The band will also perform summer outdoors shows throughout Europe
Following the announcement of a run of very special outdoor celebration shows, which include a massive hometown show at Leeds’ Temple Newsam Park later this month, Yorkshire indie icons Kaiser Chiefs have announced a 20th anniversary release of their seminal debut album Employment. The album will come July 18th via UMG.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album Employment, usually commemorated with the gift of china, Kaiser Chiefs are making three new expanded China Anniversary formats available. The single LP edition is pressed on white vinyl, and includes the bonus track “Take My Temperature;” the 2 LP set features 15 additional tracks, including a selection of B-sides and CD single bonus tracks, plus two previously unreleased songs, exclusive to this format. The 3 CD set includes the original album and 40 additional tracks, including previously unreleased demo recordings, remixes, radio sessions, and a selection of live tracks that chart their rapid rise from small club dates in Leeds, to festival headline act. The original album has been remastered at Abbey Road Studios, and the bonus material was curated by the band from their own archive.
Originally released in March 2005, Employment peaked on the UK album chart at No. 2, and has since spent more than 17 months on the Top 40, selling more than 2.1 million copies in the process, and being certified seven-times platinum status by the British Phonographic Industry. Similarly successful across Europe, the album’s longevity was aided by the hits singles “Oh My God,” “I Predict A Riot,” “Everyday I Love You Less And Less,” and “Modern Way,” and a series of triumphant performances that established Kaiser Chiefs as a “must see” live act, building a loyal fanbase that stays with them today.
To coincide with this release, Kaiser Chiefs will be playing Employment in full at a series of outdoor shows across the UK, and selected venues across the world in spring and summer 2025.
Formed in Leeds in 2000, Kaiser Chiefs are one of the most exciting and consistently successful bands of their generation. Fronted by the charismatic Ricky Wilson, with Simon Rix on bass, Andrew “Whitey” White on guitar, Nick “Peanut” Baines on keyboards and drummer Vijay Mistry, the band has released eight original studio albums (two of those UK No. 1), had nine Top 40 singles, including the No. 1 “Ruby,” received three Brit Awards, an Ivor Novello Album of the Year award for Employment, toured with U2, Foo Fighters and Green Day and sold more than eight million albums.
CD 1: Original Album Remastered
1. Everyday I Love You Less And Less
2. I Predict A Riot
3. Modern Way
4. Na Na Na Na Naa
5. You Can Have It All
6. Oh My God
7. Born To Be A Dancer
8. Saturday Night
9. What Did I Ever Give You?
10. Time Honoured Tradition
11. Caroline, Yes
12. Team Mate
13. Take My Temperature
CD 2: Bonus Tracks
1. Wrecking Ball
2. Brightest Star
3. Not Surprised
4. Think About You And I Like You
5. Hard Times Send Me
6. Sink That Ship
7. Less Is More
8. The Letter Song
9. Seventeen Cups
10. It Ain’t Easy (Demo)
11. Run Again
12. People Need Light
13. Moon
14. Another Number
15. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
16. Modern Way (Rhythms Del Mundo Version)
17. You Can Have It All (Light Orchestral)
18. Oh My God (Demo)*
19. Born To Be A Dancer (Demo)
20. Caroline Yes (Demo) [Previously Unreleased]
21. I Predict A Riot (Demo) [Previously Unreleased]
22. Modern Way (Demo) [Previously Unreleased]
23. Saturday Night (Demo) [Previously Unreleased]
CD 3: Bonus Tracks
1. Everyday I Love You Less And Less (Spike Stent Remix)
2. I Predict A Riot (Spike Stent Remix) [Previously Unreleased]
3. Na Na Na Na Naa (Polysics Remix)
4. Everyday I Love You Less And Less (Boyz Noize Remix)
5. I Predict A Riot (Big Nurse Remix) [Previously Unreleased]
6. Sink That Ship (BBC Radio 2 Session for Mark Radcliffe 17/10/2005) [Previously Unreleased]
7. Modern Way (BBC Radio 2 Session for Mark Radcliffe 17/10/2005) [Previously Unreleased]
8. Everyday I Love You Less And Less (Live at The Mod Club, Toronto 29/05/2005) [Previously Unreleased]
9. Hard Times Send Me (Live at the Academy, Birmingham 24/01/2005) [Previously Unreleased]
10. Na Na Na Na Naa (Live at Glastonbury, Worthy Farm 25/06/2005) [Previously Unreleased]
11. Oh My God (Live at Georg-Elser-Hallen, Munich 04/11/2005 [Previously Unreleased]
12. Born To Be A Dancer (Live at T In The Park, Kinross 10/07/2005) [Previously Unreleased]
13. Saturday Night (Live at Joseph’s Well, Leeds 28/09/2003) [Previously Unreleased]
14. Sink That Ship (Live at The Cockpit, Leeds 13/12/2004)
15. Take My Temperature (Live at the Fillmore, San Francisco 25/07/2005)
16. Time Honoured Tradition (Live at the Metro Theatre, Sydney 29/11/2005) [Previously Unreleased]
17. Caroline, Yes (Live at the Metro Theatre, Sydney 29/11/2005) [Previously Unreleased]
18. I Predict A Riot (Live at V Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford 20/08/2005) [Previously Unreleased]
19. Take My Temperature (Live at Leeds Town Hall 11/05) [Previously Unreleased]
20. Oh My God (Live at the Metro Theatre, Sydney 29/11/2005) [Previously Unreleased]
