ok maybe a slight exagerration but it is almost that good! i went to see the subways before they even released young for eternity! they were awesome then and are even better now they're more mature. this album rocks could listen to it all the way through three times over that good. my fave track has to be shake shake though! and plus charlotte is an awesome bassist and she is smokin hot!

Balls to all your Scouting for Girls, Hoosiers, all this over-rated nonsense. This band and Biffy Clyro are by far the best indie bands around + Charlotte cooper is a fitty..

having bought this album as soon as it came out i had high expectations of it as young for eternity was awesome and listening to the new tunes whenevr i have seen them. this album does not dissapoint at all girls and boys you just want to jump up and down to and go mental and the rest is just better and better as it goes on cant wait for the summer to see them again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is a must buy

I've just borght this album, and I think the only good songs are Alright and Shake Shake. I didn't know what this band would be like and I thought they would be more Indie rock then Garage rock.

The Subways have come along way since their first album "Young for Eternity and suffered many hardships that might have split lesser bands including the break up of the relationship between lead vocals/guitarist Billy Lunn and bassist Charlotte Cooper and the throat problems that culminated in surgery after which speaking let alone singing again was in question but here they are and along with drummer Josh Morgan they have produced a fantastic album.

To start with you might be forgiven for thinking this album has been loaded a little top heavy, with four great, loud, proud and rocking tracks to open with but ultimately you would be wrong. The first of these tracks, "Girls & Boys" is a great choice to open the album, loud and to the point it makes a great statement as for what follows. "Kalifornia" is a track in a similarly heavy vain before we slow up slightly with the more soulful "Alright". Next comes my current favorite "Shake! Shake!" which features a fantastic bass intro before launching into a heavy, passionate and angry piece of music and leads us into the first of the slower, more tender tracks on the album - Move to Newlyn. Lyrically somewhat philosophical and hopeful, and musically softer it carries the album along nicely into its title track. All or nothing, more up-tempo than the previous song again brilliant lyrically the meaning of the song can be interpreted in many different ways the most obvious of which being that life is to short for regrets and really is "All or nothing". I won't let you down gets us well and truly rocking once more and is just as passionate lyrically if not more so than those that it follows. Turnaround is another fantastic out and out rocker of a song which features bassist/backing vocalist Charlotte Cooper take lead on the chorus and one of the best guitar riffs of the album. Obsession keeps the pace with yet more excellent rock riffing and passionate lyrics. Strawberry Blonde assumedly an ode from Billy Lunn to band mate and ex-girlfriend Charlotte is tender, loving and a beautiful piece of music starting slow building into another brilliant chorus before fading back into its slower beginnings. In the final two tracks we see more evidence of a recurring theme towards the end of this album of the tempo changing drastically from one song to the next Always tomorrow is faster, and rockier than Strawberry Blonde and yet closing track lost boy slows us down for the finish and seems to tell the story of a young man looking back on falling in love for the first time and does so fantastically. All or nothing is an album that this trio can be truly proud of, while their debut Young for Eternity never seemed to attract the attention and success that it and they deserved with this album The Subways should find that success and even if not they and their fans can rest satisfied that they have released the best album of 2008 so far.

There's so little invention going on here it's almost embarrassing, really poor lyrical content, simple riffs and heard-it-before choruses...

BUT

The point is, you heard it all before in Young for Eternity. Which is no bad thing.
This record is still filled with rock attitude, buzzing riffs ostentatious energy and exuberant drumming but now they've got a distinct Californian sheen to there sound.

There not re-inventing themselves, they've not matured or moved forward. Sorry, but they really haven't. They've stuck at exactly what there good at. Simple pop-rock tunes heaving with bosterous energy. All or Nothing is a simple side-step from Young for Eternity.
Recommended, but I was expecting a lot more...

Quite simply this is the album of the year, its been a long time coming since the first album's release but its worth the wait and more. Fantastic riffs, melodies by the bucket load, stadium singalongs (only a matter of time!), brilliant drumming (there is a reason why Butch Vig called Josh the new Dave Grohl!), production is A+ (Butch Vig - Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins etc etc).

It just all comes together brilliantly. Do not even question not buying this album, its an absolute gem.

saw the subways the other week in Cambridge and OMG im an instant fan. got their first album as soon as i got home and wow. just got the new album and its a huge step forward from the first album the sound quality is 100x better!

buy this album the subways are going to be the next big thing for sure!

What can i say, great tunes, great lyrics, great band, great album.

The Subways are by far the greatest band of this generation! after seeing them for the 7th time this year yesterday i can tell you that this album is going to be amazing! SHAKE! SHAKE! and Turnaround are by far the best two tracks of the album, although Girls and Boys, I Wont Let You Down and Kalifornia are amazing! The Riff of Girls and Boys will just turn you into a crazed state of mind, its amazing! Strawberry Blonde is pretty much a tear jerker! amazing and just really meaningful!

BUY THIS ALBUM!!!!!