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5.0 out of 5 stars
Best album of KoL yet, with great live bonus album, May 2, 2009
This review is from: Only By The Night (plus 7 Bonus Tracks Live From The Hammersmith Apollo) (Deluxe Edition) (Audio CD)
In 2007 Kings of Leon released their monster-sized album "Because of the Times", which ended up in my personal top 3 of the best albums of 2007. After releasing "Because of the Times", the band toured non-stop around the Americas and Europe.
"Only By the Night" (11 tracks; 43 min.) continues the trail-blazing ways of "Because of the Times", if possible even more so. The radio singles "Crawl" and "Sex on Fire" are quite good but also a bit misleading, in the sense that there are a lot of epic "atmospheric" songs, with plenty of walls of (guitar) sounds. This band has become now more than ever an arena-sized band. The highlights for me first single "Crawl", "Manhattan", the mega-hit "Sex on Fire", "17" and the album closer "Cold Desert", but honestly I didn't hear any 'weak' tracks on here.
The bonus live CD (7 tracks, 25 min.) comes from a performance of the band in April, 2007 at the Hammersmith Appolo in London, bringing 4 tracks from the then-new "Because of the Times" album, including a terrific "Fans" (a salute to the band's huge UK fan base), "My Party", and "Arizona", along with a couple of "Aha Shake Heartbreak" album tracks, just terrific. Seek it out if you can.
In all, "Only By the Night" is a great album. King of Leon's musical growth in just a matter of 4-5 years is simply amazing. "Youth and Young Manhood" and "Aha Shake Heartbreak" almost sound like they were made by a different band (don't ever call them the "Southern Strokes" again!). Last but not least, KoL are HUGE in Europe, particularly in the UK, but it now looks like the band has hit the big time in the US as well, selling out the Madison Square Garden earlier this year. I saw KoL in January in Louisville, and will see them again later this month here in Cincinnati at the PNC Pavillion (the show is already sold out).
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic, February 5, 2009
This review is from: Only By The Night (plus 7 Bonus Tracks Live From The Hammersmith Apollo) (Deluxe Edition) (Audio CD)
Great cd especially with the live cd, I was at that concert which is why I wanted it, good seller thank you very much!
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