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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.)
- Record Label: Handmedown / RCA
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Top Track
The Bucket | |
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Wooooo! I'll be the one to show you the way You'll be the one to always complain Three in the morning come-a bang bang bang All out of fags and I... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 24 out of 31
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Mixed: 6 out of 31
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Negative: 1 out of 31
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Now the melodies are sharper, the scissor kicks are higher and the grooves are, er, groovier.
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Ignore the lyric booklet and you have one of the more impressive albums of 2004.
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The lyrical terrain is insultingly common (girls, life on the road, girls), yet the band has such an idiosyncratic method of expression that makes these everyday themes sound – at least over the course of each song – radically inspired.
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Apart from Caleb Followill’s distinctive, growly vocals--half-man half-grizzly--this could be a completely different band. A much better band. It’s quite an incredible transformation--and I’ll say this upfront: it doesn’t matter what you thought of their debut, you should listen to this album.
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If Youth and Young Manhood was Kings of Leon tentatively using well-tested implements, Aha Shake Heartbreak is the sound of a group boldly forging a unique identity from common tools that have been stripped of all pretense and decoration.
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There's plenty to enjoy on the new album and Kings of Leon seem willing to play it slow and become a career act.
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While this is drastically experimental by their standards, there is nothing here you haven't heard done infinitely better many times before.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 66 out of 77
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Mixed: 3 out of 77
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Negative: 8 out of 77
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Oct 21, 2010
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PaulJMay 31, 2005simply amazing
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Jan 10, 2022A very raw and crisp southern rock record. This solidified the band's position of rejuvenating a love for rock music
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patricksMar 20, 2005
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Jul 23, 2019My personal favorite album of Kings Of Leon’s. The best tracks on here are The Bucket, King of the Rodeo, Razz, and Slow Night, So Long.
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TBoneMJul 12, 2005
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AlanRFeb 2, 2005Only the most emotionally crippled people with no respect for the original rock legends these guys spunk on could possibly enjoy this.
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