Yours Truly, Angry Mob
by Kaiser Chiefs
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 29
  3. Negative: 4 out of 29
  1. musicOMH.com
    60
    Like its predecessor, the Kaisers' second album is patchy, but does have moments of brilliance.
  2. PopMatters
    60
    Ultimately Yours Truly, Angry Mob is, if nothing else, predictable.
  3. NOW Magazine
    60
    As on Employment, some songs spark with energy and others die in the first verse. Is a complete album asking too much?
  5. Rolling Stone
    60
    Yours Truly, Angry Mob is one of the catchier guitar records you'll hear all year... But the Kaiser Chiefs can also be a little shallow.
  6. Pitchfork
    50
    The central flaw of Mob-- and it's a profound one-- is that its attempt to refine Employment's boundless levels of boyish vigor with introspection and intellect comes across as tired and bored.
  7. The A.V. Club
    50
    Kaiser Chiefs scramble to reclaim ground already won, sticking with lazily hooky songs sporting overcranked arrangements. The result? Charmless fare like the bombastic UK hit single "Ruby," and loutish lad-rock like "Thank You Very Much" and "My Kind Of Guy," which sound simultaneously pushy and forgettable.
  8. Hartford Courant
    50
    A sophomore effort that rarely rises above middling.
  9. Village Voice
    50
    They're the English equivalent of Fountains of Wayne.
  10. Paste Magazine
    50
    Wilson's fake tales of Middle England lack the sharp observational focus of the Arctic Monkeys, the bratty cleverness of Blur circa Parklife or even the sexy swagger of Franz Ferdinand. [May 2007, p.61]
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  11. Dot Music
    40
    The melodies feel functional at best, surprisingly charmless affairs that push all the right buttons with little passion or joy, while the lyrics are that depressing rock cliche: woe-is-me deliberations on the pressures of fame.
  12. BBC collective
    40
    Caught between essentially meaningless singalongs and trying to actually mean something, what you get is average power-pop with crass attempts at poetry.

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User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 90 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 58 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 90
  3. Negative: 24 out of 90
  1. Radiosight
    Oct 14, 2014
    7
    Though the album's charm may slowly fade as it progresses, Yours Truly Angry Mob is a sharp, stylish sophomore effort from one of the world'sThough the album's charm may slowly fade as it progresses, Yours Truly Angry Mob is a sharp, stylish sophomore effort from one of the world's top Indie bands.… Full Review »
  2. Elfionnio
    May 14, 2012
    9
    To Rocky and not enough of that certain something that made Employment great 100 bands could have made this...BUT none this gone it reallyTo Rocky and not enough of that certain something that made Employment great 100 bands could have made this...BUT none this gone it really saves it's self because it's better than all other rock it just misses the Kaiser Chiefs spark… Full Review »
  3. GarrettJ.
    Jul 20, 2008
    3
    With the title track and Ruby the only redeeming features, this album disappointed me.
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