Released: Sep 19, 2008
Genre: Alternative Rock, Southern Rock, Garage Rock
Label: RCA
Number Of Tracks: 11
Recording began in February 2008, and was finalized in Nashville's Blackbird Studios.
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UG Team, on october 03, 2008 0 of 3 people found this review helpful
Sound: Kings Of Leon has an intangible quality that makes their songs very pleasing and yet very common sounding. There is nothing sonically spectacular or ear-popping impressive about KOL’s music, but their songs have mass appeal which keeps people gravitating to their albums. The Tennessean quartet of brothers Caleb Followill on lead vocals/rhythm guitar, Jared Followill on bass, Nathan Followill on drums, and their cousin Matthew Followill on lead guitar, have released their fourth studio album Only By The Night. As much as the band talks about making each album different, some things about them will never change. For instance, Caleb’s voice still has a rusty yowling pitch relatable to Peter Frampton which he will never shake off and that is just fine, because his voice is perfectly fitted to the band’s slow burning rock fuses wired with Southern country blues esthetics and smoky heartland rock pastorals reminiscent of The Marshall Tucker Band. Kings Of Leon have a tendency to make songs that people can sing along to while on their way to work or simply involved in the daily activities of life.
The music is common, and yet there is something very special about the songs. The band’s lyricist Caleb Followill explains on the band’s website that the track “Use Somebody, ” deals with feeling lonely on the road as he expresses, “It’s about being far from home.” The track revitalizes vintage rock seedlings liken to Bob Seger and Joe Walsh and makes good use of the band’s rhythm section who have a proclivity to create slow throbbing rhythmic swells. Many tracks are garbed in wall to wall heartland rock stylized cables which rig songs like “Closer, ”“Crawl” and “Revelry” as Caleb’s raw vocal textures are barricaded in smooth melodically furnaced harmonies. The upbeat rhythmic strokes of “Manhattan” are grated by sleek vibrating guitar effects that soar and recede in alternating phases as transfusions of Southern-waxed bluesy tones are shot into the melody. Beams of vintage rock flames are freckled with harsh tugging drum strikes and exasperating guitar twists venting out steamy emotions in the tune “Somebody.” The smoky vapors and cool rock strut of “I Want You" is reminiscent of Nick Gilder’s infectious 1978 hit song “Hot Child In The City, ” and the band’s slow whipping flusters cloaking “Sex On Fire” swarm loosely around Caleb’s vocals like a ring of moss growing at the base of a tree bark. There is a regenerative quality about Kings Of Leon’s music that makes it earthy and keeps their well of songs always filled to the brim. // 7
Lyrics and Singing: Caleb’s lyrics are very personal, and yet, they have a broad appeal which is able to tell the story of so many people’s lives. The band’s song “Manhattan” is about combating loneliness by inviting all lonely souls to join in the festivities, “No matter who you are / So you dance all night / And dance all day / I say, I say / We’re gonna feel the fire / We’re gonna stoke it up/ We’re gonna sip this wine / And pass the cup / Who needs avenues / Who needs reservoirs / We’re gonna show this town / How to kiss the stars.” Caleb’s words often deal with feeling lonely even though on stage on through the songwriting process, he is surrounded by family. Like many regular people, Caleb Followill has something inside of him that makes him feel isolated and eager to get out of his system, and his journey is documented in KOL’s songs. Each album is another page that takes a deeper look inside of Caleb Followill. // 7
Impression: Kings Of Leon have Southern rock tastes with soft bluesy textured sound bytes. Their new album Only By The Night shows aspects of nostalgia and elements of soft pop, melodic rock, and country-folk. Though their music shows remnants of classic rock, their songs are all their own, made from their own handcrafted gaskets, briquettes, and geysers. For the recording of Only By The Night, Kings Of Leon returned to Nashville’s Blackbird studios with their long-time producer Angelo Petraglia and Nashville-based producer/engineer Jacquire King at the helm. The band makes the best of what they have and they don’t seem to desire anything outside of it. They seem pleasantly content with the music that they make, and they don’t forage through other band’s garages or experiment beyond what classic rock has equipped them with and inspires in them. They make classic rock a contemporary music form, which adds pages to it's own historical logs. // 7
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thenirve, on september 29, 2008 2 of 3 people found this review helpful
