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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 is the third studio album by British indie rock band Kasabian, which was released on 5 June 2009. It is also the first album by the band to not feature Christopher Karloff, the band's leading songwriter, following his departure during the writing stages of Kasabian's second album, Empire. Lead guitarist Sergio Pizzorno took over as the main force behind the band's song writing, causing the album to achieve massive success.
The album was nominated for the 2009 Mercury Prize. In October 2009, it was voted the best album of the year by Q Magazine.
The West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum was a group of mental institutions built in West Yorkshire, England in the 1880s. Sergio Pizzorno further explained the choice of album title: "The album isn't about the place, I just first heard about it on a TV documentary, and the words just struck me. I love the way it looked and the feeling it evokes. Apparently, it was one of the first loony bins for the poor, before that it was mainly rich people who got treatment." The album cover depicts the band "getting dressed up for a party at the asylum, looking in the mirror at the costumes". Inspiration for such cover originated from the artwork of Amon Düül II's album Made in Germany. In an interview with T4, the band said that each track is meant to represent an inmate within the asylum.
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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 is the third studio album by British indie rock band Kasabian, which was released on 5 June 2009. It is also the first album by the band to not feature Christopher Karloff, the band's leading songwriter, following his departure during the writing stages of Kasabian's second album, Empire. Lead guitarist Sergio Pizzorno took over as the main force behind the band's song writing, causing the album to achieve massive success.
The album was nominated for the 2009 Mercury Prize. In October 2009, it was voted the best album of the year by Q Magazine.
The West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum was a group of mental institutions built in West Yorkshire, England in the 1880s. Sergio Pizzorno further explained the choice of album title: "The album isn't about the place, I just first heard about it on a TV documentary, and the words just struck me. I love the way it looked and the feeling it evokes. Apparently, it was one of the first loony bins for the poor, before that it was mainly rich people who got treatment." The album cover depicts the band "getting dressed up for a party at the asylum, looking in the mirror at the costumes". Inspiration for such cover originated from the artwork of Amon Düül II's album Made in Germany. In an interview with T4, the band said that each track is meant to represent an inmate within the asylum.
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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