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Whereas its early tunes built from twitchy verses to shout-along choruses, the new material skews glossy and nondescript.
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MojoOff With Their Heads deftest creations may fall just short of the Kasier Chief debut's ruddy-faced string of exhuberant big hitters, 'Never Beat A Beat,' 'Addicted To Drugs' and the huge 'Like You Too Much' are still sizeable cut above some of "Yours Truely's" tepid misfires. [Nov 2008, p.104]
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Erratic songwriting is evident from start to finish on the record.
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Half-knowing, half-full of anthems and lyrically halfway to hell, Off With Their Heads is musically halfway there. Kaisers have barely missed a beat on the highway to massive-dom, but they’re hardly raising our heart rates.
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Ronson lowers Ricky Wilson’s maddeningly limited vocals and amps the bass, but the disc still fails to come alive.
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Its first half is genuinely brimming with energy in a way that promises a return to the joyful pop of the Kaisers Chiefs’ debut. It does, however, tail off badly.
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These trebly, trenchant Brits have truly gone pear-shaped.
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Off With Their Heads is more football chant schmindie, with only the briefest of diversions up Psycho Rock Avenue.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 85 out of 179
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Mixed: 9 out of 179
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Negative: 85 out of 179
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Oct 12, 2010
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May 14, 2012
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Jun 26, 2011