Sound: The sound of course is a huge expansion from where they were in because of the times. They went from that raw, twanggy sounding guitar and super raspy voice, to a more organized guitar and much finer vocal line. I think the overall new sound is great. It turned them into this whole new revoltion of a band. There is still a presence of the old Kings in there. It seemed as though they Caleb turned to more ballad types of songs which completely works. The choruses and breakdowns are spectacular on Only By The Night. The opener Closer is just a wonderous explosion into the new sound of KOL. Crawl has a more Zeppelin-esque crunch to it with the raw guitar sound, and a great touch with the distorted bass. One of my favorite new sounds from the new album is the use of background vocals. The very distant use like in Use Somebody. Also, In Cold Desert, Notion, Manhattan, Revelry all have that super drowned out reverbed guitar, a brilliant touch and also shadows the older sound from Because of the times. // 10
Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics are brilliant. Caleb has definitely grown up on this album. He sings the shit out of this album. He may not have used his usual screech as much but he absolutely shows his skills both verbally and vocally. The huge amount of pain that is carried across from vocals to ears is huge on many of the songs. Closer is one that screams to the listener: "She took my heart, I think she took my soul. With the moon I run. Far from the carnage of the fiery sun." Use Somebody is a song that you can feel. You almost feel alone when you listen to this song. The way he says the verse with just guitar. "I've been roamin' around, I was lookin' down at all I see." Brilliant piece of music. There is 17, which is the lowest point on the album. rehashing his old number of 17. The majority of the songs, it seems, are about being alone or lonely. Which works perfectly with the album, because of the overall vibe it gives you when you listen. I know I felt it. // 10
Impression: The Song arrangement is amazing:
01. Closer: absolutely amazing. Starts off with that erie cry of a guitar and then Caleb busts into it with that raspy voice that just works. 20/10
02. Crawl: Jared really shows off his skills and diversity with the distorted bass riff. The solo in this song is impressive as well, I think this was the song that they choose to show off their skills with. 10/10
03. Sex On Fire: just amazing. Caleb is Phenominal on this song. 20/10
04. Use Somebody: another great track with Caleb just tearing it up. Great reverberated background vocals as well. 20/10
05. Manhattan: rolls along. great track. lyrics are awesome. and the guitars are singing in your ears. 20/10
06. Revelry: awesome track. Starts out a little like Peter Gabriel. Really catchy chorus. a tiny bit too repetitive. 8/10
07. 17: just a poorly introed song. it starts off confusing with bells? It becomes an alright song if the bells would go away. Not awful. Just during the "Oh she's only 17" part. 6/10
08. Notion: great far off guitar in the begining to get you interested. Wonderful vocal line by Caleb. Great chorus. This just has everything. Only thing that bothers me is the crappy solo that sounds like an octave pedal. Much like The Police's So Lonely. It almost makes that part of the song unbearable. Thank God it's only for ten seconds in this song. 11/10
09. I Want You: starts off a little slow. Nice Cowbell and Tambourine Combination. Not a bad track. A Story more or less, not to be cluttered with too much. 7/10
10. Be Somebody: awesome riff once again. Great touch by Matthew with the distant guitar. Very catchy lyrics: "I loosen my tie". Great Track. 9/10
11. Cold Desert: amazing track! They couldn't have picked a better ending song. It almost makes you sad to say it is over. The creepy guitars are f--king amazing! This song is f--king great. One of those will go unheard because of it's peculiarity. I love it. 20/10
This album is by no means at all a disappointment. I think it is the best album to come out since Radiohead's Kid A in 2001. it is Phenominal. The only song I wish had not been on this album is 17. It is a new great sound for Kings Of Leon. // 10
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Stugg334, on june 11, 2009 1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Sound: Thick southern rock, bit more indie than before but way more to my preference, much more melodic and catchy than previous albums. I'd heard singles USe Somebody and Sex On Fire before I got the album, and I love them, but there are tons of other good songs that haven't made the charts. Revelry is a great tune, mostly keyboards but really nice lyrics. Manhattan is a really good example of simple guitar playing that works with song, about inviting people to party regardless of who they are. Notion is maybe my favourite, its a brilliant song, catchy but not poppy. Finally Be Somebody is another grea song, Drop D tuning so a bit fatter. Crawl is good if you're a U2 fan. Just great southern indieish rock, sometimes a teensy bit murky if I'm desperatley trying to find something bad to say. // 9
