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Album review: Some Nights by Fun.
| May 31, 2012 | Posted by Michael Smith under entertainment, reviews |
Fun.’s break out single We Are Young went to number one in the UK singles chart last weekend, so my instant reaction was to wonder what the album sounded like. Oh Michael, you are a fool. I came into this album having only heard the aforementioned single, and I wouldn’t exactly have considered myself a fan. The chorus is fantastically catchy, yes, but the rest of the song is just plain dull. For a song whose chorus screams out, “Let’s set the world on fire, we can burn brighter than the sun,” it feels disappointingly sombre and monotonous. The guest vocals from Janelle Monáe (creator of one of the best albums of 2010), which caused my original excitement for the… more
