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THE KOOKS - INSIDE IN/ INSIDE OUT
INTRODUCTION
The Kooks are a Brighton-based indie rock band, named after the David Bowie song ‘Kooks’ on the album ‘Hunky Dory’. There are four members in the band: Luke Pritchard, vocals and guitar, Hugh Harris, back-up vocals and guitar, Max Rafferty, bass, and Paul Garred, who plays the drums. Lead-singer Luke Pritchard has famously dated not only Katie Melua, who he studied at college with, but also Fearne Cotton, the TV presenter. He also went to school with female artist Lily Allen.
The album, entitled ‘Inside In/Inside Out’ is fourteen tracks long, and contains the hit singles ‘Sofa Song’, ‘You Don’t Love Me’, which was their first single to make it into the Top 20 of the UK Singles’ Chart, ‘Naive’, which was written by Luke Pritchard when he was just sixteen years old, and ‘She Moves In Her Own Way’. Other recognisable hits include ‘Ooh La’ and ‘Eddie’s Gun’.
Good Points
Obviously, the hit singles are the strongest songs on the album. Such a large quantity of good songs means that the album can be nothing but a success, but even the unreleased album tracks are of good quality. Consistency of this sort is very uncommon in young English bands, so this is definitely one of the strongest factors about the album. An example of an album track that was not released but was of the quality to leave the listener thinking ‘Why not?’ is ‘Matchbox’, which, when listened too the first time, is thoroughly unputdownable. Another good thing about the album is the simplicity of the every song; this makes the songs very easy to listen to and to sing along to. The band has gone back to basics with simple rhythmic guitar, and they have certainly achieved what they set out for.
Bad Points
There is just one major flaw to the album: all of the tracks seem to be rather short, with the exception of the tenth track, ‘Time Awaits’. Otherwise, no other tracks are longer than ‘Got No Love’, which comes in at three minutes and forty seconds. The only positive effect achieved by the brevity of the songs is the tempo and hurried pace that the listener gets the feel of whilst listening. This is what makes the band be defined as a ‘rock’ band. Also, the originality of the tracks is questionable, and it is not difficult to compare the style of music with many other bands.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, the album ‘Inside In/Inside Out’ is a very good start to The Kooks’ discography. The advantages of the album definitely outweigh the disadvantages, which therefore makes me recommend it to you as a definite purchase. The simplicity and consistency of the tracks are what makes me recommend you the product, but you may be put off by the brevity and familiarity of the tracks.
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Good review, brilliantly structured, but I think it would be more helpful if you 'namedropped' more, i.e. you named the songs you're talking about when you say the singles were good, etc. A few more details about the others songs too, and you'll have yourself a cracking review!
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Advantages: Upbeat,tuneful rough garage hippie sound.Some strong songs on the album. Disadvantages: They arent really the sort of band that make massive musical waves,although they are charming.
Advantages: Upbeat,tuneful rough garage hippie sound.Some strong songs on the album. Disadvantages: They arent really the sort of band that make massive musical waves,although they are charming.
Jun 10th, 2007
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