Empire
by Kasabian
Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain sensitive content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images.
Kasabian bestography
Empire is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Kasabian on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kasabian is West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum which is ranked number 1574 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,094.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Empire on YouTube
Empire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Empire rankings
neilgee
imacgill
Leonard
MadhattanJack
videoheadcleaner
bojolpif71
Igtonumama
paladisiac
Patman360Empire collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 92 members
Empire ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 190 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/05/2026 04:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 14,544 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2026 11:40 | cicadelic | 13,280 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2026 19:00 | Gedi | 330 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 00:16 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 15:22 | markl73 | 619 | 78/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.9/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
Empire favourites
Showing all 9 members who have added this album as a favourite
Empire comments
Showing latest 10 comments | Show all 13 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
Their second album. Even though it is flanked by superior albums immediately before and after, this is still a great effort. It's just the higher number of fillers on this that stop it being level par.
With their debut album, Kasabian rewrote the indie rock rulebook, but had the songwriting chops to carry this off. On their second album, they continue where they left off - synthesizer hooks aplenty, driving, krautrock rhythms, whining vocals - but with a touch less swagger, maybe. With hindsight, this album acts as the mid-point between the art indie of Kasabian and the more full-on prog of West Ryder.... Definitely worth a listen, this one.
ExTeaSea 09/12/2018 02:02 | #220943
This is quite good! My first experience with this band. Really digging it.
Funny how tastes differ here. I'm more for the second half than the first half although I see comments on both sides below. No-one appears to love the entire album - I've just given it a re-listen and like the first half with Shoot The Runner and Sun Rise Light Flight doing it most for me, but I just feel the last 5 tracks are what makes the album.
Ach well, each to their own then
Love many of the songs.
Disappointing album, my least favorite from them. Shoot the Runner is great, a few good songs like Empire, Seek & Destroy and Stuntman, and the rest is meh. Doesn't sound bad, it's just uninspired, forgettable songs.
Luckily they made up for it with their later albums
GandalfORiley345 06/05/2014 00:50 | #113782
well, the first half is completely charged of great songs, but it have some bad songs, specially Seek and Destroy, too bad song for my ears, but this album takes a different concentration compared with West Ryder, but still very good alblum
Sorry but I don't agree.. This is a solid album, nothing special, but the second half is just good as the first half for me
The stately design does wonders for the album. Really, selling yourself as royalty will get you some where.
I was surprised to hear how good this album is. I wasn't too keen on their first, and when I bought this one cause is was only $2 I was really surprised how much better it was than their first. Solid solid album.
Your feedback for Empire
The top comments are featured on our aggregated charts!
