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Yours Truly, Angry Mob

Regular edition cover (CD and LP)
Studio album by Kaiser Chiefs
Released 26 February 2007
Recorded Hook End Studio, Berkshire: September - October, 2006
Genre Indie rock
Length 44:44
Label B-Unique (UK)
Universal Motown (US)
Producer Stephen Street
Kaiser Chiefs chronology
Employment
(2005)		 Yours Truly, Angry Mob
(2007)		 Off with Their Heads
(2008)

Yours Truly, Angry Mob is the second album by English rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It was released on 23 February 2007 in Belgium and the Netherlands, 26 February 2007 in the rest of the world by B-Unique Records and in March in North America by Universal Motown. Produced by Stephen Street, who produced the band's debut album Employment, Yours Truly, Angry Mob is lyrically darker and more socially aware than its predecessor, with tracks dealing with street crime, violence, fame, and the inaccuracy of tabloid articles. The song "Boxing Champ" features drummer Nick Hodgson on lead vocals.

Contents

[edit] Album information

The band had earlier revealed to NME in October 2006 that they had recorded 22 songs and hoped to whittle that number down to 13 or 14 for the final album.[1] Additionally, in July 2006 the band revealed to Gigwise that they'd hoped to have the album released by Valentine's Day 2007.[2]

The album was preceded by the release of lead single "Ruby" on 19 February (see 2007 in British music).[3][4][5] It became the band's first (and to date, only) number one album in the British album charts.

The album reached #1 in the United Kingdom and the band released singles "Everything is Average Nowadays" on 21 May 2007 and "The Angry Mob" on 20 August 2007. The final single "Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning)" was released as a collectors edition 7" only single on 12 November 2007, with The Little Ones' cover of "Everything Is Average Nowadays" as a B-side.

"Thank You Very Much" is played during the introduction of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, and the song "Ruby" is a playable bonus track in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and is present on the soundtrack of Pro Evolution Soccer 2010.

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[6]
BBC Positive[7]
Drowned In Sound 3/10 stars[8]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[9]
NME 7/10 stars[10]
OMM 4/5 stars[11]
Pitchfork Media 5.0/10[12]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[13]

Critical response to Yours Truly, Angry Mob was generally positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 61, based on 29 reviews.[14]

Spin (p. 92) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] marches through its baker's dozen of punk-tinged pop songs with a prickly sense of purpose."

Q magazine (p. 106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he eccentric twists bolster Yours Truly's main thrust....The chorus among choruses belongs to the decidedly unaverage 'Everything Is Average Nowadays'..."

Uncut (p. 80) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]heir second album manages to be full of surprises, while never straying too far from what you'd expect."

CMJ (p. 39) - "The band, in love as ever with the Britpop tradition that spawned them, offers another collection of swaggering uptempo guitar tracks that are full of big, singalong choruses..."

Q magazine (p. 84) - Ranked #13 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2007" -- "'The Angry Mob' was the definitive illustration of their maturing lyrical wit and musical brawn."

Mojo (p. 98) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Opener 'Ruby' is a foot-to-the-floor, festival monster-in-waiting, while 'Highroyds' recalls Blur's effervescent, buzzsaw pop."

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ricky Wilson, Andrew White, Simon Rix, Nick Baines, and Nick Hodgson. 