Lyrics and Singing: Caleb has an incredible voice, really smoky, that matches the songs exactly. The lyrics are actually thought about, not just based on what rhymes. Real passion, not a bad line on the album. Revelry, Use Somebody, and Manhattan have the best lyrics in my opinion, lyrics that make it clear the song has a topic, often quite a dark topic, and they are finally a band with something to say. I like the old stuff, but this is a utterly fresh sound that beats it hands down. // 9
Impression: Best album I've bought this year, by a mile. In my opinion better than Because of the Times, but i only heard of the Kings when Sex On Fire came out, and I listened to BOTT after that. Fans thatt have known for longer may not like the new direction, more commercial maybe, but in my opinion just better songs, and its stupid when people don't like new stuff because its catchier. 10/10 because there are so many good songs on there. // 10
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wouldyakindly, on april 15, 2009 1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Sound: Let me start by saying that I love the Kings Of Leon, but I am a relatively recent fan, having only discovered them around early 2008. Even so, I've listened to their entire discography and I can conclusively say this is without a doubt their worst album. Of course it's not a bad album, in fact, I'm sure on it's own it seems quite good, but compared to any of their earlier records it really falls short.
The sound is noticeably stadium sized, continuing from a trend started on 3rd album because of the times. But where that album was soulful, varied and original, this album is disappointingly stale, simply throwing out one lukewarm stadium filler after another. Songs like revelry and 17 float by pretty meaninglessly and even the albums high points (crawl, cold desert, closer) are no more than moderately good. This fact is not helped by the fact that both singles have, at time of writing, been played consistently on radio and TV for 6 solid months.
Overall, the Kings of Leon's sound has become bleak and a bit dull, the fast and slow songs are gone, replaced by a constant mid tempo dirge. Calebs vocals have lost their edge and the "post punk" guitar noises simply don't suit them at all. True, the rhythm section is generally interesting and driving, but that's something to be expected from a good band, rather than praised. // 5
Lyrics and Singing: Funnily enough, lyrics are the one area which the album does relatively well at. The fact that the album was mostly written under the influence of painkillers is evident in the style of many of the songs and as a result the lyrics are often quite dreamy and vague. This is no bad thing, they contain some nice imagery and suit the songs well. Calebs voice has also adopted an interesting variation on the crazed yodel/hard rock growl of past albums, singing soulfully with genuine clarity. However, with this he also manages to lose a lot of the anger and energy that drove their earlier work, which just makes the album seem commercial and generally lacking in heart. // 7
Impression: Overall, Only By The Night is a disappointment. It's probably worth buying for the 4 or 5 tracks on it which are genuinely good, but doesn't stand up to expectations and worst of all, only gets more disappointing with time. I will concede that I'm not a fan of stadium rock and perhaps this album is just not right for me. But when you consider that this doesn't even come close to the equally stadium sized Because of the Times, it seems that the Kings of Leon are worse than intalented, they are lazy. For that reason alone, I cannot recommend this album to anyone who doesn't already possess the other 3 kings of leon albums (which are brilliant). // 6
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unregistered, on september 22, 2008 1 of 3 people found this review helpful
Sound: From the outset – the effect-heavy “Closer, ” with it's expansive, creepy atmosphere – it is clear that Kings of Leon have moved on. Long gone are the days of Youth and Young Manhood, the raw Southern rock album released when the youngest of the band (bassist Jared) was just fifteen. Their evolution has been clear ever since: with both subsequent albums, they became more polished, growing further from their Pentecostal origins. If “Closer” is the result, then they have stretched their wings further than most thought possible.
