Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly Angry Mob

Few in British indie pop have the charisma of Kaiser Chiefs' singer Ricky Wilson. The leader of this precocious quintet from Leeds, Wilson said as a youngster that he would not go to the Glastonbury Festival until he was on stage. Wilson led his band to the main stage two years ago on the back of their triumphant debut Employment, which shifted almost 3 million copies. So, to the notoriously difficult second album. That the band's influences (Madness, Blur, Pulp, the Smiths) are still transparent is not a bad thing. The first single Ruby and the likely hit Thank You Very Much are evidence. Yet it's Everything Is Average Nowadays that is the album highlight. Wilson's descriptive, introspective lyrics with a social conscience come to the fore. And there are swipes at the shallowness of pop culture. Kaiser Chiefs dodge the "second album syndrome" bullet. This is the deluxe vesrion which includes a 24 page booklet, a DVD containing 6 new live tracks recorded in Berlin (2006) and a 10 minute documentary.

1) Ruby
2) The Angry Mob
3) Heat Dies Down
4) Highroyds
5) Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning)
6) Thank You Very Much
7) I Can Do It Without You
8) My Kind of Guy
9) Everything Is Average Nowadays
10) Learnt My Lesson Well
11) Try Your Best
12) Retirement
13) Retirement [DVD]
14) Introduction [DVD][Live]
15) The Angry Mob [DVD][Live]
16) Heat Dies Down [DVD][Live]
17) Everything Is Average Nowadays [DVD][Live]
18) Ruby [DVD][Live]
19) Highroyds [DVD][Live]
20) Retirement [DVD][Live]
21) Tim's Short Film [DVD]