Aha Shake Heartbreak

Description

Before the Kings of Leon shot to worldwide fame in 2009 with catchy, hook-filled songs from the Only By The Night album, they had been building a catalogue and fanbase for quite some years. Their 2nd album Aha Shake Heartbreak featured a more diverse mix of influences, compared to their debut album Youth and Young Manhood, which was more in the straight-forward garage rock / southern rock area. Aha Shake Heartbreak shows the band flirting with latin-styled music, acoustic guitars and heavy twin-guitar riffs. Producer Ethan Johns (known for Ryan Adams, Ben Kweller a.o.) handled the producers knobs again and used the Abbey road mixing desk for this job. Eventually, the album was ranked #39 on Rolling Stones Top 100 Albums of the Decade.