Product Description

Sophomore album from Leeds indie band who shot to fame withtheir three-million-selling 2005 debut 'Employment'. Continuing to wear their classic British pop influences (Blur, Smiths, Madness, Dexys) on their sleeves, they have turned in another rollicking guitar record, although this time the lyrical tone is more introspective and socially aware. Includes the single 'Ruby'.

Track Listing

1. Ruby
2. The Angry Mob
3. Heat Dies Down
4. Highroyds
5. Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning)
6. Thank You Very Much
7. I Can Do It Without You
8. My Kind Of Guy
9. Everything Is Average Nowadays
10. Boxing Champ
11. Learnt My Lesson Well
12. Try Your Best
13. Retirement

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #209 in Music
• Released on: 2007-02-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 44 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
If your previous album was a slow-burning success story, it can be hard to be expected to hit the ground running on the follow-up. Fortunately, the Kaiser Chiefs have done just that on the fantastically-titled Yours Truly, Angry Mob. Like Employment, their debut and this album's predecessor, Yours Truly... is full of radio-friendly, hook-ridden tunes that mask cunningly subversive lyrics. The Kaiser Chiefs are very much a Britpop band, which is probably why "Highroyds" opening couplet--"I remember nights out when we were young/ They weren't very good they were rubbish"--sounds like something Jarvis Cocker would sing, while being backed by the boys from Blur. And it's this lyrical sentiment that's carried throughout the album, much of which is satire wrapped up in potential singles. Best of all, and a perfect example of this, is "The Angry Mob", sure to be shouted along to by exactly the people it's targeting. It's the rare band that can mock and judge its audience and still be loved by them, but that's exactly what the Kaiser Chiefs have done on Yours Truly, Angry Mob. --Ted Kord

Customer Reviews

Hits and Miss
Most people will have heard "Ruby" and "The Angry Mob", and both deserve to be successful singles, being both anthemic and sophisticated.

Unfortunately the rest of the album, while not bad, is fairly derivative, and inspiration is rather sparse. Many of the tracks could easily be mistaken for Blur, with a touch of the Jam and the Coral thrown in. However, these would, without exception, be album fillers for those bands.

All-in-all not too bad, but certainly not great.

OK MEANING QUITE LIKEABLE
I QUITE LIKE THIS ALBUM I BROUGHT BOTH AN IMPROVEMENT MUSICALLY FROM THE LAST BUT FOR SOME REASON LISTENED TO IT TWICE LIKED IT AND FORGOT ABOUT IT.

Can I send it back????
what a load of tosh. They sound like they are trying too hard, but falling short. I have tried to listen to this a number of times to see if it grows on me, but sadly to no avail!