Kaiser Chiefs - Employment 2005 [EAC - FLAC] (oan)

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When Tears for Fears sang "Kick out the Style/Bring back the Jam" in "Sowing

the Seeds of Love," one can imagine the lads in Kaiser Chiefs raising their

mugs of ale in agreement. Comprised of vocalist Ricky Wilson, guitarist Andrew

White, bassist Simon Rix, keyboardist Nick Baines, and drummer Nick

Hodgson, Kaiser Chiefs resurrected the mod spirit of the Jam in "I Predict a

Riot," supercharged class-of-1977 power pop that quickly electrified the British

press when it was released in 2004. The song was inspired by Wilson's days

as a club DJ in Leeds, England, where the group was also formed. The single

and Kaiser Chiefs' pogo-inducing, boot-stomping live performances had them

pegged as rising stars in the neo-new wave revolution with Franz Ferdinand,

Dogs Die in Hot Cars, and the Futureheads. When Kaiser Chiefs' first 7", "Oh

My God," reached number 66 on the U.K. charts -- a startling achievement for

an unsigned band -- doors opened for the group to share the stage with larger

acts, consequently grabbing the attention of A&R scouts who wanted to sign

them. "I Predict a Riot," on the other hand, reeled in U.S. modern rock radio

programmers caught in a blooming new wave revival. Without an American

label deal, Kaiser Chiefs (named after the South African football team) crashlanded

on some of the biggest U.S. alternative stations with the "I Predict a

Riot" import single in late 2004. That same year they recorded their debut

album, Employment, for the U.K. label B-Unique. The album was released

domestically in the U.S. in spring 2005. The group's follow-up, Yours Truly,

Angry Mob, arrived in the spring of 2007, with Off with Their Heads arriving a

year later. 01. (03:38) - Everyday I Love You Less And Less

02. (03:53) - I Predict A Riot

03. (04:04) - Modern Way

04. (03:01) - Na Na Na Na Naa

05. (04:36) - You Can Have It All

06. (03:35) - Oh My God

07. (03:31) - Born To Be A Dancer

08. (03:28) - Saturday Night

09. (04:09) - What Did I Ever Give You?

10. (02:45) - Time Honoured Tradition

11. (04:13) - Caroline, Yes

12. (03:24) - Team MatePlaying Time.........: 00:44:17

Total Size...........: 313.82 MB





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Inspired by that moment sometime in the late '70s when punk gave birth to new

wave (and looked back to the heyday of '60s mod for inspiration), the Kaiser

Chiefs' debut, Employment, expands on the sharp, sussed sound of their

singles in surprising ways. A look at London life and its discontents,

Employment is a remarkably ambitious debut album that aspires, right down to

its cheeky liner notes and graphics, to be the Parklife or All Mod Cons of the

2000s. While it doesn't quite reach those heights, it does have its fair share of

memorable songs. Chief among them is the one-two punch of "Everyday I Love

You Less and Less," a tightly wound "get lost" song that seamlessly mixes the

band's punky guitar-bass-drums attack with synths and drum machines, and

their signature single, "I Predict a Riot," another prime example of the band's

barbed, pissed-off pop. "Saturday Night" is another standout; with its brassy

stomp and lyrics like "watching the boys on their motorbikes/I want to be like

those guys," it's a Quadrophenia-like understanding of what it is to be lonely in

a crowd. On songs like moody-yet-stylish "Modern Way" and the cheeky,

contradictory "Na Na Na Naa," the Kaiser Chiefs sound so effortlessly "on" that

it's something of a surprise when Employment begins to lose momentum.

Despite its pretty '60s pop melody, "You Can Have It All" drags a bit, while the

vaudeville-tinged "Time Honoured Tradition" and "Born to Be a Dancer" are too

precious and theatrical for their own good. Although it's not among their best

songs musically, and its Beach Boys piss-take title is a little annoying,

"Caroline, Yes" is one of the Kaiser Chiefs' more interesting bits of songwriting

on the surface, the narrator is upset because the other guy took Caroline away

from him, but what really gets him is that the other guy is "everything I want to

be in my life." Likewise, Employment ends with "Team Mate," a tantalizingly

short character sketch that is also the band's best ballad. The Kaiser Chiefs'

ambition is a double-edged sword: it's admirable that they wanted to branch out

in so many directions on their first full-length, but it might have been a better

or safer, at least -- move to stick to the amazing rockers that made their name

in the first place. Employment is an uneven but still very promising debut that

suggests that one day the Kaiser Chiefs will pull off something even more

ambitious. [The bonus CD version features six live tracks.] 01. (02:48) - Hard Times Send Me [live]

02. (03:56) - Modern Way [live]

03. (04:01) - I Predict A Riot [live]

04. (03:14) - Time Honoured Tradition [live]

05. (03:09) - Na Na Na Na Naa [live]

06. (03:41) - Oh My God [live]Playing Time.........: 00:20:49

Total Size...........: 152.44 MB

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