The release of this album, with its intriguing name and provocative cover, has sparked very contrasting opinions: some, like the English critics, have called it almost the new masterpiece of the millennium, the Monkeys as those who will save rock'n'roll, while others have denigrated them as a purely commercial group with no value (the same thing more or less that already happened to the Strokes).
I really can't understand either of the two versions: this is an album, yes, absolutely enjoyable, but certainly not a masterpiece or anything similar, an album in truth, just above mediocre.
In short, it's a record to listen to when you don't want to dive into too demanding listens (better to have something to do while you listen to it) without it falling too much into the commercial.
The tracks? They are all quite similar, the only ones that stand out a bit from the others are the acoustic "Riot Van", "When The Sun Goes Down", and the long "A Certain Romance", the last two being the best of the album.
The rest is a rather catchy garage rock/punk, among which I highlight "The View From The Afternoon", "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor", "Dancing Shoes".
There are also purely filler songs like "Red Light Indicates The Doors Are Secured" or that song with the name so long that I'm not going to write it here (couldn't they have shorter names?).
Overall, I've already said it all, I'll try to listen to their second album, bye!
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