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Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon
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  • Summary: Ethan Johns produced this sophomore album for southern rockers and brothers Caleb, Nathan, Jared and Matthew Followill. (OK, so Matthew is only a cousin, but he was still allowed to join the band.)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 31
  2. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. 100
    Now the melodies are sharper, the scissor kicks are higher and the grooves are, er, groovier.
  2. Musically, at least, Kings of Leon have matured during their two years on the road and, if you ignore some of the less than elegant lyrics, they have produced an acceptable second album.
  3. While this is drastically experimental by their standards, there is nothing here you haven't heard done infinitely better many times before.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 70
  2. Negative: 8 out of 70
  1. there is not one bad song on this album, all the songs fit together like a glove. Caleb talks about not getting it up, taking cocaine, women's nipples and having sex with hookers, he leaves no stone unturned, callsic album. Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. ted
    4
    Much worse than the debut record. You won't find here any catchy melodies like the ones in Molly's Chambers or Holy Roller Novocaine. The only song that deserves to receive above-average rating is Razz (and maybe King Of the Rodeo). Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. JeffD
    3
    I wanted to like this album, I really did. But what kept coming back to me was that there's really nothing there. This disc reminds me of The Strokes in that they're competent musicians, but there's no content. As the famous phrase says, "there's no there there." Vocalist reminds me somewhat of Bon Scott, and the music is decent 70's-ish rock/boogie, but this disc passed by without a notice in my cd player. I put it on again, and before I knew it 6 songs had passed by without any real notice. There's just nothing there that really breaks any new ground or recycles older styles in a memorable way. Forgettable. Also presenting an issue (which the band probably had nothing to do with) is the fact that the CD has Microsoft Copy Protection, which means that if you buy this CD and want to listen to it on your iPod, you're pretty much out of luck. Expand
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