Come Around Sundown
by Kings of Leon
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Oct 19, 2010
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6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 132 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 88 out of 132
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 132
  3. Negative: 22 out of 132
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  1. clem666
    Aug 20, 2020
    6
    'Come Around Sundown' is another building block in the work of Kings of Leon. It's always a pleasure to listen to this album, which holds some powerful and great surprises. Unfortunately the magic just lasts for some songs, barely half of the project. Kings of Leon is still perfectly capable of creating great expansive crescendos in which voice and instruments complement each other, but we'Come Around Sundown' is another building block in the work of Kings of Leon. It's always a pleasure to listen to this album, which holds some powerful and great surprises. Unfortunately the magic just lasts for some songs, barely half of the project. Kings of Leon is still perfectly capable of creating great expansive crescendos in which voice and instruments complement each other, but we all know that: it's about the classic formula they apply. And it hasn't changed for years. This regrettably makes the band popular and mainstream but repetitive and just basic in a certain way.… Expand
  2. axelkoch
    Nov 1, 2012
    6
    They still got a nice flair in their songs, but it's not that special as in 'Only By The Night'. The lyrics got ruder, the whole appearance of the CD is kind of drab. Yet, they've got a couple of great songs on here, too, so you won't do bad with checking it out. They still make nice music.
  3. j30
    Feb 19, 2012
    4
    Once you've accepted that Kings of Leon have lost their edge, Come Around Sundown goes down a little bit easier. That's until you listen to a track from Because Of The Times, Aha Shake Heartbreak, or Youth and Young Manhood than you hate it.
  4. Nigel
    Jan 6, 2012
    6
    Come Around Sundown is a true portrait of how the band has gradually declined in quality since their first superb record, Youth & Young Manhood. Although the melancholy album shows the odd glimpse of the exciting Kings of the past (in songs such as Mary), the record as a whole ultimately fails to grasp the imagination, relying on lazy regurgitation of 'Only By the Night'-esque anthems andCome Around Sundown is a true portrait of how the band has gradually declined in quality since their first superb record, Youth & Young Manhood. Although the melancholy album shows the odd glimpse of the exciting Kings of the past (in songs such as Mary), the record as a whole ultimately fails to grasp the imagination, relying on lazy regurgitation of 'Only By the Night'-esque anthems and sounds. Whilst listening to The End (the opening song) I found myself inevitably wondering how the band could fall from such raw grit of songs like Four Kicks and Pistol Of Fire, to the contrived and empty numbers of Only By the Night and Come Around Sundown. Here's to hoping the Followills will rediscover their musical heart and soul next time around!… Expand
  5. DashRendar
    Oct 28, 2010
    4
    This is the fifth album for the Tennessee based band and unlike the whiskey the state is known so well for, The Kings of Leon have not matured well with age. Coming off their pop success of Only by the Night, this album also lacks the soul of earlier albums like Because of the Times or Youth and Young Manhood. The teenage girl/soccer mom sing alongs like Radioactive & Pyro don't provideThis is the fifth album for the Tennessee based band and unlike the whiskey the state is known so well for, The Kings of Leon have not matured well with age. Coming off their pop success of Only by the Night, this album also lacks the soul of earlier albums like Because of the Times or Youth and Young Manhood. The teenage girl/soccer mom sing alongs like Radioactive & Pyro don't provide any emotional lyrics to really latch on to. Mary is your atypical 50s slow song with a variation of two alternating electric guitar chords blaring in the background. Lyrically, KOL is trying imagery of being back home in Tennessee; tired and homesick from touring. The lyrics feel infant, unimagined and cheap compared to songs like McFearless or Charmer. Go out and listen to Because of the Times if you truly want a sense of what this band is made of. Song Redemption : (couldn't find one)
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  6. EthanPeter
    Oct 26, 2010
    5
    For every interesting moment, there's a dull one. None of the songs compel me to make a return visit, though I suppose it could sound better after repeat listens. Not because the music's complex, but because it might sound familiar and comfortable after a while.
  7. humblefolks
    Oct 25, 2010
    5
    it's not good, it's not horrible, it's just blah: background music for coffee shops. the album is well recorded (it does sound really nice), but poorly written. the songs left me absolutely unaffected emotionally, and the few moments that caught my attention musically unfortunately did so for all the wrong reasons. they are simply too reminiscent of certain things the band did before. init's not good, it's not horrible, it's just blah: background music for coffee shops. the album is well recorded (it does sound really nice), but poorly written. the songs left me absolutely unaffected emotionally, and the few moments that caught my attention musically unfortunately did so for all the wrong reasons. they are simply too reminiscent of certain things the band did before. in other words, they're rehashing some old bits and pieces almost note for note, capitalizing on "the formula", presumably (or perhaps they were just too busy counting the revenue generated by the "break-through" to come up with anything new).… Expand

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64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 27
  3. Negative: 2 out of 27
  1. Pitchfork
    Dec 22, 2010
    36
    Come Around Sundown is, and it ends up being no different from a lot of the phony populism in the air these days.
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  2. No Ripcord
    Dec 21, 2010
    60
    While enjoyable and familiar, this set of songs reflects a band who knows what music they don't want to be making but haven't--at least, not yet--determined what it is they want to be defined by instead.
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  3. cokemachineglow
    Dec 21, 2010
    60
    Sundown is still considerably boring when compared to the likes of the Kings' first three albums. It's also too long, the back end sacked with faceless mid-tempo songs devoid of hooks that can't compare to the mini-epics up front.
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