Employment
by Kaiser Chiefs
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 89 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 74 out of 89
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 89
  3. Negative: 5 out of 89

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  1. JonD
    Mar 16, 2005
    6
    Average album with several really good tunes, but also some mediocre forgettable songs. Nothing really that will be remembered in a couple of years. Listen to Bloc Party's Silent Alarm instead.
  2. BradleyE
    Dec 13, 2005
    4
    The album resorts too quickly to filler. After the first few songs, everything else sounds the same on the album. And even if you hate to admit it, they are similar to Franz Ferdinand in a number of ways. Nothing new!
  3. J.P.Morgan
    Mar 17, 2005
    6
    Very catchy bouncy pop-songs with little substance and bad lyrics. If that's your cup of tea.... then you should definitely but it. However, it's not for me....
  4. ManicM
    Mar 24, 2005
    4
    sorry but this is yet another of these albums with only one good track on it, and that comes from a group thats clearly being over exposed in the press
  5. carlos
    May 17, 2005
    6
    good album
  6. PaulF
    May 27, 2005
    6
    Giving this album a 9 or a 10 is simply too generous in my opinion. The problem is that for every decent song on it, the follow up is always rather poor. I expected more standout tracks like I Predict a Riot and Oh My God, but there is just nothing else on the album that even comes close to their greatness. I find it all a bit of a disappointment to be honest.
  7. davem
    May 31, 2005
    6
    meh NME over publising, cant deny great energy from the singles, just each song has major weak points, lyrically bad and a bad blur.Still enjoy the singles
  8. zeifgeist
    Jun 13, 2005
    4
    Thank God I bought this cd used, 'cause now I can sell it back and at least recoup some of the cash I threw away. Mediocre and derivative in the worst way, I hated the songs the minute I heard them. The critics should stop coming in their pants every time some new British band with a remotely new/no wave sound comes along. Its pretty much inevitable, but Kaiser Chiefs is at the Thank God I bought this cd used, 'cause now I can sell it back and at least recoup some of the cash I threw away. Mediocre and derivative in the worst way, I hated the songs the minute I heard them. The critics should stop coming in their pants every time some new British band with a remotely new/no wave sound comes along. Its pretty much inevitable, but Kaiser Chiefs is at the bottom of the barrel (right behind all the other overhyped bands-of-the-moment). You want derivative music with originality, style, balls and laughs, check out The Futureheads.… Expand
  9. JulieS
    Mar 16, 2005
    5
    Not original and starts to get irritating after a few listens!!

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#73 Most Discussed Album of 2005

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Blender
    80
    [Kaiser Chiefs] are smug, preening and shallow, and so eager to entertain that they nearly piss themselves with pizzazz and energy. [Apr 2005, p.119]
  2. Uncut
    80
    A gem. [Apr 2005, p.105]
  3. E! Online
    83
    Employment is thrilling from beginning to end, packing in 45-minutes of exuberant Britpop melodies, na-na-na choruses and buzzsaw guitars that make Franz Ferdinand look like a bunch of stiffs.
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