Pop Doesn't Matter

[Twelvevolts]

www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/32216/kings-of-leon-because-of-the-times/

I don't agree with this review - I think the album finishes really strongly and it is nonsense to suggest the last five songs are filler. In fact Fans and Arizona are two of my favourites from the album. I actually thought the album if anything is stronger in the last half than the first.

[sel]

i havent read the article yet but i think the later songs need more time to get into, ie theyre growers whereas the beginning of the album is catchy straight away. thats the annoying thing about reviews as they never get a chance to get properly into the album. and i agree, i'm loving the second half, but i know ill like it more in about a month or something as ive only had the album three days!

[Twelvevolts]

sel said:

i havent read the article yet but i think the later songs need more time to get into, ie theyre growers whereas the beginning of the album is catchy straight away. thats the annoying thing about reviews as they never get a chance to get properly into the album. and i agree, i'm loving the second half, but i know ill like it more in about a month or something as ive only had the album three days!

Yeah they've only had eight weeks or so. The last few songs are brilliant in my view.

[californiaxwaiting]

Yeah, I mean apart from knocked up, I think the beginning of the album is much much weaker than the end, the last few songs on the album are the ones I really got into.

[princeofleon]

To say Arizona is a filler is just fucking ridiculous.

[hoppy78]

princeofleon said:

To say Arizona is a filler is just fucking ridiculous.

i agree! its an amazing song!

[blindfaith]

sel said:

i havent read the article yet but i think the later songs need more time to get into, ie theyre growers whereas the beginning of the album is catchy straight away. thats the annoying thing about reviews as they never get a chance to get properly into the album. and i agree, i'm loving the second half, but i know ill like it more in about a month or something as ive only had the album three days!

I don't think the later songs are growers, really, and anyone who doesn't think they're as good or better than the early songs has a short attention span! Great stuff from start to finish.