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8.0
137517
8.0 |
Spill Magazine
Overall, Kings Of Leon show no signs of slowing down with Can We Please Have Fun which is jam-packed with incredible tracks guaranteed to become fan favorites
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8.0
137535
8.0 |
Uncut
The results range from flights of lysergic beauty on “Rainbow Ball”, “Split Screen” and “Seen” to a burst of jagged, early-days energy on “Nothing To Do”. For the first time in ages, they’re not overthinking it. Print edition only
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8.0
137536
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
Can We Please Have Fun shows that these family rockstars aren’t afraid of change, and they’re sliding smoothly into whatever their next phase will be
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8.0
137542
8.0 |
musicOMH
There’s evidence on this, the Followills’ ninth album, of magic still coursing through those weary old Nashville bones
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8.0
137557
8.0 |
The Independent
A far cry from the beardy, beery bawling of previous years, ‘Can We Please Have Fun’ is surprisingly fresh and full of energy
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Pop Art-provocative, and speaks to the joy, sweat, and poetic inspiration coursing through all of Can We Please Have Fun
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7.8
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7.8 |
Paste Magazine
The family band sound their best in years on a punchy new album of beachside Southern rock
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7.0
137545
7.0 |
Clash
Not everything here lands, and at times the raucous performances can work against the songwriting, but when it connects, this album is ready to lay a haymaker on fans
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7.0
138214
7.0 |
American Songwriter
The tracks, credited to the band collectively, are dense at times and often prove fairly impossible to untangle lyrically
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6.7
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6.7 |
Spin
After so many humorless records that tried twice as hard for a fraction of the returns, it’s a treat hearing them kick back and settle for doing a little bit less for a change
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6.0
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Dork
As long as they’re now able to enjoy themselves and remember why they started playing music together in the first place, that’s all you can ask for
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6.0
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6.0 |
NME
The Followills are back with familiar anthems but not enough howling numbers to satiate their ninth album's titular request
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6.0
137558
6.0 |
The Observer
The Nashville rockers still sound great, but their lyrics seem bereft of ideas
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6.0
137526
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
This is unmistakeably the sound of a band having a great time in the studio
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
They do sound less corporate, more like their original idiosyncratic selves. Print edition only
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