might be pretty difficult to determinate whatever the guy is actually singing or not, I'll go through the thing in the next few days and maybe we could discuss again, let's see!

Yeah, about "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" part, my intention was mainly to make notorious the fact they must to change the relation between singers and vocals lines in live versions comparing with studio. And if Alex just sing lead vocals in studio, so i think they don't need to change them in live, that's unnecessary, but i agree with you "message to reply line" specificly doesn't sounds like Alex's voice at all

Alex falsettos sounds softer than those, as the "RU Mine" ones you said, and this precisely make me go to the next point about "Do I Wanna Know" ones: like you, i'm pretty sure pre chorus falsettos aren't Alex but i agree and i think it's very possible Alex's singing that falsettos at the choruses, even more if you say that about what Ford said. 

Look at this: a cleaner version, i'd say he's probably singing that E♭5s and F5s at choruses as well, sounds like him IMO.

The falsettos from the other album songs doesn't sounds like Alex to me, until i heared.

BTW: Nice finding with that G♯2 from Miracle Aligner live, sounds pretty good keeping in mind the studio version one.

[1999]

I did finally notewatched AM, The only notes I added as a falsetto backing vocals are indeed the one the articles talks about.
So I went for the C5 in R U Mine? which is definitely him to me, and the E♭5s and F5s in the choruses of Do I Wanna Know?.
Talking about the lows, I'm keeping the ones in Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? and also in Snap Out of It.
There was couple of notes I'd like to discuss though:

This C♯5 really sounds as Alex to me

Arabella, those backings here, right after when he sings "That's Magic", he says "In a cheetah print coat", and so on, there's plenty of B2s, can't really figure it out if that is Alex.

edit:

Also i'm open to bold suggestions, I've already bolded some stuff which I may change if someone disagree so let know.
I was thinking about the lows in Snap Out of It are pretty good, also the live A2s from Strange. I Wanna Be Yours also has some pretty solid C3s.

[EddieCheivz]

-About C♯5 definitely sounds like Alex's voice to me (i forgot it completely that songs exists for some reason and i didn't check it out lol)

-About B2 in "Arabella" i'm confused too, doesn't sounds completely like Alex to me, could be Nick, maybe could go in a spoiler by now

-Regarding to the lows in AM you put, i don't really think are sung by Alex, pretty possible are Nick, maybe those notes sounds weaker and toneless comparing with other strong lows in backing vocals as the ones in "Arabella" or in "Brick by Brick" where definitely is Nick, and that could make sense they're form Alex, but i'm not sure he could sounds like that, especially in that years. are you sure about them?

About the bolds I propose these:


B2 sounds good projected to me


A2 sounds pretty solid


A2 live sounds strong too


I think the D3s sounds nice too

Also i think the sustained F♯4 at the end in "Diamonds are Forever" sounds pretty good, altough could not matter having bolded the G♯4

BTW where's the E5 in "Is This What you Wanted"? also the falsetto note you linked in "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? live" tops at D5 to me
Also about the C♯5 in "Dracula Teeth" live, it applies as over-inclusion IMO, since he do it too in the performance when hit the E5

[1999]

- So about the E5s in "Is This What You Wanted", It looks like the Spotify's version is different from the Youtube one, if you check it out, it has some E5s in the choruses which i'm assuming are Alex due to the fact that on live performances Miles is singing the Chorus and Alex is doing that falsettos. Also I think it sounds as Alex overall.

- the live E5 in "Why'd you only call me when you're high" is actually a D you're right, I was actually struggling to pitch that note for some reasons.

- Is the C♯5 in "Dracula Teeth over - inclusion? I think they're different things, nah?

- About the lows from AM i definitely need some more opinions, they're important notes and I'll keep the thing in the spoiler box for the moment, I guess that applies to "Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You", cause they sound exactly as the ones in "Why'd you only call me when you're high.

- Also how we feel about the backing vocals in "Miracle Aligner" which tops at F♯5?

[Gilad]

I Don't think the E5s in Is This What You Wanted are him. They sound like backing vocalists to me. You can include the live E5s tho

The F#5s from Miracle Aligner sound more like Miles to me.

I think the C#5 in Dracula Teeth is unnecessary.

