The record was released a month later in the US on 21 February 2006 and entered at No. 24 on the Billboard album chart after it sold 34,000 units in its first week, making it the second fastest selling debut indie rock album in America. However, US sales for the first year did not match those of the first week in the UK for the album. US critics were more reserved about the band than their UK counterparts and appeared unwilling to be drawn into the possibility of “yet another example of the UK’s press over-hyping new bands”. However, the band’s June 2006 tour of North America received critical acclaim at each stop – the hype surrounding them “proven to exist for good reason”. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 2017 for selling over 500,000 units in the United States. Meanwhile, the UK’s NME magazine declared the band’s debut album the “5th greatest British album of all time”. It also equalled the record of the Strokes and Oasis at the 2006 NME Awards , winning three fan-voted awards for Best British Band, Best New Band and Best Track for “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”.
The record was released a month later in the US on 21 February 2006
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