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Employment by Kaiser Chiefs
Employment is an album by Kaiser Chiefs, released in 2005. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 44 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Predict a Riot”, on 31 lists with a best position of #5.
Employment, the debut from Leeds five-piece Kaiser Chiefs, arrived on B-Unique Records in March 2005 with Stephen Street producing, and it plays like a crash course in British guitar music: Britpop bounce, new wave twitch, a sneer of '70s punk and, of all things, Beach Boys sunshine drifting over from the West Coast.
Ricky Wilson hollers like a man leading a terrace chant, Andrew White's guitar is all spiky angles, Simon Rix and drummer Nick Hodgson keep things bouncing, and Nick Baines' keyboards add a fairground glint. "I Predict a Riot" is the one everybody shouts along to, with "Oh My God" and "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" right behind it. The band's showing at the Brit Awards sent the album climbing back up the UK chart almost a year after release, it finished as one of the country's biggest sellers of the year, and it earned them three Brits, Best British Group among them, plus a spot on the Mercury Prize shortlist.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Employment on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Predict a Riot | 31 | #5 | – | 2005–2025 | |
| 2 | Oh My God | 10 | #47 | – | 2005–2013 | |
| 3 | Everyday I Love You Less and Less | 3 | #28 | – | 2005–2006 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.