Tracks 1. Some Nights -Intro2. Some Nights3. We Are Young -Ft. Janelle Mon E4. Carry On5. It Gets Better6. Why Am I The One7. All Alone8. All Alright9. One Foot10. Stars11. Out On The Town Note Fun.'S Debut Album Aim And Ignite Was An Interesting Blend Of Seemingly Divergent Styles Topped By A Healthy Dose Of GrandioseAmbition And Performed With A Precise Abandon. The Trio Made An Album That Was Truly Progressive And Also Super Catchy And Fun. TheFollow-Up, Some Nights, Ramps Up The Ambition And Sonic Bombast, But Also Manages To Be Even More Powerful And Impressive. WhileWriting And Planning The Album, Singer Nate Ruess, Guitarist Jack Antonoff, And Multi-Instrumentalist Andrew Dost Were HeavilyInfluenced By Both The Sound And Scope Of Kanye West'S My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy And Made Every Attempt To AchieveSomething Similar, Even To The Point Of Hiring That Album'S Co-Producer Jeff Bhasker To Produce And Craft Beats For Them. (AlsoEmile Haynie, Who Has Worked With Eminem Among Others) Though The Album Has More Of A Hip-Hop Influence Than Aim And Ignite Did,There Are Still Large Doses Of Queen And Elo Coursing Through The Band'S Blood, Both In The Machine-Crafted Vocal Harmonies And TheOrnate Bigness Of The Sound. The Album Is Overloaded With Strings And Horns, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, And Programmed DrumsSurrounding Ruess Like A Clamoring Crowd, But Never Drowning Out His Innately Sincere Vocals And Painfully Honest Lyrics. He HasThe Kind Of Voice That Could Cut Through Any Amount Of Noise, Not By Using Volume But Honesty. Even When He'S Fed Through Auto-Tune, You Know He'S Telling You The Truth All The Time. On Songs Like The Lead Single "We Are Young" Or The Rollicking "All Alone," HeProvides A Very Human Core That Grounds Things Even As The Music Builds To Ornate Crescendos. Indeed, The Album Is Really, ReallyBig Sounding And Could Easily Have Ended Up Collapsing Under Its Own Weight And Pretension, But The Opposite Happens And SomeNights Takes Flight Instead. The Songs Are Both Anthemic And Human-Sized, The Heartfelt Words And Naked Emotions Are Never Buried,And The Music Is Uplifting, Not Overpowering. The Trio Has Crafted A Record That Measures Up To My Beautiful Dark Twisted FantasyMusically And Delivers Enough Emotional Charge To Power A Small Town For A Month. It'S An Impressive Achievement And Fun. DeservesEvery Bit Of Acclaim That Comes Its Way Because Of It.
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