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- Summary: The fourth album for the rock band from Tennessee was produced by Angelo Petraglia and Jacquire King.
- Record Label: RCA
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Lay where you're laying Don't make a sound I know they're watching They're watching All the commotion The kiddie like play Has people... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 30
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Mixed: 12 out of 30
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Negative: 3 out of 30
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The dreamy 'Cold Desert' is the perfect maudlin end to this short, sharp, 42-minute, no-filler album, revelling in every miserable blues-rocker cliché as Matthew's guitar goes all shoegazey and then briefly threatens to turn the whole thing into a 'Purple Rain' wig-out.
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It's the mark of a great band when each new album is better than the one before it, and with Only by the Night, Kings of Leon shows once more just how great a band it has become.
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The four players are able to design the tracks in architectural detail, each part locking into the rest with unerring precission, and this tautness keeps the album from sagging through its most challenging stretch. [Oct 2008, p.78]
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Through headphones or computer speakers, Caleb's echoey vocals just don't ring credible. Their Black-Crowes-go-new-wave choruses are exciting enough, but they feel unearned after tiresome, oversung verses.
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MojoOnly By The Night is best viewed as a transitional record from a band who have quite literally done their growing up in public. [Oct 2008, p.98]
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While their ambition for evolving remains admirable, their apparent failure to understand their own strengths is troubling and undermines the promise they showed on their previous efforts.
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Where surprises could be found with each previous release to give even casual fans something to appreciate, Only by the Night delivers an even serving of Ritalin coma stadium rock destined to raise their prime age demographic.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 59 out of 97
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Mixed: 12 out of 97
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Negative: 26 out of 97
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ChKSep 23, 2008Pure greatness. It's almost as good as their debut.
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MattL.Sep 30, 2008Sex on Fire, Be Somebody, Manhattan, Notion, I Want You, and Be Somebody are good.
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Oct 11, 2013
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CoryB.Oct 4, 2008One of the strongest rock vocal albums in a while.
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CameronOct 22, 2008
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BrianBJul 23, 2009
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KennyMSep 24, 2008Why do Kings of Leon suck now?
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