Reviews (page 3 of 8)
Two good songs and a lot of meh.
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
Not sure why this album is on the list, saw that there were two more and it boggles the mind. It was a bit of a hillbilly fever dream to me but I'm sure some people revel in this stuff.
This is one of my favorite albums. Sue me!
I really liked King of the Rodeo, it was very fun. But everything else was just very mid
voice kind of annoying as hell, instrumental uninspired.
This was ass. Some of the instrumentation was fine before it eschewed any interesting directions and became generic, offensively inoffensive rock music. Combine that with self-indulgent, self-important, uninspiring lyrics you get some ass music.
I've heard this album before. Similar to then, I wish I understood more words during the listen. Lots if toe tappers.
Good rock album
Why do I keep getting these guys
Kings of Leon does have some great songs, but none of them are on this album. Just listen to Only By the Night instead and save yourself.
This is #day596 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… it's been, what, less than a week since I got my previous Kings of Leon album. I mean, I just can't tolerate those vocals, but I also can't hear any historical or aesthetic value in this music whatsoever. A little more than halfway through, I didn't feel like continuing. You don't have to hear this before you die… unless you want to die sooner. No surprise, all three of their albums were eventually thrown out of the list. This is a 1 out of 5. Looking forward to #day597.
Great
Kol at their best
Ugh, this mid-2000s indie rock. Groooossss. 2/5
puta que pariu eu ODEIO kings of leon
é melhor que o último deles que passou por aqui mas continua de péssimo gosto. o nível tava baixo demais, melhorar um pouco não significa que ficou bom não.
Who am I to say if this is good or not. I’m not a musician. I’m not in college. I don’t wear skinny jeans. This sucks
nah
2 Kings Of Leon albums! wow, fine but rien de spécial
We're in a slump era with these picks a bit. I do like how in Day Old Blues his voice wobbles like hes kinda crying. thats good
I remember hearing these guys at Bonnaroo and then getting the CD, loved it instantly. They had a different sound than most of the stuff getting radio play at the time, has a raw and alcoholic rough edge to it. They have enough variety to keep the album interesting for the whole playthrough. Has a good combination of country drawl and twang mixed with some classic and indie rock elements. This was the last album that I really enjoyed by them, got a bit too radio friendly for my liking after this one.
3/10
Not my vibe. Sound and production is fine. Wildly average. I feel like this band is more of a vibe. No one casually likes them. You are all in or all out.
I really liked Kings of Leon's debut album, Youth and Young Manhood, it was punchy and fun - a little like a southern Strokes. However, Kings of Leon ditched their potential and turned into a wanky stadium rock band. Aha Shake Heartbreak doesn't contain anything as awful as Sex on Fire, but it clearly is well down the road to that shite and felt like a very long album considering it's less than 40 minute run time. Bits of it are redeemable, which is why I'm giving it a 2, but it's not good at all.
Hoewel dit cijfer doet vermoeden dat ik een Kings of Leon-hater ben, is dat niet het geval. En hoewel we met vrienden vaak gelachen hebben dat ze wéér headliner waren op een festival, hebben de albums uit die tijd toch een fijne nostalgische waarde voor mij. Dit veel rustigere album, dat nog meer de nadruk legt op de knijperige zang, doet het alleen voor mij niet.
Wat is dit toch een ontzéttende banger. Ik heb het even opgezocht (lang leve Lastfm) en blijkbaar had ik hem al 15 jaar niet meer integraal geluisterd. Dit is hoe je riffjes schrijft jongen. En het geluid van de basgitaar is als een soort muzikale slagroomtaart
Could not finish this album and his yowling. It was boring and annoying at the same time
Album 1085 of 1089 Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon (2004) Rating : 3.5 / 5 This was a nice, easy listen. Kings of Leon is one of those bands that has a very recognizable sound, and they lean into it well here. There’s a blend of bluesy rock and a bit of Southern flavor that gives the album its identity, and it stays pretty consistent throughout. The overall feel is loose and straightforward. Nothing overly complicated, just solid rock songs delivered with a bit of grit and attitude. It’s the kind of album that doesn’t try to be bigger than it needs to be—it just plays to its strengths and lets the sound carry it. What stood out to me was how comfortable it all feels. The band seems settled into what they do, and that confidence comes through in the music. It makes for a smooth listening experience where everything fits together naturally. Overall, just a solid, enjoyable album with a nice blues/rock vibe running through it.
Was going to it a 4 but couldn’t stop listening to it. Odd 5 in that it’s not Rumours, DSOTM, etc., but I really enjoyed it.
Yeah, it's alright. Like all of Kings of Leon's work, it's perfectly adequate. It does contain hints of fun in songs like The Bucket and Four Kicks, which were ruthlessly kicked out of the band shortly after in order for them to write endless MOR to be played at emotional moments on talent shows.
Why why why why why Why why why why why why why Why why why why why
This album sounds like it was written and played by frat boys who were given some studio time and this was the result of it. Very basic songs that don't work up to anything and have little to say. I guess that they are about the experiences of young men coming of age in the south but the band doesn't do much of note and the less said about the singing the better. Can't believe there were three Kings of Leon albums on this list while so many artists have none.
I find it really funny that the compilers of this list thought KOL was the absolute shit and would be some kind of legacy act. This is really dull. The Bucket is pretty good, the rest is either forgettable or bad. Caleb Followill's vocals on this are just rough, sometimes I don't mind them but on this release, for whatever reason he just has awful mannerisms on like every song. Spit the marbles out for the love of god man. In no way does there need to be 3 Kings of Leon albums on this, but Mechanical Bull would be a much more solid 3rd choice, this is a clear sophomore slump
I accidentally saw these guys at Lolapalloza in 2007, and thought that they were pretty cool. Recorded tho? It's 'aight. Definitely a distinct vocal style.
vocals kinda annoying, music is not really my style i guess, I've listened some of their songs in the past and never liked them so yeah
Mediocre landfill.
I have never really listened to Kings of Leon, despite them being adjacent to many groups I like a lot. I had the time to listen to this album more than once, and I'm glad I did...the more I listened to it the more I liked it.
Ik ga stuk wat de hellie is deze stem. Naast de overdreven stem en weirde lyrics gebeurt er verder ook echt niks dus nah.
Cishet and boring Rainbow Kitten Surprise isn't real, it can't hurt you!! Kings of Leon:
thanks i hate it. wat een kutstem. best leuk muzikaal verder met vlagen (voelt meer als puur toeval dan talent verder). borderline onluisterbaar, begrijp écht niet wat dit hier doet
ja wat wil je ervan zeggen
this dude's vocal fry makes this hard to listen to. it's like he's whining
2 stars, both for the album cover and its simplicity (just the photograph, as the font choice is very pretentious). The singer has such an annoying voice. It sounds strained and whiny, like he’s permanently stuck between trying to be gritty and completely losing control, which just makes every song feel more irritating than powerful. Yuck.
