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Velociraptor! by Kasabian
Velociraptor! is an album by Kasabian, released in 2011. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 10 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Days Are Forgotten”, on 8 lists with a best position of #30.
Velociraptor!, Kasabian's fourth album, arrived on 16 September 2011 with Dan the Automator producing, and it picks up the neo-psychedelic thread of West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum and yanks it somewhere stranger. The Leicester band, with Tom Meighan out front, Sergio Pizzorno on guitar and second vocals, Chris Edwards on bass and Ian Matthews on drums, got bolder with song shapes and instrumentation this time around.
The result is swaggering and a little unhinged, and the old Stone Roses-meets-Primal Scream comparisons, plus that Oasis strut, still apply. "Days Are Forgotten" is the one that stuck on the countdowns, with "Re-Wired" and "Goodbye Kiss" trailing behind. Reviews were glowing, and it became their third UK number-one album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Velociraptor! on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Days Are Forgotten | 8 | #30 | – | 2011–2014 | |
| 2 | Goodbye Kiss | 1 | #54 | – | 2012 | |
| 3 | Re-Wired | 1 | #65 | – | 2011 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.