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Kasabian release their third album, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, on Columbia Records. On the same day, the band does an in-store performance and signing session HMV, 90 Market Street, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
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Appropriately, given that it is allegedly named after a Yorkshire loony bin, Kasabian’s third album is decidedly schizophrenic. Produced by hip-hop guru Dan the Automator, famed for helming the first Gorillaz album, it opens with Underdog, a smudgy variation on U2’s late 80s widescreen sound, interlaced with added glitchy elements as a concession to contemporary musical thinking. This track pretty much sets the scene for everything that follows. The first single, Fire, swerves from Doorsy blues to gospel wailing, underpinned with a clichéd disco bassline. Vlad The Impaler boasts a splendidly tortuous bassline and, when it hits its stride, becomes a relentlessly claustrophobic dance groove. Unfortunately, though, there are too many sonic distractions and contrived mood swings peppered throughout to make this album consistently enjoyable.
(Source : review by Johnny Black, first appeared in Hi Fi News)
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(Source : review by Johnny Black, first appeared in Hi Fi News)