Youth & Young Manhood (studio album) by Kings Of Leon

Youth & Young Manhood by Kings Of Leon
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 1,877th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 431 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2003 (37th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (301st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,877th)
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Kings Of Leon bestography

Youth & Young Manhood is ranked 4th best out of 11 albums by Kings Of Leon on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kings Of Leon is Only By The Night which is ranked number 888 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,955.

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 431 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.7.

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From 08/27/2025 08:55
A solid debut featuring some great tracks like Red Morning Light, Molly's Chambers and Joe's Head. Their later albums exceeded this one but it's a very easy listen with no weak tracks.
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70/100
From 03/12/2022 22:08
Good bit of Alt Rock with a country twang. Nice mix of mainly up tempo tracks with a hoe down feel to them. Along with a few slower bluesy tunes. Nice length album. Any longer and it would start to grate a bit. Best tracks for me: 'Molly's Chambers' & 'Holy Roller Novocaine'
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75/100
From 03/24/2021 18:39
Divertido, um pouco confuso, mas desce bem com cerveja! eheheh
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85/100
From 03/05/2020 04:45
Kings of Leon at their best.
It was long hair, beards and raw rock n roll back then.
Shame they've now turned into Bon Jovi
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80/100
From 03/15/2018 01:19
This album rocks! Easily their best work right here.
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From 02/20/2018 13:00
A nice debut, very energic and raw.
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75/100
From 02/11/2018 16:38
Energetic and not overly produced. Better than anticipated.
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From 08/09/2016 22:08
Even though it's their debut I don't think they ever reached the heights of this one. Genius takes you for a ride
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From 07/11/2016 05:00
Favoritas: California Waiting, Red Morning Light, Molly's Chambers, Wsted Time, Talihina Sky
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60/100
From 05/05/2016 16:45
Joe's Head is one of the best kings of leon songs.

Overrated album along with Aha. It is southern garage rock. The vocals are unique and the raw weirdness at times make them sound original to start. So they get some points there.

I have no idea why KOL fans pick the first 2 albums as favorites. They each have a couple of highlights but other than that pretty average. There excellence begins at Because of the Times, peaks at Only by the Night.

Then they become arena rocks Maroon 5. Soul-less and singles driven
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