Kasabian: West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Today’s album review is brought to you by the medium of Excel Charts. I have ranked the first three Kasabian and Kaiser Chiefs albums and determined the following trend lines for both bands:



As can clearly be seen, despite a strong opening album by the Kaiser Chiefs, the gradual steady increase in quality of Kasabian’s output has caused the trend lines to cross in 2006 now giving them a clear lead .

Good work lads, great album. Stand out tracks include:

Underdog
Where Did Our Love Go?
Fast Fuse
Take Aim (which includes a synthesiser that is evocative of Jeff Wayne’s Martians)
West Ryder Silver Bullet
Fire

Kasabian: Empire

Empire kicks off with the very bouncy title track, a sort of electronic rock in roll that really needs a hanger full of sweaty party goers on pogo sticks and a very powerful amplifier. “Shoot the Runner” continues the high octane vivacious tempo with an almost Spirit in Sky-ish riff underpinning the song. The best however, is saved to last with “Doberman”, which starts of delicately before building into a masterful cacophony of guitar, drum and bass and then from out of nowhere some sort of Spanish/Mexican style brass- Stirring stuff.