Come Around Sundown
| Kings of Leon
Come Around Sundown
Come Around Sundown is the fifth studio album by American rock band Kings of Leon, released in Ireland, Australia and Germany on October 15, 2010, followed by releases in the UK on October 18 and North America on October 19. The official album covers and track list were revealed on September 3. The lead single, "Radioactive", along with its accompanying music video, premiered on September 8, on the Kings' official website. The following day, it received its official radio premiere on Australian radio. The album debuted at number one in Australia, Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the UK, the album sold 183,000 units in its first week as well as breaking the record for biggest first week digital album sales by selling over 49,000 album downloads. It was the 11th biggest selling album of 2010 in the UK with 694,300 sales. On November 30, 2011, the album received a nomination at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album. -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
Gigantic-sounding...
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The Guardian
Kings of Leon are clearly uneasy with the success their stadium-sized hits have brought them – so why stick with that formula?
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Pitchfork
Come Around Sundown is, and it ends up being no different from a lot of the phony populism in the air these days.
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NME
Jettisoning innovation and emotion, the Followills go full pelt for mega arena FM glory and end up going...nowhere.
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The AV Club
A crowd-pleaser...
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Music Radar
They don’t play together so much as they collide, creating spectacle and grandeur, and that impact causes a visceral reaction...
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The Telegraph
'Come Around Sundown' makes you believe in rock and roll.
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Drowned in Sound
Come Around Sundown is musical wallpaper...
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SPIN
Their generation’s Lynyrd Skynyrd...
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Consequence of Sound
There are a handful of tunes to love here...
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BBC
Never less than affecting and rarely short of heartbreak.
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IGN
A solid but unremarkable album that pales in comparison to the band they once were
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All Music
Kings of Leon sound like they’ve flatlined their sound while trying to streamline their appeal.
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Clash
Repeated listens reveal the album’s allure.
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Music OMH
A largely enjoyable batch of surprisingly invigorated tunes...
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Soundblab
The word 'filler' is pertinent here...
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Pretty Much Amazing
Come Around Sundown is plenty bad, but it’s also really boring.
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We Got This Covered
For such a fantastic band to produce something so mediocre is a terrible shame...
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Sputnik
The band fires on all cylinders here...
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Dead Press
The band sound tighter than ever before...
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Uncut
Over the top, wildly inventive and satisfying...
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Entertainment Weekly
Coiffed and calibrated to reach the cheap seats...
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Independent
Condenses everything to bombast and angst.
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Record Collector Magazine
The Kings have taken an unexpected left turn into new territory.
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No Ripcord
It’s the understandable fatigue that invests the tunes with a looseness and sincerity...
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Express
Not to say this is bad, it's just not up to their own very high standards.
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Escape Into Life
Back to the Kings of Leon sound we all used to love.
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Stuff
It's a back-to-basics stunner...
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Delusions of Adequacy
Keep what you love about this band close to your heart and ignore this album, you’ll thank yourself in the end.
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The Rock Father
Competent players for sure, but soulless in delivery.
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Ride the Tempo
There isn’t really a bad song on the album.
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Gigwise
Decline in their quality control has reached dangerous levels...
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WPGU
Kings of Leon continue downward spiral with Come Around Sundown.
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Digital Spy
There's only so much lighters-in-the-air rock one band can offer before the gas runs dry...
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Blare
An honest and innovative sound...
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Pop Culture Monster
As a record in its own right, it is awful.
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Phoenix New Times
Its disappointment is rooted in its flailing ambition -- or perhaps lack thereof.
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Entertainment.IE
'Come Around Sundown' may not be as widely adored, but its lower key offerings may yet prove to be growers.
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Sentimentalist
A looser, laidback, swinging affair steeped in shimmering walls of guitar...
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Straight
Come Around Sundown lacks any cohesive lyrics and relies on generalizations and moods to hold itself together.
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The Corsair
Kings of Leon continues to make good songs that manage to stay outside the mainstream radar.
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Star Tribune
A portrait of light and dark worthy of the rock and roll bible.
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Our Vinyl
Unfortunately, with this album they haven’t created anything that will be remembered past this year.
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Tailgate 365
All in all, Kings of Leon has brought home another cornerstone...
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Noise
A slicker, more universal and radio-friendly album.
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Mass Live
Hardly an album that will send them scurrying for smaller rooms to play.
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Goldmine
"Come Around Sundown” is a clever and unique album.
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The Troy Record
Kings of Leon settle into grooves that seem to beg listeners to bite into hooks that don't exist.
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AAA Music
They are just taking the first steps towards their perfect balance...Recommended.
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Pop Matters
Kings of Leon arrived like a hillbilly Ramones with a modicum of darkness and depth, but there's nothing below the surface anymore.
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The Current
Will reward both fans of their radio hits and of their down-home flourishes.
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Lincoln Journal Star
Rarely exciting...
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Wesleyan Word
The album is average at best...
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CLUAS
Come Around Sundown does not disappoint.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Come Around Sundown is the sound of a band trying, and too often failing, to spin their indecision about what could come next.
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The Irish Times
On this new album they've kept faith with their roots...
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