The three brothers and a cousin, who grew up with the obligatory Southern back story – their father was a preacher, their childhoods spent moving from town to town – have been nothing in their career thus far if not honest. Whether it was the drug-fuelled whine of “Soft” or the grubby “Spiral Staircase, ” they have never attempted to dress up their less glamorous attributes in anything other than skinny jeans. A promotion strategy for this album involves a new “Home Video” appearing on their website showing the band and crew at home and in the studio, every day in September prior to the release date. This under-publicised move exposes the not inconsiderable egos at work behind the album: lead singer and lyricist Caleb in particular appears fragile and belligerent, sensitive and self-aware. They have always been served best by this prickly honesty, their willingness to appear unchanged and unvarnished in front of their fans; this stadium-rock album, then, is most at risk of losing that vital authenticity and slipping too far into U2 territory.
“Crawl” does not restore faith at that level. The lyrics even become political at one point, though only in the vaguest possible sense: “The reds, the whites and abused/The crucified USA”. While the band – particularly Jared – have been laudably vocal in their support for the Democratic party and for young people voting in general, these lines are neither inspiring nor particularly coherent. It is up to the next track, the cringingly-titled number one single “Sex on Fire, ” to bring Kings of Leon back onto more familiar territory, which they predictably and satisfyingly stomp all over. // 7
Lyrics and Singing: Caleb’s best lyrics thus far have been the low-key expressions of solitude and uncertainty from KoL’s latest two albums, Aha Shake Heartbreak and Because of the Times. “Use Somebody” forms a highlight of the album for the same reason. While the heart of the track lies in its understated lyrics and exquisitely tortured performance from Caleb, the quality of the sound cannot possibly be ignored, from its sweeping backing vocals and symphonic guitar to its powerfully musical bass line and technically stunning drum fills.
It is difficult to dislike even the less striking tracks here: “Manhattan” becomes more charming at each listen, with its basic but endearing lyrics: “We’re gonna show this town how to kiss these stars”. Again the musicianship is obvious in the warm, melodic rhythm section. “Revelry” wallows in reverberating, melancholic self-pity, again revealing slices of the confused and unhappy anti-hero: “It was me that drove us right in the ground,” Caleb moans.
“17” sees us back onto another familiar subject. “Oh, she’s only seventeen,” it begins, and give it a guess where it goes from there. It suffers in comparison to the other Kings of Leon song which features a seventeen-year-old love interest, “Slow Night So Long”; it is less contemplative, more prosaic and less greasy. Where “Slow Night So Long” is jammed full of disgust, self-loathing and crippling loneliness, “17” comes across comparatively smug.
“Notion” is a vocal and musical strut, but lyrically devoid of anything new. It must be said that on the less interesting songs, drummer Nathan seems to work twice as hard: “Be Somebody” features a ferociously engaging rhythm section, as well as swampy guitar work from lead guitarist and cousin-rather-than-brother Matthew. // 9
Impression: “I Want You” is the most obviously rhythmic track, a laidback and quirkily observant ode to nights out and small towns. I will here note that Kings of Leon have come a long way from their earlier “everything’s the same, this town is pitiful/and I’ll be getting out as soon as I can fly” attitude: we must assume that small towns are much easier to admire from a Japanese hotel room than they are from an actual small town. “The fickle freshman, probably thinks he’s cooler than you, ” the lyrics go, trailing into descriptions of the “land of the creeps” and home-made fratboy pornography. What this has to do with the “I want you” chorus line is never made clear, but it is funkier and fresher than a lot of the material on the album.
