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West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Rock · 2009 · 21 tracks · 1h 35m

West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Kasabian

A sprawling, psychedelic concept record that trades lad-rock swagger for cinematic weirdness. Heavy grooves meet Victorian asylum imagery and spaghetti western guitars.

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It's like a psychedelic circus took over a Victorian madhouse and brought a massive sound system.

A manic, theatrical blend of stadium-sized confidence and eerie, psychedelic paranoia.

West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum · vs · Kasabian
Mysterious+2.2σ

Mysterious saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 21 Tracks · 1h 35m
01
Underdog
4:37
01
Shoot the Runner
5:13
02
Where Did All the Love Go?
4:18
02
Empire
4:05
03
Swarfiga
2:18
03
Stuntman
5:30
04
Doberman
6:01
04
Fast Fuse
4:11
05
Take Aim
5:24
05
Club Foot
4:46
06
L.S.F.
7:53
06
Thick as Thieves
3:07
07
West Ryder Silver Bullet
5:15
08
Vlad the Impaler
4:44
09
Ladies and Gentlemen, Roll the Dice
3:34
10
Secret Alphabets
5:07
11
Fire
4:13
12
Happiness
5:17
13
Runaway (live from The Little Noise Sessions)
4:09
14
Cunny Grope Lane
3:09
15
Road Kill Café
2:39
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive shift from the sparse, bluesy verse to the massive, horn-inflected chorus in 'Fire'.
The eerie, cinematic duet between Tom Meighan and Rosario Dawson on 'West Ryder Silver Bullet'.
The relentless, driving bassline of 'Underdog' that feels like a physical punch to the chest.
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