Product Description

Second album from Norwegian duo whose 2001 debut 'Quiet Is The New Loud' kickstarted the neo-acoustic boom which also featured bands like Alfie and Turin Brakes. After guesting onheaps of dance records and releasing his solo album, ErlendOye returns to his partnership with Eirik Boe for another chilled-out collection of witty, folky songs, more ambitious and lushly produced than its predecessor.

Track Listing

1. Homesick
2. Misread
3. Cayman Islands
4. Stay Out Of Trouble
5. Know How
6. Sorry Or Please
7. Love IS No Big Truth
8. I’d Rather Dance With You
9. Live Long
10. Surprise Ice
11. Gold In The Air OF Summer
12. The Build Up

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3278 in Music
• Released on: 2004-06-21
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
With Riot on an Empty Street Kings of Convenience prove yet again that understatement and subtlety can be truly thrilling. When not attempting to replicate the harmonious acoustic shimmer of Simon and Garfunkel on lacklustre tracks such as "Homesick" and "Surprise Ice", Norwegian folksters Erlend Oye and Eirik Glambek Boe deliver charming, self-effacing lyrics backed by unhurried and refreshingly simple melodies that embrace and cajole. Stand-out moments include "I'd Rather Dance with You" and the sublime upbeat acoustic strut of "Love Is No Big Truth", which mixes Eirik's infectious banjo hook with artfully mellifluous lyrical observations. Fragile, emotive and as biting as the Nordic wind Riot on an Empty Street is a demonstration of enduring talent. --Christopher Barrett

Album Description
The Kings of Convenience release their long-awaited second album, Riot on an Empty Street, from which the beautiful single "Misread" is taken. This is the first album from the winsome Norwegian duo of Erlend Oye and Eirik Glambek Boe since their critically acclaimed debut, Quiet Is the New Loud, which earned them favourable comparisons with have Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel and Belle and Sebastian.

Customer Reviews

Really good.
This album is refreshingly different with a very slick sound to it, I recommend it.

'Never thought it would be this clear'
A friend from Amsterdam played Cayman Islands one of the beautiful songs on this gem of an album 'Riot on an Empty Street'. My partner and I were immediately entranced by the sheer melodic warmth of these two Norwegian guys.
Who would have thought that two strumming guitars and a couple of voices could send you into a blissful state, the occassional backing vocals from a female voice lend 'sheer simplicity'to a couple of tracks.

Simon and Garfunkel do spring to mind but The Kings really are no copy cat band. Their lyrics are intelligent, witty and the molodies addictive. You will be singing every song in your head after a few plays.

My Dutch friend kept saying the word 'Gezelligheid' (pronounced hezellik) on being asked what it meant he struggled and said it is more of a feeling like coziness, warmth the feeling of being inside next to a fire when the snow is falling outside.
This album is more of a feeling - experience it, you will not be dissapointed.

An album to day dream to.
I cant help but feel that this is the one of the most understated albums of recent times, its simplicity is so brilliantly effective and the soft vocals complitment the music Superbly.

I would recommend this album to almost everyone.