Conc

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Conc
Studio album by The Kooks

Publication
(s)

April 11, 2008

Label (s) Virgin ( EMI )

Format (s)

CD, vinyl

Genre (s)

Indie rock

Title (number)

13

running time

43:57 min

production

Tony Hoffer

Studio (s)

Konk Studios

chronology
Inside In / Inside Out
(2006) 		Conc Junk Of The Heart (2011)

Konk is the second album by British indie rock band The Kooks . It was released on April 11, 2008 in Germany and was named after Ray Davies' “Konk” studio , where it was recorded under producer Tony Hoffer.

There is a special double CD edition of the album called RAK. The second CD includes seven pieces and a second version of the song See the Sun . The cover of the Special Edition is identical except for the red shield, which is blue on the normal version. This album is named after producer Mickie Most's RAK Studios , where the additional tracks were recorded.

Use as a soundtrack

Mr. Maker was subsequently Winks of BBC Three - sitcom Grownups played, Do You Want in the series Gossip Girl on The CW , while Love It All in the second episode of the second season Chuck Versus the Seduction of the television series Chuck was used. Always Where I Need to Be , See the Sun , Love It All , Shine On and Mr. Maker were all used in the soundtrack of the fourth season of the BBC-One television series Waterloo Road . Shine On was the music in various commercials.

reception

  • laut.de praises the "rousing, polyphonic singing" and the "sheer effervescent, sun-drenched sense of harmony".
  • Christian Preußer from Plattentests.de describes the band's sound as "unmistakable" and "originally British".
  • Pitchwork.com calls the Konk a Britpop album. The album refers to David Bowie and the title to the Kinks that the band is trying to imitate. ("Their handle factually references David Bowie, but the album title slyly and conjures the Kinks, the band these guys try hardest to emulate".)
  • BBC Music thinks that much of the album seems to boil down to recycling guitar notes and intros ("The album seems, on the whole, a little contrived with the recycling of old guitar lines and intros"). The band is less enthusiastic and ready to impress in their music. ("It is the sound of a band who don't seem as enthused and as ready to impress".)

Track list

  1. See the sun
  2. Always Where I Need to Be
  3. Mr. Maker
  4. Do you wanna
  5. Gap
  6. Love It All
  7. Stormy Weather
  8. Sway
  9. Shine on
  10. Down to the market
  11. One last time
  12. Tick ​​of time
  13. All Over Town ( Hidden Track )
  14. Bad Taste in My Mouth (iTunes Bonus Track)
  15. Vicious (iTunes pre-order bonus track)

CD 2 of the special edition RAK

  1. Watching the Ships Roll In
  2. Eaten By Your Lover
  3. No longer
  4. Fa La La La La
  5. Nothing Ever Changes
  6. By my side
  7. Hatful of Love
  8. See the Sun (Alternate Version)
  9. Brooklyn (Home Demo)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 'Konk' is due out this spring . In: NME , December 11, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007. 
  2. ↑ The Kooks to release two albums in one day . nme.com
  3. ^ The Kooks - Konk (2CD). ( Memento of October 13, 2012 on the Internet Archive ) Play.com (UK)
  4. ↑ Interview with The Kooks ( Memento from December 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English) on alloy.com
  5. ↑ Soundtrack of the season of Chuck on chucktv.net (English)
  6. ^ Waterloo Road on TV.com
  7. ↑ Michelob Ultra beer commercial ( Memento from February 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ The Kooks on splendad.com
  9. ↑ Review of the album Konk on laut.de.
  10. ↑ The Crown Prince Review on Plattentests.de.
  11. ↑ Review of the Konk album on pitchfork.com
  12. ↑ It's too early to count them out, but they'll need to try harder with album number ... on BBC Music April 7, 2008.