Marky Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 The first Kasabian album is brilliant, solid stuff, and the second album was a little lacklustre. And despite being a phenomenal live band, absolutely trouncing the other bands at Live Earth back in 2007, I thought they'd never top their first effort.Their 3rd album, named after a mental home up North, proves me wrong so much, it's phenomenal.The riff for opener 'Underdog'; the swirly, 90's house feel to 'Where Did All The Love Go?', the 60's intrumental headfuck that is 'Swarfiga'; the driving anger behind 'Fast Fuse'; the transition in 'Take Aim' from elegant, orchestral piece, to psychedelic, folky brilliance; 'Thick As Thieves' being strikingly similar to Oasis' 'Importance Of Being Idle', but with the added Kasabian touch on top of it; The simplistic, thoughtful 'West Ryder Silver Bullet', featuring a beautiful vocal part from none other than Rosario Dawson; the almost heavy-funk tendancies of 'Vlad The Impaler', so angry you end up feeling like Vlad his good old self; the change in pace to the peaceful, symphonic 'Ladies & Gentlemen' which carries right on through to 'Secret Alphabets', the dancefloor anthem that is 'Fire', and epic closer 'Hapiness', all make it perhaps the best album in the past 5-10 years, certainly a strong contender.If you like psychedelic music, folk music, ambient music, rock, indie, pop, 60's...get it, you won't be dissapointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescientific69 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Love a bit of Kasabian I'm on fiiiireee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidmetal Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 good album, theres about 5 monster tunes on here, plus any song that is called VLAD THE IMPALER, is bound to be huge and great.UnderdogWhere Did all the love goFast FuseWest Ryder Silver BulletRoll The diceFireVlad The Impalergreat tunes.Kasabian are one of the best bands in the world right now, they're a mixture of T-Rex, Kashmir era zeppelin, the stones, Oasis and Primal Scream, and a bit of Ennio Morricone. give me Kasabian over Kings of Leon anyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Glad some people around here haven't pinned them down as 'Lad-Rock' (not that that's a bad thing, but still) and are actually a bit more open-minded! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Eyes Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 The records orgasmic. And yes, that is the only word I could find to describe it.Seeing them open for Oasis on Wednesday, what a gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 I'll be seeing them July 9th Wembley Stadium, 2 years and 2 days to the day of when I saw them at Live Earth.I have the Live Earth MP3's fif anyone's interested? They performed Empire, Club Foot and a mass singalong of LSF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Eyes Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Saw them opening for Oasis last night, Vlad The Impaler, Club Foot and Fire where the unquestionable highlights for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsonskitz Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 great album, bought it the other day with relapse, cant wait too see them open up for oasis...cant believe i actually aint seen em yet anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Axl Kev Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I saw Kasabian last night, supporting Oasis. They were fucking unreal. Maybe even better than Oasis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Eyes Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I saw Kasabian last night, supporting Oasis. They were fucking unreal. Maybe even better than Oasis.Murrayfield? Top fuckin gig it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Flower Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I plan on getting into this album very soon. Kasabian fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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