Rocktrospectiva: The Pleasant "Inside In/Inside Out" Turns 20

Released on 23 January 2006, "Inside In/Inside Out" was the debut studio album by the British indie rock band The Kooks, the album spawned the singles "Eddie's Gun", "Sofa Song", "You Don't Love Me", "Naïve", "She Moves In Her Own Way" and "Ooh La".

 

After the band had signed to Virgin Records, The Kooks were reluctant to record an album right away, stating a desire to focus more on their live performances and songwriting. The band has said embarking on their first live tour instead of recording an album initially helped them develop their style and sound. As a result, they went into the studio with hundreds of songs from a variety of genres, and it took an "incredible amount of patience" from producer Tony Hoffer to shape the content into what would become the record.

 

Most of the album was written about Katie Melua, whom Pritchard dated while at the BRIT School. It started out beautiful and acoustic with "Seaside", then launched into the high energy, brit-rocking-out "See The World". Next was the slightly funny "Sofa Song" and the similar sounding "Eddie's Gun". Next was the tinged-with-anger song "You Don't Love Me," which blended into the poppy, and then, the upbeat single "She Moves In Her Own Way". Finally we can say that "Matchbox" was a kind of a filler but not out-of-character for this spot in the album. "Naïve" was a beauty maybe one of the most played songs of the band.

 

Next two songs were the pleasant, "Jackie Big Tits" and "Time Awaits" those were fairly generic for the Kooks. The second one had some nice changes in volume, with the ending fading in and out a couple times. "Do You Love Me Stil" was a wistful closing ballad. The band played maturity but also certain huge energetic vibes in the line of the Thrills, and an less severe Arctic Monkeys at the time. The album was kinda of catchy cause of its variety of hooks and different rhythms. 

 

Inside In/Inside Out Track List:

 

1. Seaside

2. See The World

3. Sofa SOng

4. Eddie's Gun

5. Ohh La

6. You Don't Love Me

7. She Moves In Her Own Way

8. Matchbox

9. Naïve

10. I Want You

11. If Only

12. Jackie Big Tits

13. Time Awaits

14. Got No Love