Feels very corporate-indie. I don’t really get the love or the hate? A band (and their record company overlords) that seemed to be capitalising while they could on the early naughties indie/folk/rock era. It’s ok, but nothing stood out.
Milquetoast at best.
I really don’t think that this album belongs in the book. The music is fine, but why not just have one album in the book? Three albums by Kings of Leon are at least two too many
This is like Pixies if they were a shitty millennial band that are the "rockiest" music played in southern U.S radio stations
A third Kings of Leon album, and I’m not sure why this was here. I rated their debut album 1, and their fourth album 4. I don’t think that this was as much of a slog as their debut album, but I can’t stop feeling like Aha Shake Heartbreak was whiny and uninteresting. Several songs they just sounded so bored, especially in “Day Old Blues” when they kept repeating the title over and over again. I don’t even know if Kings of Leon enjoyed creating this album, because it sure doesn’t feel like anything sparked joy. The final song was better and reminded me of the sound they would find in a few years, but jeez.
What is there to say about Kings of Leon that hasn't been said on the other two albums they have on this project? This definitely isn't a band that needed a multiple album presence on this project, and yet here we are at number three. They're fine -- even good, at times, and they do have their own unique sound. This album was a continuation of that same garage rock bluesy sound. It's fine...but it's nothing that needed three albums of representation on this project. All that said, this was probably my least liked album among their offerings on this project. They have a fair few hits across their discography, but this was a no hits album, and frankly, there weren't any hidden gems, either. The album was just fine. Fine. The operative word of this review is "fine". This would probably land at about a 2.5 for me, but I don't really feel like rounding this up.
the songs feel unfinished. Didn't enjoy the vocals.
Who is this album even for? I can't imagine a single person going out of their way to listen to this and enjoy it. The songs and compositions are nothing to write home about, but the most egregious part is the singer. The guy sounds like if Randy Newman was fronting an alt band, and it's unintentionally hilarious at parts.
I don't hate Kings of Leon (I know they are douches but they also have some catchy songs). However this album was just meh. His voice was mumbly and hard to understand, the lyrics were just subpar and stupid and the guitar and such were just blah. For having such fiery personalities this was very disappointing.
I won’t listen to Kings of Leon anymore. I’ve already decided that they are not for me.
Not a fan. The lyrics are mostly either gross or stupid or both, and the vocals are so mumbly and annoying. Thankfully it was short. Also, two albums by these guys in this list is ridic. And apparently there's a third one to come?? Serenity now!
Excellent
Three albums from these guys on this list??? Why. WHY.
Got some indie sleeze vibes. Chill album. These guys are way better than their radio hits make them seem.
So ordinary...
How can rock music be this boring?
I get the hate for kings of Leon. I could live happily never hearing sex on fire again. I had this album when it came out (way before sex in fire), and I really liked it. Rock, southern blues, brash, ballsey. it was just a bit different to what else was out there. The thing is there a pretty damn good band and the fact there still selling out venues and making music backs that up. I personally think this is the best of the albums they have in this list. Not sure they warrent 3 either
Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: Soft, Razz Yea, I'm not sure Kings of Leon deserve 2 albums on the List, so when I accidentally clicked on the Artist and got brought to the list of albums that are part of the Book and saw a 3rd Kings of Leon album, I was, frankly, shocked. This album is whatever. It exists. It's not grating or transcendental. There is nothing groundbreaking about it, but I also don't immediately want to turn it off like I do with Justin Timberlake or Destiny's Child. It exists. I probably did not need to hear it before I die.
I saw Kings of Leon open for U2 around the time this album came out. It was the absolute worst live performance I’ve ever seen and I told everyone I knew how much this band sucked. I like some of the stuff they have put out since, but I still maintain that this album is one of the more painful albums I’ve ever listened to.
hace 20 años nos reíamos de como sonaba a lata y hortera todo lo ochentero. Han pasado 20 años de eso
La verdad es que me lo esperaba tan malo que no me ha parecido tan tan horrible. Dicho esto, no voy a volver a escucharlo en mi vida.
A couple of the songs were passable, but this is really an unremarkable album.
Lot of people hating on this album. I own it, I've always liked it and I never particularly noticed the horniness others have commented on - oops. I like early Kings of Leon as the sound is a lot more raw than their later more polished (and chart-friendly) work. This to me is an album that's here for a good time, not a long time, and I'll pick it up again occasionally. Great for a car journey.
Could be a 5 maybe? Kinda like a folk indie vibe. Feels like arena rock
Nope, no thanks. Not really sure why. There's nothing offensive here, it has the elements of many things I like, but Kings of Leon have never hit for me.
7/10 Favorite: The Bucket
Not even sure how a Kings of Leon record would make this 1001 list which calls into question why I am even doing this. I've only heard two singles from this band and follow Alt Nation and other music sources pretty carefully but KoL have never been on the radar as a band to pay attention to with a deep repertoire. I found it pretty strange to see this band or even an album of their's on this list. Waste of a slot. AOTY (metacritic site) has this album pegged at about a 6.7/10 by critics and 7.0 by listeners. Then, with all due respect, there are certain singing voices in rock and pop music that just don't work for me. This guy has one of those voices. Never been impressed. It's just basic crappy Southern rock that doesn't soar. The one song that popped for me was The Bucket. Day Old Blues super annoying. Outside of that not much to get excited about. Giving it a 2.
This album has me thinking about the miracle of human life. Imagine carrying a precious lil' bebe in your belly for nine months, Nourishing and caring for them. And then they emerge from your womb sounding like Caleb fucking Followill. He then proceeds to use his nasty little vocal cords to sing about school girls in The Year of Our Lord 2004. I'm getting my tubes tied.
Enh
Never been wholly sure if I like matey's vocals, but granted I've only ever known them from their singles. After listening to a whole album, still don't think I'm convinced.But I do like it musically so...
This album was only 37 minutes long but it felt like an hour. It would be miles better if it was instrumental. I could not finish every song and it's borderline one star, but seeing as I have many more albums to get through, I'll spare it the worst rating I could give it.
I have friends that like these guys. I just don't know ... it was okay, but nothing I have to run out and buy. or see!
Never really sure what to think of these guys. At one time they’re like (albeit a cut-rate) Rolling Stones clone, the next a cut rate Turbonegro and the next a cut-rate Strokes. Crazy album : started out punk, changed to some mongrel mess in the middle, then ended off blues. Kept me guessing; I’ll keep guessing whether I’ll be back for more. 2.5
Very much an album of the early 2000s- I remember those times well. They were always on but not in my house. And although fine, I’ll probably keep it that way.
What's up with his voice? I don't like.
