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I saw Kings of Leon open for U2 on their Vertigo tour back in 2005. Honestly, they sounded terrible. I’ll chalk it up to a bad mix in an arena though. The Followill Family Band saw greater success overseas than stateside in their own homeland, but Only By The Night gave the Nashville quartet the breakthrough success that they’d been hunting for. Their sound is unashamedly carried by singer Caleb Followill’s vocals, delivered with a soulful and passionate intimacy. The mix and production quality as a whole actually isn’t that stellar, but it doesn’t matter because his vox are the only thing you’re listening to, and they’re superb.

If you don’t have this album already, you’re missing out. It’s everything rock’n'roll is supposed to be.

Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night

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