Konk | 
 enlarge | Artist: Kooks
Label: Virgin
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 134
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
EAN: 5099951937522
ASIN: B0010YOJNO
Release Date: April 14, 2008
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Condition: Brand new - Factory sealed - Import edition We ship via first class mail from Miami, Florida.USA
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| Tracks:
| • | See The Sun | | • | Always Where I Need To Be | | • | Mr. Maker | | • | Do You Wanna | | • | Gap | | • | Love It All | | • | Stormy Weather | | • | Sway | | • | Shine On | | • | Down To The Market | | • | One Last Time | | • | Tick Of Time |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Konk, the second album from indie pop starlets The Kooks, will appeal to those who enjoyed the catchier, hookier elements of their best-selling debut Inside In/Inside Out. For the band are more "pop" than "indie" this time around, and Konk is an overt attempt at winning even more chart-topping kudos: and it's not a bad attempt at that. Recorded over a six-week period at the end of 2007 (in Ray Davies' Konk Studios in London), the album's first single "Always Where I Need to Be" is as insouciantly catchy as a contemporary rock band can get, while tracks like opener "See the Sun," and "Mr. Maker", with its infectious hand claps, are equally accessible. There's tougher fare like "Sway", which show the boys can blast it when they want, but the album generally plays it safe, grappling (clumsily in places) with themes of love and sex, and revealing not a great deal of musical or lyrical depth in the process (see "Do You Wanna"). The album runs out of steam towards the end, and though fans of their earlier material will love it, fussier indie fans will probably point their ears towards something less contrived. --Danny McKenna
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 Just to easy August 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really don't understand why so many people love this band so much. Oke they have written some catchy songs, buts thats not enough to fill a whole album. 4 "good" songs is not mutch for the money you eventually pay.
It's to easy. This album has to many shortcoming (lyrics, music, fantasy, etc.)
Of course they don't have to do a better job. Why should they? Everyone is just buying it because of the name. Who the Kooks!!!!!!
They are just a big commercial hit, like Good Charlotte, or Simple Plan and nothing else.
There are many, many better bands in Great Brittian, but most of them are never heard by broader public, thats a great pitty.
 Good second album, but no surprises August 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Inside In/Inside Out was always going to be tough to follow up, and I patiently waited 2 years for The Kook's follow up album. As soon as I heard Always Where I Need To Be, I was amazed. It was a cracking song and I thought the 2 year wait had been worth it. Now reviewing the album as a whole, I can't say I'm disappointed but it didn't live up to all my expectations either. There's nothing too much wrong with the songs themselves, some are more catchy than others and the two singles are definitely the standouts, but there isn't really a bad track on the CD. So what's the problem? Why only 4 stars? The trouble is that the songs blend in together too closely and listening to the album as a whole, it can get very samey and some tracks may go over your head and become forgettable. Also the albums themselves seem very similar. If you were unfamiliar with either of the Kooks albums, you could play them both to yourself and potentially end up wondering which one was which.
It's still definitely a good album, and the Kooks have successfully kept to their roots, but they don't seem to be trying anything new (unlike The Fratellis, for example, who have managed to pull off a second album that keeps close to their roots but has a good stab as some new tricks too), and could risk becoming forgotten by the public if their future releases become too repetitive. I'm just hoping for album #3 they'll try and surprise us somehow.
 Real hit and miss stuff. June 30, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The kooks' second album was always going to be extremely difficult. The task in hand was to prove the critics wrong, maybe do something a bit different so as not to be labelled 1-trick ponies, and most importantly to keep the massive fan base which they had built on the back of their debut 'inside in/inside out'. Whether they have achieved any of these is debatable.
The album starts out in promising fashion with the two guitars being used in `see the sun' infusing together to make a catchy, instantly lovable pop-rock track which forces you to come back for another listen. This trend continues with the catchy lead single `Always where I need to be' which has you singing "do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do, do-do' in the irritatingly catchy chorus. The lyrics are however strange and a bit nonsensical to me. i.e. "I ask to be her hummingbird, whisper words in her ear". I don't know what this is supposed to mean but I'm not going to look into it in too much depth.
The next track `Mr Maker' is completely different being a lot mellower and subtler than the two opening tracks. It is one of the better tracks on the album, not being so brash and in your face and but will still have you singing along.
In all honesty the album goes downhill from this point on starting with the downright bland and forgettable `Do you wanna' which will bore you after a couple of listens. The next track `Gap' sees Pritchard and co trying too hard to connect with their critics and come across as not being pretentious glory hunters ("Don't heap this praise on me, I know I don't deserve it" he drones in the dire chorus).
The next few tracks do bring back some rays of sunshine to a sky appearing ever cloudier. `Love it all' is a laid back ditty, which will have you singing the chorus for several hours afterwards. `Stormy weather' brings flashbacks of the foot stomping, likeable indie rock, which made millions fall in love with their debut.
The next couple of tracks- `Sway' and `Shine on' are miserable pieces of work; instantly forgettable. I still question why the latter was chosen as the 2nd single as it is one of the weaker tracks on the album.
`Down to the market' is a half-decent track, but comes across as a lazy attempt as it is so samey and has no features that distinguish it from the other tracks.
`One last time' simply doesn't work. In his vocal work, he is trying too hard to make it appear that he is not trying hard. The flaws continue with the (supposedly) final track `Tick of time'. The sound quality is very poor (whether it's supposed to be or not, I'm not sure).
There is a hidden track called `All over town'. I'm not going to go in depth with it but let's just say it is hidden for a reason!
Overall, there are some catchy tracks, but too many mediocre ones to give the album any more than 3 stars. Who knows, maybe the ones I don't like will grow on me. I'll give them a chance.
This is basic pop music, nothing more nothing less June 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Kooks can certainly churn out a radio friendly pop tune, but they're really a singles band not an album band. The album gets a bit boring after a while, there's not much depth to it. The musicians sound energetic and the singer delivers his tunes very well, although the lyrics aren't the most intelligent to say the least. All in all a decent pop record but not a classic.
 Perfect Summer pop! June 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Whilst perhaps not as full of immediately infectious tunes as "Inside In/Inside Out", this is nevertheless a gorgeous album of pop with a "summer feel". The music is bouncy, happy and makes you smile - it is just the perfect antidote for the blues.
Once again the guitar playing is superb and the lyrics are excellent.
If you liked "Inside In/Inside Out" then you won't be disappointed by "Konk" - wonderful!
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