Excellent album, one of my absolute favorites. Early Kings of Leon is just so good. What a fun rocking album, I love the garbled up lyrics and dirty guitar sound, it all works well. Aha Shake is a really good stepping stone to Only by the Night, which is their all time greatest effort. I may be rockin' to KoL for the rest of the day now.
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I like KoL, but this had some duds
Nothing like hearing a cool riff and the being blasted with almost unintelligible shouting There are absolutely parts of this that sound cool, that guitar is movin on some songs. It’s just really hard to get past the vocals, the pretty shallow lyrics, and the lack of any real standouts. I really don’t think this one should be on the list, I know Kings of Leon can and will do better. As someone who grew up in the 2000s I’m starting to think the panel was past their prime and just kinda sucked at picking the actually good/influential albums from the last couple decades.
It's a more chill style rock, but there's an intensity with certain sounds that gives it that deep energy without having to flood the composition. It really tickles my brain, honestly. Milk is the quinetessential song showing off everything I like. The singer's voice is a little more unconventional, but it's more unique than grating. I just feel like this is the type of sound that my brain latches onto. Something about the chords, the notes, the timing sends me-- shame the album loses its speed by the end of it :~( On a second listen, I can see the weaknesses of the music, but there's enough good here
Good, solid rock and roll from three Tennessee brothers and a cousin. Strong guitar and power drums. Would I have liked it more if I understood more than 10% of the lyrics? Maybe. But I'm still giving it a 4...
Why did I think for a brief moment that the singer sounded like Lin-Manuel Miranda? Other than that fact, I find this album boring. It doesn't necessarily sound bad, I just don't really enjoy it. I'm kind of glad that it was actually a pretty short album, I was losing my mind with all these over an hour long albums.
Man, I don't know what to make of this album. It's just really, meh. I like other Kings of Leon songs and thought they were decent overall but this album does not have It. First of all, the lead singer has THE most incomprehensible voice singing some absolutely baffling lyrics. I had to pull up the lyrics to confirm that he was, in fact, saying the girl would lend him her toothbrush. In the end, I think they might have a really good energy if I saw them live but this was all a bit samey for me. They’re distinctive but not something I’d think of ever putting on by choice. I may tap my toes and dance when their singles come on, but I’m not on it for the long haul. Did I need to hear this before I die? Nah
not my cup of milk
The singer sounds similar to how I imagine a wounded moose might sound. It's almost painful to hear the way he contorts his vocal apparatus to make such agonising noises. Add some generic indie/rock early 2000s guitar sounds and you have something fit for elevator or telephone on-hold music. One star.
Dull
Meh...
Heard Before? Nope, although it certainly seems familiar. Notes: - what if we formed a band after only hearing the first Strokes album and nothing else? - what if we saved learning how to write songs for later? - production is crisp but somehow hollow, as if the engineer couldn't find the interesting parts. to be fair, I couldn't either. - extra sadly, there's not even anything bad enough to be funny, although "Razz" comes close. Verdict: Why would anyone choose to listen to this over anything else? Shockingly derivative and amateur. I don't enjoy their later career, but they at least got more competent and gathered a few more influences. Listen Again? A resounding no. Life is short.
Я про эту группу всегда знал что она говно. Оказывается на ранних этапах она была не говно.
A solid record. You can tell they were finding their sound here, culminating in “Only by the Night“, which is their best album in my opinion.
Mid
Can't give anymore than a 2. This guys voice is very annoying. Day old blues and 4 kicks are decent songs
Not great. One song I liked, the rest of them are more annoying than anything, it’s either a 1 or 2. A few songs were ruined with some bad creative choices
I suspect this is another of those indie albums that sounds so familiar because a while bunch of artists who came after them had a similar sound. Who knows, though. Definitely not me, I'm neither Munster nor one of his infamous sons. I won't find out either voluntarily, but perhaps two years from now this project will have skillfully guided me kicking and screaming through this sorry era of pop music.
A song or two in there REALLY save it
The A-side has a few electric moments with killer guitar parts, but overall there is little to no cohesion, and the more it goes on the more pointless the whole record feels. On top of that they largely abandon they're traditional anthemic energy for almost a Sublime like ska fusion thing which doesn't work in my opinion. Not very good.
Nope. Can't stand KOL
It’s ok, but even with a couple of catchy songs it somehow dragged a little even at only 37 mins. I’ve always maintained that the first couple of Kings of Leon albums are good. But this isn’t as good as I thought it was. So maybe it was just the first one? Side note: I can’t understand a thing he’s saying. Like this is Sigur Ros but for the southern United States.
I don’t absolutely hate this. I absolutely nothing this. Just boring. Except for ‘The Bucket’ which is a still pretty great.
I love this!! Sue me!!
I'm feeling generous, but not like, a 4 generous.
Hmja, bekende bandnaam, bekend geluid. Geen hit. De heren raggen een beetje in het rond, staan zich druk te maken, het pruttelt voorbij. Kennelijk gaan we deze figuren nog twee keer om onze oren krijgen. Ik ben nu al benieuwd waar dat in vredesnaam voor nodig is.
Wat een sadistische gedachte dat iedereen deze stem moet horen. Die was al irritant op de radio. Maar dat blijkt nog de aangezoete versie te zijn. Op de album tracks is het nog veel doordringender. Migraine-alarm. En dat dus een heel album lang. Heb het in drieën moeten splitsen. Bands met een handicap komen soms naar voren door het uitventen van die handicap. Dat gebeurt hier veel te weinig. Al is Milk daar wel een voorbeeld van.
Er staan zowaar 3 albums van Kings of Leon in en we hebben er nog geen 1 gehad tot nu toe. Blijkbaar staan albums 1 en 2 erin, samen met de succesvolle doorbraak Only by the Night, waar eigenlijk alle grote hits op staan zo ongeveer. Ik heb op zich deze albums allemaal wel een keer geluisterd al, maar om ze onderling te vergelijken zou ik ze nu achter elkaar moeten horen. En daar heb opa nu geen zin in, dus we beperken ons tot dit album op dit moment. Ik vind het wel fijne, relaxte rock met invloeden van country en americana. De stem van de zanger moet je misschien een beetje aan wennen en het is wel een typerend stemgeluid, maar hier heb ik gelukkig nog niet al te veel aversie tegen. Als je het te vaak hoort, dan kan dat wel komen natuurlijk, die John Fogerty-achtige overdaad. Maar goed, ik vermaak me hier prima mee. Ik kan hier toch wel 4 sterren voor geven.
God, why are there so many Kings of Leon albums here? Their debut album was shit garage rock revival (and one song there was a carbon copy of PJ Harvey's Dress, I will die on this hill). This album seems like they at least tried to do something new. The problem is, most songs sound like the band trying to impersonate other artists anyway (why is the vocal melody in The Bucket the same as in Pearl Jam's Given to Fly?). They should've only included the album with their two biggest hits on the list, their first two are entirely derivative and unnecessary 2/5
Did I really need to listen to 2 Kings of Leon albums before I die? I still can’t stand the lead singer’s vocals, and some of the lyrics are extremely gross. Like “she’s seventeen but I done went an plum forgot it.” I’m so sick of grown ass men singing about teenagers. Can we stop normalizing this please? Enough.
