About this albumHumbug is the third studio album by the English rock band Arctic Monkeys, first released in Japan on 19 August 2009 and in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2009 through Domino Recording Company. The band started to write new material for the album towards the end of summer 2008 and finished it entirely in spring 2009. Wholly recorded in the United States, the band worked with American musician Josh Homme, who produced tracks recorded in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, California at Rancho De La Luna, alongside New York City recordings produced by James Ford.
