Release Date: 15 March, 2005
Audio CD
Tracks
- Everyday I Love You Less and Less
- I Predict A Riot
- Modern Way
- Na Na Na Na Naa
- You Can Have It All
- Oh My God
- Born To Be A Dancer
- Saturday Night
- What Did I Ever Give You
- Time Honoured Tradition
- Caroline, Yes
- Team Mate
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Rating 4.0
A worthwhile debut.The Kaiser Chiefs join the recent trend of alterna-pop bands (Futureheads, Dogs Die in Hot Cars) looking to fill the void left in the wake of XTC's long hibernation. Like Dogs Die..., the Chiefs pull out a fun, if somewhat lacking attempt at cannabalising the various aspects of Andy Partridge's sound. The end result is a thoroughly listenable if somewhat lackluster affair peppered by a few excellent songs (I Predict a Riot, Oh My God, Saturday Night, and perhaps Everyday I Love You Less and Less) surrounded by several tracks that are forgotten as soon as they are heard. It won't become your favorite CD of the year, but it's certainly worth a listen. 3 1/2 stars.Look for one's self before judging...I respect the previous reviewer's dislike of the Kaiser Cheifs, but I kindly suggest that he or she actually go to a Kaiser Chiefs concert before judging the band to have the "charisma of a tortoise."
Fresh off the Kaiser Cheifs' performance last night at LA's Avalon, I can safely say that they're one of the most electrifying live bands around today. Ricky Wilson lit up the stage with obnoxious dancing that created the very riot in the audience he predicted. Each track on their CD is subtley unique, simultaneously sardonic and genuine.
Granted, the Kaiser Chief's isn't for everybody. But patient listeners will be rewarded. Personally, it did take some time for me to appreciate the simple genius behind this band's common pop-rock facade.The final nail in the coffin...If this is the future of modern music, then I'll see you at the funeral. Anyone who copies an album which is only ten years old has got a lot to answer for. One version of Blur's Parklife was too many; please spare us another one. This album is so patently diabolical that I tried to give it 0 stars, but the Amazon.com review guidelines wouldn't have it.
Still, that's not necessarily what makes the album so appalling. The enormously pedestrian nature of the players turns each track into a noisy, tuneless racket. Whoever told Ricky Wilson he could sing-- get your hearing aid replaced. Hitting three minor notes on a keyboard does not qualify as playing, Peanut.
My friend went to see this lot live and said that they were even worse. I'm not sure if that's possible, but at least when you listen to the album you don't have to look at them. Why you'd want to bother going to their concerts when they have all the charisma of a tortoise and the visual panache of their local recreation ground is beyond me. (My friend has since had an appeal for a refund turned down.)
Frankly, this is one of the worst releases ever to darken my CD player's disc tray. However, as they come from Leeds, I'm willing to forgive them. Unless they make more music, that is.
But for anyone out there thinking of buying this-- don't touch it! |
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