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Track Listings
| 1. Red Morning Light |
| 2. Happy Alone |
| 3. Wasted Time |
| 4. Joe’s Head |
| 5. Tranny |
| 6. California Waiting |
| 7. Spiral Staircase |
| 8. Molly’s Chambers |
| 9. Genuis |
| 10. O Dusty |
| 11. Holy Roller Novocaine |
| 12. Talihina Sky (Hidden Track) |
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Kings of Leon are four members of the Followill family, three brothers and a cousin. The title Youth & Young Manhood is an accurate summary of their places in life--the oldest member, drummer Nathan Followill, is 23, while the youngest, bass player Jared Followill, is just 16. The brothers had a childhood that was both eccentric and peripatetic, living out of a car while their preacher father toured the southern United States, and have most recently been living in Nashville; they don't appear, judging by this startlingly assured debut, to have been unduly traumatised by either experience.
Kings of Leon, up to and including their haircuts and moustaches, are steeped in the rock & roll of the American south: Youth & Young Manhood is largely four-square boogie whose ideal setting would be a bar with sawdust on the floor and chicken wire protecting the stage. The Kings of Leon do not have a single formative influence drawn from within their own lifetimes--they clearly whiled away their father's long road trips listening to radio stations that broadcast an unleavened diet of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Allman Brothers and a pre-sequencers ZZ Top (although vocalist Caleb Followill sounds more than anything else like AC/DC's Bon Scott). Perhaps Youth & Young Manhood manages to be significantly more than an exercise in pastiche because the Followills are still too young to be jaded by these old noises. Whatever the reason, this is a fine start. --Andrew Mueller
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KINGS OF LEON Youth & Young Manhood (2003 UK 11-track CD album includes the singles Wasted Time California Waiting &Mollys Chambers plus Hidden Track Talihina Sky with fold-out picture sleeve HMD27JC)
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
Being an older music fan (over 35 but only just) I usually have very conservative tastes but when my 15 year old son bought this album I immediately confiscated it and have been playing it ever since. I'm even accompanying him to their Birmingham gig in December. The sound is reminiscent of the 70s American rock I had played to me by my dad when I was growing up and so I felt immediately at home listening to this album. I can't say I have a favourite track as they are all equally excellent. I can't wait for the next album.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Brilliant. Truely is. I managed to get hold of the Holy Roller Novocaine E.P on initial release (after hearing Molly's Chambers on Rollingstone.com) and was blown away. I think California Waiting is bleeding gorgeous! HOWEVER, on the album -California waiting has been re-mastered and has lost some of its magic for me (track the e.p down its worth it)
Track for track, every song is really good (not a massive fan of Dusty - but still like it), Best tracks here are 'Joe's Head', 'California Waiting', 'Trani' & hidden track 'Talihina Sky'(also a b-side on single 'what i saw')......This album should be bought by everone.....& if you like this album: wait till you see them live!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By yaaarrrrrrrr
Format:Audio CD
I've been re-listening to this lately, a lot. While I love all their work (Aha Shake Heartbreak is a very underrated album) this album is the pick of the bunch in so many ways. It's so raw yet so visceral at the same time, repeated listening rewards with new discoveries.
Sure, their later stuff is great but I was a bit underwhelmed with 'Only by the night' - I just think they've lost something in bringing their sound so far, and in listening to this after their latest stuff the clarity of progression is huge. I guess they had to move on but maybe they lost something when they dropped the spit and sawdust rock for stadium filling anthems.
Buy this, it's a total classic.
Sure, their later stuff is great but I was a bit underwhelmed with 'Only by the night' - I just think they've lost something in bringing their sound so far, and in listening to this after their latest stuff the clarity of progression is huge. I guess they had to move on but maybe they lost something when they dropped the spit and sawdust rock for stadium filling anthems.
Buy this, it's a total classic.
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Good quality second hand album
In the process of replacing albums that have either walked out of my house on their own or not returned when lent out, or when they were returned they weren't in the best of... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Roadrunner
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Published 23 months ago by anncat
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back in my day...
Every single track on this album is AMAZING
...raw, undiluted, southern rock...
More than I can say for Only By the Night and Come Around Sundown... Read more
...raw, undiluted, southern rock...
More than I can say for Only By the Night and Come Around Sundown... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2010 by llsmith1990
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A new dawn
For a long time I felt that the death of Jon Bonham and resulting break up of Led Zeppelin in 1980 meant the end of real blues rock. But no longer! Read more
Published on 4 July 2010 by Mr. J. R. P. Bibby
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Excellent first debut album!
When the Kings of Leon was the Strokes from the south. It is worthwhile to hear how it all began...
Published on 15 Jun 2009 by Bruno Vieira
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The original Kings of Leon sound
The Youth and Young Manhood album is very different from their latest album (Only by the night,)so even if you don't like their latest album you may still like this one. Read more
Published on 29 May 2009 by A. M. Cassell
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Great album, could be their best?
Really like this album. I actually bought this album after already owning the subsequent three as I missed out on KoL first time around. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2009 by P. Sansom
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So good I had to buy two!
I bought this album when it first came out and I've listened to it so much that I've had to buy another copy. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2008 by R. Berry
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The best album in the last 10 years
When Q magazine asked Noel gallager what band he was looking out for at T in the park years ago he said, "kings of leon, They are my new favourite band". Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2008 by Smeg
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Brilliant
I was quite slow on the uptake with KOL, I only bought this album a year ago but it remains possibly one of my favourite albums and is rarely far from my CD player. Read more
Published on 27 April 2008 by A. Mills
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