Only By The Night
by Kings Of Leon
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Only By The Night is ranked as the best album by Kings Of Leon.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Only By The Night rankings summary
Overall rank: 872nd | 2000s rank: 140th | 2008 rank: 10th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 94 Music Albums of 2008 | 93/94 | 0 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 40 Music Albums of 2008 | 26/40 | 2 |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Greatest Music Albums #101 - 200 | 9/100 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 54 Music Albums of 2008 | 27/54 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  teague | Top 56 Music Albums of 2008 | 9/56 | 4 |
| 2026 | tyleraepps | Top 89 Music Albums of the 2000s | 60/89 | 7 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Overseas Albums | 27/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 82 Music Albums of the 2000s | 43/82 | 10 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Wanted Urgent | 13/70 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 444 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,986 | |||
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| ! | 5 days ago | robertoveltri | 908 | 79/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2026 17:21 | wizardalien | 904 | 48/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2026 19:11 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
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Vatsal TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/05/2018 17:25 | #222070 | TOP COMMENT
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Vatsal TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/05/2018 17:25 | #222070 | TOP COMMENT
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The run from Sex on Fire till Revelry is a relentless flawless streak of mad genius. I dont know how/why i ended up loving those 4 songs so much, but they havent aged a day after all this time and i only love them more with every listen.
The rest of the album has eventually grown on me, notion and closer are fine songs, but i am mostly here for those 4 songs. (Edited)
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RaineyWins 02/12/2010 19:56 | #9057 | TOP COMMENT
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Sex on Fire and Use somebody most over played songs of the last decade? i think so
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19loveless91 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/08/2011 18:04 | #25992 | TOP COMMENT
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Is it wrong that I like this? Manhattan is my favourite song here
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Rounder89 12/09/2012 23:05 | #57230 | TOP COMMENT
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This album was my first introduction to KOL and at first I loved it. Then I went back and listened to their earlier stuff and realized that unfortunately this was their weakest album, but that is a reason why they are one of my favorite bands because this album is still good, but you can tell they did go a bit too mainstream with this album. Still good guitar on many of these tracks and catchy tunes. When I first listened to the album Crawl was my least favorite song and now it is probably my favorite. Weird.
So do not judge them based solely on this album. It's ironic it is their highest rated on this site, but I feel and as most KOL fans do that their firs three albums are much better, but if you enjoy this one that's good too.
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larryrrr 05/21/2017 20:20 | #191194 | TOP COMMENT
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An old-fashioned AOR record in that it contains a few standout radio hits and a bunch of filler. This band has been beat up by music fans in the years since this came out, mainly because they seem to be sort of a band for "bros" and fratboys and their music is a bit chest-thumpy, and they even became notorious for antigay comments, so I'm trying to be fair here, because I'm not sure if their reputation is warranted. Maybe they're not all that bad. The fact is, though, that besides about three songs, this album proved to be boring and I had to permanently put it aside. Maybe if the production weren't so bombastic it might be easier to get through the whole thing. (I had a physical CD copy that I bought, so I did give it more than enough chances.) (Edited)
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