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Author's product rating:   

Originality	Groundbreaking
Lyrics	Sublime
Quality and consistency of tracks	Flawless
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Outstanding
Value for Money

Advantages:	Very cool electro - funky sound
Disadvantages:	A little samey

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

This was one of the CD's I got for Christmas and... well, I was listening pretty much solidly for a week. The songs are great, If a little samey, and you could/will listen for days.

Right, the songs.

#1:Club Foot
With no intro, the album starts straight into this, the band's second single. With a repeated guitar riff and some funky drumming after a mysterious, queit start, the album starts well, combining Indie-rock with synthesized phychodelia in a great first track.

#2:Proccessed Beats
This song is a great example of the band's diversity of style, with a very funky base riff throught the song, backed up by twangy guitar and some truly in spired lyrics("I break bones stealin' mobile phones" anyone!) lead to one of my faveroute tracks on the album.

#3:Reason Is Treason
The third track on the album that has been given a single release. The bands debuet single doesn't dissapoint. Faster than the first two tracks, and with one minute thirty something before the vocals start, this is another, very different track, but one of the best.

#4:I.D.
Another example of the band's diversity, as a highly synthesised track with a jerky drum beat (due to the synthesiser) and no vocals for about two minutes. This track is very surreal and (in the lack of a better word) floaty. Slightly weak compared to the other tracks though.

#5:Orange
Just an interlude with timpani and synthesised brass.

#6:LSF
Another Indie-funk song with some cool repeating guitar riffs and drums an' synth - organ - thingie sections with more synth trickery. Another song I really like.

#7:Running Battle
A slower, bleaker song that talks of violence and pain. Right. Some strange (but good) Synth Sitar. A song that makes me feel tired. I have no idea why but it just does.

#8:Test Transmission
This is a Happier, more up - beat thrack than much of the album and wakes you up from the previous track. This also includes the synth - sitar, and is pretty funky.

#9:Pinch Roller
This is just another synthy interlude. Nothing special.

#10:Cutt Off
"John was a scientist, He was hooked on LSD". The first line of this track. A questionable start. But the song doesn't dissapoint. With another synth - Indie track, this track talks of a drugged up scientist, wanting to unleash all kinds of evil *rap on the general public. Definately a cutt above the rest...... Geddit!

#11:Butcher Blues
This song is yet another variation. It is a slow and (unsuprisingly) bluesy track wich is another one of my faveroute tracks. No synth - sitar though. Shame.

#12:Ovary Stripe
Three odd minutes of synth solo. It's okay and an interesting change from the normal instrumental tracks that most bands use to fill up extra tracks on albums. So - so.

#13:U-boat
This track starts off good. A reasonable tune with a good beat. But then there is somthing weird. Theres about five minutes of silence. Strange? Theres more. After that, the rest of the song is a slightly different version of Reason Is Treason. Wierd indeed.

Well, those were the songs. Now on to everything else worth mentioning. The Album cover depicts a mysterious coweled face, possibly a terrorist. They have also used This face to great effect (just with a different colour scheme) on all their single releases.

Fom what I have gaathered, the name "Kasabian", comes from a notorious getaway driver, keeping with the mercenary / terrorist theme. Even the online fanclub (Kasabian Movement) keeps with it!

So. All in all, I would say this is a great album and is really addictive. You have been warned!