Yours Truly, Angry Mob

2007 studio album by Kaiser Chiefs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yours Truly, Angry Mob is the second studio album by English rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It was released on 21 February 2007 in Japan, 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.

Released21 February 2007
RecordedSeptember – October 2006
StudioHook End Studio, Oxfordshire
Quick facts Studio album by Kaiser Chiefs, Released ...
Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Studio album by
Released21 February 2007
RecordedSeptember – October 2006
StudioHook End Studio, Oxfordshire
GenreIndie rock, power pop, post-punk revival
Length44:37
LabelB-Unique (UK)
Universal Motown (US)
ProducerStephen Street
Kaiser Chiefs chronology
Enjoyment
(2005)
Yours Truly, Angry Mob
(2007)
Off with Their Heads
(2008)
Singles from Yours Truly, Angry Mob
  1. "Ruby"
    Released: 29 January 2007
  2. "Everything Is Average Nowadays"
    Released: 21 May 2007
  3. "The Angry Mob"
    Released: 20 August 2007
  4. "Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning)"
    Released: 12 November 2007
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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic61/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
BBCPositive[3]
Drowned in SoundStarStarStar[4]
The GuardianStarStarStarStar[5]
NMEStarStarStarStarStarStarStar[6]
OMMStarStarStarStar[7]
Pitchfork5.0/10[8]
Rolling StoneStarStarStar[9]
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Album information

The band 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.[10] Additionally, in July 2006 the band revealed to Gigwise that they hoped to have the album released by Valentine's Day 2007.[11] The album was preceded by the release of lead single "Ruby" on 29 January.[12][13][14] It became the band's first, and to date, only, number one single on the UK Singles Chart. The album topped the UK Albums Chart and the band released the 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 collector's edition 7" single on 12 November 2007, with The Little Ones' cover of "Everything Is Average Nowadays" as a B-side.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ricky Wilson, Andrew White, Simon Rix, Nick Baines, and Nick Hodgson.

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No.TitleLength
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
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Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Admire You"3:41
14."I Like to Fight"4:06
15."The Angry Mob" (Live in Berlin)5:05
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Best Buy bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."From the Neck Down"2:29
14."I Like to Fight"4:06
15."The Angry Mob" (Live in Berlin)5:05
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Digital deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."The Angry Mob" (Live in Berlin)5:05
15."Everything Is Average Nowadays" (Live in Berlin)3:24
16."Ruby" (Live in Berlin)3:57
17."Retirement" (Live in Berlin)4:18
18."Heat Dies Down" (Live in Berlin)4:47
19."Highroyds" (Live in Berlin)4:37
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Deluxe edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."The Angry Mob" (Live in Berlin)5:05
2."Everything Is Average Nowadays" (Live in Berlin)3:24
3."Ruby" (Live in Berlin)3:57
4."Retirement" (Live in Berlin)4:18
5."Heat Dies Down" (Live in Berlin)4:47
6."Highroyds" (Live in Berlin)4:37
7."Tim Short Film"12:30
8."Your Song" (Bonus Audio)4:18
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  • In Europe, Asia and America, "Learnt My Lesson Well" and "Boxing Champ" were added together to make one track, at a running time of 5:25.
  • In Japan, "Boxing Champ" and "Everything Is Average Nowadays" were added together to make one track, at a running time of 4:15.

Critical reception

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.[15]

  • 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."

Charts and certifications

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Certifications

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Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[43] Gold 10,000*
Belgium (BRMA)[44] Gold 25,000*
Greece (IFPI Greece)[45] Gold 7,500^
Ireland (IRMA)[46] Platinum 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[47] 2× Platinum 600,000*
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[48] Platinum 1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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Release details

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Country Date Label Format Catalogue
Japan 21 February 2007 Universal International CD, digital download UICU-1131 / 4988005458735[49]
Europe 23 February 2007 4988005458727
United Kingdom and Ireland 26 February 2007 B-Unique CD, digital download, vinyl LP BUN122LP / 6 02517 24291 3
BUN122CD / 6 02517 23425 3
BUN122CDS / 6 02517 23431 4
United States and Canada 27 March 2007 B-Unique, Universal Motown CD, digital download, CD+DVD B0008588-02 / 6 02517 24960 8
B0008673-02 / 6 02517 26368 0
B0008543-00 / 6 02517 23431 4
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