Tired of Hanging Around by The Zutons

Tired of Hanging Around, the Zutons' second studio album, arrived on Deltasonic on 17 April 2006, and it's the Liverpool band scrubbing up for the big time without losing the dirt under their fingernails. Stephen Street produced, with sessions at Townhouse and Olympic Studios in 2005, and he gives their rowdy, rattling indie rock a brighter shine.

It worked: the album went to number 2 in the UK, and "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" and "Valerie" both reached number 9 on the singles chart. "Valerie" is the keeper, a strutting, sing-at-the-top-of-your-lungs stomper that sounds built for pub closing time. It was also the last Zutons album with founding guitarist Boyan Chowdhury, who left in 2007.

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