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Amazon.co.uk Review
Garage-rock? The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ second album demonstrates that if this New York art-school trio were ever anything to do with the stripped-down, lo-fidelity rock ethic, it was strictly by coincidence. Rather, Show Your Bones marks this band out as true 21st Century new-wavers, their sound filled out with gleaming layers of guitar and a dynamic that bucks and coils with devious ambition under vocalist Karen O’s gasped, orgasmic yowl.

True, like Fever To Tell, Shake Your Bones opens with a snarl and an surfeit of fiery rock-out gumption--see single "The Golden Mile" and "Phenomena", Karen chanting "Something like a phenomenon/You’re something like a phenomenon" over crunchy, distorted stomp. But gradually, the album softens to yield emotional secrets. "Cheating Hearts" commences with a triumphant Nick Zinner fanfare apparently cribbed straight from the Sex Pistols’ "Pretty Vacant", but blossoms out into a passionate love song that flits between swooning poignancy and elatory triumph, while the hushed "Warrior" belies Karen and Nick’s genesis as a singer-songwriter duo--at least until it rears into life like a rattlesnake, Karen letting loose gleeful kung-fu chops atop slices of choppy guitar. A second album that, far from feeling difficult, comes across as almost effortless in its excellence. --Louis Pattison

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Second full length album from New York garage-rock trio theYeah Yeah Yeahs. This is the follow-up to 2003's criticallyacclaimed 'Fever To Tell'. Produced by Squeak E Clean, the album sees the band develop their alternative rock sound, emphasising this time on heavier drums while lead-singer, Karen O, supplies her trademark intense vocals. The single 'GoldLion' is included.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   11 of 12 people found the following review helpful: at last - something to get excited about, 24 Sep 2006 By  D. Thompson "tommo" (leeds) - See all my reviews    altohugh im only 25 i seem to have got myself into time warp where i only like stuff from the lat 80's or early 90's - i find my self raving onto all my kooks, arctic, walkmen, editors, futureheads loving mates about bands fronted by old men called sugar, husker du, dinosaur jr, pixies, minutemen, screeming trees etc etc - it seems i have love for simple guitar orientated alt rock music, - loud thrashing chords, catchy tunes and clever emotional lyrics.... so with the current music climate i am findinf my self on a little bit of driftwood bobbing about with nothing to latch onto. then all of a sudden im watching mtv 2 and "Turn into" comes on -enien minuten bitte - i thought - this sounds like some good old early 90's alt rock.... but no alast its the Yeah Yeah Yeahs! a band i had heard of but just presumed they were some radio 1 hyped up crap that every one likes coz its "cool"... well what a foolish boy i have been - at last something to get excited about - this is a fantastic bit of rock - its been a long long time since i heard some music that sent a shiver down my spine or got me headbanging in the car. i saw them live at the leeds fest and its so refreshingto see a band that revolve their music around the love for the sound of a crashing guitar. rock music is only just alive again with the Yeah Yeah yeahs holding the elaboratly decorated flag (with the metric supproting it)  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   10 of 11 people found the following review helpful: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones, 15 May 2006 By  RachelWalker "RachelW" (England) - See all my reviews    Anyone expecting, or wanting, a carbon copy of Fever to Tell is going to be a little disappointed in this album. Show Your Bones is the second album from a group that have really grown-up since their debut, and produced a far stronger, more enduring record because of it. This isn't selling out, as I've read somewhere, this is musical development. There's an intelligent restraint to this second effort, which shows O and the gang realise they can have just as much effect, and even more, if they tone some things down and allow themselves a bit more musical range. Fever to Tell was only really a single mode of song-writing, but Show Your Bones is a much broader affair. And because it's a bit more restrained, it actually seems angrier in parts. So far, it's maybe my second-favourite album of the year (Dresden Dolls Yes, Virginia... takes first place). The first half is, admittedly, better than the second, containing all the absolutely great songs (I'd list them, but I may as well just say, all the first 7. And Honeybear is amazing), but the second is very good too. It may even jsut that I just haven't listened to the second half enough. Since I got this it's been on pretty regularly rotation, though i've listened to the first half more because it absolutely blew me away. Maybe once I've listened to the second as much I'll feel the same about the whole thing. Show Your Bones rocks. It's musically great, vocally inspiring, the guitar-work is more careful, studied, and brilliant. Definitely buy it.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   24 of 28 people found the following review helpful: likely sophmore effort, 13 Mar 2006 By  evan (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews I love love love this album, but if you are looking for a follow up to Fever to Tell, then look elsewhere. This album is produced magnificantly (crystal clear) which is quite differnt then their previous album. Drums are insanely strong and, as always, Karen O kicks it with intense vocals. Overall, a great album, jsut not as wild and off the wall as Fever to Tell. I don't even think I hear Karen O scream once!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 25 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews Horribly disappointing second album OK, so I'll get dozens of people clicking the "unhelpful vote" button, but hear me out! I loved this band when they started out. Read more Published 4 months ago by Lance Dior Growing Old Gracefully "Fever to Tell" was a raw, rowdy, and rambunctious album that demanded your attention. It was an album of manical drumming, booming reverb, and lead vocals that shrieked and... Read more Published 9 months ago by Jim Dubh Boring I find Yeah Yeah Yeahs very boring, one listen is enough, i doubt that i will ever listen to this again as it all sounds the same as all the pop/rock music that comes out these... Read more Published 14 months ago by YoungB Surprisingly good, but a little samey I bought this album as part of a new-year resolution to try random stuff that I normally wouldn't. Punk is not my 'thing', and it's been quite a while since I last listened to... Read more Published 15 months ago by M. Wilcox Crackin' An amazing album, the finest released this year. Generally more polished than "Fever to tell", it's gorgeous rock, far superior to most of the dross on the radio these days...