Kings Of Leon – Um nome familiar para todo Indiehead, por bem ou por mal, apesar que sempre achei essa banda menos acessível que seus contemporâneos. Não se ouve falar muito deles, especialmente nos dias atuais. Mas ao ouvir o disco, eu até gostei do que eles fizeram. É uma sonoridade indie-garage-rock que me lembrou bastante o disco de estréia do Arctic Monkeys, uma comparação bem favorável. É um álbum com bastante energia, guitarras gritantes, percussão imparável, e ritmos bem dançantes e engajantes. Infelizmente, o vocalista deixa à desejar em alguns momentos, sem contar que algumas das letras me fazem subir uma sobrancelha. É algo que certamente deduz o valor do álbum quando ele se insere em seu contexto ideal, chapado e dançando. Disco imperfeito mas que me agradou bastante. Tenho um ponto fraco com indie Rock da década de 2000. Não me apaixonei, mas certamente ouvirei outras vezes. 4/5
Some bops
Rad. Reminiscent of early Springsteen fast talk—yeah I'm getting in his car bye
Hard to separate the nostalgia from the actual music. But this one still rocks for me.
Niche Westfield reference but this reminds me of that guy Kenny Sanocki who sang with a fake English accent
it’s easy to forget that before Kings of Leon decided to be dumb-U2, they tried to be dumb-Interpol, which was actually not half bad.
Super fun indie album with a little hint of garage rock. Catchy, sweet, and great listen. I like the variety it gives of soft and heavy songs. Nothing crazy or new, but I'm definitely returning.
Album 108. Aha Shake Heartbreak (https://open.spotify.com/album/3fNRzhnl6WAtghBXEeyaub?si=da3eBe7kT7W3IpucD1PIXg) — Kings of Leon (2004) It's fucking annoying vocals, I really can't listen to his terrible voice. The sounds are solid, especially the guitars. I really like the guitars in it, so energizing for the morning. Overall, meeeeehhhh There were 3 albums of Kings of Leon on the booklist initially, later they were removed. The site's list includes all albums, so I'll have to suffer with their two other albums, blah That's why I don't really like getting into modern music. Some bullshitters can rate something as a great album or something because of hype or just because they're stupid as a log, but apparently years later it's obvious it was a shithorse album. Media must go through timecheck to be praised as decent or shit piece of product. 2/5 No liked songs
Nothing much to say here. Their rock seems to be greatly influenced by country, which I'm not a fan of. Some songs (the first) were nice, but their best productions clearly aren't in this album.
I've listened to lots of KoL, but coming back to them years later you can much more clearly hear the inspirations. One part Stones, one part QoTSA, all parts that milennial rock sound, it's a pretty easy and fun album, if somewhat bloated by filler. Fav tracks: Pistol of Fire, The Bucket, Razz, Four Kicks
A few interesting songs here like Pistol of Fire and Four Kicks. Just okay otherwise. Very styled like the Strokes but with a Southern twang
This fucking sucks holy hell. If there was gonna be any Kings of Leon it should’ve been Only By The Night because at least that has Sex on Fire and Use Somebody. This one has neither and it is just shit to listen to
This is a bit of a weird one, the music and the energy is top notch, but whoever mixed this down and made the vocals twice as loud as the music really did this album a disservice. I wish they would remix it cause it's pretty solid indie/garage rock. The vocals are mediocre but the guy has his own style and the inflection he puts on his words and melodies is interesting. The Bucket is the best tune but all the songs are good, Day Old Blues is a skip track for me. Solid album, recommended for afternoon or evening listening on some decent speakers.
I couldn't even finish it, I've never cared for KoL and the guys voice was grating. The music wasn't bad so probably not really a 1 but man his voice and how it sounds like he is mumbling just knocks it down for me.
🤷🏿♀️ I’ve got nothing
Feb 8, 2026 - i don't........................understand a single word this dude is singing but the guitars are good!!
I was disappointed by this album. I like a couple Kings of Leon songs and this album ended up being really hit or miss. Particularly the vocal style occilated from charming and familliar to grating and incomprehensible. Songs this album made me listen to: Painkillers by Rainbow Kitten Surprise
I tried to take a warm walk in the sun while listening to this album, but it was too early in the morning and the weather was still cold. Despite knowing and liking a handful of Kings Of Leon songs prior to this album, this album was a trepidatious listen for me. I love singers with distinctive, unmistakable voices, but the often unintelligible twang of the lead singer's voice here just left me with a frustrated listening experience most of the time. A little ways into the album, a couple songs suddenly clicked for me, where the loose vocals now felt like they were focused and playing with the instrumentals in an engaging way. I figured that I had adjusted to their sound, and would now like the earlier songs on a relisten, but as I carried on even further into the album, I found myself at odds with it again. This is one of the strangest album experiences I've ever had, where every new song was a coin flip as to whether or not I would enjoy it, despite the general soundscape not changing significantly from track to track. The instrumentals are almost always pleasant and powerful, delivering a sound typical of folk-adjacent rock bands like Rainbow Kitten Surprise (who it would not surprise me if they were inspired by Kings Of Leon). I think it just comes down to how understandable the words are to me on each individual song, and what side of the grating-to-distinctive fence they fall on each time. Highlights: Slow Night, So Long, Milk, The Bucket, Soft, Razz, Rememo, Where Nobody Knows
Þetta var bara nokkuð gott. Nokkur góð lög en svo líka bara skemmtileg lög að hlusta á.
Better than expected, turns out this band isn't so bad when not listening on a car radio or club speakers
Better than I expected. Back when these guys had underground buzz, I remember hearing that they were a “southern rock” band, but it turns out they just sound like The Strokes with an accent. Some tunes were good, with nice guitar and bass lines. Overall didn’t grab me.
Kings of nothing
Around 2004, 2005 I said "not funny" to one of my music friends who was singing Kings of Leon but I thought was pretending to imitate a MR person. Now I can't hear this guy and not think he's putting on some bad embarrassing affectation
This was just ok for me. I don't love his voice and found myself wishing the album was over sooner than it was.
I'm not sure how this band got at least three albums on this list. One, maybe, but three?
I enjoyed this album! They’re clearly very mix of rock with a bit of a bluesy, maybe a touch of country influence, sounds really good. It is fun to listen to with a fun, high energy vibe.
It was ok, some catchy tunes mixed in, feels a bit generic somehow and I kinda find the singers voice grating after a bit, but still a fun light listen.
The singer's voice is grating for some, but I'm mostly OK with it. This album has some good tracks, in particular King of the Rodeo and Four Kicks. Kind of borderline 3-4 but I'm generous today.
