KasabianBest Kasabian Albums Ranked

Happenings

nme

8.0

“Kasabian’s longevity recalls that fact about Cleopatra living closer in time to the Moon landings than she did to the building of the Egyptian pyramids. The Leicester band formed way back in 1997, an era in which their Britpop and baggy influences remained a dominant, if soon-to-be-waning, cultural force. Cut to 20 years later, and Britpop now feels as alien as punk or Beatlemania. The four-piece”

The Alchemist's Euphoria

nme

8.0

“Leicester rockers reach infinity – and beyond!”

For Crying Out Loud (Deluxe)

nme

8.0

“Guitarist and primary songwriter Serge Pizzorno has described Kasabian’s album as more “simple” than their previous work. It’s hard to imagine a pleasure more simple than ‘Club Foot’, a 2004 student union anthem that centred around the word “Ooosh!” being chanted over and over, or a set of songs less lyrically complex than 2014 single ‘Eez-eh’ (“Everyone’s on bugle /Now we’re being watched by Goog”

Kasabian

pitchfork

5.2

“Domestic badasses are usually pretty one-dimensional. From the musclebound Joe Weider plank snapper to the wizened loose-cannon drunk or the free-swinging pro athlete, they're just different versions of the same uninteresting dolt. That's why English louts often seen more interesting to us Americans than our homegrown ones. Buoyed by football, illicit drugs, and lager-- or the remnants of mid-90s ”

West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

pitchfork

4.9

“Still excelling when sticking to the unfashionable sound of electro-based rock, Kasabian, alas, also make the requisite "mature" moves on their third album.”