“Cold Desert” is the album closer, a song written – Caleb claims – while under the influence of pain medication following a fight with Nathan. “Cold Desert” has none of the musical energy of the similar “Day Old Blues” or “The Runner” from previous albums, and at first seems bloated in comparison; in fact, this lyrically devastating, intensely personal, and achingly miserable hymn of desolation numbers among Kings of Leon’s most powerful tracks. “Jesus don’t love me, ” Caleb howls into the emptiness, “No one ever carried my load. I’m too young to feel this old”.
For me, this does not equal 2005’s Aha Shake Heartbreak either track-for-track or cohesively, but this does not make it a bad record. It has substituted much of it's raw teenaged energy for musical skill and lyrical exploration; it is a big, sprawling epic of an album, and I imagine it is just precisely the one that Kings of Leon intended to make. // 8
Underjoggle
: I saw them do a few of these songs (presumably) on SNL.
I wondered where my good old KOL went. Oh well, I'm sure a few indie rock fans will like their new direction. POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 07:33 am / quote|
Underjoggle :
I saw them do a few of these songs (presumably) on SNL.
I wondered where my good old KOL went. Oh well, I'm sure a few indie rock fans will like their new direction.
i feel the same. this album is by far the worst. i just want the old KOL back. i want the big indie riffs. not slow ballads. i thought the last album was bad, but this is worse. not happy at all. POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 08:19 am / quote|
flea878
: I thought 'Because of the Times' was a great album. Can't wait to hear this one, hope it's just better than A-Ha Shake Heartbreak. POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 10:59 am / quote|
666JakeY666
: Okay, I had this album a week before it's release.
And I havn't stopped playing it. It's a great KOL album everything you could want from them. So the people who are ripping on them by saying "I want the old KOL back" then your not really a fan of the band. Your a fan of THAT band, I've loved them since the first album. Seems like another Metallica thing going on here. POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 11:47 am / quote|
Norraz
: I found this to be a pretty solid album, not quite what I came to expect from KOL, but still pretty solid. POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 01:18 pm / quote|
Demonn
: lol iv had this album for ages, shudve done a review a while ago ... sorry for being a downloading bastard... POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 01:51 pm / quote|
j_hunter_hkr
: They peaked on 'Aha Shake...' and it's been downhill from there. Because Of The Times had it's moments, but I much prefer the old KoL to the new one. POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 02:09 pm / quote|
gibson!
: i downloaded the album about a week ago and i felt asthough it wasnt great on the first listen but ive listened to it lots lately and im really getting into it now, however i do think that there are a couple of weak tracks on there POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 03:06 pm / quote|
Bozjoarmstrong
: i personally think this is terrible
sex on fire is an insult to rock music, and frankly i am shocked that it got to number one
Kings of Leon should stick to what they know instead of betraying their fans with this crap POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 03:12 pm / quote|
joker_thief
: i really have no idea what you guys are talkin about. this album rocks. for real. POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 03:54 pm / quote|
i personally think this is terrible
sex on fire is an insult to rock music, and frankly i am shocked that it got to number one
Kings of Leon should stick to what they know instead of betraying their fans with this crap
come on, sex on fire is a great track it has every thing you want - a few good lead guitar riffs and a catchy chorus POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 04:05 pm / quote|
Okay, I had this album a week before it's release.
And I havn't stopped playing it. It's a great KOL album everything you could want from them. So the people who are ripping on them by saying "I want the old KOL back" then your not really a fan of the band. Your a fan of THAT band, I've loved them since the first album. Seems like another Metallica thing going on here.