The G#2 in Miracle Aligner exists in the studio version as well, on the same phrase. Sounds countable to me.

[1999]

- Literally no one else apart from the band is credited as a performer on the song, I can't think of reasons why Alex should let Miles singing the chorus on live performances if not because those are his falsettos. Also he's sitting lower notes on lives.

- keep the F♯5 in the spoiler for the time being.

- C♯5 in "Dracula Teeth" gone.

- about that G♯2 I was considering the one in the first pre-chorus and hadn't really payed attention to the one in the second, which yeah, sounds better, but still, I think the live one is miles away, I mean it's actually there, consistent note.
On the other hand the studio version sounds much more weaker compared to it.

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Also Gilad , what do you think about those lows from AM? I remember you keeping them as Alex, right? The fact that Nick is not singing those lines on live performances kinda makes me move toward Alex even more to be fair.
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Any thoughts about bolding the F♯2 from "Anyways"? link
Sounds pretty airy but I think it is a very strong note indeed in that area for Alex.

[Gilad]

Yeah I'd still say the lows from AM are Alex. And I personally wouldn't bold anything under A2 for this man. Also you can rebold the 505 A4s those are nice.
Oh and you might wanna add the D2 from Brick by Brick to the spoiler, since that's been a somewhat controversial note in the past.

[1999]

The D2s from Brick by Brick just assumed it was Nick, I mean, those are pretty strong notes, even if it was Alex It could probably be D3s transposed down an octave in studio.
I might wait for some more opinion but AM lows sounds pretty much as Alex to me as well.

[EddieCheivz]

This is not new but sounds good (even could be more controlled that linked gig): other G♯2 from a live performance, but in other vocal line:


I really don't think the D2 should add to the spoiler, the lows in AM i think sounds more like him, altough it's still questionable, but i'm pretty sure Alex never could sounds so low in 2011
BTW i'm still thinking the Eb5 and F5 in spoiler might count, altough are bad notes, sounds enough controlled to include them IMO

This is just to compare with the backing lows in "AM", i still doubt they're Alex, altough worths counting in the spoiler, yeah, sounds a bit like Alex' voice at his lowest of his range (altough sounds pretty strong for him) , but just listening Nick's voice here: sounds pretty similar in tone and texture to the lows in AM and almost all low backings harmonies in Arctic Monkeys:

[1999]

I guess you could definitely say that the Pretty Visitors notes you linked are 10 times stronger than Snap Out of It lows, and they're live lol.
Also, listening back to Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High, those are very much lighter compared to any other backing vocals Nick has ever done for the band.
And if I have to be fair that's definitely Alex's tone.

For the E♭5 and F5 I'd like more people to weigh their opinions in.

[EddieCheivz]

Yeah, knowing that i think could be him then, altough in many other gigs i found (and when he was older), Nick's voice barely is audible, maybe sounds stronger in that performance for an a different equalization where his mic was installed with more volume.
And i agree with Gilad that nothing's below A2 should be bolded, but in the other hand, regarding to the lows in "Snap Out of It" and the low in "Anyways" sounds pretty strong for him, maybe could go bolded beacuse (an according to this thread) bolded notes are *Boldface marks noteworthy passages or performances. An at least, that F♯2 definitely it's an important note of his low range and good executed, keeping in mind he usually doesn't sounds with a tone like that if the note is below A2.

[1999]

After finishing TBH&C i have some questionssss:

- Couldn't find the G♯2 from "One Point Perspective"
- Couldn't find the D5 from "The World first... etc.. etc.."
- There's a G2 In "Start Treatment" link - I guess i'm gonna count it, thoughts?
- I guess this is the B♭2 from Batphone? link - quite unsure if I'd be counting it. Also I couldn't find any G2 in the song.
- Is this the G2 in "Science Fiction"? link - I'm quite in the middle for this note as well.

I'm gonna check any live performances anyway I might find better notes.

Also I was reading that "Four Out of Five" vocals were all done by Alex apparently. How we feel about this E5? link and I'm hearing some G5s at the end of the song: link, here's another one: link.
They're beneath the falsettos after the lead voice.

