Only by the Night Tracklist
Only by the Night is the 4th studio album by American alternative rock band, Kings of Leon. It was released worldwide in September 2008.
Writing for the band’s fourth album commenced just days after the release of their 3rd, Because of the Times. The album was recorded in Nashville’s Blackbird Studios.
Only by the Night experienced commercial success and peaked in the top 10 of more than 10 different countries. The album was certified the best-selling album in Australia, certified 9 times platinum. It also went on to be the highest selling album of 2008 in Australia, the 3rd best selling album of 2008 in the UK, winning two Brit Awards, and the 18th best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK.
Two singles from the album have found high chartings, “Sex on Fire” coming in at number one in Ireland, the UK, Australia, and on the United States' Hot Modern Rock Tracks, and at number two in New Zealand. The album’s second single “Use Somebody” also charted at number two in the UK, and at number two in Australia, along with being the band’s first top 10 hit in the U.S. The album was nominated for “Best Rock Album” at the 2009 Grammy Award with the song “Sex on Fire” receiving 2 nominations itself.
“Only by the Night” Q&A
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What have the artists said about the album title?
To me it sounds like the Kings of Leon are back not only as a band, but as friends. Every night after recording we’d go to a bar together, hang out and talk about what we were going to do the next day, rather than all of us going to our separate homes. It was really a big family vibe. That’s where the title comes from. It’s also a reference to a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, and it has five syllables, like all of our album titles.
