Kings Of Leon

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While listening to this, it seems like it should of been the logical extension after the second album. Fantastic stuff, I considered them dead after the prior two albums. Swag all over this.
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harmless wrote:"Comeback Story" is a masterpiece.
Yeah, it's fantastic. Definitely the highlight of the songs we hadn't heard until today.
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One listen through and that was fantastic. Glad these guys "got it back".
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Return to form.
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Sweet, i will download this tonight and see if it can help pass the time till lightning bolt
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A fine example of how polished production can make an album sound beautiful and not kill it.
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Whitey McTeeth wrote:While listening to this, it seems like it should of been the logical extension after the second album. Fantastic stuff, I considered them dead after the prior two albums. Swag all over this.
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'Comeback Story' would probably make me blub like a baby if I saw it live.

But the chord structure reminds of something... can't remember what it is, arg.
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is this thing out in a dropbox somewhere? i cant do the torrent thing.
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after a first listen , yeah its good...these guys make good music...

Still, its not better than the last Arctic Monkeys...
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The "doodle-dee-dum, doodle-dee-dum" rhythm of "Beautiful War" is kind of like a military snare rhythm. That's pretty cool.
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harmless wrote:The "doodle-dee-dum, doodle-dee-dum" rhythm of "Beautiful War" is kind of like a military snare rhythm. That's pretty cool.
yeah, thats a good song.
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The only song on here that's a bit average is 'Tonight'. Everything else is 3.5-5 stars to me.
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I love how this band (similar to the likes of Pearl Jam and U2) can write songs that make you feel happy and sad at the same time.
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Tyler Durden wrote:I love how this band (similar to the likes of Pearl Jam and U2) can write songs that make you feel happy and sad at the same time.
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"Coming Back Again" sounds like vintage U2.
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iTunes is streaming the album now.
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edit: nevermind.
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I'm just a sucker for their sound. Caleb's voice, the bass, the country twangy guitar. There are hits and misses, and some of the lyrics are wtf stupid, but I like a lot of the songs on the first listen. Reminds me of the beach at night, but most of my beach experience comes from the Redneck Riviera, so YMMV.
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BurtReynolds wrote:I'm just a sucker for their sound. Caleb's voice, the bass, the country twangy guitar. There are hits and misses, and some of the lyrics are wtf stupid, but I like a lot of the songs on the first listen. Reminds me of the beach at night, but most of my beach experience comes from the Redneck Riviera, so YMMV.
There's a definite beautiful, vast expanse to it.

I love the irony between the beautiful balladry of 'Comeback Story' and its lyrics. I thought it was going to bother me that the chorus borrows from a joke, but it doesn't.
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