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Yours Truly, Angry Mob by Kaiser Chiefs
Yours Truly, Angry Mob is an album by Kaiser Chiefs, released in 2007. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 32 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Ruby”, on 29 lists with a best position of #2.
Yours Truly, Angry Mob, the second album from Kaiser Chiefs, came out on B-Unique in February 2007, with Stephen Street, who had also produced the Leeds band's debut Employment, back behind the desk. The chanted choruses and new wave bounce are still there, but the words have darkened: songs about street crime, violence, fame and lying tabloids, sung by Ricky Wilson like a man shouting over the din of a Saturday night in town.
"Ruby" is the monster, a thumping, keyboard-driven terrace chant that went to number one in the UK in 2007, and "The Angry Mob" and "Everything Is Average Nowadays" both followed it into the top 20. Andrew White's guitar crunches, Simon Rix and Nick Baines keep the machinery humming, and on "Boxing Champ" drummer Nick Hodgson steps up to sing lead. The album went platinum, and Off with Their Heads followed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Yours Truly, Angry Mob on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | 29 | #2 | – | 2007–2026 | |
| 2 | The Angry Mob | 3 | #53 | – | 2007–2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.