Vinyl Record

Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob

Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob album cover

Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob on 2LP vinyl. A 2007 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

2LP ยท 2007

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 2007 2LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Yours Truly, Angry Mob is the sound of Kaiser Chiefs trying to make the second album bigger without losing the shout-along nerve of the first. Ruby opens the door with the band's most unavoidable hook, but the album is more interesting when it turns its grin toward unease. The Angry Mob, Everything Is Average Nowadays, Highroyds and Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning) keep the choruses sharp while pushing into fame, conformity, violence, tabloid noise and the absurdity of public opinion. Stephen Street's production keeps the songs direct: guitars up front, keyboards bright, drums clipped, vocals ready for the balcony. Compared with Employment, the writing is darker and more socially aware, yet the band still works in bold primary colors. It is not a quiet maturation record. It is a rowdy pop-rock album with a nervous system, built around the idea that the crowd can be thrilling and frightening at the same time.

It matters because it proves Kaiser Chiefs were not only a debut-era singles band. Ruby gave them a huge calling card, while the album around it sharpened their interest in crowd psychology, British everyday life and the strange comedy of public anger.

Best collected as the companion to Employment: the first album is the spark, Yours Truly, Angry Mob is the bigger room. It is especially useful for shelves focused on 2000s UK indie records that crossed from clubs into mainstream chart memory.

Punchy indie rock with bright piano and synth accents, clipped guitars, chant-heavy choruses, brisk drums and a darker comic edge.

Recommended for: Fans of Kaiser Chiefs' early singles beyond the debut album; Collectors of 2000s UK guitar pop with chart-scale choruses; Listeners who like upbeat records with social bite under the hooks.

Is Ruby representative of the whole album? It captures the album's immediacy, but several tracks are more uneasy and observational than the single suggests. How does it compare with Employment? It is larger and darker, with more attention to public behavior and media noise, while keeping the band's direct pop instincts. Is this a good second Kaiser Chiefs record to buy? Yes. It is the natural follow-up if Employment is already on the shelf and you want their early peak in context.