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Track List
01) Underdog
02) Where Did All the Love Go?
03) Swarfiga
04) Fast Fuse
05) Take Aim
06) Thick as Thieves
07) West Ryder Silver Bullet
08) Vlad the Impaler
09) Ladies and Gentlemen, Roll the Dice
10) Secret Alphabets
11) Fire
12) Happiness
01) Underdog
02) Where Did All the Love Go?
03) Swarfiga
04) Fast Fuse
05) Take Aim
06) Thick as Thieves
07) West Ryder Silver Bullet
08) Vlad the Impaler
09) Ladies and Gentlemen, Roll the Dice
10) Secret Alphabets
11) Fire
12) Happiness
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First Released
2009
Alternative Rock
Excitable
Rock/Pop
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West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum es el tercer álbum de la banda, lanzado por Columbia Records y grabado en los Olympic Studios de Londres y en el estudio personal de Sergio Pizzorno en Leicester en 2009.
Es su obra más ambiciosa: un álbum conceptual ambientado en un asilo victoriano, donde cada canción es una celda sonora distinta. “Fire”, “Underdog” y “Where Did All the Love Go?” se convirtieron en clásicos inmediatos. El disco mezcla psicodelia, hip hop, electrónica y rock con un sentido teatral único.
Ganó el Brit Award al Mejor Álbum Británico y consolidó su estatus como herederos del trono del rock alternativo británico.
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Kasabian are back with a third album and surprise surprise, they’re not coming quietly. In fact, after favouring brevity on 2004’s Kasabian and 2006’s Empire, they’ve gone all-out word crazy with a genius concept album: West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
The concept is the soundtrack to an imaginary movie undoubtedly taking place at the 19th century West Yorkshire facility that gave the album its name. If first single Fire is anything to go by, it’s going to be a slow-burning grower of an album.
After the departure of co-writer Chris Karloff during the making of Empire, Serge Pizzorno went solo with writing responsibilities and also co-produced with Gorillaz production supreme Dan The Automator between their very juxtaposed bases of Leicester and San Francisco.
The partnership works like a charm, as you may well have heard already ”“ whether through the album leak, the 2007 EP, the website limited debut, the Bravia TV ad or the soundtrack to FIFA 2009. Kasabian haven’t exactly been creeping around ahead of launch.
These songs are epic, they could open films or welcome boxing titans into the ring. Opener Underdog has an instantly loveable classic, defiant riff. Vlad The Impaler is utter bonkers from the lyrics to the video starring The Mighty Boosh’s Noel Fielding as a vampire. There’s genuinely touching old-school nostalgia on Where Did All The Love Go and the opening 20 seconds of Fast Fuse could go down in history as one of the finest intros ever created.
Some of the tracks take a while to reveal their charms (Fire, Happiness where Serge’s vocals don’t quite stand up to Tom’s, Take Aim and West Ryder Silver Bullet ”“ a duet with Sin City star Rosario Dawson). But every single one has at least a flash of utter brilliance ”“ and most a darn sight more.
Kasabian may be a bunch of rogues, but they’re very, very loveable ones making music that’s brilliant, uplifting, showy and epic ”“ but above all fun. Only they could make an instrumental track named after the mechanic’s hand cleaner Swarfiga cool.
The swagger is definitely back. But then, if you’ve got it, why not flaunt it?
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West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum es el tercer álbum de la banda, lanzado por Columbia Records y grabado en los Olympic Studios de Londres y en el estudio personal de Sergio Pizzorno en Leicester en 2009.
Es su obra más ambiciosa: un álbum conceptual ambientado en un asilo victoriano, donde cada canción es una celda sonora distinta. “Fire”, “Underdog” y “Where Did All the Love Go?” se convirtieron en clásicos inmediatos. El disco mezcla psicodelia, hip hop, electrónica y rock con un sentido teatral único.
Ganó el Brit Award al Mejor Álbum Británico y consolidó su estatus como herederos del trono del rock alternativo británico.
User Album Review
Kasabian are back with a third album and surprise surprise, they’re not coming quietly. In fact, after favouring brevity on 2004’s Kasabian and 2006’s Empire, they’ve gone all-out word crazy with a genius concept album: West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
The concept is the soundtrack to an imaginary movie undoubtedly taking place at the 19th century West Yorkshire facility that gave the album its name. If first single Fire is anything to go by, it’s going to be a slow-burning grower of an album.
After the departure of co-writer Chris Karloff during the making of Empire, Serge Pizzorno went solo with writing responsibilities and also co-produced with Gorillaz production supreme Dan The Automator between their very juxtaposed bases of Leicester and San Francisco.
The partnership works like a charm, as you may well have heard already ”“ whether through the album leak, the 2007 EP, the website limited debut, the Bravia TV ad or the soundtrack to FIFA 2009. Kasabian haven’t exactly been creeping around ahead of launch.
These songs are epic, they could open films or welcome boxing titans into the ring. Opener Underdog has an instantly loveable classic, defiant riff. Vlad The Impaler is utter bonkers from the lyrics to the video starring The Mighty Boosh’s Noel Fielding as a vampire. There’s genuinely touching old-school nostalgia on Where Did All The Love Go and the opening 20 seconds of Fast Fuse could go down in history as one of the finest intros ever created.
Some of the tracks take a while to reveal their charms (Fire, Happiness where Serge’s vocals don’t quite stand up to Tom’s, Take Aim and West Ryder Silver Bullet ”“ a duet with Sin City star Rosario Dawson). But every single one has at least a flash of utter brilliance ”“ and most a darn sight more.
Kasabian may be a bunch of rogues, but they’re very, very loveable ones making music that’s brilliant, uplifting, showy and epic ”“ but above all fun. Only they could make an instrumental track named after the mechanic’s hand cleaner Swarfiga cool.
The swagger is definitely back. But then, if you’ve got it, why not flaunt it?
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