My Rating: 93% (A+)
Pitchfork Rating: 59%
Rolling Stone Rating: N/A
Metacritic Rating: 73%
Average Rating: 75% (B-)
Tracklist (Standout songs underlined):
- Seaside
- See The World
- Sofa Song
- Eddie’s Gun
- Ooh La
- You Don’t Love Me
- She Moves In Her Own Way
- Matchbox
- Naïve
- I Want You
- If Only
- Jackie Big Tits
- Time Awaits
- Got No Love
Label:
Favourite Song on Album:
Listen to This Album When You’re:
Need to dance and let out some steam.
Thoughts on Album Cover:
Not the greatest.
Want to Own on Vinyl?:
Yes, for sure.
Final Thoughts:
The Kooks have been on my shuffle for a while now, but I have not explored their discography nearly as much as I’d like to. So I started off with their debut Inside In Inside Out and damn is it good for a debut. It’s funny how there only seems to be two lanes for artists to take in my experience: 1. The Illmatic lane: always trying to one-up their debut album but never quite making anything as significant. 2. The My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy lane: hitting their stride later in the career and keeping fans on their toes. I’m curious to see if Inside In Inside Out is an Illmatic or if I’ve got a My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy coming down the queue from The Kooks.