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West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

KasabianAudio CD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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Kasabian took the British press by storm in the early 2000s by mixing traces of the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, and Primal Scream with Oasis-sized confidence and DJ Shadow-influenced electronics. Named after Linda Kasabian, Charles Manson's getaway driver turned state witness, the Leicester-based group also stole a page from the Band by moving into a remote ... Read more in Amazon's Kasabian Store

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  • Audio CD (June 9, 2009)
  • Original Release Date: 2009
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Red Int / Red Ink
  • ASIN: B001WCBPCW
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,915 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Underdog
2. Where Did All the Love Go?
3. Swarfiga
4. Fast Fuse
5. Take Aim
6. Thick As Thieves
7. West Ryder Silver Bullet
8. Vlad the Impaler
9. Ladies and Gentleman (Roll the Dice)
10. Secret Alphabets
11. Fire
12. Happiness

Editorial Reviews

2009 release, the third studio album from the English Alt-Rock outfit. For this album, the band recruited American Hip Hop and Electronica producer Dan The Automator, who is best known for his work on the first Gorillaz album. Two years in the making, the album is the sound of a band at the peak of their powers. A 52 minute mash up of sky-scraping melodies, Electro-Punk riffs, Morricone-esque symphonics, Mariachi stomps and Psych-Pop lullabies, it is both a stadium sized declaration of intent and a bar-raising benchmark for Rock music in 2009.

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The songs are very strong, catchy beats, and great lyrics. Crystal Crawford  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
Best album I have heard in a long long time. Morrigan Cider  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
This is a really interesting album. hempomatic  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Candidate for Album of the Year? July 2, 2009
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm old enough to have seen rock music recycle itself several times over. In some ways this makes me jaded, not easily impressed by the latest 'hot act'. However about once every decade or so artists come along who make such a huge impression on me that I buy everything they produce, never stop listening to them, and they take their place in the playlist I'll be jamming to when the guy with the long scythe comes for me. In the 60s it was Free (Paul Rodgers), Hendrix and Small Faces; in the 70s it was Bad Company (Paul Rodgers again), Skids (Stuart Adamson) and Santana; in the 80s it was Big Country (Stuart Adamson again), The Cure and R.E.M. In the 90s I was blown away by Pearl Jam and The Verve. Now, with no disrespect to The Cure and R.E.M., who both put out perhaps their best albums in 15 years in 2008, the last 5 years have for me been dominated by Kasabian and Interpol. About Kasabian: I have sons who are older than Tom, Serge & co but that doesn't detract from my awestruck reaction to Kasabian as a band. Everything I have ever loved about British music is emcompassed in Kasabian's first three albums and this latest offering, West Ryder, etc. is perhaps the best of them all. If a better album comes out this year I'll be surprised. Buy it, you won't be sorry.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars one surprise after another July 24, 2009
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This is a really interesting album. That isn't always a good thing, but in this case, it certainly is. I LOVE putting an album on, and not knowing where it's going from one song to the next, or even from the verse to the chorus of the same song. Only a very few albums have surprised me that way in the past decade or so. Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot comes to mind, but it wasn't as riddled with wonderfully infectious pop hooks as West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum is. I really want to see these guys live in a small club. I have no idea what the critics have to say about this album. If they like it, they are astute, if not, they are idiots, but that's always the way, isn't it? Thank God for the internet and streaming alternative music, or I would never have heard of Kasabian. It's a safe bet they won't be getting a lot of air play in this new world order of Britney, Beyonce, Kanye and Pink.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Napoleon Complex June 12, 2009
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Kasabian are an English Electro-Indie band and it seems they saved their best (so far, at least) for album #3 "West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum". The album is a swirling richly layered Psychedelic affair with loads of chiming guitars, distorted effects and tight harmonies. Comprising a perfect dozen tracks, it has become a fast favourite of mine.

Lead-off single (and their biggest UK hit to date at #3) "Fire" starts off a gently galloping ballad that could soundtrack some Western movie, before kicking into an incredibly catchy Oasis-style rocker with cascading harmonies and a faint Disco feel. Brilliant, and possibly their best song yet!

Everything stands out really, from opening rocker "Underdog" (triumphant sounding stadium rocker with a blistering riff), the pulsing "Where did all the love go" (with a wall of Oo oo oos, a clap-filled chorus, and lyrics pondering "whatever happened to the youth of this generation?"), the brief instrumental "Swarfiga", the Lo Fi-sounding Garage rocker "Fast fuse" with crunchy guitars (The White Stripes would kill for this song), the wickedly catchy "Take aim" (theatrical intro, giving way to strummed and trilling guitars), and the pulverising bass/organ driven "Vlad the impaler" keeping the tempo up.

For ballads, we have the Spagetti Western-sounding pair of "Thick as thieves" (think The Kinks) and "Western rider silver bullet" (a poem recital by actress Rosario Dawson introduces this song festooned with spacey and Oriental sounding effects), the retro, echoing "Ladies and gentlemen (roll the dice)", the haunting shuffle of "Secret Alphabets", and closing acoustic ballad "Happiness" where they come all Radiohead/Oasis-like (backed by nice swelling choir harmonies).

Dressed like Napoleon on the album cover, and with swelling harmonies and cocky lyrics to match ("We are the last beatniks" from "Vlad the impaler") look for this to positively conquer.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!
I got the CD way faster than expected, because it came before the date given! This is a great album can't stop listening to it!
Published 6 months ago by Weston
5.0 out of 5 stars Kasabian
A great album for any rock fan. Kasabian is a solid band from the UK, and play the states from time to time. They are a great live band, but produce some great studio work as well. Read more
Published 6 months ago by SGB1027
5.0 out of 5 stars If your in the right mindset....
I discovered this album while going through a really difficult time. The music, the lyrics.... all took on a deeper meaning to me that helped make the path through hell a little... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Clay Chaney
4.0 out of 5 stars READY FOR GREATNESS!!
Kasabian have really stepped up to the plate on this their third studio album the strangely titled West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Read more
Published 21 months ago by nin/ja77
5.0 out of 5 stars Beatles Reborn!
Best album I have heard in a long long time. Every song is great, except for one or two. Imagine if the Beatles stayed together and never aged - this is the album they might come... Read more
Published on February 15, 2011 by Morrigan Cider
1.0 out of 5 stars Ripoff
Spaghetti western-themed album? Muse did that in 2006 with "Black Holes and Revelations" to much better effect. Pass on this.
Published on October 28, 2010 by manco82
4.0 out of 5 stars Great album
This is album is easy listening and a great one for the car. Turn it up and you will be head head bopping, toe tapping and hand banging on the steering wheel all the way down the... Read more
Published on April 2, 2010 by Keith D. Biglin
5.0 out of 5 stars A Novel For Your Ears To Enjoy
From the first time I popped this CD in and started listening to it, I have not been disappointed. For me the mark of a really great album is one that feels like the artist is... Read more
Published on December 5, 2009 by Maria Y.
1.0 out of 5 stars Overrated
I don't get the enthusiasm, over this band/album. IMO a much better group in the same genre is Glasvegas. Read more
Published on November 27, 2009 by Montag
4.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 Stars... Not enough truly memorable songs
Kasabian caused a sensation in its native UK with the release of its 2004 self-titled debut album. Their second album, 2006's "Empire", was generally not well received, although I... Read more
Published on October 27, 2009 by Paul Allaer
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