Some Nights is the second studio album by the American pop rock group fun. It was released on February 21, 2012, through Fueled by Ramen.[1] It was recorded in 2011 and produced by Jeff Bhasker.[2] After signing to the new label, the band began to work on Some Nights for over nine months throughout 2011.
"We Are Young" was released as the lead single from the album and bolstered the band to mainstream success with the aid of television and advertising. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and Alternative Songs for two weeks, with over six million digital downloads. The title track was commissioned as the second single and has reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, selling 6.8 million digital downloads as well as becoming their second No. 1 on Alternative Songs. The band later won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and "We Are Young" won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Fun received four other Grammy nominations: two for "We Are Young" and two for the album itself.
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The album and the band's music has received several comparisons to Queen.[11][12][13][14] Rolling Stone's Jody Rosen, called the album a mix of "close harmony chorales, showy key changes, a dash of Queen here, a dollop of Les Miz there".[13] In an interview with Fuse, producer Jeff Bhasker also stated that the album's lead single "We Are Young" "had a Queen/Freddie Mercury vibe to it".[15] Marcus Glimer of The A.V. Club wrote that the album featured "more synthetic elements [keyboards and drum machines]" than their debut album Aim and Ignite, and compared the beat to "All Alone" to a hip-hop track.[14] NPR columnist Daoud Tyler-Ameen commented that the album might be the start of a new phase of music, in which musicians would infuse the "sounds and rhythms once associated with hip-hop" with their pop music.[16]
The album's lead single, "We Are Young", was highly successful, and bolstered the band into mainstream popularity in early 2012.[3] The song caught attention through the Fox television series Glee covering it. The band was in shock at the news, with Dost saying that "that's just one of the coolest things that could possibly have happened." Glee's cover of "We Are Young" was the show's highest selling debut single of their season and connected their listening audience to the band.[6] Even after being benefited by the high-profile cover, "We Are Young" became the soundtrack to a Chevrolet spot that aired during Super Bowl XLVI, which brought Fun to a type of exposure that Billboard noted "few current bands receive."[7] The Chevrolet advertisement was credited by the Los Angeles Times for the song's chart success on iTunes: it went to number one on the Hot Digital Songs chart a week before the album's release.[18] The song was performed on the MTV Movie Awards on June 4, 2012, alongside Janelle Mone.
As a thank-you to their fans for their support of the band, Fun streamed Some Nights in advance on their official website a week before the album's release.[19] On November 3, 2012, the band performed "Some Nights" and "Carry On" on Saturday Night Live, to promote the release of both singles.[20]
Some Nights received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".[24] Rolling Stone's Jody Rosen complimented the album's "classic bubble-pop tunefulness with rococo rock & roll".[13] Sputnikmusic staff reviewer Adam Knott wrote, "The energy and personality which flood out of every melody give this album its own stamp of authority. It tips over into excess at rare moments, but even as you can hear those moments happening, they provoke grins inside and out."[33] Ray Rahman of Entertainment Weekly was less positive, criticizing the album's second half as being inferior to the first.[11] Morgan Troper of PopMatters wrote that "in a bizarre, inverted way, Some Nights is Nate Ruess coming into his own as a singer and songwriter," but was critical of Ruess' use of pop music conventions in the album's songs.[30]
The album was listed at number 43 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 50 albums of 2012, saying "Ruess' emo sweetness and self-doubting humor make Some Nights a castle you could feel at home in."[34]
The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 70,000 copies in the United States.[35] The album has been certified Platinum;[36] as of February 2015, it has sold over 1.6 million copies.[37]
The album's lead single "We Are Young", became the first multi-member band debut to top the Billboard Hot 100 since Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" in December 2001. It also earned a footnote in chart history by becoming the first, and only, tune that has ever gained more than 300,000 downloads a week for seven weeks straight, topping three million downloads in all.[39]
This is the album that made me aware of Nate Ruess, and I loved it so much that I quickly went back and listened to all his previous albums (in reverse order of course). But pretty soon I got all pretentious about the crazy instrumentation and personal lyrics in Aim and Ignite and Dog Problems, and I kinda resented how tame Some Nights now felt in comparison.
