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Already tagged together with the unfortunate critical label of "southern-fried Strokes," the full-length debut by the brothers Followill (Nathan, Jared, Caleb) and cousin (Matthew Followill) may well have its roots in their itinerant evangelist father Leon blasting his sons together with relentless doses of ‘70s rock as they traveled the South from one preaching gig to the next. But the way the Kings channel sources as disparate as Led Zeppelin's "This's the Way" into "Joe's Head" or the Who's "Circles" into their ""Molly's Chambers" seems nearly subconscious; afterwards a decade of bands trying to reinvent the rock wheel, it's refreshing to listen to one content to gleefully pry it loose and send it spinning in their own peculiar directions. As together with all the excellent ones, deconstructing the Kings' sound doesn't get you far: singer/guitarist Caleb perpetually seems to be rolling one too many syllables off a lazy, Southern tongue while his haystack-haired brothers and cousin chug maniacally along like some lost, recently re-tooled '60s garage-psych-rock legend. In the end there's not an ounce of the Strokes' latent pop culture self-consciousness in the Kings' intoxicating sonic haze--just the restless, often bittersweet noise of one of the much original bands to hail from Dixie since R.E.M. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews
Customer rating is 4 of 5  Raw But Good   2010-03-03
By Michael Reger (Yorba Linda, CA)
Nice to hear how the boys began. California Waiting and Molly's Chambers are, to me, espeically good.
Customer rating is 5 of 5  RE viewing this album   2010-03-01
By Dione Anderson (kalamazoo, mi)
I pulled this cd out of my collection to burn for some work pals who had never heard them but are fans of Lynard Skynard. I remember that it was only about two notes into "red morning light" that I realized these guys were something special. Many years and cds and shows later I still think so. I still highly recommend them to fans of Allman Brothers, Lynard Skynard, and other "kings" of southern rock.
Customer rating is 3 of 5  OK Kings of Leon   2010-01-21
By katie ellen (CHICAGOLAND, IL)
If you are looking to try out some of the older Kings of Leon music go with Because of the Times before this one. There are really good songs on Youth and Young Manhood it just isn't full of them. If you are a fan buy it anyway!!
Customer rating is 4 of 5  Their Kingdom Comes   2009-12-06
By Tim Brough (Springfield, PA United States)
I have been a fan of this band since this CD, and realized I'd never posted a review about it. "Youth and Young Manhood" is a rock CD that strips away pretense, gets down to basics, turns the amps to ten and cracks open the Jim Beam. Raw and intense, this is garage rock as filtered through the Mason Dixon line. There's elements of Iggy, the Faces and yes, although the comparison has long since worn off, The Strokes.

Given that Kings Of Leon have gotten better with each successive album, hearing "Youth and Young Manhood" after a near six year career shows where the band was coming from. There's the Tom Petty drawl of "Joe's Head" or the Stones intimidation of "Molly's Chambers." The commandingly sexual "Holy Roller Novocaine" should have been a hit. In these songs, you can hear the cockiness that would soon spread into confidence by Aha Shake Heartbreak.

It's that self-assuredness that makes Kings Of Leon one of my favorite bands. There's little PC about their music (although there aren't any of the bad sex puns that have shown up on successive CD's), and it's highly entertaining to listen to a band that doesn't concern itself much outside the rock and roll basics. "Youth And Young Manhood" captures a gang of aggressive southern kids with a six-pack, a Strokes and Black Crowes library, and time to kill.
Customer rating is 5 of 5  KOL Rocks!   2009-11-18
By Lisa Woods (Atlanta, GA USA)
Not the best KOL album, but still very good. I started with Only by the Night and loved it so much I went and bought all the previous albums. I just really love their style.


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