Advantages: Makes you feel good about yourself
Disadvantages: Makes you feel sick

...Arctic roll is a creation that should never have happened! Surely it came from the twisted mind of an off-duty geneticist, tired of grafting human ears to the back of mice! For anyone unsure of what Arctic Roll actually is, I shall elaborate: Imagine a small "log" of ice cream enshrouded in sponge cake, separated by the merest layer of strawberry jam. Now I know what you're thinking "I really like ice cream/sponge cake/strawberry jam, What could be the problem with that?" and I agree, ice cream/sponge cake/strawberry jam are all excellent foods ON THEIR OWN!!!! The main problem comes the fact that due to the nature of it's main ingredient, ice cream, it needs to be kept and served frozen and who likes frozen sponge? Also ice cream has a very smooth texture, sponge cake blatantly doesn't, making them sit very strangely on the palatte... Read review

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Advantages: staggering early sales, quality of the band at such an age...
Disadvantages: ...in over their heads maybe?

...Four Sheffield lads with guitars eh…. Who'd have thought it. The Arctic Monkeys tale is an intriguing one indeed. Having shifted over 100,000 copies of their debut album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" on it's first day of sale alone, the album went on to sell a further 250,000 copies in the following 6 days - making it the quickest selling debut rock release in British recording history, eclipsing all the greats of the past in the process. It's a remarkable achievement for a band that were only getting their name out-and-about a mere 3 months ago, but thanks to much bigging up on the part of the NME (and other publications besides), Sheffield's newest rock quartet are set to become the band to be in 2006 - Stateside included. The bands tale is one of internet sites and demo releases; having passed about short demo... Read review

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Advantages: Everyday tales of pub/club/cub culture we can all relate to.
Disadvantages: We had heard most of the tracks already on the net!

...Anthemic indie tricksters The Arctic Monkeys, a cheeky bunch of Yorkshire lads, seem to 'ape' Mike Skinner as much as they do Hard-Fi, with their brand of Sheffield steel. How ironic for a city forged in a furnace of industrial heritage that the Arctics, who claim to be technophobes, owe so much to the 'burning' of files on the internet. If Pete Doherty is the Byron of the music industry, this band is part Alan Bennett, kitchen sink drama and part Pam Ayres - telling it how it is with tongues still in their cheeks. So was 'You Look Good on the Dance Floor' - an honest-engine bona-fida naughty Northern nattering - a fluke on an album solely based on a couple of singles, or, as many dewy-eyed critics suggest, are they are the new Streets/Smiths/Verve/Wedding Present? Indeed whatever happened to Menswear - the last band... Read review

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Advantages: Alex is a fantastic lyricist writing about real down to earth experiences
Disadvantages: There are a couple of weak tracks.

...When somebody’s beat The Beatles in the charts with the debut album, the expectations from the second record are as high as the anticipation before it's release. Will they do it or will they not? -- is all that bothered fans the day before Arctic Monkeys’ sophomore album Favourite Worst Nightmare was out (I should admit, the same question has been haunting music critics). They did it -- the new record is a worthy follow-up to Whatever People Say I am That's What I'm Not. It doesn’t grab you by the balls like the previous record did. Instead, you would need a few listens to get into. The titles became shorter, the guys are saying less words a second than they used to and are more straight in expressing themselves, avoiding any flourishing details. What you would expect from a sophomore album is most of it's songs sounding like... Read review

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Advantages: An awesome follow-up album
Disadvantages: Disadvantages?!