[EddieCheivz]

-Here's the G♯2 in "OPP" www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL4m04OyCkY&t=29s
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwQT4jnbAso&t=2m07s i hear D5
- I think at least the last "you" it's countable, and even sounds more like F♯2 to me
-The B♭2 sounds legit to me, and like you i don't hear a G2, just very short notes touching A2 that aren't important
-The note sounds like G♯2 to me, i think might counts

About "Five Out Of Five" i'm not sure about the fisrt one, but doesn't sounds like E5 to me, but i'd say the voice at the timestamp here sounds more like him, and tops at F♯5 to me, and about the G5 check it out in this video too, starts at 3:45, sounds like Alex voice to me!

[1999]

- That strongly sound as a B♭ to me.
- I think that's a C as well.
- yeah it's in the line: you thought that, you could forget. Definitely a G mate. I think it sounds alright (?)
- Batphone B♭2... I'm probably gonna add that
- The Science Fiction G2 is probably getting you confused 'cause listening back it goes: but (A) in a (G). anyway unless i'm missing something in the song I'm not gonna count that, very uncontrolled and uncertain pitch.

Not quite sure if you did link me the right part, 'cause I don't hear any F♯, I'm quite sure about those G5s though. About the E5, listen closely to the background voices on the part: recognaaaaaaaaaa - link

[Gilad]

Ok admittedly I did not pay much attention when I note-watched TBH&C, so I might've just missed or outright imagined some notes lol
Listening again:
-The G5 is defo there add that
-Yup nothing under Bb2 in Batphone
-I'd count the A2s in Science Fiction, since he gets down there twice. The G2 is too brief tho.
-There's definitely a slide up to D5 in The World's First
-There is a G#2 in OPP, but it's a brief slide down on the word "say", so I wouldn't count that

[EddieCheivz]

-Yeah listening again there's nothing above E♭5 in "FOF" video i linked
-About G5 now i'm slightly confused it's really a voice or not, there's a A5 few seconds before doesn't sounds so different to the G and they definitely doesn't sounds like a voice to me, and if the G5 is something similar? i don't know, on the other hand that G5 still sounding like a voice
-Now i've got the E5, until i can hear sounds like Alex tone, altough the note can't be heared with much quality neither in the video i linked nor in the video studio version, but it seems to be it's true about Alex did all the vocals for that song
-Yeah, i hear the D5 in "The World's First Ever Monster Truck Front Flip" too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwQT4jnbAso&t=2m07s "The World's First Ever"

OTHER THINGS
-BTW i found a legit low in "Piledriver Waltz" and from Suck it and See version! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJxdWX-apMM&t=29s between A2 and G♯2? i'm not confident he hits G♯2, but i'd definitely say he goes lower to A2, and G♯ it's the key of song also, whatever he's sounds closer to G♯ than A to me
-I've got this A2 as well, sounds good: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVoCFMEhTpI&t=3m40s
-I'm pretty sure there's a G2 here www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-cukZ10j8A&t=32s "I want it, that electricity"
-This is not the G2 in "Science Fiction"? sounds better to the previous discussed and are two www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMI9GXTLZyI&t=37s
-I remember Come Together was recorded in studio, and they did playback in Olympics 2012 ceremony

[1999]

- The A2s in "Science Fiction" are pretty dubious to me, first one is pretty weak and I'm not 100% sure of the note being an A, second one actually gets down to a G so we might want to actually count that, but still, the note is pretty brief.
- The E5 in "Four Out of Five"; I might wait for more opinions to come, maybe Gilad , what do you think?
- The linked note In "Piledriver Waltz" it's a no no for me.
- The Dream Synopsis live note you linked, I think it's a B
- The "Electricity" G really sounds as an A to me.
- I didn't know the Come Together thing, They were actually sounding pretty different to my ears, like the live version is much more flat, infact I don't think he actually gets up to an A in the chorus, that is way I did count the studio version A.

[Gilad]

Not hearing the E5. I do hear a G2 in Electricity tho, and there's a typo in the G5 section

[1999]

I'm hearing: That(A) E(D) le(B)

Just try to play on the piano G-D-B instead, it just doesn't sound right compared to the voice

[Gilad]

I'm hearing it in the second verse: "be my midnight"