This album isn't particularly worse or better than the other two Kings of Leon albums we've listened to, but there's just no dependable reason for their being 3 Kings of Leon albums on this list. There is nothing this one brings to the conversation that the other two hadn't already.
Like if you took the amazing catchiness of the Strokes and swapped out Julian Casablancas with a slurring cartoon character who thinks he's doing some southern blues schtick but is really just embarrassing.
I got nuffin.
Nothing we haven’t all heard a thousand times before, and better done.
Slow night, so long - 4 King of the rodeo - 4 Taper jean girl - 5 Pistol of fire - 3 Milk - 3 The bucket - 5 Soft - 3 Razz - 4 Day old blues - 3 Four kicks - 4 Velvet snow - 3 Rememo - 3 Where nobody knows - 4
This one is interesting at the start, but then doesn't really innovate from there. It's kind of middle-of-the-pack for this list, so that is where it goes.
I really really wish people thought of this and because of the times first instead of only by the night. This album is one banger after another.
1/28 Don't like it. The singer sounds like a worse Peter Gabriel. Just awful
Nope.
That was terrible. In two instances I had to stop what I was doing to exclaim "Jesus f*#&+!%n Christ! What the f*@#!?", and demanded that he just stops whatever the hell he was doing. I believe these were the tracks "Milk" and "Day Old Blues", so, consider yourself warned. I'm not going back to verify.
Gee whiz, they actually sound better this go round. Which is to say I could kinda stand the singers voice this time. He’s still terrible and makes the whole album a slog. But I actually had to admit to kinda liking a few songs.
Love this album!
kojarze kingsow leonowych z ich radiowego sex on fire i use somebody, ale to nie ta plyta aha shake heartbreak to ich drugi krazek z 2004, a same kole to amerykanska banda okolo rokowa, ktorej brzmienie wiki okresla jako bluesowe alternatywne garazowe granie, a pomimo tego, ze wszystkie te gatunki lubie, zwlaszcza bluesowe, to nie czuje ich muzyki, 35 minut z tym albumem razy dwa, bo myslalem ze wczoraj jakos nie mialem mooda muzycznego po slipknotach, ale dzisiaj tak samo brzmi on mialko, wiec jest to rokowanie popowe ktore wpada jednym a wypada drugim uchem, nie potrafie powiedziec co mi sie podobalo, a co nie, chociaz tutaj mialbym do czego bardziej pic, bo nie slysze w tym bluesowania, a bardziej jakies ciagoty do duba czy innych reege, ale to pewnie jedynie uprzedzenia do muzyki typu bialy czlowiek robi czarna muzyke lub ta dziwna maniera w glosie wokalisty, na plejke dodam the bucketa, ktory jest najbardziej popularnym trakiem z plyty
OOooooooOoooooooO
Fantastic. Still one of my favourites
def not my favorite from kings of leon
I remember hearing this album when it was new, the Bucket was one of my favorite songs that summer. This album is solid, but it's a little underbaked. By the release of Because of the Times, Kings of Leon will have their sound down, and their next several albums are at least 4/5 efforts.
Rock sans originalité.
Je ne m’attendais pas à tomber sur ce groupe ! Je connais un autre album qui est mieux C’est sympa ! Contente de changer de décennies. J’aime la voix du chanteur qui est un peu country / roots Par contre, je ne comprends pas la pochette… Par moment il y a des airs à la Bloc Party
Sympa!
I don't think I've ever listened to this album before. I've heard the later stuff for sure, but never this. I enjoy Kings of Leon generally, should be fun. Fun, but a bit generic and boring. I haven't heard a standout song yet.
way better than iwould have expected
very nostalgic, love this album
Even when this band was supposedly good they sucked
Fun album. I would still listen to some of the songs again. 3.7/5
Slow Night, So Long: 7/10 MBPW King of the Rodeo: 6/10 Taper Jean Girl: 6/10 Pistol of Fire: 5/10 Milk: 7/10 MBPW The Bucket: 6/10 Soft: 6/10 Razz: 6/10 Day Old Blues: 5/10 Four Kicks: 4/10 Velvet Snow: 5/10 Rememo: 4/10 Where Nobody Knows: 5/10
I legitimately didn't know that this band had so many albums before Sex on Fire blew up. It's... Interesting, I guess? The music fits with a lot of what was happening in rock music in the mid 00s, which I generally like, but the vocals and delivery are just pretty off-putting for me. I was starting to enjoy Soft, then I read the lyrics and full body cringed.
Not a bad album to listen through. I enjoyed hearing the singles, which Four Kicks is my favourite KOL track anyway. A few hidden album track gems as well. As rock and roll should be - short and to the point songs making the album done and dusted in just over 35 minutes.
not for me
I can understand not liking his voice, but the album is decent
This came out when I was in middle school and I genuinely to not get how this band was so hyped. They sound like an also ran garage rock band of the era. The vocals verge on obnoxious most of the time. It's a got some moments where they lean into sloppier rock and roll and that sounds pretty good, but they never even maintain for a full song. The down tempo moments sound like shit. The lyrics are abysmal and pretty gross at times. One explicit and some implicit lyrics about lusting after/making out with underage girls. Dropping the C word and just general shit headedness. I understand the appeal for whoever voted this thing on here that it's a throwback to sleazy rock and roll, but that doesn't excuse the lyrics. That shit sucks. Knocking off a point for those.
not really like it
Wasn’t familiar with this album. Will listen again
It’s definitely Kings of Leon. 1st half was Meg, 2nd half had a bit more umph to it
Radiohead is a whiny version of U2. Just horrible.
The Band that sold its soul to be more popular in the States. This album is what they were, more raw and solid musicians who made solid music! The album is really tight! Everything works together; they play off each other very well! Still never know what Caleb is singing, but it does not matter, it suits the music and the sound! The big fault I would say with the album is that tracks 11 and 12, really slow down a fast-paced album and take you out of it. The whole album is so fun and balls to the wall, until them two songs kick in. But overall, really solid, fun and tight album. It's an album you would stick on, turn up as loud as you can and just drive somewhere, while taking it in!
King of Leon before they got some mainstream succes. Very middle of the road, and what the hell is that vocal style?
No thank you.
I always mixed up Kings of Leon and Fountains of Wayne. One is clever, the other is for fuckboys. Neither are a bad thing but I'm not sure I like Kings of Leon much and don't agree with this album's inclusion on this list. Who wrote this, anyways?
Bleh
Kings of Leon have the distinction of being the band with the most albums ever removed from different editions of this book. As of the 2021 edition, three albums had been removed in total, with none in the latest version. That tells you a lot. I'm sure at some point, someone claimed that Kings of Leon saved rock n roll from the usual non-existent threats. Their reputation as the Southern Strokes kind of fits and the music is kind of fun in small doses. But they don't have the same power to survive the test of time. Why bother with the Southern Strokes when you can just listen to The Strokes? Combined this with the band members being kind of obnoxious and you can see why they slipped right off of the list. It's alright though for a modern blues rock band but there are better out there.
