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Brimming with epic, arena-sized anthems, Only By the Night is the expansive fourth album from Kings of Leon. The release of Kings of Leon's third album Because of the Times showed a noticeable change in sound for the Tennessee Indie quartet. The rough-edged country rock of their debut album Youth and Young Manhood was replaced by a plethora of cleaned up new-wave tracks and it is a progression that continues with Only By the Night.
The tidal wave of glitchy guitars on opening number,'Closer', segues perfectly into the sludgy swamp-rock of 'Crawl', melding Led-Zeppelin-styled crunch with experimental guitar buzz, the tracks flex the band's rock and roll muscle to great effect. Chart-topping single, 'Sex on Fire', fronts a succession of songs with meteoric choruses that are tailored to singer Caleb Followill's raspy, contagious vocals. Tracks 'Use Somebody' and 'Manhattan' see guitarist Matthew Followill cloak his guitar riffs in reverb, as bassist Jared Followill takes the spotlight sporadically, popping up for quick melodic fills before ducking back in to the mix. As the band experiment with texture and structure in the hauntingly exposed 'Cold Desert', it is the steady and unique drumming patterns of Nathan Followill that ensure that Kings of Leon's recognisable style is very much alive.
Kings of Leon have grown further in stature, confidence, and ability with each album and this release doesn't buck that trend. Taking its lead from the post-punk primitivism of Because of the Times, Only By the Night sees Kings of Leon develop on their adept style further by slowing down track tempo and attacking new instrumental structures. With U2 inspired lines that open up space for sounds to prowl and insulate, Kings of Leon have produced an accomplished new album that delivers on a grand scale.
- Closer
- Crawl
- Sex On Fire
- Use Somebody
- Manhattan
- Revelry
- Seventeen
- Notion
- I Want You
- Be Somebody
- Cold Desert
Average rating (152 reviews)
KINGS for a reason
Mattyd9 | 06/01/2009 | See all Mattyd9's reviews (5) »
This album is immense. Release of 2009 ? Definately. Quality price as well. Must have on any ipod. Kings of leon. It many audiences from 10 year olds to 50 year olds . Every song as a catchy tune and his voice is just one in a blue moon . This sex is on fire
Best album of 2008 !!!
Corky666 | 04/01/2009 | See all Corky666's reviews (19) »
The title says it all, I honestly believe this is the best album released in 2008, it doesn't have a bad track on it, and the production is excellent, if you don't own it, buy it now and enjoy life.
Anthemic - but in a good way
LoveMe | 04/01/2009 | See all LoveMe's reviews (44) »
I've loved The Kings of Leon from the start and I'm a little gutted now that everyone's discovered them.
And it's all thanks to this album.
Singer Caleb Followill has the sexist gravel voice I've ever heard, although you deserve a certificate if you can understand the lyrics on the previous albums!
This album is anthemic, it could be a movie soundtrack, but that's ok because they've done it so well.
This is great as an introduction to the band, if you love it you mght want to consider working you way theough their short back catalogue.
Nobody else sounds like the Kings and that's a rare thing to say in the current music climate.
If this album doesn't have you dancing around the room, then you don't deserve it!
My only small concern is Sex on Fire - whilst this is a fantastic song, I can't help but believe that unimaginative younger people will do the deed to it. Eww.
To me that is wrong.
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