Yours Truly, Angry Mob - Kaiser Chiefs

When Kaiser Chiefs released their début album 'Employment', I found their music greatly enjoyable. When their second album 'Yours Truly, Angry Mob' was released on the other hand, I was actually dreading listening to it having heard and hated first single 'Ruby'. I wanted to like the album, I truly did, but I just didn't see it happening as you usually find it to be the case that the first single released from an album is more or less the strongest track. When 'Yours Truly, Angry Mob' was released I made sure I listened to it, forced myself to listen to it even; it came as no surprise to me however that I was not liking what I was hearing. The album actually begins with ...  Read the complete review

The Kaiser Chief are a four piece Rock-pop band from Leeds. "Yours Truly, Angry Mob" is their second album, after the highly successful debut of "Employment". However, where Employment sounded unique and innovative, the band's sophomore album unfortunately relies on the same sounds and fails miserably at recreating the passion and fury of earlier songs "I Predict A Riot" and "Everyday I Love You Less And Less". RUBY 8/10 "Let it never be said, that romance is dead Cause there's so little else occupying my head There is nothing I need except the function to breathe But I'm not really fussed, ...  Read the complete review

So the Kaiser Chiefs second album after the guys from these indie rockers from Leeds. This follows the outstanding Employment album which left high expectations on the boys shoulder but can they match it? Well lets see, 13 songs on the album and the album coming in at just under 45 mins, meaning that tbh, it seems a bit short to begin with, but we take quality over quantity right? So whats the quality like? Well the opening track, Ruby, has just been released as a single (or is about to be released?) a song that takes you back to the previous album. Ricky's singing sounds the same as it always has done, and the chorus is catchy as hell. A pretty ...  Read the complete review

The Kaiser Chiefs seemed to enjoy immediate success when they unleashed Employment on the world back in 2005. You couldn’t go anywhere without hearing Ricky’s vocals belting out of a speaker. For me though, the first album was a bit of a split bag. I found that the album was very much made up of the hits that were played to death on the radio and the rest was really all fillers. So with slight trepidation I bought the new album a few weeks ago on the hope that it would be a little better. It is two years later and I had hoped that the quality of the album would have improved. For the most part the quality of the album as a whole has improved there are ...  Read the complete review

The 2007-released album from the Kaiser Chiefs, follow-up album to the 2005 smash-hit Employment album? Is it worth getting? This is my track-by-track analysis of the album contents and my recommendation. 1. Ruby - 3 minutes 25 seconds The group are apparently fed up of fans telling them that they have named a daughter 'Ruby' after this track, but this what happens when you have a successful single - so expect a whole crop of Ruby's to hit the school system in another couple of years and if half the girls at your kids parties are called Ruby, you know who to blame. This is quite a 'pop' song by the standards of this somewhat 'anti-pop' group, ...  Read the complete review