I just have a soft spot for this band, and I like this album enough to give it five stars.
This felt like the same one continuous song, and the singers voice was kinda annoying
I had higher hopes for this album. I ended up skipping a few songs, and after a while just gave up completely. I was driving across town for a meeting so I didn't pay attention to which songs I skipped or where I gave up.
In high school I had a friend who was obsessed with this band, so after while I became really familiar with their first 3-4 albums. I think if I had heard this album for the first time today I wouldn’t have liked it, but the nostalgia makes it a solid 3/5.
Milky as hell. "She had problems with drinking milk and being school tardy" Incredible to have a hit centered around Milk in 2005.
Not bad, but thought I would like it more than I did
I liked it, very different to their usual stadium anthems, but had some great tracks on here
Alright.
Extremely dynamic and concise. Great listening experience with songs I’ll be returning to. Love it!
pretty unremarkable, not really bad, just feels like eating a spoonful of powered milk
Excellent album. I love their sound. Timeless.
Stopped listening after less than a minute in, hated the singer's voice and life is too short to listen to any more
This would be a 5-star band if the vocalist were less annoying and the lyrics were a little less bro-y, double-entendre-y, and sort of gross. The band sounds great, like a more emotional Strokes or a slightly less obnoxious [Kings of Leon as I'd previously heard them, which was solely through that "Sex is on Fire" song that I hated with a fiery passion]. As it is, I found the whole thing a little grating due to the vocals/lyrics. Shame, because the bass, guitar, and drums were all very much my sort of vibe.
I liked this more than all the reviews say I should have
This got boring really fast, and for such a short album? Pretty impressive.
Tem algo melhor do que começar o ano ouvindo uma das suas bandas favoritas na adolescência? ouvi esse álbum no dia 01/01 e lembrei do porque eu gostava tanto de Kings of Leon.
Kinda like this album Makes me feel comfortable Happy new year btw 7/10 2026/1/1
I have a problem with Kings of leon. It kind of operates within the genre limits which i usually quite like (although i don't stick to any genre restrictions), but for some reason i get nothing out of this band. The songs are not too good, the band playing and arrangements are the same old same, and the singer seems to try too hard to sound like he's channeling his inner emotions or whatever through the songs, but it just feels false. I probably am wrong here, but to me this is just muzak disguised as alternative rock music
I couldn't figure out why this album is on the list and did a little digging. Early 2000's garage rock revival, a reaction to the overproduced 90's music and nu-metal steam rolling over everything else (which is funny since later some those same garage rock bands ended up overproducing their music). Apparently this album is a shift in their "southern-garage" sound towards a more stadion rock (which I dislike) oriented music. Apparently they cleaned out their sound for this one, I wonder how much producers had to do with this, and this also means I'm probably going to look into their older releases later. To me this is quite an insignificant album and musically feels very familiar on first listen, only the vocalists sound is interesting enough that kept me listening.
These list makers are messing with me now with these multiple KoL albums. This was fine. His voice is annoying.
This is an average album. Nothing stands out. Definitely don’t need multiple records in this list.
Even though I like Kings of Leon, I’m totally floored that they have 3 albums on here. That’s insane given how many key artists are missing entirely. Having said that, I did enjoy this. The songs were forgettable but I liked them when I was listening.
Just fine
Fair play, I’ve been enjoying these Kings of Leon albums. Another good one. The Bucket has always been an underrated song of theirs, way better than the main hits. Simpsons: No
Two Kings of Leon albums in quick succession. No big famous tunes but I think I enjoyed this one more. Still another 3 though.
The bucket probably saves this album; the rest are alright, but I don't think I would ever intentionally seek them out again.
I gave it half a chance. It was shit.
I always forget how good Kings of Leon are. Very good alt rock album.
Was a good and chill album
Pretty generic rock music with really shitty vocals.
Rock-n-roll on cruise control.
Aptly titled dweeb dad rock.
Abysmal. I found no enjoyment in this at all
Nezdálo se mi špatný, ale žádná z písniček mě vyloženě neoslovila
I’d be tapping my feet if someone turned it on, but won’t be my go to when I get the aux.
boring bad
Probably not a great album, score is just pure nostalgia
Meh - didn't have any of the big hits that I know
Bland AF
Everyone was a fan of this album in 2007. I wasn't. Since then, I've listened to the singles and enjoyed the band at this stage in their journey (spoiler: they kinda suck now!). In fact, people often call this their peak album. I quite liked it, there was a nice level of sporadic rock n roll, which was different! Different for the time! And still relatively different now. Some catchy numbers and some cool riffs and drum grooves. I don't know why I wasn't in to it back then... 5 stars.
You’ve just walked out of your last exam, marking the end of your first year at university. Your friends are back at the hall of residence, and they are already drinking. Free from exam study stress, and not yet faced with the responsibility of a summer job, you and your friends have a magical four days of partying before everyone heads home. Occasionally you feel a bit glum, as you consider how you’ll be away from your friends for a few months. But that’s alright, you’ll see them soon enough and your idiot friend just caught drinking with his right hand. Rules are rules, he’s gonna have to chop that beer.
Ive never been a Kings fan and as a result never really listened to them. However, I found this album rather enjoyable. Catchy, heartfelt and good variety. I think its the latter, more pop orientated King's I dont like. This album had thay more rustic, rock feel. A good liste.
Capping off a week with Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Talking Heads and Frank Sinatra isn't doing any favors for Kings of Leon. But as boring and self-satisfied as I find the Followill clan, this list is making me defend them because if you're going to include two of their albums (and why would you?), how is the second one Aha Shake Heartbreak and not Only By the Night? At least Only By the Night shot them into superstardom and has a cultural argument to make the list. There is nothing on Aha Shake Heartbreak that two dozen other bands haven't done better. It's not even a good example of its genre. The production is so muddy, too. Completely forgettable. It's not a 1-star album in the wild, but in the context of this project, it should't be anywhere near this list.
This is the type of album by a band that your friend is really into. You go over to their house to hang out and they put it on. It's totally fine, enjoyable to some degree, even pretty catchy at points. Even with all that being true, you're still never going to listen to it by yourself when you aren't with THAT friend.
I like the originality and simplicity of some of the riffs.
Loved it!
This is my first time listening to a Kings of Leon album start-to-finish. Being more familiar with the bigger hits that came out after this album, I wasn't expecting the rough-around-the-edges production of this. The songs just aren't that great though, and I find the singer's strange diction really off-putting.
Perfectly fine album. Doesn't feature any of the KoL songs I know, but I liked the general tone of the songs.
Not that good of an album.
So meh. Waste of a spot.
