Music : Only By The Night
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886973519929
Label: RCA Records
Manufacturer: RCA Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: RCA Records
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Studio: RCA Records
Sales Rank: 4
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Disc 1:- Closer
- Crawl
- Sex On Fire
- Use Somebody
- Manhattan
- Revelry
- 17
- Notion
- I Want You
- Be Somebody
- Cold Desert
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Amazon.co.uk Review:
Already on course to be one of the year's biggest sellers, Only By the Night has sealed Kings of Leon's unlikely position as Britain's favourite American rock band. The Followill brothers (and cousin) have always been tagged as part of a southern rock tradition of family bands such as the Allmans and Lynyrd Skynyrd, a label they vehemently refuted. But the skinny lads certainly looked like a classic rock act, even as they took musical inspiration from indie contemporaries The Strokes and eighties new wave acts such as The Cure and New Order. Only By the Night is effectively a sequel to 2006's terrific Because of the Times, their third record and the first where they nailed their own sound, a striking amalgam of bluesy vocals and post-punk primitivism. In comparison Only By the Night consolidates rather than advances their style. The appropriately incoherent "Sex on Fire", already a chart topping single, is catchy but sounds lightweight next to songs like the fierce "Crawl" and the stadia-ready "Cold Desert" and "Manhattan". The dissonant, almost amateurish "17" is most out of place, though Caleb Followill still bawls it with the same passion he brings to even the clumsiest couplet. More notable are several sparse romantic pleas that often borrow licks from classic Southern soul. The yearning "I Want You" is little more than its title, but it certainly convinces, while "Revelry" and the vulnerable "Use Somebody" show signs of impending maturity. Only By the Night's simplicity certainly has a wide appeal. --Steve Jelbert
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Christmas is coming so save your cash! Why purchase something you can get for a fiver.
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As a newcomer to KOL, having seen and liked KOL at several festival gigs on television this year (2008), I decided to buy a couple of their albums, this one, and Because of the Times.
OBTN is definitely my favourite - a real "grower". There's a sense of atmosphere, and production values recalling at times both U2 and Big Country, whilst very definitely remaining uniquely Kings of Leon.
Whilst I like a number of the tracks on BOTT, I find some of the writing on it somewhat ... Read More
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Like a lot of people I bought based on "Sex On Fire" and quite liked "Use Somebody" too. Thing is, when I listened to this in my car after buying, I realised right from the opening "Closer" that there is quite a lot more to it that those songs. I am a music lover and buy a lot of cds based on a whim but this is one of those albums that stands out and I know I will never grow tired of this. The lead singers voice is just outstanding and sounds just as good live from when Ive seen them on TV, they are ... Read More
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Very much looking forward to hearing this album but was very disappointed by the whole thing. I found it really boring with little variation.
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I simply believe that this is their most musically accomplished album to date. I haven't been overly keen on their previous efforts, feeling that their sound was a little contrived.
I'm a fan of progressive rock and metal, Tool, The Mars Volta, Sigur Ros, Exlosions in the Sky etc...I am not a pop fan and thoroughly disagree that this is some sort of pop/rock 'sellout' album. It is beautifully written, expressive and emotional.
Well done KOL, this is the first one I've actually ... Read More
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