release date: Sep. 22, 2008
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,88]
producer: Angelo Petraglia & Jacquire King
label RCA Records / Sony BMG - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "Closer" (4 / 5) - 3. "Sex on Fire" - 4. "Use Somebody" (4 / 5) - 5. "Manhattan" (5 / 5) - 6. "Revelry" (4 / 5) - 7. "17" - 8. "Notion" - 9. "I Want You"
Fourth studio album release by Kings of Leon. In the producer seat Jacquire King has replaced Ethan Johns co-producing with Angelo Petraglia. Again, the band has elaborated on its style and moulded an improvement on their previous studio release. I think, this was the album that made them huge in Europe. The song "Sex on Fire" was an immediate hit on the national radio stations, and you could hardly go anywhere without hearing that track.
It's truly a fine album but I kind of tired of its hit status. I also enjoyed "Revelry" from this album, and they were the two songs that made me buy the album.
Nowadays, I think "Manhattan" is the most remarkable and brilliant track of the whole album. It starts out slow and soft and builds up with Caleb's strong and convincing vocal accompanied by Matthews distorted surf guitar. It's like musical fireworks, and before you know it, the song fades, too soon.
All in all, I find the album another improvement from a band that seems to have a great future ahead of them thinking of how they've been able to continuously make better and better albums.
[ 🙉allmusic.com, 🙈Rolling Stone 3 / 5, NME 3,5 / 5, Q Magazine, 👍Spin 4 /5 stars ]
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