Only By The Night Album Reviews

[sunshowers]

I figured we'd better start a little thread of all the album reviews that'll be coming out. Here's the ones I've found:

Marquee Magazine - marqueemag.com/1189/2008/09/01/ - 4.5/5

Semifiction - semifiction.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/kings-of-leon-only-by-the-night-review-link/ - no ranking, but positive

[mattyjoe]

That Marquee review is a little too generous. It is a good album, but it's certainly not better than Because Of The Times. If anything, I would've thought THAT album would've catapulted them into super-stardom.. but it didn't.

[mcfearless8]

^^I agree, it ain't better than BOTT it might be better than ASH though

[kolyorkshire]

no chance is it better than ASH, BOTT or YYMH,
its good and its getting round inside my head now, but i think ASH especially took a while to get into, it wasnt like YYMH which hit you full face on, and BOTT took some people a while to be going nuts over, not me however.
But i think OBTN is another that will eventually get you.
I hated it on first listen, 2nd listen and so on, but i think once youve forgot about the early preview/release of Crawl, then Sex on Fire, and them playing Manhatten at glasto etc, it really is a good album.
I think they made mistake with the production of it, all too quick of the bat of how things were going; they should have taken option A: and done what they said - had a rest for 6 months, then come out with the same tracks, but really worked them before recording them.
And as for the preview - release of Crawl, and then Sex on Fire as the first single, along with that they played Manhatten, Use Somebody at Glasto etc, they should have maybe done it with differnt tracks off the album, so we new more of what we were getting. I bloody love Crawl, and it sounds wicked LIVE, as on Radio1 last week, but if we heard maybe one of the slower track likes Revelry or Closer we may have had expected it coming.

It is starting to spin round in my head tho, and im walking round singing the songs, so it must be going in !! Mind you, ive prob listened it about 100 times so far.

[mrsbrightside]

Thanks for the links, good reviews, overall the reviews seem pretty positive throughout with Q and clash magazine giving them praise

[kolstruck]

A nice one from the Guardian:
www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/14/kingsofleon.popandrock
:-))

[sexonfire]

thanks, wow, that did make me smile

[jayfunk]

Got a bit of a shite review in this weeks NME although experience has taught me to disregard anything they say

The Sun gave it 5/5 although it was basically just an interview with no in depth discussion of the album

Personally I think OBtN is their best album, I think each album has been better than the one that preceded it and considering YYaM was awesome I think thats an achievement. Thats what a band should do, the next album should be in a different direction and better, KOL have achieved that which is why they are the best band on the planet atm.

Right from the opening lyric "stranded in this spooky town" you're hooked

I can't pick a favorite track they are all so good

ps www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/19/kingsofleon.popandrock this guy clearly smokes crack lol

[Natzz]

i want you: 'Black cat with the gift down below/ A choke and a gag/ She spit up and came back for more'

this album seriously makes me want caleb even more!!! that guardian review sure made me smile haha

[Ziggy]

I wrote one for my university paper. I'll post it when it is published on Tuesday.

[andyuk]

THE MIRROR

Gave it 5 out 5 and said it was the best rock record you will hear this year so don't bother buying any others!

OBTN is getting the best reviews of any KOL album and throughly desvered! it is with out doubt their best album and can't stop playing it!

[mrsbrightside]

Sept 19, 2008 4:36:30 GMT jayfunk said:

Got a bit of a shite review in this weeks NME although experience has taught me to disregard anything they say

I read the review in the NME it wasnt a bad review they still gave it 7/10 but i do kind of agree with certain points they made even though i hate the NME! i think comments made about certain songs i do agree with.

[sarah///]

Apparently (I haven't read it I've just been told) The Times only gave it 2/5 and said apart from the 2 singles they don't really know what they're doing?! :-|

And usually The Times are spot on.. I think they've got it wrong!

[Ziggy]

Sept 20, 2008 13:32:30 GMT sarah/// said:

Apparently (I haven't read it I've just been told) The Times only gave it 2/5 and said apart from the 2 singles they don't really know what they're doing?! :-|

And usually The Times are spot on.. I think they've got it wrong!

Yeah and Rolling Stone only gave it 3 stars. They gave BOTT 4 stars. I personally give it 3.5/5. I think it's a good album, but not great.

[sexonfire]

newyork.metromix.com/music/article/kings-of-leon-on/623894/content

Caleb's views on the reviews.

[sexonfire]

Also anothr review..

www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24371200-5006024,00.html

"Perhaps the biggest thrill of the album is the massive forward step taken by the band. It's scary to imagine what could come next."

I kind of couldn''t agree more..

[countess of leon]

entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article4775123.ece

Dunno if the link will work. It's from tomorrows Sunday Times

[Bornagirl76]

^^ Wow!

[GirlAnachronism]

They were reviewing it on Phantom radio yesterday i think it was and they were all giving it 4 or 4 and a half stars.

I like the album but i think most of the best songs off it i'd already heard somehow or another: Manhattan, Use Somebody, Crawl, Sex on Fire, Closer. But then there's Be Somebody, I Want You, and Revelry.

Does anyone else think that 17 sounds like the Darkness's Christmas song?! With the bells and all. I can't get over that one! It's weird! Good, but sounds like a Christmas song.

[whitewickerchair]

I can't remember where i read one, but they gave it 4/5 and said it's they're best yet

but it isn't