They really keep that vibe they are known for; heavy piano chords, layers upon layers of vocal harmonies, tasteful drumbeats, and old school (almost tribal) vocal melodies. These guys really stayed true to their sound. On top of all that though, they still brought a nice element of freshness to the whole thing. As far as sophomore albums go, this is a really solid release, which I believe will propel them into some really great things.
I'm just gonna say right now that I'm a huge fan of The Format and fun. I could go on and on about how easily I can gush over either band. Aim & Ignite was one of my favorite albums in years. I became overly excited and anxious anticipating Some Nights. I was interested in seeing how a hip-hop influenced album from a band like fun. could turn out, but did it live up to my expectations?
The album opens with the "Some Nights (Intro)." Right off the bat, I'm getting increasingly more giddy for the rest of the album mostly because this song reminds me of "Matches" off of The Format's, Dog Problems. It serves as an overture and leads into "Some Nights," which is quickly becoming one of my favorite fun. tracks. It's something fresh and different while still maintaining the band's identity. However, I do have a bone to pick with it: the auto-tune. If there is one vocalist I know that doesn't need auto-tune, it's Nate Ruess. That's not to say I'm completely against auto-tune. I was in the minority who agreed with its usage on 808s & Heartbreaks. The problem is that it's use in "Some Nights" comes off almost comical and dare I say embarrassing.
The track's followed by their hit single, "We Are Young." One of the best song's on the album and one of the best fun. have given us. Janelle Monae's contribution only makes the song that much better. Ironically a song that boasts about being young was a more mature direction for the band. They get a bit more intimate with "Carry On." Guitarist, Jack Antonff, gets his moment with a solo in the bridge. If there's one thing I love about Antonoff's work, it's that his guitar tone is reminiscent of Brian May's. I hope he has no intention of changing it anytime soon. They pick up the pace on "It Gets Better." This is the type of song I should love, but it just falls flat for me. I can't pinpoint why. Perhaps it's because it doesn't feel like it fits with the rest of the album. "It Gets Better" sounds like it could have fit on an album that came between Aim & Ignite and Some Nights. It could also be the programmed drums that get me. The track's undoubtedly catchy and bound to be an exciting track live, but I think it'll take some time to fully appreciate it.
One of the strongest tracks on Some Nights is "Why Am I the One?" It contains some of Ruess' smoothest vocal performances on the album. Pianist, Andrew Dost, chimes in and out with his beautiful playing. "All Alone" captures the fun. sound with the hip-hop influence perfectly and more in line with what I was expecting. Easily one of the better productions on the album. I'd say Jeff Bhasker's addition emanates most during "All Alright." It has that full sound that a fun. song needs. The violin bellows at the end are angelic and reminiscent of the ones found at the end of Kanye West's, "Robocop."
Much like "All Alone, "the track, "One Foot," captures that hip-hop and fun. fusion perfectly. Better than any other track on the album. The first time I heard it, I was a little turned off. Every now and then, I would catch myself humming and singing it though. Somehow, it was infectious after only one listen. The only unnecessary moment in the track is towards the end where the beat drops only to come back in a different key. I'm still kind of scratching my head over that one. Fun. close the album with "Stars." I'm struggling with this closer. It's not as memorable as "Take Your Time," or even as much as the rest of the album. That doesn't make it an uninteresting track. Its got a taste of R&B and utilizes the auto-tune tool much better than in "Some Nights"--albeit a little too much. The bonus track, "Out on the Town," would have made a better closer (it practically is anyway). It's a little more straightforward, but it has a better "closer" feel to it than "Stars." I'll admit though--I'm a little biased because it sounds more like an Interventions & Lullabies Format song.
I applaud fun. for taking their chance with this album. Although they're no strangers to ambition, this was a new direction that they pulled off. It's hard to compare to their debut as they're two completely different albums that can appeal to two different audiences. Despite a couple gripes, Some Nights was a pleasure to listen to and is gonna be one of the better albums I hear this year. I welcome whatever water they plan to tread next. This band can only get bigger and they certainly deserve to. 0852c4b9a8
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