...The Arctic Monkeys…the phenomenon that is. When they released “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”, the music world took to them like a duck to water, breaking all sorts of records for debut selling albums etc. etc…now comes, of course, the difficult second album. “Favourite Worst Nightmare” was released in April this year on Domino Records, and the whole world were waiting on it… The first sounds we heard from it was a month earlier with the release of the single “Brianstorm” that was first debuted on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show…I was listening at the time at he ‘bigged’ it up as if it was the saviour of world hunger and global warming. Was he right? Well, from a musical point of view, he couldn’t have been far off. A 3-minute piece of music, face-paced, clever lyrics, just how rock music should be. It was certainly... Read review

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Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: none

...If you are looking for an ultra quiet, stable and very efficient processor cooling system that's the one for you. Installation At first have to admit that I have good computers knowledge but it was first time ever in my life to install cooler. Thus instruction was extremely helpful for me. Everything in there has been clearly marked and shown. When switched on computer, did not want to work. Forgot to connect it  Newer mind. Silly mistake but when have done it and started my computer up was not sure if it is working. Simply could not hear anything. When checked - was on and doing great job. I was impressed. Silence Arctic Ultra Silent fan is moving on high quality Ceramic bearing. Trust me or not, had many computers in my life and in my hands but this cooler is seriously well made and designed. Thanks... Read review

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Advantages: Another cracking read
Disadvantages: Not as good as the first book

...and are investigating the second as it is worth investing the time to read. And it’s still a lot slicker than a lot of the tosh on the bookshelves currently. And again there is a coded text written at the bottom of each page in fairy pictograms. If you found this helpful I have posted reviews of the other books in the series - Artemis Fowl (the original novel) and The Eternity Code (the third and most recent book) Go on…take a look…you know you want to. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer Published by Puffin ISBN 0141312130 304 pages paperback £4.99... Read review

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Advantages: er - cheap?
Disadvantages: pretty much everything else

...Arctic roll - does this exist outside of schools? I should hope not. Mass-produced flavourless vanilla ice-cream with your choice of stale spongy coating to fit - complete with the vaguely bitter substance to be found in-between. Packaging? I've never seen them packaged, just standing lonely in the middle of plates. They look as bad as they prove to be - and there'ssomething about this ice-cream - either it's rock-solid, but rubbery or liquidy slush, none of that delightful 'just right' state of delicate softness that's found with other ice creams. You can tell which it's going to be as soon as you probe it with the spoon. I can't decide which is the lesser of the two evils - it's up to you. But why bother? you know even before it reaches your mouth what the taste's going to be; a mixture of mouth-burning tasteless coldness... Read review

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Advantages: A great debut album
Disadvantages: Disadvantages?!

...A phenomenon or a fad? Love them or hate them? Regardless of what you think of the Arctic Monkeys, credit must be given through what they've achieved in such a short time. Personally, I'm all for them - witty lyrics and catchy rhythms make them people-friendly. Just over a year ago I heard about the 'buzz' regarding a track called "Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" that was circulating at the speed of light through the Internet. They playing Reading and Leeds festival in 2005 on the Carling stage, the smallest stage at the festival, and although I didn't watch them, just passing the tent when they were on showed at least crowds of 12 to 15 rows deep outside the tent, something that was completely unheard of for the Carling stage. At the time, they had no record label, and no single had been released. Exactly one year on, they were... Read review

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Advantages: Economical, Great Handling & Reliable, Spacious
Disadvantages: Looks a bit scruffy, No CD Player, security needs to be improved (But is Sufficient)

...I have recently purchased the Vauxhall Vectra Arctic 2.0 Diesel, 1998 (Second-Hand). To say the car is nearly ten, the wear and tear is in reasonable condition, and the handling of the vehicle is superb, I had the opportunity to test drive this vehicle (Petrol Version) when it was launched, but it did not meet expectations, it was tight to handle round corners, and the fuel consumption was high, and it just felt scruffy and clingy. So I scrapped the idea of getting one and went to fords instead. However I was given the opportunity to buy one of these cars second-hand, and I have to say the feel of the diesel is brilliant, although, not so good for the environment, the Vauxhall can do the distance on a low budget. The Vauxhall is very comfortable, except when going over the speed bumps, the suspension is a little harsh, but overall... Read review

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