Because of the Times

This is a Great CD!! (2010-06-01) : 5/5
I'm pretty new to KOL and I really enjoyed this CD. I have to admit more than I enjoyed Only by the Night. Arizona, Knocked Up,Fans and The Runner some of the best songs on there. I looked forward to seeing them in August, I only hope they do alot of songs of this cd.
???Regression...sounds like they're going backward (2010-04-25) : 2/5
I felt a progression of solid music up until this album. I don't get it. Yes darker but boring. This sounds like it could have been any band in any bar on any given night. I don't hear maturity or complexity. I hear stripped down uninteresting background guitars over a unique voice. Feels more like filler, forced not inviting or heartfelt. I listened to the preview before I purchased. I think the short clips sounded great. But that's as good as ever gets. Some clips sounded like the were leading up to something. But they do not, that's it. Hey, I am disappointed. This album actually killed me wanting to go see them. Hey different strokes right.br /To me music is emotion. I felt nothing.
Totally Fun and Feel Good!! (2010-03-12) : 5/5
I had to write a review for this album! I just recently started listening to Kings of Leon and I started with their newest album, Only by the Night, so I have purchased the albums backwards! Once I purchased Only by the Night I immediately fell in love with them! Every album has been absolutely amazing! This entire album is great, but my favorite track is #9, Fans!!! This track is so fun and feel good!! The lyrics are great, the beat is amazing and of course that sexy unique voice of his is phenomenal!!! It is a track that sticks in my mind from morning till night! I could not even get through the entire CD when I purchased it because I had to repeat Fans a millions times!!! Fans, Knocked up, Black Thumbnail and Trunk are my favs, but really, the whole album is great...just like all their others! Kings of Leon has one of the most unique styles and sounds I've ever heard! I definitely recommend this album and all their others!!!
Because of the Times (2010-02-12) : 1/5
Sorry, I didn't like the music. I thought I'd previewed all the song, but I guess I was wrong. I love their 4th album but didn't like any song on this one.
DENSE, INTENSE, JUST GREAT! (2010-02-06) : 5/5
I agree with the mates that had reviewed, that this album is darker that the other KOL material, though it is a magnificent piece of work! i just love the way the melody on Caleb's harsh-screamy voice get mixed with the great riffs and bass lines to form this kind of dense hard rock n roll.....just awsome man! a couple of favourites of mine that are examples of what i say, would be indeed "charmer" and "mcfearless", and of course other great songs like the opening song "knocked up" is hypnothic and is a kind of strange country-hard rock melody; and not to forget the great(now UK rock)anthem "Fans"...maan this is an EXCELLENT album of KINGS OF LEON!!! br /br /and for you collectors, this item came in RED VINYL edition..i don't know if it is numbered to just some quantity but i got lucky and got this gem!