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10.0
17808
10.0 |
Daily Telegraph
The Kings of Leon can still make you believe that rock and roll matters
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8.0
17730
8.0 |
The Irish Times
They've kept faith with their roots via such songs as Pyro, Back Down South and Pickup Truck
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8.0
17798
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Come Around Sundown is their most Southern album since their debut, Youth and Young Manhood
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8.0
17301
8.0 |
Q
They've scaled back the ambition without throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Print edition only
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8.0
17315
8.0 |
Uncut
Honours their elders. But it also finds Kings Of Leon remaining utterly true to themselves
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8.0
17710
8.0 |
Clash
‘Come Around Sundown’ is the remarkable product of an ambitious supergroup expanding their horizons, and is absolutely worth persevering wit
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8.0
17906
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
The Kings' personality hasn't been lost in the supersizing
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7.0
17884
7.0 |
FasterLouder
It might not please the fans they’ve lost, but it will please those on the fence, be adored by those that love them unconditionally, and will probably disinterest those fans who showed up for Sex on Fire
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7.0
18002
7.0 |
Sydney Morning Herald
Kings of Leon are too big to fail but Come Around Sundown is only intermittently enjoyable
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7.0
17372
7.0 |
Spin
A captivating reminder of how much weirder this band is than its reputation
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7.0
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BBC
With the bare minimum of innovation on show and nothing approaching the pure pop elation of Sex on Fire, Come Around Sundown will go down as KoL’s classic consolidation album
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7.0
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musicOMH
A largely enjoyable batch of surprisingly invigourated tunes from one of American rock's most unlikely mainstays
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6.0
17777
6.0 |
The Fly
A series of one-tempo, big-chorused MOR
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6.0
17794
6.0 |
The Observer
Nothing on Come Around Sundown will mollify those who object to the Kings' pretty-boy rewrites of rock history
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6.0
17463
6.0 |
The Digital Fix
It's a shame that KoL can't just say "f*ck it" and please themselves. They would probably make a much better album
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6.0
17320
6.0 |
Mojo
More than ever, Kings of Leon need to act loyal, even as they think global. Otherwise, they're destined to take root in the middle of the road. Print edition only
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6.0
18077
6.0 |
No Ripcord
While enjoyable and familiar, this set of songs reflects a band who knows what music they don’t want to be making but haven’t – at least, not yet – determined what it is they want to be defined by instead
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6.0
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6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
The album’s strongest track is the lead single, “Radioactive”, a rapid fire take on the origin of man with a chorus ready-made for the stadiums
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6.0
17300
6.0 |
The Fly
Many of the songs here feel like they should be stripped-down and raw, but that, without The Big Drum Sound, the Kings are scared they might lose their mojo
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6.0
17869
6.0 |
The Scotsman
Come Around Sundown references the big boys – U2 for sure, plus the maestro Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles (check out that sleeve) and, with one wobble of a reggae bassline on The Immortals, The Police
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5.0
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5.0 |
God Is In The TV
The sound of an accomplished band that are comfortable with what they’ve become and where they’re headed
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5.0
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5.0 |
Rave Magazine
Nowhere near as obnoxious as a repeat of Only By The Night could have been
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5.0
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5.0 |
NME
A stately modern rock album that's so desperate to prove its own authenticity it forgets to be remotely moving
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5.0
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PopMatters
It’s an album that feels more about hanging on to the sudden influx of fans than about moving the message forward
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4.0
17865
4.0 |
State
It isn’t a terribly bad album exactly; in fact it’ll fit in nicely if your record collection involves Journey, U2 and James Taylor and if overproduction doesn’t irk you
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4.0
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4.0 |
Eye Weekly
A gap-filler, a hasty gift to the Kings’ swollen fan base and likely a mere stepping stone on a long, lucrative career
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4.0
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The Guardian
They don't want to make the music that made them famous any more, but haven't really thought what they want to do instead
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4.0
17873
4.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
It should consolidate their status on the banks of the mainstream, but sounds like the winner in a Kings Of Leon soundalike contest
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4.0
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The Independent
The musical variety of previous albums has been supplanted by an almost blanket application of U2-style cylical arpeggiated riffing that condenses everything to bombast and angst
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3.6
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Pitchfork
Lacking the lowest common denominator of all pop: hooks
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3.0
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3.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Represents little more than a giant turd amidst a sea of mediocrity, several million of which will shortly be appearing in homes near you. You have been warned
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