Off with Their Heads (album)

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Off with Their Heads
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Studio album by
Kaiser Chiefs
Released20 October 2008
Recorded2007–2008, RAK & Eastcote Studios, London
Genre Indie rock
Length35:34
Label B-Unique, Universal Motown
Producer Mark Ronson, Eliot James
Kaiser Chiefs chronology
Yours Truly, Angry Mob
(2007)		Off with Their Heads
(2008)		 The Future Is Medieval
(2011)
Singles from Off with Their Heads
  1. "Never Miss a Beat"
    Released: 6 October 2008
  2. "Good Days Bad Days"
    Released: 15 December 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
BBC Favourable [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 5/10 [7]
Pitchfork Media 6.8/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Off with Their Heads is the third studio album by English rock band Kaiser Chiefs, and was released on 20 October 2008 in the UK, and on 25 August 2009 in the United States. The first single from the album was "Never Miss a Beat", released two weeks before the album. [11] The album charted at number two on the UK Albums Chart during the week of 26 October 2008 and at number 16 in the Irish Albums Chart of the week of 24 October. [12]

Contents

Background

The album features guest appearances from several artists, including Lily Allen who provides backing vocals on "Always Happens Like That" and "Never Miss a Beat". She previously covered "Oh My God" on her first mixtape and later with Mark Ronson on his album Version . Three members of the English indie band New Young Pony Club also feature on backing vocals on "Never Miss a Beat", Sway DaSafo raps one verse of "Half the Truth", and James Bond composer David Arnold, who performed with the band at 2007's BBC Electric Proms, also appears on the album.

"Never Miss a Beat" and "You Want History" premiered on the band's UK Arena Tour in the Winter of 2007. The lyric "Off with their heads" appears in the first verse of "Like It Too Much". The album was uploaded with 30 second previews of each song, apart from "Never Miss a Beat" which included a full recording, on the music social networking site Last.fm on 9 October 2008. "Never Miss A Beat" appeared on Pro Evolution 2010, as did previous single Ruby, from Yours Truly, Angry Mob.

Reception

Track listing

All tracks written by Kaiser Chiefs.

No.TitleLength
1."Spanish Metal"2:19
2."Never Miss a Beat"3:08
3."Like It Too Much"3:23
4."You Want History"3:45
5."Can't Say What I Mean"2:49
6."Good Days Bad Days"2:53
7."Tomato in the Rain"3:51
8."Half the Truth"3:44
9."Always Happens Like That"3:12
10."Addicted to Drugs"3:53
11."Remember You're a Girl"2:37
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Sooner or Later"3:14
13."How Do You Feel About That"3:35
Deluxe edition bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Can't Say What I Mean" (Live at Elland Road)3:27
2."Never Miss a Beat" (Live at Elland Road)3:12
3."You Want History" (Live at Elland Road)3:48
4."Half the Truth" (Live at Elland Road)4:12

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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