The band's love of classic films also influenced their new style. The album arguably has influences from The Smiths – "twanging, quasi-ambient backdrops.and Turner's voice crooning like Morrissey or Richard Hawley." Matt Helders said "James was DJing loads in the evening so we'd go out and have a dance." As a result, the drum rhythms of Helders and bassist Nick O'Malley have drawn comparisons to the Eighties funk band ESG. Reflecting the band's travels around the world more than local stories of the first record, FWN is a "faster, meaner" album. In comparison to the band's debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, the album has been described as "very, very fast and very, very loud", being seen as "more ambitious, heavier.and with a fiercely bright production". The music on Favourite Worst Nightmare has been characterised as post-punk revival, indie rock, and garage rock. This marks the second consecutive time the band used a photograph taken in Liverpool as an album cover, following their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. The album's cover art features a black-and-white photograph of a house in the Garston district of Liverpool, with colourful cartoonish images visible through its windows. The album was recorded quickly as the band wanted to start touring and play the songs. Half of the album's songs were debuted at concerts before the release of the album. The track " Leave Before the Lights Come On" was also rumoured for inclusion, but did not make the final cut. The tracks "The Bakery" and "Plastic Tramp" also mentioned in the NME interview did not make it onto the album, but were later released as B-sides on the " Fluorescent Adolescent" single. In an interview with NME, Nick O'Malley announced several songs including "D is for Dangerous" and "Balaclava". The band said they also considered naming the album Lesbian Wednesdays, Gordon Brown, or Gary Barlow. The album's title came from the lyrics to the song "D is for Dangerous", the third song featured on the album. It was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize and won Best British Album at the 2008 BRIT Awards. The album has since gone 3× platinum in the UK.
In the United States, the album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200, selling around 44,000 copies in its first week. "Brianstorm" and " Fluorescent Adolescent" were also both hits on the UK Singles Chart, with the former reaching number two on the chart.
In its first week of release, the album sold over 227,000 copies, going straight to number one in the UK Albums Chart. In retrospect, the album is considered the start of the band's change of sound with each of their albums after their debut. NME and Uncut ranked it the second-best album of 2007, while Dutch publication OOR named it the best of 2007. Like Arctic Monkey's debut, Favourite Worst Nightmare was a widespread critical success, with critics highlighting the band's new emotional depth and Turner's matured songwriting. In comparison to the band's debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, the album is considered more ambitious, with ambient sounds and expanded drum rhythms being introduced. This is the band's first album with bassist Nick O'Malley, replacing their previous bassist Andy Nicholson, who left the band before the North America tour of the band's debut studio album. Recorded in east London's Miloco Studios with producers James Ford and Mike Crossey, the album was preceded by the release of " Brianstorm" on 16 April 2007. Favourite Worst Nightmare is the second studio album by English rock band Arctic Monkeys, released on 18 April 2007 by Domino Recording Company.
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