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West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum | 
| Artist: Kasabian
Label: Sony Music
Category: Music
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Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 49
Format: CD
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 51831
UPC: 886975183128
EAN: 0886975183128
ASIN: B001WCBPCW
Release Date: June 8, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Underdog | | • | Where Did All The Love Go? | | • | Swarfiga | | • | Fast Fuse | | • | Take Aim | | • | Thick As Thieves | | • | West Ryder Silver Bullet | | • | Vlad The Impaler | | • | Ladies Gentlemen (Roll The Dice) | | • | Secret Alphabets | | • | Fire | | • | Happiness |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Kasabian arrived with a bang and a half early this century, brandishing a slew of ever more dynamite singles and a rigorously assembled debut album that straddled dancefloors and festival fields with monumental ease and a glint in its bloodshot eyes. It was all very post-emXtrmntr/em, whilst avoiding much of the seriousness that could have entailed. Whether anyone expected them to chase Oasisrsquo; coat-tails with such keenness is by the by now; they have since been ordained as an anthemic rock colossus of the UK rock scene. That has almost certainly gone to their heads and as years and albums pass they move further away from their original chemical reaction and into attempting to elbow their way onto the table of some of the greats--early Pink Floyd (the well meaning, but slightly aimless "Swarfiga"), The Kinks (the blatant "Thick As Thieves", though it doesnrsquo;t take much to imagine Noel Gallgher bashing it out either) and The Rolling Stones ("Happiness", see also Primal Scream). emWest Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum/em finds them in an exploratory mood even if it struggles to lift off like either their own early material or the greats they aspire to emulate. Still, "Fast Fuse" is a rabid burst of tinny psychedelic punk and "Vlad The Impaler" intriguingly dark and electric. Not as weird or as wired as they purport to be, but given the kind of brain-numbing predictability normally peddled by bands at their level, we should be grateful for the ambition of this album. --emJames Berry/em
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 81
 Wonderful Kasabian October 1, 2009
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Im nearly 70 years old but love the music of this century (as well as the last). I had heard various tracks from West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum on the radio and recently downloaded the whole thing. I cant tell you how I was entranced by the power and beauty of the music especially "Underdog" , "Where did all the love go" and "West Ryder Silver Bullet"...........Oh hell I love it all.
Album of the year July 15, 2009
Antonio Moncayo (Zaragoza)
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
The third album of the band is as good as the first and is a great example of innovative rock and roll with nice psychodelic and eletric influences.
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br /The result is nothing short of perfection and looks like this a first album rather than a third.All the songs flow very well.
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br /Every Kasabian album seems to have a anthem and this time is FIRE , which sticks to your head and it went down like a storm in Glastonbury , Vlad the impaler and fast fuse will also be singles. Underdog is another candidate for a single .
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br /Apart from Muse there is no competition in the rock and roll arena for Kasabian.
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br /Buy and enjoy.
Their best yet June 9, 2009
sundaygirl (Manchester UK)
15 out of 20 found this review helpful
This album won't knock you down and grab you by the throat (in a nice way) like the previous two. It is far more subtle and sinister. Not the hulking great hooligan shouting on the street corner, but the cool but creepy guy who keeps staring at you, and despite your fear you are intrigued and can't stop staring back. Serge had said that each of these songs is like an inmate of the asylum, and there is that One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest feel about it. All the different characters, or inmates, on the album make an appearance and have their say. And even though on the surface it's lovely, funny, dancy, rocky, and at times beautiful, there is that underlining current of fear and desperation that haunts these tunes. Like as if at any moment someone is going to throw the hydrotherapy console out the window and make a break for it.
Slow Burner June 11, 2009
Ben Smith (Bath, UK)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
An awesome blend of indie, 60s rock, psychedelia, even spaghetti western - a slow burner that gets better with each listen. Unorthodox, sometimes disjointed - yes, but all the best albums have twists and turns that make you stop and listen for all the right reasons. Seriously good stuff.
Kasabian mature July 27, 2009
J. Norrish
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In these days of mp3's, seldom do I listen to an album repeatedly. If you're honest, you probably don't either. Its easy and convenient to skip through songs you aren't such a fan of and as such, recent releases, for me, are good if they have four songs on which I play time and again. Examples of this are the Manics latest offering and the first half of the Yeah yeah yeah's 'Its Blitz!'
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br /Its no exageration to say that its been a decade since I listened to a record time and again. It would probably have been 'Urban Hymns' by the Verve. Kasabian have broken that trend for me. They've created a record which whilst not instant, grew on me. There are stand out tracks - 'Underdog' and 'Fire' being the obvious choices, but 'Secret Alphabets' is an example of a real grower of a song, and the depth which they've developed since 'Empire'.
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br /The overall feeling is of an album like 'Exile on Main Street' or 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' in that it works as a body of work best listened to as a whole. Yes, the singles are good, but the aforementioned 'Fire' and 'Underdog' have even more bite alongside the the simmering title track.
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br /This album may not entice you on first listen, following a week or two, you may (like me) have been utterly charmed by it.
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