- rock, alternative and punk, southern rock, indie rock
- 52 min
- 13 tracks
- RCA
Because of the Times is the third studio album by American rock band Kings of Leon. It was released on April 2, 2007, in the United Kingdom and the next day in the United States. The album received generally positive reviews and appeared in numerous Top-10 lists for "Album of the Year". In 2009, Clash named the album number 3 on the "Clash Essential 50", a list of the most important albums released since the magazine's inception in 2004.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 79/100
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent5/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork5.4/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin2.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Knocked Up7:10
- 2Charmer2:57
- 3On Call3:22
- 4McFearless3:09
- 5Black Thumbnail3:60
- 6My Party4:11
- 7True Love Way4:03
- 8Ragoo3:01
- 9Fans3:36
- 10The Runner4:16
- 11Trunk3:57
- 12Camaro3:07
- 13Arizona4:50
13 tracks, 52 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Kings of Leon
- Label
- RCA
- Released
- 2007
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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