Employment
Studio album by Kaiser Chiefs
Released	7 March 2005
Recorded	Summer-December 2004
Genre	Indie rock New wave
Length	44:12
Label	B-Unique
Producer	Stephen Street, Stephen Harris
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Blender link Pitchfork (6.7/10) 03/16/05 Yahoo Music (8/10) [1] Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone 03/24/05 This Is Fake DIY link
Kaiser Chiefs chronology
Employment (2005) Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007)

Employment is the debut album by English alternative rock band Kaiser Chiefs, released in March 2005 on B-Unique Records. Employment takes its inspirations from the Britpop and New Wave movements, as well as 70s'-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 one place higher at number two almost a year after its release, due to the band's success at the Brit Awards. Employment went on to becoming the fourth best-selling album in the United Kingdom that year.

Contents 1 Album information 2 Reception 3 Track listing 4 Sales 5 External links

[edit] Album information

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 the Kaiser Chiefs' book A Record of Employment.

[edit] Reception

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• Rolling Stone (p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Danceable art-punk gems full of guitar fuzz, na-na-na choruses and boyish energy..."

• Spin (p.62) - Ranked #19 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "A cohesive debut that recalls the glory days of Britpop and second-wave punk."

• Spin (p.102) - "The quintet bash through nervy, synth-stoked guitar pop....With a dedication to daffy English humor and bouncy music-hall folderol that creates the illusion of cultural import." - Grade: B+

• Entertainment Weekly (No. 814, p.64) - "The Leeds five have polished their ability to craft catchy songs." - Grade: B

• Uncut (p.105) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Employment is a gem...In the smart-pop steeplechase, Hot Hot Heat have got serious competition."

• Yahoo Music - "finally, a worthy successor to Blur." - 8/10

• Mojo (p.64) - Ranked #50 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "Ricky Wilson's cheeky chappies proved the power of knowing daftness."

• Mojo (p.109) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Employing ill-fitting suits, tongue-in-cheek lyricism and a jerky guitar attack that smelts the classic rock canon into an infectious, head-spinning punch."

• Allmusic - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "Employment is an uneven but still very promising debut that suggests that one day the Kaiser Chiefs will pull off something even more ambitious."

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ricky Wilson, Andrew White, Simon Rix, Nick Baines, and Nick Hodgson. 

[edit] Sales

• Europe: Top 10 (2x Platinum) (Sales:2,000,000)
• United Kingdom: #2 (6x Platinum) (Sales:1,880,001)
• Greece: #3 (Gold) (Sales:10,000)

[edit] External links

• Employment Lyrics

v • d • e Kaiser Chiefs Nick Hodgson · Ricky Wilson · Simon Rix · Andrew "Whitey" White · Nick "Peanut" Baines Studio albums Employment · Yours Truly, Angry Mob · Off with Their Heads Singles "Oh My God" · "I Predict a Riot" · "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" · "Modern Way" · "Ruby" · "Everything Is Average Nowadays" · "The Angry Mob" · "Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning)" · "Never Miss a Beat" · "Good Days Bad Days" Other releases Lap of Honour · "You Can Have It All" Related articles Discography · B-Unique Records · Polydor Records · Stephen Street