I agree, as much as I love the old KOL, their new songs are still insanely good. I thought "Oh shit, It's gonna be crappy pop." But it's not anywhere close, I think this will be a great album, right up there with Youth and Young Manhood. POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 04:23 pm / quote|
Notoriousdoc
: I prefer the new stuff. Because of the Times was awesome and this is too. POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 06:47 pm / quote|
whisperingwolf
: egh. I dunno what to say.
is it possible to hate the new KoL but like it at the same time?
because, even though it's new for them, it doesn't mean it's awful music. it's just not them.
if they changed their identities and band name I would like them, because it's good music - but it's just not KoL.
and now i'm only making sense to myself. rrrr. POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 07:45 pm / quote|
groll01
: wow the attitude you guys have to music is that of 10 year old girls not musicians! "blah blah i want three versions of there 1st album" GO LISTEN TO THE 1ST ALBUM THEM! Saying its not KOL is a joke..... who knows the band more the the people it in huh? clearly not the fans! if you dont like the new stuff thats fine, but dont go posting rubbish about disrespecting fans, when there doing the oppiste, it would be disrespectful and also dishonest(to them selfs and the fans) TO the to try and recreate a sound the had when they were that much younger. GROW UP! JUST LIKE BANDS DO!
wow the attitude you guys have to music is that of 10 year old girls not musicians! "blah blah i want three versions of there 1st album" GO LISTEN TO THE 1ST ALBUM THEM! Saying its not KOL is a joke..... who knows the band more the the people it in huh? clearly not the fans! if you dont like the new stuff thats fine, but dont go posting rubbish about disrespecting fans, when there doing the oppiste, it would be disrespectful and also dishonest(to them selfs and the fans) TO the to try and recreate a sound the had when they were that much younger. GROW UP! JUST LIKE BANDS DO!
/rant
i dont think i could have said it better myself my friend...really, amazing dude POSTED: 09/22/2008 - 11:07 pm / quote|
basket_case_44
: Kol said themselves they want to turn out a different album each time
musicians have to have variety in their lives too
they cant just make a whole career out of the same thing
in an interview i remember them saying that the next album could be anything from a gospel album to an art-rock album...anything except shit hop haha
so just stop ur whingeing about how there new album has made themselves a few more teenage fans and sit back and marvel at the genius that is the Kings of Leon
as scroobius pip says " Thou shalt not stop liking a band just because theyve become popular" lol POSTED: 09/23/2008 - 01:20 am / quote|
666JakeY666 :
Okay, I had this album a week before it's release.
And I havn't stopped playing it. It's a great KOL album everything you could want from them. So the people who are ripping on them by saying "I want the old KOL back" then your not really a fan of the band. Your a fan of THAT band, I've loved them since the first album. Seems like another Metallica thing going on here.
amen my friend. This band rules. I think evolution in music is brilliant POSTED: 09/23/2008 - 01:43 am / quote|
SOADriff
: pretty good album. not great but good. POSTED: 09/23/2008 - 04:24 am / quote|
SOADriff
: pretty good album. not great but still good. POSTED: 09/23/2008 - 04:24 am / quote|
wow the attitude you guys have to music is that of 10 year old girls not musicians! "blah blah i want three versions of there 1st album" GO LISTEN TO THE 1ST ALBUM THEM! Saying its not KOL is a joke..... who knows the band more the the people it in huh? clearly not the fans! if you dont like the new stuff thats fine, but dont go posting rubbish about disrespecting fans, when there doing the oppiste, it would be disrespectful and also dishonest(to them selfs and the fans) TO the to try and recreate a sound the had when they were that much younger. GROW UP! JUST LIKE BANDS DO!
