General Article name: Youth & Young Manhood
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: RCA Number of tracks: 12 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Kings of Leon - Red Morning Light 2. Kings of Leon - Happy Alone 3. Kings of Leon - Wasted Time 4. Kings of Leon - Joe's Head 5. Kings of Leon - Trani 6. Kings of Leon - California Waiting   Tracklist LP - 2 7. Kings of Leon - Spiral Staircase 8. Kings of Leon - Molly's Chambers 9. Kings of Leon - Genius 10. Kings of Leon - Dusty 11. Kings of Leon - Holy Roller Novocaine 12. Kings of Leon - Talihina Sky   Description Description

The Kings of Leon are the sons of a preacher and their debut album, Youth and Young Manhood, is their hymnal of rock & roll redemption. The brothers (and one cousin) Followill work with producer Ethan Johns for a rattling country-rock hootenanny, basically reviving the deep-fried Southern rock found on the band's first EP, Holy Roller Novocaine. Four of the five cuts featured in that set are included for a second time and they're nicely seeded in all their honky tonk rowdiness among the band's seven brand new tracks. Launching things off is the swanky "Red Morning Light." Guitarist Matthew Followill immediately establishes himself as a skilled musician, complementing his cousin Caleb's coarse-grained drawl. "Joe's Head" is the closest the band comes to sounding like Tom Petty and Gregg Allman. "Spiral Staircase" finds Caleb causing trouble Bon Scott-style, while the band hints at some shenanigan-like behavior with some psychedelic pop. Youth and Young Manhood isn't sonically adventurous, but in the new-millennium pop realm, some greasy licks sure sound good. ~ MacKenzie Wilson

MacKenzie Wilson

Contributors Artist: Kings of Leon Record Label: RCA Record Label: Legacy