- indie rock, acoustic rock, britpop, pop rock
- 43 min
- 13 tracks
- Virgin
Konk is the second album by British indie rock band the Kooks, released on 14 April 2008 on Virgin Records. Produced by Tony Hoffer, the album is named after the London studio where it was recorded, which is the property of Ray Davies. This was the last album to feature original bassist Max Rafferty.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
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Metacritic 65/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- BBC(Mixed)
- Digital Spy2/5 ★
- Drowned in Sound(1/10)
- NME(5/10)
- Pitchfork Media(4.9/10)
- Spin3/5 ★
- The Times3/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- The Guardian4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1See the Sun3:36
- 2Always Where I Need to Be2:42
- 3Mr. Maker3:00
- 4Do You Wanna4:05
- 5Gap3:59
- 6Love It All2:50
- 7Stormy Weather4:01
- 8Sway3:36
- 9Shine On3:14
- 10Down to the Market2:26
- 11One Last Time2:38
- 12Tick of Time3:27
- 13All Over Town3:13
13 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Kooks
- Label
- Virgin
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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