Velociraptor! - Kasabian
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 33 Ratings

  • Summary: The British rock band releases their fourth album, featuring production by Dan the Automator.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 23
  2. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Sep 20, 2011
    90
    Love them or loathe them, it is hard to ignore the brash confidence with which the band take another giant stride towards stadium dominance.
  2. 80
    LP number four adds the Kasabian touch to other genres in an electrifying scattershot that still feels coherent and whole.
  3. Sep 30, 2011
    80
    Kasabian have been a band of post-Brit-pop possibilities from the get go, so bringing in techno, ethnic sounds, and an orchestra is coming home for this impudent crew.
  4. 60
    The "big-in-England" quartet's fourth release is more of the same that made them so admired overseas;ie trippy yet expansive psychedelic Brit-pop sung and played with attitude (some may say ego), a whip smart attention to melody and an arena sensibility/swagger that screams "rock stars."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. It's a lot different from their previous albums, but different is not necessarily a bad thing. The pop-ish sound of Velociraptor!, with its catchy songs, is a solid, fun to listen to album Expand
  2. Not their best album, but not their worst. A very solid record through and through, though doesn't reach the heights of its predecessor West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Standout Tracks : Switchblade Smiles, Re-Wired, Goodbye Kiss, Neon Noon. Expand
  3. 8
    It's still just bass driven rock and roll but its a big improvement on it's predecessor "West Ryder..." which was as strange a record as it's title. Velociraptor is Kasabians best record closely followed by Empire. Although there's nothing here that matches "Fire" in terms of anthems, the album as a whole is quality stuff from beginning to end. Would recommend to anyone who likes their rock with a bit of atmosphere to it. Expand
  4. Kind of album you'll hear while getting high. Everything here seems very drug-alike, the voice, the lyrics or the sound of the music. I really enjoy chilling to this album with songs like "Acid Turkish Bath", "La Fée Verte" or "Days Are Forgotten". The best track on the CD is, of course, the 2nd single "Re-Wired", which is a great rock track, in contrast to the rest of 'Velociraptor!'. The tunes are catchy and the songs are diversive. It's nothing really spectacular but defintely good work. Expand

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