/rant
i dont think i could have said it better myself my friend...really, amazing dude
This statement could be said to every album review comments section I've seen on the internet. There's always a bunch of people who don't like the new album because it's different. Then there's the people who call themselves true fans because they've liked everything the bands produced and then the new fans who have only come onboard because they like the bands new direction where as they disliked previous works.
planktonfighter
: Back on topic, this album is great! And I hardly know KOL. POSTED: 09/29/2008 - 12:36 am / quote|
mike_anderson25
: Yeah I agree with the latter comments, this is a really good album with some gems like closer, sex on fire and use somebody. I'll admit I do miss the bluesy element to King's work, but they aren't "sell-outs" (whatever the hell that means anyway). I just hope that they're one of the last announcements for bdo, cause they're killer live. POSTED: 09/30/2008 - 12:38 am / quote|
jaycloth
: Although Youth & Young Manhood will always be KOL at their raw best for me, its fantastic to see a band evolving with each release. This album taken in context with the other three provides perfect balance to their catalogue and I'm sure that's how they see it. This is exactly where they were going. You can take each album and heap praise on it as a stand alone project, but taken as a whole, MY GOD.... 4 albums of this calibre in 5 years!!
I see a rather long hiatus now and then a return to dirty, raw, rocking form which may scare away newer fans sold on this wider, big arena sound. I'm afraid to say these boys can do no wrong, and as long as they don't know that, we're lucky, lucky people!! POSTED: 09/30/2008 - 06:09 am / quote|
gibson-sg-rocks
: this album is their worst, yet its no 1 in the 'charts' thats proof that the charts is bultish, and the music industry is fkked. POSTED: 10/03/2008 - 05:18 am / quote|
stardogchampion
: I don't care that they've evovled and changed their style really, I just think it's a really average album. Nothing really stands out.. POSTED: 10/03/2008 - 05:22 am / quote|
pigmaggots
: I thought track 1 was brilliant. track 2 dull. track 3 and 4 brilliant. and then it steadily went downhill from there.
Some songs suffered from having no ideas as to where they could go. I remember some songs suffering from having too polished a production on them.
Ultimately, like most of KOL's albums, i think this is one to download, delete the 60-70% of duff tracks and keep the rest.
If KOL were more consistent they'd be amazing. POSTED: 10/03/2008 - 10:01 am / quote|
Okay, I had this album a week before it's release.
And I havn't stopped playing it. It's a great KOL album everything you could want from them. So the people who are ripping on them by saying "I want the old KOL back" then your not really a fan of the band. Your a fan of THAT band, I've loved them since the first album. Seems like another Metallica thing going on here.
Fans should really consider how good their albums are. They've got excellent material, so, stop it with this garbage, people. POSTED: 10/03/2008 - 07:19 pm / quote|
i personally think this is terrible
sex on fire is an insult to rock music, and frankly i am shocked that it got to number one
Kings of Leon should stick to what they know instead of betraying their fans with this crap
Waaaaahhhhh
If you don't like it, don't listen to it.
If you think a band shouldn't change, listen to someone who gets paid and who are praised to do the same bull shit over and over again.
Bands change and grow, so should their fans.
I love this new album, it's good, but it's awesome to mix in the really good old KOL to. POSTED: 10/03/2008 - 10:08 pm / quote|
jomig20
: good stuff..i liked it POSTED: 10/04/2008 - 09:15 am / quote|
cegs
: personally, like all of their other albums... i love this one.
i think it is a lot more consistent, all of the songs are good, but unlike Because of the Times... there arent as many AMAZING songs.
they have evolved a lot since aha, and this is an evolution i like. POSTED: 10/04/2008 - 10:11 am / quote|
b-rock34
: My friend was listening to this the other day and I thought he was listening to christian rock. I swear I did. I had no idea who it was at the time. I'll have to give it a real listen some time, though. It was from another room and I wasn't really paying attention. POSTED: 10/04/2008 - 10:19 am / quote|
Early Cuyler
: although i do miss their country-fried rock outs... i ****ing LOVE this new album.... its clear that theyre evolving... and all good things do..
