Reviews4 stars out of 5 - "...The thrill is in the groove. Some of the time that means jacked-up garage punk...but the Kings are also a Southern rhythm section to the core...", Ranked #4 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums of 2003" - "Who would think a mix of Lynyrd Skynyrd-style boogie and New YOrk garage-punk could work this well?", "...Kings of Leon bash and pop like they've been rock stars for years....drifts with the sort of slack backwoods passion Dylan found in Nashville skylines and the Stones saw in wild horses..." - Grade: B+, Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2003in, Ranked #14 in Mojo's "The Best of 2003in, 5 stars out of 5 - "...The kind of life-affirming, slack-strung Gibson SG, four-to-the-floor sonic blitz that makes you want to chain-smoke full-strength Chesterfields chased with lids of Hawaiian while swigging a court of Jim by the neck...", "...With unlikely injections of Wet Willie and lyrical stories told in a drawled yell....The Kings were weaned on the car radio, grocery-store rock mags and hours sitting inside hot-ass laundromats...", "...Nashville's Kings shake up Southern rock's rural tendencies with the clamor of garage rock, mixing compact chords, frantic leads, and bashing drums with frontman Caleb Followill's drawl..." - Rating: B+, 3 stars out of 5 - "...Pedal steel guitars beckon, suggesting that the Kings of Leon are more than the right band at the right time..."