Submarine (EP)

Submarine

EP / soundtrack by Alex Turner
Released	14 February 2011 (2011-02-14)
Recorded	2010
Studio	One Inch, Air and the Premises Studios (London, United Kingdom)
Genre	Indie folk indie pop
Length	19:00
Label	Domino
Producer	James Ford

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Addict music	^[3]
Crackle Feedback	^[4]
The Independent	^[5]
Pitchfork	(7.6/10)^[6]

Submarine is the debut EP by Alex Turner. It was released on 18 March 2011 in the United Kingdom. The EP consists of six original songs by Alex Turner from the film Submarine and is released by Domino. Submarine, the debut film from Richard Ayoade, was based on the novel by Joe Dunthorne.^[7]

Music

Original songs were written and performed by Turner, with additional instrumentation by James Ford. In his first effort as a solo artist, Turner changed his habitual rock style and delivers five different acoustic songs. The song "Piledriver Waltz" was later re-recorded by Turner's band Arctic Monkeys, for their fourth album Suck It and See.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Alex Turner; all music composed by Alex Turner and James Ford.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stuck on the Puzzle (Intro)"	0:54
2.	"Hiding Tonight"	3:07
3.	"Glass in the Park"	4:00
4.	"It's Hard to Get Around the Wind"	4:07
5.	"Stuck on the Puzzle"	3:31
6.	"Piledriver Waltz"	3:25
Total length:		18:24

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)^[8]	97
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[9]	56
UK Albums Chart (Official Charts Company)^[10]	35

Personnel

Alex Turner – vocals, acoustic guitar
James Ford – piano, keyboards, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion
Bill Ryder-Jones – electric guitar (track 2), acoustic guitar (track 4)
The Composers Ensemble – strings (track 6)
Owen Pallett – string arrangements

References

↑ "Submarine (Alex Turner) Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
↑ Thomas, Stephen (2011-05-31). "Submarine - Alex Turner". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
↑ "Alex Turner – Submarine EP | Review". Addict Music. 2011-03-13. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
↑ "Alex Turner - Submarine Album Review". Crackle Feedback. 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
↑ Andy Gill (2011-03-18). "Album: Alex Turner, Submarine, Domino - Reviews - Music". The Independent. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
↑ "Alex Turner: Submarine OST | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
↑ "Alex Turner Submarine Soundtrack EP CD The Music Shop". Musicshop.com.au. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
↑ "Alex Turner – Submarine". lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
↑ "Alex Turner – Submarine". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
↑ "Alex Turner" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

Arctic Monkeys

Alex Turner Matt Helders Jamie Cook Nick O'Malley Andy Nicholson

Studio albums	Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) Humbug (2009) Suck It and See (2011) AM (2013)

Extended plays	Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys (2005) Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? (2006)

Other albums	Beneath the Boardwalk (2004) At the Apollo (2007)

Video albums	Scummy Man At the Apollo

Tours	Tour history Humbug Tour Suck It and See Tour AM Tour

Related articles	The Death Ramps Awards Discography Songs Submarine The Last Shadow Puppets Mongrel

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