Yours Truly, Angry Mob is the second studio 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.
Yours Truly, Angry Mob | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 26 February 2007 | |||
Recorded | September – October 2006 | |||
Studio | Hook End Studio, Oxfordshire | |||
Genre | Indie rock, power pop, post-punk revival | |||
Length | 44:44 | |||
Label | B-Unique (UK) Universal Motown (US) | |||
Producer | Stephen Street | |||
Kaiser Chiefs chronology | ||||
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Singles from Yours Truly, Angry Mob | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 61/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
BBC | Positive[3] |
Drowned in Sound | [4] |
The Guardian | [5] |
NME | [6] |
OMM | [7] |
Pitchfork | 5.0/10[8] |
Rolling Stone | [9] |
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 19 February.[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.
All tracks are written by Ricky Wilson, Andrew White, Simon Rix, Nick Baines, and Nick Hodgson
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Admire You" | 3:41 |
14. | "I Like to Fight" | 4:06 |
15. | "The Angry Mob" (Live in Berlin) | 5:05 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "From the Neck Down" | 2:29 |
14. | "I Like to Fight" | 4:06 |
15. | "The Angry Mob" (Live in Berlin) | 5:05 |
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
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]
Weekly charts edit
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Year-end charts edit
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Austria (IFPI Austria)[42] | Gold | 10,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[43] | Gold | 25,000* |
Greece (IFPI Greece)[44] | Gold | 7,500^ |
Ireland (IRMA)[45] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[46] | 2× Platinum | 600,000* |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[47] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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Japan | 21 February 2007 | Universal International | CD, digital download | UICU-1131 / 4988005458735[48] |
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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