Yeah not bad. Taper Jean Girl is a banger. Nostalgic, this type of sound influenced a lot of my early music in my high school bands. 3.25/5
Decent enough album. Fun tunes here and there. Only listened on mono with one earbud at work but mix seems decent and interesting. Not a huge fan stylistically of the vocals and writing- lots of unintelligible words at first pass. More of a focus on flow and rhythm which is fine but would’ve liked it mixef further into the back if that’s the case- more of an instrumental placement than compressed focus. Just a taste thing. Decent genre variation on this joint. Not too samey. But not a genre I’m particularly captivated by. Probably won’t revisit this one. 3.75
This was just OK at best. 2.5/5 rounded up to a very generous 3.
I get why this album and band were popular, definitely a different sound and approach to what was currently happening in early 2000s, but I just don’t feel like the songs are really that strong here.
This kind of music takes me back to a certain time and place that just feels right. I'm no Kings of Leon stan, but I've always enjoyed their music and sound. This one gets a thumbs up from me.
Gets marginally better as it goes on, Razz has a Pixies thing going on. I wouldn't consider this to be even one of the 10,001 albums I have to listen to before I die, however. Favorite Tracks: Razz, Four Kicks
Not the most original and I can see why his voice annoys some people, but just a terrific rock album.
Ugh, this sucked. Very bland and I wasn’t a fan of the lead singer’s voice.
A Decent release
rating: 3/10 Couldn’t get through the whole album😔
Doesn't moove me in any direction.
I didn't mind the first KOL album when it came out and enjoy the likes of Molly's Chambers fair enough. Also a fan of Use Somebody as much as anyone, decent tunes. But this is the second album and seems to miss those high points. The tedious vocals are confected and grind like hell and the lyrics are pretty cringe. I'm not sure these lads ever got much better than their debut, or maybe they hit their stride afterwards. But either way, this ain't it.
Was going to give this 2 star for sheer boringness, but once i started listening to the horrid lyrics it’s got to be lower than that
The instruments are great, I love the vibe, but I can’t say I fw the vocals unfortunately The lyrics aren’t bad, I just don’t like his voice 😭
I just hate his fucking voice. This is so bad. 1/5
Pretty much without fail, every single track starts and I think "this is pretty good" and then the singer opens his fucking gob and ruins it. I'm trying to imagine a less grating voice singing the lyrics and I can't imagine what that would do the total effect. It has to go down as a 2 star album for me, just because of the vocals. If he was half-decent it would easily be a 3 and maybe even a 4.
Pretty good
Nope that’s it. Drawing a line in the sand. One Kings of Leon album? Okay that’s fine they’re pretty popular. Two Kings of Leon albums? Probably excessive but the debut and the one with hits can be argued. Three Kings of Leon albums?!?!? Far too many. Daily reminder this made the list over anything by Weezer, Daft Punk’s Discovery, Songs for the Deaf, Coltrane’s Giant Steps, anything by Modest Mouse, anything by MF DOOM, Eric B and Rakim’s Paid In Full. I could go on all day. Indie slop (derogatory) The Bucket is an alright song, but the fact that this album ended and I didn’t even notice proves it all the more.
Liked it more than I thought I would, really picked up steam on the back half. Most of the skips on here are the songs that I associate with my preconceived notions of the band, competent strumming and singing but nothing really pulling me in. The songs where they bust out of that, which are plentiful, I really appreciated. The Razz -> Velvet Snow section was the highlight for me.
It makes me somewhat nostalgic, but I can't get over the singing. It's grating.
Alright
Elevator rock
I think I’m not supposed to like this band. But I like this band. And I like this album.
Vile hillbilly vibe
when the album is so shit it makes you bring out the numerical scores that you really quite fiercely forsake. i swear this is the music that plays in hell. this is, bar none, as bad as i ever expect it to get. this is a misogynistic rapetastic squealing hellfire about being a mudslinging american imbecile and that is the peak of artistry it has to display. pointless and vile work by pointless and vile people. 0/10, mathematically impossible as that is
Ehh, fine, but missable for me.
Like it. Earlier stuff
The music is great, but the vocals carry Kings of Leon to true excellence. And today I learned they're three brothers and one cousin!
Can't tolerate the voice for a whole album. Some songs okay but all blends into one long Southern whine.
Saai 3/5
Nice bit of rock that had me wanting to tap my foot or bob my head along to it, without remembering too much of what any song actually was.
kinda boring
Great album. Kings of leon will always remind me of my driver instructor and i like that. Catchy riffs that I would remember if I didn't listen to this half asleep at 6:00 on the back of the bus
Bad album
Ist nicht meine Art von Musik, aber meine Ohren wurden auch nicht missbraucht. Solide 3
nervige stimme, texte kaum zu verstehen. melodien ok.
Eh nein, danke
I caught the Kings of Leon on the tour for this album, at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, and what a superb gig it was. I took my son along, too. Back then, the band still had their signature grittier, rock sound, possessed attitude in spades and they rocked. "Aha Shake Heartbreak" is a better arranged and produced album than their debut ("Youth & Young Manhood"), and is the more consistent of the two, showing a notable degree of variety. The songs are tighter, and the quality remains high throughout. Their first two albums still remain my favourites of theirs. I’ve noticed that the vocals have received a lot of stick on the reviews for this '1001' generator, though not from me! They are certainly distinctive: raw and raspy, with a great Southern drawl from Caleb Followill, but they perfectly suit the music, and nobody else sounds quite like him. I’ve always considered the rhythm section to be one of the finest, and Matthew Followill’s lead guitar work is exceptional, featuring catchy riffs throughout. This is a fine album, with stand-out tracks including "Slow Night, So Long", "King of the Rodeo", "Taper Jean Girl", "The Bucket", "Soft", "Day Old Blues", and a wonderfully unhinged "Four Kicks". It easily rates at four stars, just missing a five star rating. 1 "Slow Night, So Long" (5/5) 2 "King of the Rodeo" (5/5) 3 "Taper Jean Girl" (5/5) 4 "Pistol of Fire" (4/4) 5 "Milk" (4/4) 6 "The Bucket" (5/5) 7 "Soft" (5/5) 8 "Razz" (4/4) 9 "Day Old Blues" (5/5) 10 "Four Kicks" (5/5) 11 "Velvet Snow" (3/5) 12 "Rememo" (4/4) 13 "Where Nobody Knows" (4/4) Total - 58 Average - 4.46 168/1001 92/168 albums reviewed were new to me.
