Education, Education, Education & War [LP]

by Kaiser Chiefs

Overview

The fifth long-player from the Leeds-based festival rockers with a penchant for climbing lighting rigs and crafting arm-waving anthems that fuse the anthemic scope of classic Brit-pop with the insular, progressive cynicism of early-2000s indie rock, begins with the rousing "Factory Gates," a distillation of all of those aforementioned attributes that sounds a bit like what is arguably their most well-known song, 2005's "I Predict a Riot." As arena anthems go, you could do a lot worse than the infectious, aforementioned earworm of an opener and the like-minded "Ruffians on Parade," or the propulsive and pugilistic "Misery Company," a wily and willfully melodic ode to self-deprecation that's built around a chorus of maniacal laughter. There's a refreshing, devil-may-care cavalier attitude to Education, Education, Education & War that eradicates much of the desperation that was beginning to creep in after 2007's Yours Truly, Angry Mob. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	04/01/2014
Label:	Ato
UPC:	0880882197018
Rank:	69971

Tracks

Disc 1

1. The Factory Gates
2. Coming Home
3. Misery Company
4. Ruffians on Parade
5. Meanwhile Up in Heaven

Disc 2

6. One More Last Song
7. My Life
8. Bows & Arrows
9. Cannons
10. Roses

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kaiser Chiefs   Primary Artist
Simon Rix   Guitar (Bass)
Andrew White   Guitar
Nick Baines   Keyboards
Ricky Wilson   Vocals
Ben H. Allen III   Organ,Percussion,Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Vijay Mistry   Drums

Technical Credits

Simon Rix   Composer,Group Member
Bill Nighy   Narrator
Richard Wilkinson   Composer,Additional Production
Michael Brauer   Mixing
Angelo Petraglia   Composer
Andrew White   Composer,Group Member
Petraglia   Composer
Cally   Design,Producer,Art Direction
James Sandom   Management
Fraser T. Smith   Composer
Nick Baines   Composer,Group Member
Mick Webster   Management
Marcus Killian   Composer
Joe LaPorta   Mastering
Ricky Wilson   Writer,Composer,Group Member
Jason Kingsland   Engineer
Sumner Jones   Engineer
Mark Bengtson   Pro-Tools,Mixing Assistant
Gavin Bush   Mixing,Engineer
Ben H. Allen III   Composer,Producer,Programming
Jessica Lord   Assistant
Nadia Shukri   Assistant
Ross Neil   Drawing
Vijay Mistry   Group Member