Employment
by Kaiser Chiefs
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Employment is ranked as the best album by Kaiser Chiefs.
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Employment track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/06/2026 16:29 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,452 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 21:43 |  Milhaud | 2,132 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 14:31 | cicadelic | 13,617 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2026 14:04 | Gedi | 356 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 22:16 | matterhornrider | 5,126 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Somehow blends punk, new wave, and britpop into a cohesive album that never quite reaches the heights of any of these genre's finest records yet still produces a quite excellent album. 9/10! (Edited)
Love the melodies and harmonies. It's good light-hearted rock. Solid right through. One of the better albums of this genre. Very catchy and enjoyable.
Easily The Kaiser Chiefs best album
Eastwood 11/17/2014 22:46 | #127270 | TOP COMMENT
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Very good indie rock album. Best 10 songs average is 92,0/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. I like this sound and the album is rich in variety. Notable are the well-fitting electronic instruments and samples here and there. Best songs are the first three: "Everyday I love...", "I predict a riot" and "Modern way" all 95/100. Closely followed by "You can have it all", "Oh my god", "Born to be a dancer" and "Caroline, yes" all 90/100. There is no smash hit, but very good songs from beginning to the end, wow!!
For their debut, it is good, but doesn't really hold up to the standards of nostalgia for me.
Loved this one so much back in the day. Born To Be A Dancer
is such a highlight.
This was an okay debut album. A few solid tracks, but mostly just average at best.
1234567890 01/31/2010 02:54 | #8728
That was Shirleys gettin ready to go out song back in the day.
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