UK edition
No. Title Length
1. "Ruby"   3:25
2. "The Angry Mob"   4:48
3. "Heat Dies Down"   3:57
4. "Highroyds"   3:19
5. "Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning)"   3:17
6. "Thank You Very Much"   2:37
7. "I Can Do It Without You"   3:24
8. "My Kind of Guy"   4:06
9. "Everything Is Average Nowadays"   2:44
10. "Boxing Champ"   1:31
11. "Learnt My Lesson Well"   3:54
12. "Try Your Best"   3:42
13. "Retirement"   3:53
European, Singaporean and American editions
No. Title Length
1. "Ruby"   3:25
2. "The Angry Mob"   4:48
3. "Heat Dies Down"   3:57
4. "Highroyds"   3:19
5. "Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning)"   3:17
6. "Thank You Very Much"   2:37
7. "I Can Do It Without You"   3:24
8. "My Kind of Guy"   4:06
9. "Everything Is Average Nowadays"   2:44
10. "Boxing Champ"/"Learnt My Lesson Well"   5:25
11. "Try Your Best"   3:42
12. "Retirement"   3:53
Japanese edition
No. Title Length
1. "Ruby"   3:25
2. "The Angry Mob"   4:48
3. "Heat Dies Down"   3:57
4. "Highroyds"   3:19
5. "Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning)"   3:17
6. "Thank You Very Much"   2:37
7. "I Can Do It Without You"   3:24
8. "My Kind of Guy"   4:06
9. "Everything Is Average Nowadays"/"Boxing Champ"   4:15
10. "Learnt My Lesson Well"   3:54
11. "Try Your Best"   3:42
12. "Retirement"   3:53
13. "Admire You"   3:41
14. "I Like To Fight"   4:06
15. "The Angry Mob" (live from Berlin) 5:05
US Best Buy stores edition bonus tracks
No. Title Length
1. "I Like to Fight"    
2. "From the Neck Down"    
3. "The Angry Mob" (live from Berlin)  
iTunes edition bonus tracks
No. Title Length
1. "The Angry Mob" (live from Berlin)  
2. "Everything is Average Nowadays" (live from Berlin)  
3. "Ruby" (live from Berlin)  
4. "Retirement" (live from Berlin)  
5. "Heat Dies Down" (live from Berlin)  
6. "Highroyds" (live from Berlin)  
Limited edition bonus DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Retirement" (live)  
2. "The Angry Mob" (live)  
3. "Heat Dies Down" (live)  
4. "Everything is Average Nowadays" (live)  
5. "Ruby" (live)  
6. "Highroyds" (live)  
7. "Tim Short Film"    
8. "Your Song"    

[edit] Sales

  • United Kingdom: #1 (UK Albums Chart, 547,000 copies sold to date)
  • Greece #1
  • The Netherlands: #1
  • Ireland: #2
  • Belgium: #2
  • Austria: #4
  • Germany: #6
  • Norway: #13
  • Australia: #9 (Aria Chart)
  • US: #45 (17,000 units in its debut week)[15]
  • Worldwide: 1,300,000

[edit] End of year charts

Year Country Chart Rank
2007 Germany IFPI #90[16]

[edit] Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalogue
Japan 2007-02-21 Universal International CD UICU-1131 / 4988005458735[17]
The Netherlands, Belgium 2007-02-23 CD
United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland 2007-02-26 B-Unique Records Double LP BUN122LP / 6 02517 24291 3
CD BUN122CD / 6 02517 23425 3
CD / DVD BUN122CDS / 6 02517 23431 4
United States, Canada 2007-03-27 B-Unique, Universal Motown CD B0008588-02 / 6 02517 24960 8
CD with bonus tracks (Best Buy) B0008673-02 / 6 02517 26368 0
CD / DVD B0008543-00 / 6 02517 23431 4

[edit] References

  1. ^ "The Kaiser Chiefs discuss new album". NME. 2006-10-20. http://www.nme.com/news/kaiser-chiefs/24815. Retrieved 2006-10-20. 
  2. ^ "Kaiser Chiefs Eyeing Up Valentine's Day Album Release". Gigwise. 10 July 2006. http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=19534. Retrieved 2006-10-20. 
  3. ^ ""Yours Truly, Angry Mob" is on its way (sic)". Kaiser Chiefs official website. 2007-01-08. Archived from the original on 2007-01-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20070111073443/http://www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk/txp/index.php?id=277. Retrieved 2007-01-08. 
  4. ^ "Kaiser Chiefs new album release date". play.com. 2006-11-23. http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/1125213/New_Album_TBA/Product.html. Retrieved 2006-11-23. 
  5. ^ "Kaiser Chiefs announce new single". NME. 2006-12-19. http://www.nme.com/news/kaiser-chiefs/25536. Retrieved 2006-12-19. 
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  14. ^ "Kaiser Chiefs:Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/kaiserchiefs/yourstrulyangrymob. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
  15. ^ Katie Hasty, "McGraw Leads Seven Top 10 Debuts Onto Billboard 200", Billboard.com, April 4, 2007.
  16. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Album_Jahrescharts_2007
  17. ^ "Kaiser Chiefs Yours Truly, Angry Mob Japan CD ALBUM (385039)". http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=385039. Retrieved 2007-01-13. 
Preceded by
Back to Black by Amy Winehouse		 UK number one album
4 March 2007 – 17 March 2007		 Succeeded by
Doing It My Way by Ray Quinn
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