Album · 2005
Employment
Employment is a 2005 indie rock album by Kaiser Chiefs. It runs 12 tracks across 44 minutes on Polydor.
Indie Rock · Rock · Post-Punk Revival
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- 78 /100
- 9 critics
- 12
- Tracks
- 44 min
- Runtime
- 116 bpm
- Tempo
- F minor
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- SpinB+
- AllMusic4/5
- Rolling Stone4/5
- The Guardian4/5
- Uncut4/5
- Mojo4/5
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- Los Angeles Times3/4
- Pitchfork6.7/10
- Metacriticaggregate78/100
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Employment album cover
The Employment cover was designed by Cally and art-directed by Cally.
- Design
- Cally
- Art direction
- Cally
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12 tracks · 44 min
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Employment is the debut album by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs, released in March 2005 on B-Unique Records. Employment takes its inspirations from the Britpop and New Wave movements, 70's-era punk rock and Beach Boys-esque West Coast music. Originally the album charted at number three in the UK Albums Chart on 13 March 2005, but charted at number two almost a year after its release, due to the band's success at the Brit Awards. Employment went on to become the fourth best-selling album in the United Kingdom that year. It was Kaiser Chiefs themselves that chose to work with producer Stephen Street. According to Street he had been introduced to Nick Hodgson after an Ordinary Boys gig in which Kaiser Chiefs were the support act. Hodgson gave Street a demo CD and said that they would love to work with him. The band's new label B-Unique suggested they try a test session with Street. In mid-August 2004 they visited the producer at a basement studio space at Olympic Studios he was renting with engineer Cenzo Townsend and recorded "I Predict A Riot".
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According to manager James Sandom in an interview with HitQuarters, the album was recorded in a rush because the band were under very tight time constraints and touring at the time. As a result they did not have enough time to get to know Stephen Street and relax in his company. The motorbike that appears at the beginning of "Saturday Night" is owned and 'played' by Graham Coxon. The sleeve notes read "Graham Coxon's motorbike, (1935 Kaiser 'Chief' 750cc Manx TT Works Racer) appears courtesy of Transcopic Records". "Caroline, Yes" is named in reference to The Beach Boys' song "Caroline, No". The track's original working title was called "Hail to the Chief", according to Kaiser Chiefs' book A Record of Employment.
In brief
- When was Employment released?
- Employment was released in 2005 on Polydor.
- How many tracks are on Employment?
- Employment has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 44 minutes.
- What genre is Employment?
- Employment is catalogued under Indie Rock, Rock, Post-Punk Revival.
- What BPM is Employment?
- Employment runs at a median tempo of 116 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Employment?
- Listeners of Employment also rate Silent Alarm by Bloc Party, AM by Arctic Monkeys, Hot Fuss by The Killers.
Employment at a glance
- Label
- B-Unique Records
- Produced by
- Stephen Street
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