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Off With Their Heads | 
 enlarge | Artist: Kaiser Chiefs
Label: Polydor
Category: Music
List Price: £16.99
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 34
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 34 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 001210602
UPC: 602517847132
EAN: 0602517847132
ASIN: B001EYH2T8
Release Date: October 20, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Spanish Metal | | • | Never Miss A Beat | | • | Like It Too Much | | • | You Want History | | • | Can't Say What I Mean | | • | Good Days Bad Days | | • | Tomato In The Rain | | • | Half The Truth | | • | Always Happens Like That | | • | Addicted To Drugs | | • | Remember You're A Girl |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
After cockily shrugging off the difficult second album challenge with their hugely successful Yours Truly, Angry Mob, the Kaisers deliver yet another collection of blistering rock-pop in the shape of Off with Their Head. Producer Mark Ronson returns the band to the distilled pop potency of 2005's Employment as well as providing an all-star cast of guests: Lily Allen provides backing vocals on "Always Happens Like That", classical starlet David Arnold adds strings to "Like It Too Much" and UK grime aficionado Sway does a star turn on the unlikely yet winning "Half the Truth". Yet this is definitely the Kaiser's own show, as evinced on the wonderfully woozy "Tomato in the Rain," the catchy "Good Days, Bad Days", the feisty "You Want History" and the lovely--and somewhat surprising--finale "Remember You're a Girl". Musically, Off with Their Heads ain't rocket science, and the band's insights into contemporary urban life are superficial at best--but the Kaisers still manage to mostly hit the spot. --Danny McKenna
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 kaisers flying the UK flag November 30, 2008
surfbaron (Devon UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
ive had this album for a couple weeks now and i am a big fan of the KCs..at first i wasnt sure but after a few listens im sold!!it such a strong album and is consistant all the way through thers some really stron "The Clash" influences here o this album (which is great)...my favourites "never miss a beat".."good days n bad days" and "addicted to drugs".."you want history is a step in a new electro 80s rock movement but is also a great track...a definate buy if u are a KC!!
 Diminishing returns November 29, 2008
yformant
Any notion of the band trying to disregard the last album as being a minor blip is torn asunder by this one being even less inspired. Can they come back from this? Well, they'll have to start by writing some songs that don't sound like pale imitations of the songs that made them a festival favourite.
Off With Their Heads is by no means an unlistenable mess, it's just something that's completely throwaway after about... ooh... one listen. Hats off to them for breaking the three years to make an album cycle, but it's not really working to their advantage with this amount of filler.
Absolutely nothing here is really worth adding to that inevitable Greatest Hits package they're working towards, which is a terrible crime. At least Angry Mob kept things running in that department. I'd attempt to make this review more credible by speaking about individual tracks, but I'll be damned if there's anything actually worth singling out. I suppose the song with the rapper on is especially laughable...
Anyhoo, to end on a positive note, Mark Ronson's production is so lacklustre that he doesn't intrude too much to make it sound like every other song he's been involved with that started to grate by mid-2007.
Everything Is Not Average Nowdays November 23, 2008
M. Knowlden (London, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First album was fantastic and the spiky humour and energetic live shows went down a storm. Album number two was better produced but felt a bit lumpy and lethargic and the live shows became too arrogant.
To be honest I really wasn't expecting much of this so have been very pleasantly surprised. Never Miss A Beat manages to "out Ruby" Ruby! Kaiser Chiefs aren't going to ever write challenging or overly clever lyrics, but what they will do is put a smile on your face. If you want the clever stuff, delve into Radiohead or U2. If you just want to have a bit of fun without thinking get this!
Mark Ronson's production helps enormously. It's clean, fresh without the stodge that was on album two. Fortunately there's the right balance of Ronson's strings and horns. If you listen for them you'll hear and appreciate them. If you didn't listen for them, they won't jump out and bite you.
Apart from the fairly awful "Addicted To Drugs" the rest of the album is great stuff. Some fantastic melodies, funny lyrics - it's just fun.
On the live front, the preview shows for the album were lean, lively and interesting, which is just what the first album delivered.
If you liked the first album, but didn't like the second, don't give up on the Kaiser Chiefs yet.
A very disappointing birthday present November 18, 2008
Keeper of the Fluffy Bot (UK)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Having listened to the Album at least four times to see if the Album would grow on me I have to say this is a very poor collection of tracks.
It fealt as if the Kaiser Chiefs had taken all the tracks they had previously rejected for Albums and thrown them together.
Incredibly disappointing I will not be buying any future albums.
 Kaiser Chiefs - "Off With Their Heads" November 12, 2008
Jonathan Richard Evan Alderman
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
To anyone considering buying this Album from the Kaiser Chiefs, In my opinion I would certain say Yes! buy this album.
The first track in my opinion isn't very good - this is Spanish Metal, However after this track the Album sky rockets in quality.
Tracks I think are very good
Never Miss A Beat, Like It Too Much, You Want History, Can't Say What I Mean, Half the Truth and Addicted to Drugs, the other tracks on the album which are still good but these songs stick out to me.
This album really continues the Kaisers cool style and I would really recommend to any Kaiser fan already and to anybody who hasn't heard them before to buy this album - but I suggest that you get their 2 other albums as well.
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