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BookPrices.net - Off With Their Heads
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List Price: $10.98
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Manufacturer: Motown
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517847132
Label: Motown
Manufacturer: Motown
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Motown
Release Date: 2008-10-28
Studio: Motown
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Summary: catchy, simple, fun
Comment: Great pop rock. A bit Kaiser Chiefs, a bit Muse, a bit old Killers. Highly recommended.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Like It Too Much
Comment:
Following last year's disappointing "Your's Truly...", the Chiefs rebound with a strong effort that almost surpasses their debut "Employment". Unlike the last record, where the disc was sequenced to save their strongest and hardest hitting tracks towards the end of the disc, "Off With Their Heads" comes out smoking with the first two tracks "Spanish Metal" and "Never Miss A Beat". The rest of the disc bounces between similarly aggressive punk-pop, danceable new wave, and neo-psychedelia. Producer Mark Ronson adds the perfect amount of instrumental color to vary the sound without deviating too far from the Chief's core personality. The band delivers with its typically cheeky, British sense of humor.
This is one of the strongest discs of the year from one of the few current rock bands making interesting new music.
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Summary: The Coolest Band Since The Kooks
Comment: OK, maybe the Kooks aren't very cool, but they make really good music and guess what, so do the Kaiser Chiefs. Sure, the word Kaiser refers to leaders of the German monarchy which came to an end after the first world war. But I'm sure they didn't know that, I'm sure they just became the Kaiser Chiefs because they'd heard it somewhere and it sounded cool. After all, how could they pull off a song with the lyric "it's cool to know nothing" if they weren't living by that principle. One thing I love about the band though is their generally catchy and somewhat artistic musical vision. They don't claim to have this unique style, nor do they make any sort of attempt to move themselves away from the mainstream. They like making music and like the money and attention that comes with the fame, and let's be honest, who wouldn't like that.
When they first formed, they had the typically ridiculous name of Runston Parva, but after the career of the original bands name didn't go too well, they hit the refresh button. They became the more suitably names Kaiser Chiefs and then the fame and cash came rolling in. This album is the third album in their musical repertoir and is set to be one of their biggest successes. It takes, let's be honest not relatively great lyrical ability combined with excellently catchy musical ability to create one very good album.
Its debut single of "Never Miss A Beat" caught the UK's attention and although it only debuted at number 5 in the UK charts, there's no doubting that this song was in the minds of everyone for many weeks following. They are a band that personify todays image of indie rock, the vocal stylings of Ricky Wilson aren't overpowerful and the instrumental techniques aren't over complicated. They are just perfect for todays pop culture society which is what has made them such a success in the UK. I would wholeheartedly recommend this band to anyone just looking for an easy to listen to, catchy album. It's fun and fantastic and sits at number one in my iPod playlist and will continue to do so for a very long time.
My top 5 favourites are:
1. Never Miss A Beat
2. Good Days Bad Days
3. You Want History
4. Tomato In The Rain
5. Can't Say What I Mean
Customer Rating:
Summary: It's cool to know nothing.
Comment: With their third album, Kaiser Chiefs correct the slight misstep of their second album, and return to what made them great on their debut--catchy, infectious English rock pop songs.
"Never Miss A Beat" is the perfect teen rant. "Like It Too Much", "You Want History" and "Good Days Bad Days" finish off the first half of the disc which gives way to a more subdued second half with "Tomato In The Rain", "Addicted To Drugs" and "Remember You're A Girl".
This is not to say that "Off With Their Heads" is without detour, no, "Spanish Metal" is a mediocre album opener, "Can't Say What I Mean" is a bit bland, and "Half The Truth" and "Always Happens Like That" are just okay album fillers.
Still, "Off With Their Heads" is a notch above "Yours Truly, Angry Mob". Here's hoping the band will continue to make more power pop masterpieces and here's my breakdown in context of the other Kaiser Chiefs' albums.
2005 Employment: Four Stars
2007 Yours Truly, Angry Mob: Three Stars
2008 Off With Their Heads: Three and a Half Stars
Customer Rating:
Summary: oh well
Comment: after two fine albums this one is a bit of a dud. i think Stephen Street is calling.
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Editorial Reviews:
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2008 release. Off With Their Heads could/should be described as being the first 'proper' Kaiser Chiefs' album with a solid base on which is constructed a series of tracks which come together as an altogether less frenetic and more cohesive piece of work than previous outings and is almost certainly the better for it. The album was produced by Mark Ronson and Eliot James at RAK and Eastcote Studios in London in the Spring of 2008 and mixed by Andy Wallace (Nirvana, LCD Soundsystem, Run DMC) at Soundtrack Studios, Includes the single 'Never Miss A Beat'.
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