Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon

Well, here’s what I know: rock n’ roll must have been in a really weird damn place in 2003 for how much hype was given to records that absolutely do not hold up twenty years later. My memory is that this is one of those albums from an American band that did well everywhere except America, which makes perfect sense that it’s included on this list. But oh man did it annoy me. You know that one song where the singer was basically screaming? It made me cringe inside my soul, and I still think it might be the best moment on the record. It’s safe as hell and basically a Coldplay song, but I would rather listen to “Use Somebody” a dozen times in a row than hear some of these songs more than twice.

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