Started A Fire

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
If you're going for pop-rock gold-plating, radio airplay and slot or two sound-tracking Hollyoaks' opening sequences, you want to make a beeline for the big hitters when sieving through your influence list. So North Yorkshire four-piece One Night Only pay little heed to their surroundings and avoid coming out the other side just sounding like the Pigeon Detectives—-though there's certainly a hint of their unapologetically chipper anthem chasing, it's in the county's musical blood by now. Drafting in keyboards the size of an Antarctic ice shelf, "Just for Tonight" opens the album grabbing for The Killers' crown, and damn well gets a decent grip for a while. On that and "He's There" you can barely get a cigarette paper between the two in terms of style and tone, though One Night Only are burning smokeless fuel, there's no mistaking the cleanliness of their construct. Which also reveals the other side of their coin-jerky saccharine MOR in the mould of The Feeling and The Hoosiers, gushing freely (in the stage-managed sense) through "It's About Time" and "It's Alright". It seems that time spent playing in a Blink 182 covers band has rubbed off on their posture in some quarters of the album too--One Night Only clearly want to just get out there and make friends. No grand gestures, no manifesto and in spite of the title no pyrotechnics. Just good clean bundles of fun like "You & Me", essentially a Panda Pop Libertines. And where's the harm in that? --James Berry

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Customer reviews

review by: Music maestro date: 2008-09-22 rating:
Started a fire but it doesn't burn so brightly.
I bought this album when Amazon recommended it to me as I've bought Guillemots, Pigeon Detective, Kooks, etc music from here. The album is a good album, and fits in perfectly with the indie sound and scene. However, it is a little too generic for my liking.

They can play and they can sing and clearly have talent but I feel they need to try and develop their own sound and a unique selling point for themselves as although they're good, they're not great and will end up being just another one of many similar indie bands.

This is, for me, a 3 star effort. I hope their next offering is more unique.

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review by: date: 2008-08-09 rating:
Not very unique...
Having heard "Just for Tonight" and loving the anthemic sound many reviewers have mentioned before me, I decided to dive in and try the album. I listened with high hopes and really wanted to like it...but unfortunately it failed to impress. I gave it a few more listens but all that did was reiterate to me how samey and unoriginal the tracks sound.

The singles "You and Me" and "It's About Time" are catchy but the rest just sort of blends into one big blur. For me, the songs just lack the energy and spark of their first single and I can never really distinguish between them. The lyrics are also quite uninspiring.

I suppose it's a nice listen but this album just doesn't have quality songs that I'd listen to time and time again.

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review by: Celtic Soul Boy date: 2008-05-19 rating:
Good to hear some melody....
Bought this on the strength of the Just for Tonight single...one of the few current tracks with a strong melody at the moment. It's so nice to hear a band who can right proper melodic and well-structured songs and deliver them with some passion without sounding as if they are about to have a nervous breakdown/anxiety attack.

My personal favourite is Time but most of the tracks have something going for them...the production by Steve Lillywhite contributes to the overall anthemic feel...there are also a few whimsical retro moments which, suprisingly work well in this context.

I'm told the singer is only 17 so there should be more to come - for a first album this is very impressive.

Definitely worth buying...

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review by: Gromite date: 2008-05-14 rating:
Way Beyond Expectations
I brought this album on the back of the single 'just for tonight' and because a friend told me it was good. To tell the truth i wasn't expecting much more than one or two good tracks, i was pleasently surprised. After listening to the album just once i preaty much enjoyed every song, each one have it own. If you liked the single, this albm is a must as there is only better to come.


review by: date: 2008-04-13 rating:
Great musical talent
I bought this album on the strength of 'just for tonight' and have not been disappointed. The musical intros to every song is first class and shows that this band is technically very strong and have much potential to grow and grow. For me they hit the perfect balance of uplifting tunes, good vocals and great technical skill by the band. Looking forward to seeing them live shortly.

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