Employment
Studio album by Kaiser Chiefs
Released	March 7, 2005
Recorded	Summer-December 2004
Genre	Indie rock
Length	44:12 20:40 (Bonus disc)
Label	B-Unique
Producer(s)	Stephen Street, Stephen Harris
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Blender link musicOMH.com (Favorable) 02/26/05 NME 02/26/05 [citation needed] Pitchfork 03/16/05 Robert Christgau (honorable mention) link Rolling Stone 03/24/05 This Is Fake DIY link
Kaiser Chiefs chronology
	Employment (2005)	Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007)

Employment is the debut album by Leeds-based British rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It was released on March 7, 2005 on the B-Unique record label and went on to becoming the fourth best-selling album in the United Kingdom that year. A massive critical and commercial success, Employment takes its' inspirations from the Britpop movement, as well as 70s'-era art rock/punk and Beach Boys-esque West Country music. Image File history File links This image is the cover of an album or single. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds, formed early in 1997 under the moniker Parva. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... B-Unique is a record label based in London, UK. They are an independent record label. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Stephen Street is a music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s and Blur in the 1990s. ... Stephen Harris is a British record producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3. ... Blender is an American magazine that bills itself as the ultimate guide to music and more. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... musicOMH.com is a UK based webzine formed of music features, interviews and reviews of albums, singles, gigs, festivals, opera, theatre, music DVDs and films. ... For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Stars10080. ... Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork and occasionally shortened to P4K or pfork,[1] is a United States-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ... Image File history File links Stars10065. ... Robert Christgau (sometimes abbreviated in print to Xgau), born April 18, 1942, is an American essayist, music journalist, and rock critic. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Image File history File links 4. ... Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds, formed early in 1997 under the moniker Parva. ... Yours Truly, Angry Mob is the second album by Leeds-based English rock band Kaiser Chiefs. ... Statistics Population: 726,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE297338 Administration Metropolitan borough: City of Leeds Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Fire and... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds, formed early in 1997 under the moniker Parva. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... B-Unique is a record label based in London, UK. They are an independent record label. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Britpop was a British alternative rock genre and movement that was at its most popular in Great Britain in the mid 1990s. ... It has been suggested that Experimental Rock be merged into this article or section. ... Look up punk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Beach Boys, originally the Beech Boys, a small team of four brothers from the south of Poland, emigrated to America in the early 1950s in search of a fortune to be made in the Arizonian logging industry. When it soon became evident they had been the victims of...

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Track listing

Regular edition

All tracks by Ricky Wilson, Andrew White, Simon Rix, Nick Baines, and Nick Hodgson. Ricky Wilson (born Charles Richard Wilson on January 19, 1978 in Keighley, West Yorkshire) is the lead singer of Leeds based Indie band the Kaiser Chiefs. ... Andrew White is the guitarist in the British pop band, Kaiser Chiefs. ... Beardy weirdy Simon (born James Simon Rix) is the bassist for the UK band the Kaiser Chiefs. ... Nick Peanut Baines is the keyboardist of the British indie-rock band, Kaiser Chiefs, and has been described as quiet and sensitive. ... Nick Hodgson full name: Nicholas James David Hodgson (born October 20 1977) is the drummer of Leeds indie-rock band Kaiser Chiefs. ...

1. "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" – 3:37
2. "I Predict a Riot" – 3:53
3. "Modern Way" – 4:03
4. "Na Na Na Na Naa" – 3:01
5. "You Can Have It All" – 4:35
6. "Oh My God" – 3:35
7. "Born to Be a Dancer" – 3:30
8. "Saturday Night" – 3:27
9. "What Did I Ever Give You?" – 4:09
10. "Time Honoured Tradition" – 2:45
11. "Caroline, Yes" – 4:13
12. "Team Mate" – 3:24

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Limited edition bonus CD

Live CD recorded between May 2004 and January 2005

1. "Hard Times Send Me" – 2:47
2. "Modern Way" – 3:55
3. "I Predict A Riot" – 4:01
4. "Time Honoured Tradition" – 3:13
5. "Na Na Na Na Naa" – 3:09
6. "Oh My God" – 3:40

Microsite

By placing this CD in a PC CD/DVD drive you can access a special Kaiser Chiefs microsite. The site has 2 additional live tracks to download and an audio stream of a third.

1. "You Can Have It All" (Download) – 4:21
2. "Saturday Night" (Download) – 3:02
3. "Everyday I Love You Less And Less" (Stream)

Singles

Cover	Information
	"Oh My God" Released: 17 May 2004 Chart positions: #66 (UK Singles Chart)
	"I Predict a Riot" Released: 1 November 2004 Chart positions: #22 (UK Singles Chart)
	"Oh My God" (re-issue) Released: 21 February 2005 Chart positions: #6 (UK Singles Chart)
	"Everyday I Love You Less and Less" Released: 16 May 2005 Chart positions: #10 (UK Singles Chart)
	"I Predict a Riot" (re-issue) Released: 22 August 2005 Chart positions: #9 (UK Singles Chart), #34 (US Modern Rock)
	"Modern Way" Released: 7 November 2005 Chart positions: #11 (UK Singles Chart)

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Sales

• Europe: (2x Platinum) (Sales:2,000,000)
• United Kingdom: #3 (5x Platinum) (Sales:1,772,936)
• Greece: #3 (Gold) (Sales:10,000)

Trivia

• The motorbike that appears at the beginning of "Saturday Night" is owned and 'played' by Graham Coxon. The sleeve notes read "Graham Coxon's motorbike, (1935 Kaiser 'Chief' 750cc Manx TT Works Racer) appears courtesy of Transcopic Records".
• "Caroline Yes" is named in reference to The Beach Boys' song "Caroline, No". The track's original working title was called "Hail to the Chief", according to the Kaiser Chiefs' book A Record of Employment.
• "Saturday Night" and "Born to be a Dancer" feature in the Torchwood episodes, Day One and Small Worlds, respectively.

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External links

• Employment Lyrics