West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian
User Score
8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 50 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 50
  3. Negative: 3 out of 50

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  1. JackieK
    Oct 19, 2009
    10
    This album is amazing.
  2. TwelveV
    Jul 7, 2009
    9
    Grows on you after a few plays.
  3. MeM
    Jul 7, 2009
    10
    Great album, Kasabian are really coming of age. Definately thier best album.
  4. dexterP
    Jun 13, 2009
    9
    Absolutely beautiful album from Kasabian, every track just fits together perfectly and makes a nice change to a lot of repetetive stuff coming out at the moment, album of the year until Muse's 5th LP comes out.
  5. RussellB
    Jun 9, 2009
    9
    Brilliant album this. A must buy.
  6. PD
    Jul 21, 2009
    10
    For me this album is, together with Green Day's "21st Century Breakdown", album of the year.
  7. M
    Jul 28, 2009
    10
    I dare to said, best album of the year.
  8. TrevorM
    Jul 30, 2009
    9
    This record left me totally floored. Where I once thought Kasabian to be mere flash in the pan, this album establishes them as a major force in British Indy Rock. This easily my favorite album this summer...maybe even this year.
  9. isaacA
    Jun 11, 2009
    10
    Absolutely magnificent, stripping away all of the unnecessary guff of Empire away and honing the band back to their all important killer groove.
  10. GeorgeR
    Sep 13, 2009
    10
    This is easily the best album of the year so far. There are no filler songs of any kind and the riffs here will keep you humming for ages...
  11. RH
    Jun 11, 2009
    10
    Most critics are brainless nobodies who are paid to write shit, but good music can never be held down by papers. Brilliant album.
  12. NickA
    Jun 26, 2009
    9
    Kasabian have gone mental on this album - and it's worked brilliantly.
  13. Pedro
    Jul 29, 2009
    10
    Shit hot album. his will be seen as a classic in years to come - a 21st century Exile on Main Street.
  14. SilverMeddle
    Jan 10, 2012
    10
    This was the 1st Kasabian album that I have listened to in full, and the more you listen it the better it sounds, Where did all the lover go, Fast Fuse, Fire all great indie classics,
  15. MKCyrax
    Jan 14, 2012
    10
    totally amazing, they become more sophisticated at lyrics and music, althought a little too mainstream for the band

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Metascore
68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. All Music Guide
    60
    The result is an interesting, unexpected piece of work, devoid of a militantly commercial single like Empire's self-titled track, and lacking the shaggy Madchester vibes that Christopher Karloff brought to 2004's Kasabian.
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  2. Drowned In Sound
    50
    One suspects the end product here may have had more to do with the record's producer than its creators, and as a result, this album is as unconvincing as the band's hollow assurances that they're open to embracing new horizons.
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Sounding more like Animal Collective than The La’s, in these times when one wrong move is seeing bands of Kasabian’s stature sink like stones, it seemed a brave comeback.
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