10 Masterpiece Albums From Supposedly "Terrible" Bands
7. Employment - The Kaiser Chiefs
The Album
2005 was quality. You could chuff away on a John Players at a Wetherspoons pub, stuff was cheaper and your mates weren't online politicians. Swanning through this air of complacency were The Kaiser Chiefs - formally known as Parva before they fancied robbing their name off a South African footie outfit - a band always destined for the big time but perhaps not deservedly so. Lead by gobby lead singer Ricky Wilson, the band stomped into the social conscious of the time with a debut that was bursting from the pack with banger after banger.
The assault started with 'I Predict A Riot' and continued with the beery, anthemic 'Oh My God' and more Kinks-esque numbers like 'Time Honoured Tradition'. The album helped the band reach stratospheric heights of fame, but following up Employment was a big ask and although the badly titled Yours Truly, Angry Mob was a big seller, it showed a band that had run out of ideas very quicky and they soon slipped into indie mediocrity.
Ever the band's poster boy, Wilson is now some kind of ambassador for weight loss and is a talented raconteur in ushering viewers over to uber s**te fest, The Voice.
Best Track
They'll always be known for the big tunes, but in 'You Can Have It All' you have a Brit pop-esque ditty for the ages.