Number 23'Because of the Times' by Kings of Leon
Trotter’s Top Ten position : 3 in 2007
UK Chart high : 1 in 2007
So yes, this is my favourite KoL album, and as it turns out it happened to come out in the year that features the most in this top fifty - 2007 - though some entries below them in that year have ended up higher round these parts as we'll find out later. So there you have it, the answer, if anyone asks you, as to which Noughties year was the best for music - and no arguing. Ironically, at the time I did say it was 'not the best year to be honest' which just goes to show what I know (and means you should probably just stop reading now). I'll no doubt be revising this top fifty completely in a year's time! So if you're still bothering to follow, why is this album here? For me, it represented the finest balance of KoL's bluesy-southern drawling and their stadium schmoozing (well, it actually probably started the latter but nevermind eh?). It also contains their best ever single - the incendiary 'Charmer' with its heart-stopping guitar drop-out at two minutes in - and their best live track 'On Call' which was as wifully odd a lead-off single as you're likely to hear from such a band. If it suffers from anything it's that it doesn't end at track ten 'The Runner' just when they tantalisingly pull back from melding their soulful rock with full on gospel choir 'talking to Jesus' and all that and instead tag a few extra tracks on the end - very frustrating. Still, this is the album I'd recommend to anyone wanting to remind themselves of what all the fuss has been about of one of the success stories of the decade. They also were sporting some serious rock star haircuts in these days too, and as we know, that's only just slightly secondary to sounding good in the first place!
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