Can We Please Have Fun

Can We Please Have Fun is Kings of Leon's first album with Capitol Records. The band recorded the album at the Dark Horse Recording studios in Franklin, Tennessee, with Kid Harpoon, who produced it.{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |title=Kings of Leon Announce Album and Tour, Share Video for New Song "Mustang" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/kings-of-leon-announce-album-and-tour-share-video-for-new-song-mustang-watch/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=February 22, 2024 |date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222185620/https://pitchfork.com/news/kings-of-leon-announce-album-and-tour-share-video-for-new-song-mustang-watch/ |url-status=live }} The album was announced on February 22, 2024, simultaneously with the release of the lead single "Mustang".{{cite magazine |last=Aswad |first=Jem |title=Kings of Leon Sign With Capitol Records, Announce New Album and Tour |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/kings-of-leon-sign-with-capitol-new-album-tour-1235919347/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=February 22, 2024 |date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222170526/https://variety.com/2024/music/news/kings-of-leon-sign-with-capitol-new-album-tour-1235919347/ |url-status=live }} This release was followed by "Split Screen" on March 29 and "Nothing To Do" on April 18.

The band is supporting the album with a headlining tour throughout Ireland, the UK, Europe and North America.{{cite web |last1=Ragusa |first1=Paolo |title=Kings of Leon Announce New Album, Share 2024 Tour Dates |url=https://consequence.net/2024/02/kings-of-leon-can-we-please-have-fun-2024-tour-dates/ |website=Consequence |access-date=February 22, 2024 |date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222171503/https://consequence.net/2024/02/kings-of-leon-can-we-please-have-fun-2024-tour-dates/ |url-status=live }}

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.0/10{{cite web |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/13955/Kings-Of-Leon-Can-We-Please-Have-Fun.aspx|title=Can We Please Have Fun by Kings of Leon reviews |website=AnyDecentMusic? |access-date=17 May 2024}}

| MC = 76/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/can-we-please-have-fun/kings-of-leon |title=Can We Please Have Fun by Kings Of Leon |website=Metacritic |access-date=15 May 2024}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/can-we-please-have-fun-mw0004224984 |title=Can We Please Have Fun – Kings of Leon |website=AllMusic |access-date=May 16, 2024 |last=Collar |first=Matt}}

| rev2 = Clash

| rev2score = 7/10{{cite magazine |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/kings-of-leon-can-we-please-have-fun/ |title=Kings Of Leon – Can We Please Have Fun |magazine=Clash |access-date= May 16, 2024 |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=May 9, 2024}}

| rev3 = Classic Rock

| rev3score = 8/10{{cite magazine |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/kings-of-leon-can-we-please-have-fun|title=Kings of Leon don't let songs of "confusion, bewilderment and anxiety" get in the way of the good times on Can We Please Have Fun |magazine=Classic Rock |access-date= May 16, 2024 |last=Beaumont |first=Mark |date=May 10, 2024}}

| rev4 = The Independent

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/kings-of-leon-review-can-we-please-have-fun-b2542285.html|title=Kings of Leon review, Can We Please Have Fun: The 'Southern Strokes' have dropped a lot of dead weight |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=May 16, 2024 |last=Brown |first=Helen |date=May 10, 2024}}

| rev5 = musicOMH

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/kings-of-leon-can-we-please-have-fun#google_vignette |title=Kings of Leon – Can We Please Have Fun |website=musicOMH |access-date=May 16, 2024 |last=Horton |first=Ross |date=May 10, 2024}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/kings-of-leon-can-we-please-have-fun-review-3750216 |title=Kings of Leon – Can We Please Have Fun review: a return to their rugged roots... sort of |website=NME |access-date=May 16, 2024 |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=May 10, 2024}}

| rev7 = The Observer

| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/10/kings-of-leon-can-we-please-have-fun-review-polished-but-tired |title=Kings of Leon: Can We Please Have Fun review – polished but tired |newspaper=The Observer |access-date=May 16, 2024 |last=Lenore |first=Taylor |date=May 10, 2024}}

| rev8 = Paste

| rev8score = 7.8/10{{cite magazine |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/kings-of-leon/kings-of-leon-serve-their-sound-at-the-right-temperature-on-can-we-please-have-fun|title=Kings of Leon Serve Their Sound at the Right Temperature on Can We Please Have Fun| magazine=Paste |access-date=May 16, 2024 |last=Johnson |first=Ellen}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/kings-of-leon-can-we-please-have-fun-review-1235017849/ |title=Kings of Leon Ease Into a New Beginning on 'Can We Please Have Fun'|magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=May 19, 2024 |last=Lonsdale|first=John |date=May 10, 2024}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10score = B-{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2024/05/kings-of-leon-can-we-please-have-fun-review/ |title=Kings of Leon Make Their No-Stakes Fuck-Around Album |magazine=Spin |access-date=May 16, 2024 |last=Rytlewski |first=Evan}}

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Can We Please Have Fun received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, a website that assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 13 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.{{Citation |title=Can We Please Have Fun by Kings of Leon |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/can-we-please-have-fun/kings-of-leon |access-date=2024-05-17 |language=en}}

{{track listing

| all_writing = Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Nathan Followill, and Matthew Followill.

| headline = Can We Please Have Fun track listing

| title1 = Ballerina Radio

| length1 = 3:51

| title2 = Rainbow Ball

| length2 = 4:10

| title3 = Nowhere to Run

| length3 = 3:41

| title4 = Mustang

| writer4 =

| length4 = 3:15

| title5 = Actual Daydream

| length5 = 3:19

| title6 = Split Screen

| length6 = 5:03

| title7 = Don't Stop the Bleeding

| length7 = 3:38

| title8 = Nothing to Do

| length8 = 2:55

| title9 = M Television

| length9 = 3:27

| title10 = Hesitation Gen

| length10 = 3:17

| title11 = Ease Me On

| length11 = 3:28

| title12 = Seen

| length12 = 4:52

| total_length = 44:56

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All tracks on Live in Wrexham recorded at the Racecourse Ground on May 27 and 28, 2023.

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| headline = Live in Wrexham CD2 track listing

| title1 = Crawl

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| title2 = King of the Rodeo

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| title3 = Revelry

| length3 =

| title4 = On Call

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| title5 = Find Me

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| title6 = Pyro

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| title7 = Cold Desert

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• Caleb Followill – vocals, guitar
• Jared Followill – vocals, bass (all tracks); guitar (tracks 7, 8)
• Nathan Followill – vocals, drums, percussion
• Matthew Followill – vocals, guitar (all tracks); synthesizer (tracks 9, 12)

• Kid Harpoon – producer
• Liam O'Neil – organ, piano, synthesizer
• Brian Rajaratnam – recording engineer
• Akarsh Vaidyanathan, Drew Boals, Emi Trevena, and Jacob Spitzer – assistant recording engineers
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing engineer
• Matt Wolach – assistant mixing engineer
• Randy Merrill – mastering engineer

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