Working my way through this ever lasting-list, sometimes it seems the author(s) of this book had to deal with the same struggle, and lost their inspiration. I was quite surprised to learn that Elvis Costello had 6 albums in this list, although some of them are completely justified, I find it harder to digest that a mediocre rock band as the Kings of Leon have three entries. I mean, we're talking about albums you should listen before you die! I'm pretty sure I can pass away without hearing any more of them apart from their annoying hits. This album doesn't add anything of value to this list, and should at least have been replaced with their follow up "Because of the Times", if there was a need for KoL, in particular because of the one outstanding song on that album "Knocked Up". Even so, it isn't, and I'm gonna judge this for what it is, a mediocre southern rock album, with inaudible lyrics because of the singer's shortcomings. 2/5
I liked this one. Great background music that also was sending me back to early highschool vibes. Will listen again.
I can't believe that Kings of Leon have been judged worthy to appear on this list, but I am grateful this album is only a merciful 37 minutes of squeaky-voiced singing and pedestrian indie guitars and drums. Tedious, I really have nothing good to say about this. Not beautiful, not notable, not fun. I was going to say not surprising, but then I found out that although this perfectly replicates the UK landfill indie sound of the early 2000s, these guys are actually American. This moment of mild surprise was the only time during my listen when my brain registered anything other than mild irritation. Bravo, chaps!
Overall: 6/10 I have mixed feelings about this album and Kings of Leon in general. On the one hand, I listened to the first half of this album A LOT as a kid, which has given me a bit of a nostalgic reaction to it. On the other hand, reading the lyrics gave me a WTF reaction that my parents never should have let me listen to this. That's my biggest problem with the album. Lyrically, I find most of these songs really gross and weird. The music itself is really good, but the lyrics make me want to throw up. I'm still gonna give it a decent rating cause of the nostalgia factor, but the last half really drags this one down. Fav Song: King of the Rodeo
Didn’t really like this one that much
Ensin aika meh. Sitten Day Old Blues kohdalla alkoi jotkun aivan ihme laulelut ja lopussa oli ihme rääkymistäkin. Sanatkin aika ikävät.
Impressively uninteresting
Er egentlig overrasket over, at det er så indie agtig og slet ikke det der stadium agtige kings of leon jeg har hørt. Jeg kan godt lide vokalerne fordi de er klare og tydelige det føles egentlig sådan lidt til den intime side, fordi det er som om man kan høre det er historier der bliver fortalt om. Det er sydstats-rock og det tror jeg egentlig godt jeg kunne høre for starten, både på vokalen men også lyden som kan blive sådan lidt hektisk og hurtig nogle gange? Det har også lidt post-punk revival over sig, og det tror jeg mest er i attituden og måske også lidt i strukturen af sangene hvor de skifter rytme nogle gange. Lyden er også snavset og rå og det hele lyder bare meget ungt og analogt og deraf nok også garage rock-revival genren i nogle af sangene. Alt i alt meget positivt overrasket over lyden som også virker meget eksperimenterende på en eller anden måde.
Can’t say I’ll be coming back to this - the music itself is fine to good and I’m not one to critique singing but this just does not hit with me or generally - not something I’ll be turning on again - but not painful to listen to (except the song day old blues sorry) - probably not deserving of being on this list - somewhere between a 2 and 3
“Slow night, so long, she’s frenching out the flavor/she’s 17 but I done went and plum forgot it.” Rough start! I was enjoying the instrumentation before the vocals came in, too. Man what a tough singing performance to tolerate. This is mean, but sometimes I wondered if he’s actually doing a bit or something. The rest of the music is fine, I guess, but it’s still uninspiring rock songs with melodic ideas that are too weak to survive lyricism and singing.
Love it. KOL er et av mine favorittband.
They get too much hate. This album is alright if you can stand the singing. Not quite the Black Keys or the White Stripes, but not nearly as bad as Creed or Nickelback. And while I enjoyed it, they don't need 3 albums on the list at all. Favorite song: Velvet snow
I have never really been a KoL fan. Maybe it is the voice? Maybe their music sounds generic. My friends like them though.
Eh. There are some nice moments here (I was quite into the opener) but then things regressed back to what I thought this album would be. I’m not sure that I did, in fact, have to listen to this before I died
This is actually a pretty good listen but this comes out at a time when rock music in general ceases to have anything new or interesting to say. Also, THREE Kings of Leon albums? Heh???
This is a solid alt rock album that is a good representative of the 2000's era. But ultimately, this album doesn't stand out relative to any others, which is fitting as 2000's alt rock in general just kind of exists, is enjoyable, but won't be more than a footnote of "this happened" in the history of music. 2.5
The Kings Of Leon was the collective noun Len Houmous used for his wives 12-14. 3.0 13/13 Where Nobody Knows
Previously rated: #178 - Youth And Young Manhood (3/5) #345 - Only By The Night (3/5) ******************************************** Album #966 In the song Day Old Blues, I could have sworn he said "Boys are gonna hate the way I sing." I would have agreed, but I guess he said "the way I seem." Well, maybe one day he'll read my reviews. I do hate the way you sing, but your music is pretty cool -- just not cool enough to deserve three albums on this list.
This album was fine. I imagine they’re fun in concert, but this isn’t an album I’ll reach for again.
Really enjoyed their first album and avoided this one because I was ho hum on the single and then they go in a different direction after this album, but I dig this. It’s pretty good for the most part
Possibly the best KOL album, this rocks along like a good 'un. Plenty of highlights to choose from (Slow Night, So Long, Taper Jean Girl, Pistol of Fire, The Bucket, Four Kicks, and Velvet Snow, to name but six - and that's practically half the album right there), Great stuff.
Wasn't a bad album, stylistically is all over the map, there's some 00 indie rock, 60's garage rock and psychedelic, moments of post-punk. Best tracks: Slow Night, So Long, Milk, ...Four Kicks. 3/5 Stars
boring, average, radio-ready rock with a terrible singer why do people sing badly on purpose im so bored by this i am not using punctuation as it would take too much of my last energy quick give me the next album this is a 2 not the worst ever and im sure someone loves it but i havent the time
hun debuut was zeer goed... dit begint al stilletjes achteruit te gaan... maar nog steeds veel beter dan hun sex on fire brol
Good
I don’t understand the hate that this band get’s. They brought something cool and different, that the copycat grunge band couldn’t do. Although, this album is not my favorite of theirs. They found gold on their next one.
Toe tappin' southern rock I think this will grow on me 3.5/5
Go girl give me nothing
2.5
Listened to the whole thing. Didn't care for his voice but the guitar was alright with good energy, kinda grungy. I really liked the part of Rodeo Girl where they're singing the chorus really fast but also playing with spacing out the words but there was a part later on in the song that I didn't care for because they're just repeating one phrase for too long. Unfortunately this means that song did not make it into any playlist of mine even though it was a contender. Overall, most of it blended together and didn't make much of an impact on me.
love it
So much fun and so many memories. Glad it holds up after all this time.
I know a few of their songs from the singles, but I was never much of a fan. This one won't change that, I don't like that blues tinged sound. Not that all their songs are like that, but even the other ones are ok but just don't do much for me. The singing style grates on me for sure.