Product Description

Debut album from the London based sleaze-rock quartet. Released under two years into their formation the Anglo-Swedish group rode into fame via the NME launced nu-rock movement along with UK counterparts such as The Libertines and Bloc Party. Comparisons with the New York scene pre and of the band's time are evident with the sounds evoked of The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The Strokes as well as UK acts such asThe Cure. The album includes the single 'Golden Touch'.

Track Listing

1. Leave Me Alone
2. Rock'n'Roll Lies
3. Vice
4. Up All Night
5. Which Way Is Out
6. Rip It Up
7. Don't Go Back To Dalston
8. Golden Touch
9. Stumble And Fall
10. Get It And Go
11. In The City
12. To The Sea
13. Fall, Fall, Fall
14. Somewhere Else

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1997 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Running time: 49 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
This Special Tour Edition version includes the single "Somewhere Else" as a bonus track. Up All Night might be Razorlight's debut album, but we've heard their like before: from Oasis's Gallagher brothers, whose wilful arrogance is echoed in frontman Johnny Borrell's proclamations of his own songwriting genius, or The Libertines, who share Razorlight's romantic vision of London as a city of boozy rock & roll dreams. And while those two touchstones are probably a pretty good encapsulation of the Razorlight sound--holler-along choruses, presented with a slightly greasy leather-jacket sense of urchin cool—there's certainly more to Razorlight than such a simple equation can spell. Sure, there's nothing especially original about Borrell's tales of hot clubs and pretty girls, but his delivery is passionate in all the right places: see the startling "In The City", which finds him bursting with enthusiasm, words spewing out of his mouth like a teenage Dylan. The title track is the album's highlight, a graceful number about walking the streets through 'til dawn. But the irrepressible "Rip It Up" proves Razorlight can spit out the odd party number, thieving the guitar sound direct from 70s punk pioneers Television's Marquee Moon and fleshing it out into a rabble-rousing indie-club stomper. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

A Good Debut Album
After hearing Razorlights 2nd record and enjoying it at the time. I decided to buy this debut offering, and after hearing this record i decided to listen to razorlight again and i found out that it actually isn't that good, Johnny Borrell's lyrics are heavily influenced by Pete Doherty and Carl Barat formely of The Libertines. Unlike 2006's Razorlight which is trying to be a album with a U2 epic scope, but this album is trying and succeds to be a album full of Libertines influnced tunes about London nights and romance. The first Track Leave Me Alone isn't the greatest opening to an album, although it is catchy enough to be a decent opening to the album. Rock N Roll Lies was the first single Razorlight did and is a great first single that should have got higher in the charts while Vice is a perfect example of the London influence in Borrell's lyrics, even though he makes out to be Bob Dylan(which he cleary isn't) he does on this album prove to be a fine Songwriter. Up all Night is one of my favourites on the album a slow title track. Which way is out is a decent if not outstanding song while Rip it Up is a classic Razorlight song.Dalston is a great song, a great guitar riff, even though the lyrics are not amazing. The albums classic Golden Touch is a live favourite and a Razorlight classic, the Razorlight breakthrough. Stumble and Fall is another great song. I find Get it and Go a poor song really, preety good, but a bit boring, not much excitement. In The City is my favourite, an epic song about London life with some great lyrics "The Boys Are in The Bar mixing up there medicine and the girls are in there mobiles tryin' to get reception" great tune, which To the sea is like Get it and Go, a boring song, Fall,Fall,Fall is decent ballad and the bonus track is the classic Somewhere Else a classic Razorlight tune that ends a fine debut album.

Key Tracks:Rock N Roll Lies,Vice,Rip it Up,Up all Night,Golden Touch,Stumble and Fall,in The City,Somewhere Else

Also Buy:The Libertines "The Libertines"

Pure Talent
Really good album, very very good. This is a brilliant album. But I reccomend you listen to the tracks first. But very good album, no hype just pure talent.
Fantastic!

No Hype, Just Talent
Does it really matter whether an artist or band is flavor of the month, or the latest hype by institutionalised promotion?

Well I only caught up with Razorlight from the Live 8 concert, and instantly recognised that there was more to this band and their sound than just an image, fad... whatever you may like to call it. On the back of that, I got hold of their studio output and listened deeper. Was I dissapointed? Nah! Only invigorated. Loved the many differing tunes and after also getting hold of a couple of DVDs, loved their live selves.

Golden Touch, Stumble and Fall plus of course Somewhere Else. Fine tunes, fine performance, knockout album!