Customer Reviews
Terrible - By: Jazz4, 23 Feb 2008 
the most over-rated, unorginal & blandest band ever, the whole modern music scene is an embarassment. this doesnt help..
Fantastic! - By: Nelly, 27 Oct 2007 
I sooo loved this - one of the best albums I've heardin a long time. Such a good sound! A big 'must-have' for any Kooks fan! Fantastic!!
good album - By: Bj Lucas, 28 Sep 2007 some good songs on the kooks first outing here. 'naieve' 'she movesin her own way' & ooh la' are excellent. Keep a look out for these boys from Brighton, they're going places love it!
Just Great - By: M. D. Consterdine, 04 Sep 2007 There are a lot of bands with a similar sound to the Kooks, kind of a generic early 21st century rock sound, every era since the 60's has had a kind of rock/guitar standard sound of the moment. What separates the OK from the great is the quality of the songs. Kooks are a young band this is their first album & only a fool would judge it to be anything but quality. If this is the genre of music that you like, or if you've liked any of the Kooks singles that you've heard, this is a completely safe purchase. Whilst none of it is startlingly original the overall standard of the songs is high, the whole thing is pleasingly upbeat & the album stands up to a lot of listening. For me one of the best albums of the last 12 months. Also as they are such a young band I expect their next album to be even better!
Not at all bad - By: Cuban Heel, 24 Aug 2007 
I couldn't disagree more with the opinion that this album only has one good track on it. It's not a classic album - not by a long shot - but it's a decent debut with some pretty catchy songs. My favourites are 'Seaside', 'Ooh La' & the two biggest singles 'You Don't Love Me' & 'She Movesin her Own Way'. But there are some other good songs on there too (and yeah, a couple that aren't quite so great)...
I guess it depends on the expectations you bring to an album like this. With the last couple of yearsin British music being,in my opinion, pretty dire, this was a nice surprise for me. A bit raw around the edges perhaps, but well put together, decent song writing, & some impressive musicianship (I saw a live acoustic version of 'Ooh La' on what I think was the Glastonbury coverage last year, & the guitar playing on that was fantastic - that's what convinced me to buy the cd).
Good to sing along to. Enjoyable. Puts a bit of faith backin the British music scene. You can't ask for an awful lot more than that can you?
