2000's Album of the Month

MAY 2009
This month's poll winner:
KINGS OF LEON - Youth & Young Manhood (71%)
To the people who were so nice to vote: thank you very much!

JUNE 2009
• WHITE STRIPES - Get Behind Me Satan
• ROLLING STONES - Shine A Light
• R.E.M. - Reveal

PREVIOUS WINNERS
MARK KNOPFLER - The Ragpicker's Dream • SANTANA - All That I Am • QUEEN - Queen On Fire: Live At The Bowl • NEIL YOUNG - Road Rock • BONNIE RAITT - Silver Lining • KILLERS - Sam's Town • SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Mezmerize • WILLY DeVILLE - Pistola • RAY DAVIES - Working Man's Café • KINGS OF LEON - Youth & Young Manhood

KINGS OF LEON [2003] Youth & Young Manhood

TRACKLIST ...
01. Red Morning Light (3:00)
02. Happy Alone (4:00)
03. Wasted Time (2:47)
04. Joe's Head (3:21)
05. Trani (5:01)
06. California Waiting (3:29)
07. Spiral Staircase (2:55)
08. Molly's Chambers (2:15)
09. Genius (2:49)
10. Dusty (12:08)
11. Holy Roller Novocaine (3:42)

NOTE
This album was voted "Album of the Month" - May 2009

Review
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 brother 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. -- AllMusic