Track Listing

1. Gold Lion
2. Way Out
3. Fancy
4. Phenomena
5. Honeybear
6. Cheated Hearts
7. Dudley
8. Mysteries
9. The Sweets
10. Warrior
11. Turn Into
12. Deja Vu

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1117 in Music
• Released on: 2006-03-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 42 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Garage-rock? The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ second album demonstrates that if this New York art-school trio were ever anything to do with the stripped-down, lo-fidelity rock ethic, it was strictly by coincidence. Rather, Show Your Bones marks this band out as true 21st Century new-wavers, their sound filled out with gleaming layers of guitar and a dynamic that bucks and coils with devious ambition under vocalist Karen O’s gasped, orgasmic yowl.

True, like Fever To Tell, Shake Your Bones opens with a snarl and an surfeit of fiery rock-out gumption--see single "The Golden Mile" and "Phenomena", Karen chanting "Something like a phenomenon/You’re something like a phenomenon" over crunchy, distorted stomp. But gradually, the album softens to yield emotional secrets. "Cheating Hearts" commences with a triumphant Nick Zinner fanfare apparently cribbed straight from the Sex Pistols’ "Pretty Vacant", but blossoms out into a passionate love song that flits between swooning poignancy and elatory triumph, while the hushed "Warrior" belies Karen and Nick’s genesis as a singer-songwriter duo--at least until it rears into life like a rattlesnake, Karen letting loose gleeful kung-fu chops atop slices of choppy guitar. A second album that, far from feeling difficult, comes across as almost effortless in its excellence. --Louis Pattison

CD Description
Second full length album from New York garage-rock trio theYeah Yeah Yeahs. This is the follow-up to 2003's criticallyacclaimed 'Fever To Tell'. Produced by Squeak E Clean, the album sees the band develop their alternative rock sound, emphasising this time on heavier drums while lead-singer, Karen O, supplies her trademark intense vocals. The single 'GoldLion' is included.

Customer Reviews

likely sophmore effort
I love love love this album, but if you are looking for a follow up to Fever to Tell, then look elsewhere. This album is produced magnificantly (crystal clear) which is quite differnt then their previous album. Drums are insanely strong and, as always, Karen O kicks it with intense vocals. Overall, a great album, jsut not as wild and off the wall as Fever to Tell. I don't even think I hear Karen O scream once!

Crackin'
An amazing album, the finest released this year. Generally more polished than "Fever to tell", it's gorgeous rock, far superior to most of the dross on the radio these days. Beautiful, catchy, energetic, loud rock. Play loud.

keep it simple
I reckon this record is extremely good. Show Your Bones is a more conventional rock n roll album, and maintains a much better balance of Karens screaming V singing, without taking any of her passion away.

To be honest, I never really liked Fever To Tell, possibly because I was distracted by other acts around that time, but more because I found it to be harsh sounding, and just couldn't get in to it. Understandably, I was a bit unsure of whether to take a chance with Show Your Bones. I'm so glad I did, because it's turned out to be one of my fave records of 2006

"Gold Lion" is a great opener and single,"Way Out" for a long time was the stand out track for me, but after a while I grew in to the rest."The Sweets" for instance, a softer but powerful song, as is "Warrior". Then there's "Turn Into" which is just a lovely, simple 4 chord song The best songs in my opinion are the softer ones, because they are so simple, but effective. So simple in fact that I can play the on my acoustic (now that's saying something)


One of the albums of 2006. Excellent work