Album Review - Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Considering the success of its debut Employment, the Kaiser Chiefs would
be crazy to alter its approach. Not surprisingly, then, Yours Truly,
Angry Mob, the band's sophomore outing, largely follows a similar
pattern of stuffing infectious melodies with sing-along choruses inside
oversized, arena-ready arrangements. Throughout the set, the Kaiser
Chiefs, with help from producer Stephen Street, once again casts Blur's
Brit-pop back in time, sma****ng it into the mellifluent musings of The
Smiths, the punk-ish theatricality of The Kinks, and the maximum-impact
R&B of The Who.
Beneath the surface of Yours Truly, Angry Mob, however, something is
missing, and the problem stems entirely from the notion that the album's
individual components are better than the sum of its parts. Each track
is an indisputable anthem, but when taken in full, the collection's 12
songs, despite their superficial eclecticism, sound too much alike.
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