WALLS
| Kings of Leon
WALLS
Walls (stylized as WALLS) is the seventh studio album by American rock band Kings of Leon. It was released on October 14, 2016, by RCA Records. The album title is an acronym for We Are Like Love Songs, which continues the band's unwritten rule of having five-syllable album titles. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
*WALLS *mostly finds Kings of Leon back in that mode of offering up fast-food “whoa-oh” singalongs and guitars that chime as distinctly as wallpaper.
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Rolling Stone
The band’s seventh LP tries to parse what “mainstream” means right now for a bunch of true-to-their-school guitar-slingers.
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The Guardian
You can’t get away from the fact that WALLS is a slick offering from rich rock stars. But it remains easy on the ear.
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The Telegraph
Walls is their seventh album and it suggests they are no closer to resolving their contradictions.
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Consequence of Sound
It's not a game-changer for the Followills, but they do sound comfortable.
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Pretty Much Amazing
It’s been a long time since I’ve heard something that resides so squarely in the middle of the road, or that fades into the background so quickly.
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Financial Times
Walls proves more solid.
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Drowned in Sound
Kings of Leon are what they are, their walls stand tall enough despite glaring structural defects and the fans will likely indeed be 'happy'. For now.
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Clash
An album of subtle progression that both delights and infuriates...
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Slant
WALLS is a grating, overly slick disappointment.
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Newsday
The mellowing Kings claim the middle of the road as their kingdom.
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Irish Examiner
Engineered to appeal to the widest possible demographic.
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Mic
The Kings of Leon have dug themselves even more firmly in dad-rock territory.
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Entertainment Weekly
The Kings’ youth and young manhood may be fading; their music sounds all the better for it.
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NME
‘Walls’ just feels fresh.
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Impose
Experimentation at its finest.
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Glide
While Walls isn’t redefining rock, or even the band’s sound, it does prove KOL isn’t phoning in or backing down just yet.
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DIY
On their seventh album, Kings of Leon’s attempts to break monotony are fruitless.
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Cryptic Rock
Combining mixed emotions with fantastic music, there is nothing more any one listener could want.
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Music Feeds
Undoubtedly their best album in quite some time.
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The Odyssey
Overall, I thought this album showed huge vulnerability and growth for the band.
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Music OMH
It’s not perfect, but it does point towards promising a future.
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Exclaim
With WALLS, Kings of Leon have further strengthened their foothold in formulaic arena-rock.
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Black Squirrel Radio
Unfortunately, most of the music on “WALLS” is too boring to be the main focus.
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The Current
What you can decipher from WALLS is that Kings of Leon have a sense of longing for the party they started more than a decade ago.
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Redbrick
Kings of Leon wanted hits and that’s what they have created.
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Mind Equals Blown
Kings of Leon seem to have suffocated themselves with this new project.
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New Zealand Herald
Walls follows the diminishing returns of 2010's overly relaxed effort Come Around Sundown, and 2013's substandard Mechanical Bull.
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Soundblab
WALLS isn't quite at the status of masterpiece, but it's not far behind.
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Evening Standard
The quartet's seventh album WALLS (it stands for We Are Like Love Songs apparently) plays by the rules that have been inspiring grown men to wear their ties as bandanas for some years now.
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Sauk Valley
“WALLS,” however, is loose and diverse, straightforward and fun.
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International Business Times
The Sex on Fire rockers firing on all cylinders with their seventh studio album.
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Under the Radar
WALLS is one in a succession of moves away from that original raw sound.
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The Young Folks
Walls is a basic modern rock record, but its elements still work.
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The Indie Sound
Overall, WALLS is a great album for any fan of good music.
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Hollywood Life
Kings of Leon knows how to push boundaries while still holding true to the rock band they’ve been since their start 16 years ago.
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Crack
Sadly, the Kings of Leon are becoming the most mortifying band in the world.
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The Wave
The record is a solid album, but once again it is disjointed and confusing.
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The Times
A solid, spirited new album.
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Thank Folk For That
All in all, this album is ok...
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The Up Coming
Punchy alternative rock anthems for all ages and personalities to enjoy.
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WRBB Radio
If you’re looking for music to listen to on a long car ride, or background music while you’re cleaning your room, WALLS is your album
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Forge
Kings of Leon have succeeded in creating something crisp, confident and genuinely affecting.
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Exeposé
This feels like music that is, at least in part, radio friendly.
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QRO
WALLS might be the band’s best since Because, as they revive what made Kings of Leon great in the first place.
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The Edge
This is a simply uninspiring record that belies the Kings Of Leon pedigree.
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The Fire Note
This is an album for fans but doesn’t bring much new to the table.
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The National
Generally the tone here is effortlessly breezy, a top-down road trip away from life’s troubles.
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The Metropolist
The U.S. band are strongest when turning the volume down and laying their heart out there.
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The Daily Nebraskan
“WALLS” isn’t bad by any means.
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KSSU Radio
WALLS delivers familiar Kings of Leon staples reminiscent of their material eight years prior that are both energetic and relaxing.
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Monkeygoose Magazine
WALLS is the perfect album for those long hours on the road you later can’t recall specifically anymore.
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Stack
Walls may mark another step away from the Followill brothers’ southern rock roots, but they now sound a lot more comfortable in their skin.
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Gig Soup
The record’s structure metaphorically resembles a snake that sheds its skin.
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Renowned for Sound
WALLS never threatens to be particularly artful, or even good in the traditional sense...
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Post Magazine
Once on the cusp of huge international success, Kings of Leon continue to disappoint with their lacklustre new album.
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The Highlander
Kings of Leon ensnares you with their great instrumentals and catchy choruses.
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ABC News
It’s a pretty streamlined collection, angling toward a new-wave direction.
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Pop Dust
Alt-rock brothers stick to their guns on emotive new record.
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Belwood Music
WALLS is easily their best release since Only By The Night but still fails to make a lasting impression.
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ACRN
May be one of the dullest albums of the year thus far.
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Rithyms
Overall I think this album is a step up for Kings of Leon...
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The Australian
It is doubtful this album is enough to return Kings of Leon to their former glory, but only time will tell.
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Sounds Good
WALLS is another solid record from Kings of Leon.
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Boom
For the most part, WALLS makes for pleasant background music...
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WGMU Radio
Overall, this album might actually be Kings of Leon’s best yet
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The Student Playlist
Ultimately an unsurprising and uninspiring listen.
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Spectrum Pulse
I got little if anything from WALLS by Kings Of Leon.
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The Alternative Nation
The album sees the band return with a better offering after the mediocre Mechanical Bull...
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Peanut Mixtape
The perfect balance of low-fi/hi-fi...
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The Bubble
It really is what you would expect from a popular but increasingly regressive band under the production of Marcus Dravs: confident but largely Pop-infused.
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Tenement TV
Arguably their best record since 2008...
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Citiblog
There’s plenty of charm to be found within the album’s 42 minutes.
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Vendor Culture
Kings of Leon haven’t descended into the swarm of faceless, run-of-the-mill rock ‘n’ roll bands.
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ION
So bland that it becomes unmemorable.
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Rally Up Sound
WALLS continues to make Kings of Leon one of the leading alt-rock bands in the world...
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The Breeze
One of the best studio albums of this year.
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The Courier
WALLS is an album that gives exactly what it promises.
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