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| 4 by Rolling Stone |
The Kaiser Chiefs are Britain's most political pop group at the moment, although it may be hard to tell. There are no big-headline issues, no sides to take on the British band's third album. T... |
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| n/a by www.guardian.co.uk |
Mostly band and producer Mark Ronson have done what both parties needed to do in late 2008: avoid the ordinary and obvious, namely glossy stadium-indie and retro-soul horns respectively, and aim for the extraordinary. |
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| n/a by www.uncut.co.uk |
This is regal, majestic pop music played with a roundheaded bluntness. Off with their heads indeed. |
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| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
Off With Their Heads is, thankfully, a subtler, cannier beast, even if it does suffer from some of the same problems as its predecessor. |
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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
It's not all great--'You Want History' can't overcome rhyming mystery with history or its leaden coda, for example--but it is at least as good as their debut, if not just a tick better for its relative dynamic and tonal variety. |
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| n/a by NME |
Half-knowing, half-full of anthems and lyrically halfway to hell, Off With Their Heads is musically halfway there. Kaisers have barely missed a beat on the highway to massive-dom, but theyre hardly raising our heart rates. |
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| n/a by www.musicomh.com |
Erratic songwriting is evident from start to finish on the record. |
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| n/a by www.spin.com |
These trebly, trenchant Brits have truly gone pear-shaped. |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
Its first half is genuinely brimming with energy in a way that promises a return to the joyful pop of the Kaisers Chiefs debut. It does, however, tail off badly. |
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| n/a by www.pastemagazine.com |
Both anxious and anthemic, the third most famous band from Leeds, England (behind Gang of Four and the Mekons) lobs social commentary as sharp as drummer Nick Hodgsons ties, and tackles subjects as brainy as evolutionary biology ('Like It Too Much,'), the tenets of self-help ('Tomato In the Rain') and gender politics ('Remember Youre A Girl'), all at breakneck speed. |
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| n/a by www.nowtoronto.com |
Ronson lowers Ricky Wilsons maddeningly limited vocals and amps the bass, but the disc still fails to come alive. |
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| n/a by www.courant.com |
Whereas its early tunes built from twitchy verses to shout-along choruses, the new material skews glossy and nondescript. |
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| n/a by thephoenix.com |
Beyond a couple of guest-vocal spots from fellow Ronson client Lily Allen and an out-of-place rap from English MC Sway, Off with Their Heads covers pretty much the same territory as the Chiefs' first two discs. |
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