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Come Around Sundown

Come Around Sundown is the fifth studio album by U.S. rock band Kings of Leon, released in Ireland, Australia and Germany on October 15, 2010, followed by releases in the United Kingdom on October 18 and North America on October 19.[2][3] Lead single "Radioactive", along with its accompanying music video, premiered on September 8 on the band's official website.

Come Around Sundown

October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15)

February – June 2010

  • Avatar (New York City)
  • Blackbird (Nashville)

Alternative rock[1]

47:26

RCA

The album debuted at number one in Australia, Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and the UK. In the UK, the album sold 183,000 units in its first week and broke the record for biggest first-week digital album sales by selling more 49,000 album downloads. It was the 11th-biggest-selling album of 2010 in the UK with 694,300 sales.[4] On November 30, 2011, the album received a nomination at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album.

– lead and backing vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitar

Caleb Followill

– lead guitar, synthesiser, piano, Wurlitzer, lap steel, backing vocals

Matthew Followill

– bass, synthesiser, piano, percussion, xylophone, Omnichord, backing vocals on "Mary"

Jared Followill

– drums, percussion, backing vocals

Nathan Followill

Adapted from the booklet of Come Around Sundown.[20]


Kings of Leon


Additional personnel

List of European number-one hits of 2010

List of number-one hits of 2010 (Germany)

List of number-one albums of 2010 (Ireland)

List of number-one albums from the 2010s (Scotland)

List of number-one albums from the 2010s (UK)