Search - Kooks :: Inside in / Inside Out

Worth a Listen

MoogleFan | 12/30/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I had heard The Kooks' single "Naïve" on the radio enough times for it to get stuck in my head. I actually didn't think it was that good of a song...just barely catchy enough to be likable! I debated buying "Inside In/Inside Out", since I expected (and feared) that the other songs would be much in the same vein as the only one I had heard, but in the end I gave in.



The album opens with "Seaside", a short acoustic song that mixes nicely with Luke Pritchard's pleasant vocals. His voice doesn't sound as affected and overambitious as I had previously expected. The vocals, as well as the instrumentation, show a great deal of variety and style. The Kooks, though they do sound unmistakably British and modern, don't sound particularly like any other band that's around right now.



In my opinion, "Inside In/Inside Out" sounds best when listened from to from start-to-finish. Though there are a few stand-out tracks, especially "Ooh La", I tend to enjoy it more if I listen to the whole thing; "Naïve" even sounds better in this context!



Though The Kooks can come across as trying a bit too hard at times, they've still made a strangely professional, seasoned-sounding debut (selling 1,000,000+ albums in the UK!). This wild popularity will likely heighten fans' expectations of their second album, released April 14, 2008."

Power popfest

fluffy, the human being. | forest lake, mn | 03/05/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"choosen as the eleventh best album of 2006 by "Q" magazine, this is a fine gathering of fifteen power pop tracks. tuneful melodies performed with energy and joy, this is an all around winner for pop-rock lovers. supergrass fans in particular should find much to appeal to their sensiblities here. very well done stuff."

Ooh La...

J. Cox | Kansas City, MO USA | 08/29/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm glad British bands have stopped trying to copy the popularity of Coldplay. This band just decides to do their own thing. And like the name, their music is quirky. The sound is very british. And we can all sing along to it. If you looking for some happy music... try this band out. I'm sure many of you have ventured here because of their many catchy songs like "Naive" "Ooh La" and "She Moves In Her Own Way". Perhaps many of their songs sound similar... but really it's because the band have developed their own sounds. This is easily a solid debut from The Kooks."