- alternative rock, rock, southern rock, pop rock
- 42 min
- 11 tracks
- RCA
Mechanical Bull is the sixth studio album by American rock band Kings of Leon. It was first released in Europe and Australia on September 20, 2013, in the United Kingdom on September 23, and the following day in North America, by RCA Records. It was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 56th Grammy Awards.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 70/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 6.4/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB−
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent3/5 ★
- NME6/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin8/10
- Uncut9/10
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Tracks
- 1Supersoaker3:50
- 2Rock City2:57
- 3Don’t Matter2:50
- 4Beautiful War5:10
- 5Temple4:10
- 6Wait for Me3:30
- 7Family Tree3:51
- 8Comeback Story3:59
- 9Tonight4:33
- 10Coming Back Again3:29
- 11On the Chin3:47
11 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Kings of Leon
- Label
- RCA
- Released
- 2013
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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