Customer Reviews

Kasabian

5 star:		(41)
4 star:		(26)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(15)

 

 

First off let me say that this band and album are excellent but the other glowing reviews should make that clear to you. I want to take this opportunity to warn everybody about the grossly unfair restrictions that BMG has put on this CD. I made the mistake of buying this CD and now I am screwed. I can only play it on a CD player. When I put this in my computer, it immediately crashed it so bad that it immediately rebooted and I'm running Windows XP. I know it was the CDs fault because when Windows booted back up and I ran the executable on the CD, it immediately crashed again. But that isn't the worst of it... like millions of others, I have stopped listening to CDs and prefer using an iPod or my computer for listening to MP3s. Well these ingrates have made the music on here completely incompatible with an iPod. I can't rip the music and the enclosed format is only in WMA format which isn't compatible with an Apple product. I am now refusing to ever buy another CD by BMG and will support it's artists by going to thier own websites and buying the digital version from them directly or find the music illegally on the internet and them tell all my friends about the band and then see them in concert, which will do them a lot more good than buying a CD that mainly serves to fatten the pockets of the record lable...
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So if you wanna rip this CD you need to diable a driver that this CD will maliciously install on your computer without your consent. The driver is called sbcpHid and you can find in in the Device Manager by turning on "show hidden devices" adn "device by connection" in the "View" menu. Double click SbcpHid, click on the Driver tab, press the button labled "Stop" and click the drop down list and select "disabled". Reboot and then you should be able to rip the cd with anything software you like (I highly recomend Exact Audio Copy).

I can't even comment on the music on this CD--I'm sure that if it had been on a normally functioning CD, I would have loved it. But my experience has been brusquely hijacked by Sony's stunningly crude "copy protection" scheme, which insists that you "enjoy" the CD in an inescapably fullscreen (or absolutely invisible) application with--apart from a cheezy Windows Media plugin--two controls: "minimize" and "close".

I don't copy CDs. I don't rip them. I don't have an MP3 player. All I like to do is listen to the music I paid for, as a conscientious customer, at work, while I work. WinAmp's "windowshade" mode is perfect for this, allowing me to change tracks, adjust volume, etc., with minimal interruption of my flow, and its intelligent design is in stark contrast to the Neanderthal user interface Sony-BMG has seen fit to inconvenience us with. I refuse to believe that the mercenaries who designed and marketed this atrocity actually use it to listen to their own personal music collection. Foisting it on us is therefore a glaring crime of business ethics, and I feel like a chump for not having read the ultra-fine print on the back. But it won't happen again, I learned my lesson. But you don't have to learn the hard way: do NOT purchase this experiment in consumer debasement.

When an industry begins to see its paying customers as adversaries, we are surely witnessing its demise.

The last few years has seen a retro revival in alternative music, from Franz Ferdinand and The Killers to The Strokes and the entire NY seen. It's been a breath of fresh air for a genre that desperately needed it.

Kasabian (named after one of the infamous Manson members) enter the game with a revival of the infamous 80's Manchester sound made famous by Inspiral Carpets & Happy Mondays with a dash of The Stone Roses thrown in for good measure.

However its not just style that Kasabian bring to the table, the songs are catchy, memorable and likely to make you move at some point in time.

Highlights are the 1st single, "Club Foot" as well as "Lost Souls Forever", "Processed Beats" & "Reason Is Treason".

Overall a very solid debut from top to bottom and early contender for debut record of the year.

Copy protected CDs place malicious software on your PC. Do not buy this software!

I liked this band's music so I made the mistake of buying the CD in a store - where only the copyright protected version is available. I FEEL LIKE I AM BEING PUNISHED FOR ACTUALLY BUYING THE CD. Because of compatibility issues between the software and Apple I am unable to transfer the music to iTunes (on my Windows based computer) and to my iPod without first handing over my personal information in order to get instructions on how to do this from the BMG website. I respected your copyright and bought your CD. I shouldn't have to jump through hoops too.

I have to agree with the reviewer who points out how annoying the MediaMax software is on this CD. But don't let it ruin your listening experience.

Here's a hint for those not in the know: hold down the shift key when you put the CD in and your computer will ignore the software install. Then you can listen to the music *you paid for* - and copy it to your hard drive uninterrupted.

As for Kasabian, they're a fun band that as others have pointed out, owe a lot to the Stone Roses, Primal Scream and New Order in places, too. Definitely worth a listen, even if it is all pretty derivative.

This CD installs a rootkit which is be very bad for your computer. Read more about it here: http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html

1 star for the copy protection.

How can you rate the music on it if you can't listen to it?

Idiots.

I rarely review items, let along leave negative reviews, but the copy protection on this CD prevents it from working normally on many players. Very frustrating to spend $17 on music, only to not be able to play it. Obnoxiousness of this sort should not be rewarded.

Kasabian has been making a serious splash in their UK home country, and their debut album from last year finally is released in the US, and not a minute too soon. Kasabian's sound is not unlike, but lighter, than the Music's heavy guitar sound, with more synths and even accoustic guitar.

"Kasabian" (53 min., 13 tracks, plus one "hidden" track) has spawned 5 singles in the UK so far, and these are not surprisingly the stronger tracks on the album. In order of release those singles are "Reason is Treason", the breakthrough hit "L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)", the irresitable "Processed Beats", "Cut Off" and the album opener "Club Foot", a hard charging dance-along, sing-along. But there are other highlights, including the mostly instrumental "I.D." and the entirely instrumental "Ovary Stripe", invoking space-rocking sounds not often heard since the 70's Hawkwind, just excellent!

The Brits are again unleashing a lot of great new bands, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, Snow Patrol, the Bravery, and Kasabian, just to name a few. Mostly great stuff, here's hoping that US audiences are up for it.