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 as The 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. Dalston
8. Golden Touch
9. Stumble & Fall
10. Get It And Go
11. In The City
12. Hang By, Hang By
13. To The Sea

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25231 in Music
• Released on: 2004-06-28
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
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

Good album shame about the singer
For me the stand out tracks on this album are Vice and Stumble and Fall. Golden Touch, Rock & Roll lies, Which Way is Out and To The Sea are also good. Overall I would recommend this album to most people. I only have 2 complaints:
1. Some of the songs drag on for too long e.g To The Sea
2. Johnny Borrell is a complete egomaniac!! It's a shame because Razorlight are a good band but his arrogance puts people off. I think people should ignore anything he says and listen to the album.

Not what I expected
I won't lie, I think Razorlight are ok..but I expected this album to be something pretty darn good. People that I know who either own it, or have heard it said that it was brilliant; and yet when I got my hands on a copy I couldn't really see what all the fuss was about.
There's isn't much kick to be honest; I think that's the main problem with it. There is the odd absolutely cracking song - Golden Touch for example is wonderful - but the rest of it is a little samey.
This is something to listen to if you've got nothing better to do. It's ok if you want to chill out coz you don't really have to concetrate that much on what you're listening to. The music isn't technical...it's just there really. Not the triumph everyone made it out as.

Not perfect, but I'll round-up to 5 stars
This album is by no means perfect, nearly every song has a bit at the end where the lead singer goes all manic and drags out the ending, almost spoiling the greatness that went before. But all is forgiven either when the next track starts or you hear the start of the track again. Case in point: 'To The Sea', which is dragged out at the end while the singer makes himself hoarse, but nearly every time I think of the sea, I start to sing 'To The Sea' in my head.

Favourite lyric: 'This town is full of counterfeit dreamers/And maybe I'm one too'