i mean how many Beatles albums sound the same? POSTED: 10/05/2008 - 11:05 am / quote|
chrisgregory05
: See I remember this with RHCP fans. As soon as they mellow out a little and change their sound, the 'hardcore' fans are all over them complaining to bring back the old stuff. Guess what? They've matured, and in a ll honesty would get worse if they recycled their old sound. Only the true hardcore fans will welcome this with open arms. It's a cracking effort. POSTED: 10/05/2008 - 06:03 pm / quote|
Jmic182
: man this is pretty intense! Everyone should just know that no matter what the Kings Of Leon rock the shit off of everybody, closest band to come close to them right now is the Foo Fighters and Radiohead and Coldplay and Muse... Okay now I'm just spowting off my favorite bands but Yeah The Kings Of Leon rocks so hard. Best album, Because Of The Times, My favorite, Aha Shake Heartbreak. Different strokes for deifferent folks right? POSTED: 10/05/2008 - 08:52 pm / quote|
They peaked on 'Aha Shake...' and it's been downhill from there. Because Of The Times had it's moments, but I much prefer the old KoL to the new one.
nah thats wrong its a great album POSTED: 11/15/2008 - 09:17 pm / quote|
arcticm1
: I like this record but i do prefer there first two records, i think there best record was there first one youth and young manhood, they had a raw sound back then i liked that, their new record sounds a bit over produced but thats my opinon still this record though just not as good as the other stuff. POSTED: 01/03/2009 - 05:31 pm / quote|
arcticm1
: sorry for the double post but i just had to say that i do admire them trying something differnt, if they made the same record as their first one i would be saying they sound excatly the same as before so hats off to them trying summat new, i do like this record. POSTED: 01/03/2009 - 05:39 pm / quote|
RedDevil07
: Before this came out KOL were getting better with each album but this is easily their worst. I like about 5 songs on this but apart from that I don't like it at all. Sounds a little too much like they're trying to sound like U2, in my opinion. POSTED: 01/25/2009 - 08:21 pm / quote|
Geeeeezer
: Okay firstly i love every thing KOL have done from youth and manhood to this. But its just got a different feel to it. Its smoother, 'bigger' as they put it and more of a studio feel. But thats cos its more emotional lyrically and Caleb is kinda conveying that with the songs too.
But if you still dont like it then don't worry cos they've said their next album is going back to a more raw blues sound. POSTED: 04/15/2009 - 06:30 am / quote|
[x]Huffy[x]
: Great album, but I'm a long-time KoL fan, and I do miss the days of Four Kicks and Molly's Chambers. POSTED: 05/08/2009 - 10:59 am / quote|
prt1990
: This is my least favourite album of theirs.
For me, part of their appeal was in their retro sound and now they've lost that, becoming more mainstream and, i think, less interesting. POSTED: 06/11/2009 - 09:02 am / quote|
Stugg334
: people just want copies of their first album, when a bands sound changes its called progression, and this album is undoubtedly progression. just look at green day, they've changed their sound a million times. POSTED: 06/12/2009 - 11:37 am / quote|
Stugg334
: and i didnt mention in my review, but 17 sounds like a bit of an interlude that they tried to twist into a song. its alright, but maybe not complete POSTED: 06/18/2009 - 01:32 pm / quote|
againsteternity
: This is my least favorite album they seem less creative to me on this album there is a few good songs I like "reverly" but did anyone notice Caleb repeated himself alot on this album POSTED: 08/08/2009 - 11:33 pm / quote|
Twilight7896
: I thought this was a great album. I have had it for about 2 1/2 weeks and its the only thing I can listen to. I am seeing them in Nashville in October and I can't wait. I already have the tickets booked. I haven't listened to much of thier older stuff and am a pretty new fan to KOL, but I am itching to listen to thier other albums, I'm sure that they will be as great as this. POSTED: 09/08/2009 - 09:22 pm / quote|
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