Empire (Kasabian album)

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Empire
Studio album by Kasabian
Released	28 August 2006
Genre	Indie rock Electronica
Length	39:05
Label	BMG, Columbia Records
Producer	Jim Abbiss, Kasabian
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The Guardian link The Independent link NME (9/10) link Q (#243, Oct. 2006, p. 116) Rolling Stone link Spin link The Sunday Times link The Times link
Kasabian chronology
Live from Brixton Academy (2005) Empire (2006)

Empire is the second album by English rock band Kasabian, released on 28 August 2006 in the United Kingdom. The album went straight to #1 in the UK Albums Chart upon its release and was preceded by the release of new single "Empire" on 24 July 2006 (see 2006 in British music).

The album was recorded over two weeks after touring with Oasis.^{[citation needed]} According to Tom Meighan in an interview on the album with the NME in early 2006, Empire is a word used by the band to describe something that is good. To date the album has sold 895,000 copies worldwide, including 556,400 in the UK.

The song "Stuntman" was used in the film Green Street, and is also played during Sky Sports' Premiership coverage. The song Sun Rise Light Flies appears in the last scene/closing credits of episode 101 of the HBO show "John From Cincinnati" The song "The Doberman" was used in the BBC television show "Top Gear" in the episode when the Top Gear team went to Botswana.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus tracks 1.2 Bonus DVD 2 Release details 3 External links

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Sergio Pizzorno, except where noted.

1. "Empire" – 3:53 (Pizzorno, Chris Karloff)
2. "Shoot the Runner" – 3:27
3. "Last Trip (In Flight)" – 2:53
4. "Me Plus One" – 2:28
5. "Sun Rise Light Flies" – 4:08
6. "Apnoea" – 1:48
7. "By My Side" – 4:14 (Pizzorno, Karloff)
8. "Stuntman" – 5:19 (Pizzorno, Karloff)
9. "Seek & Destroy" – 2:15
10. "British Legion" – 3:19
11. "The Doberman" – 5:34

[edit] Bonus tracks

• "Ketang" – 2:12 (U.S. iTunes)
• "Heroes" – 2:40 (U.S. iTunes)
• "Empire (video) – 9:44 (U.S. and UK iTunes)
• "Shoot the Runner" (live from XFM - UK iTunes)
• "Reason is Treason" (live from XFM - UK iTunes)
• "Empire" (live from XFM - UK iTunes)
• "The Doberman" (live from XFM - UK iTunes)
• "L.S.F" (live from XFM - UK iTunes)

[edit] Bonus DVD

The Limited Edition included a Bonus DVD

• "Empire" video - 4:55
• Documentary - 22:01
• Making of "Empire" video - 10:00

[edit] Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	2006-08-28	BMG, Columbia Records	CD	PARADISE37 / 8 2876 88499 2 7
			10" vinyl	PARADISE38 / 8 2876 88502 2 0
			CD / DVD	PARADISE39 / 8 2876 88499 1 0
Japan	2006-09-06	BMG Japan	CD	BVCP-21481 / 4988017642092
	2006-12-20		CD / DVD	BVCP-28067 / 4988017645901
United States	2006-09-19	Sony BMG, RCA Records	CD	8 2876-88323-2 5
			CD / DVD	8 8697-01459-2 3
Australia	2006-10-14	Sony BMG
			CD / DVD	82876898182
Canada	2006-09-14	Sony BMG
			CD / DVD	88697002262

[edit] External links

• Kasabian: Empire (2006): Reviews at Metacritic.
• Official site
• BMG site - Kasabian (Japan)
• BMG site - Empire(Australia)

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