Only By The Night

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Editorial reviews

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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Customer reviews

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review by: date: 2008-11-29 rating:
A good album for your first KOL purchase
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 clunky and disjointed - great rock anthemy stuff for earlier KOL fans, no doubt - but OBTN is for me a far more mature piece of writing, with great themes, transitions, subtle but insistent riffs that really grow on you, great vocals.

For me, what it does is something really important for an album - it makes you want to put it on again, and to listen right through.

So, if you're new to KOL and like their more recent sounds, buy this

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review by: MusicLover08 date: 2008-11-29 rating:
Kings Of Modern American Rock
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 also all fantastic musicians. Rarely do bass players stand out in bands but here along with the drums and lead guitar it affords the band the credibility few of todays bands have.

Far from being a sell-out pop album which some people have said, it is one of the best rock albums ive bought all year, and a lot of people seem to agree with that. Bands do have to evolve and you can be sure that this was a genuine band progression, after all that whole new wave sound ala "The Strokes" is on the way out. Reason they are more popular now is simply because they are better. There are one or two fillers and I do agree that "Use Somebody" is a tad poppy at first listen(still great), but all in all a solid album from a rock solid band. Glad now I bought this instead of the new Razorlight album.


review by: date: 2008-11-29 rating:
BIG LET DOWN
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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