She said call me now baby I’d come a running…

In the past week and a half I’ve bought two Kings of Leon albums. Now, the Kings of Leon aren’t a band that I’d ever really gotten into, I liked The Bucket but other then that I’d not heard much other then the odd track on the radio.

So, I was in HMV and I picked up:

This was only £4 in the HMV sale, so I thought why not, seen as they had a new album coming out and were at number one at the time.

To say this album is good is probably an understatement, its a great album, I can’t think of anything better to spend £4 on. My favourite track, predictable as it might be is On Call (hence the post title). Knocked up is a great track as is True Love Way. All cracking tracks. So, as I liked this album, I thought I’d check out their latest one, as I’ve recently became a fan of 7digital too, I wandered on over to their site.

So, I found that the album wasn’t out until the next day, but, it was only £5. £5 for an album! Sure, it was a download and didn’t have the artwork etc but it was a true MP3 download, 320kbps and no DRM.

Its still here for £5!!

This is how buying music online SHOULD be, I’d do it a LOT more if I had the freedom to do what I want with my tracks after. The added bonus with 7digital is that once you buy them, they are in your locker, so for example if your PC gets destroyed by a meteor you can log back into your account and download your music again.

Anyway, this isn’t a review of 7digital, I’ve already done that once

So, Kings of Leons new album, would I like it? Well, I was up quite late that night, so I waited till after 12 and downloaded it, put it on my MP3 player and gave it a good play in my car on the way to work.

To say this album is good is an understatement, nay, a travesty. This album is quite possibly the best album I’ve bought in a long time.

Three tracks in particular stand out to me from this album so far. Overall its fantastic, but here are my top three:

Sex on Fire: Their first single of the new album, a great up beat, get up and go out song. One worth putting on before a night out on the town. 8 out of 10
Revelry: A slow almost acoustic track. Haunting with its high guitar notes. A great chill-out song. 7 out of 10
Use Somebody: An up tempo song, thrashing guitar and plenty of cymbals brought to a crescendo with some fantastic lyrics. 8 out of 10

There are plenty other tracks here that are really, really good. I’d say 70% of the album is top class single quality.

There is no excuse NOT to buy this album, get it now.