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Slipway Fires

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 15 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 16 votes
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Album Info
Label: Mercury
Release Date: 10 March 2009
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rock, Indie
Summary
The third album for the British quartet was produced by Mike Crossey.
Also By This Artist: Razorlight Up All Night
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Q Magazine
Slipway Fires requires more of your time and duly rewards it. [Dec 2008, p.120]
musicOMH.com
Just when you think the album is sinking into mediocrity, Borrell and company respond with two of the best tracks they have ever put their names to.
Read Full Review >Mojo
On 'North London Trash,' 'Burberry Blue Eyes,' 'Hostage Of Love' and the histrionic 'Blood For Wild Blood,' Razorlight have matured beyond bubblegum rock and may yet answer Borrell's prayers for immortality. [Dec 2008, p.100]
The Guardian
It aims at U2, but winds up a ringer for their less-celebrated countrymen.
Read Full Review >Uncut
If the odd clunker remains ('Hostage Of Love' could be a Meatloaf out-take) Slipway Fires largely sees a return to the introspection of debut album "Up All Night."
Read Full Review >PopMatters
Despite the grand aspirations and the faux-profound statements peppered among these 11 tracks, Razorlight’s third album falls short of anything they’ve previously done.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone
Most of the time, the lyrics are vague and unformed, and when they aren't, the band's lyrical details seem too singularly British to translate.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
Enjoying Slipway Fires requires a suspension of disbelief, a conscious separation between the band's past and the somewhat ludicrous present.
Read Full Review >Hot Press
An edgy rock album, reminiscent of Razorlight’s great debut, had been promised but is nowhere to be heard.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle
Between the two best tracks that bookend the UK quartet's third LP struggles an album slighter than the last, which was already thinner than the first.
Read Full Review >Drowned In Sound
Slipway Fires is preposterous, and in a way I actually wish I liked it more.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express
In simple terms, then, the third Razorlight album is utter, utter cobblers.
Read Full Review >Spin
Too bad the performances are so lamely tossed-off. Borrell's quavering vocals feel showy and shallow, while the quartet's glossy guitar pop could come from any crew of faceless studio hacks.
Read Full Review >Slant Magazine
The rest of the band, a soulless cooperative between Sweden and the U.K., does their best to back him up, issuing rote, lifeless rock tracks that build appropriately to fist-pumping peaks, but it's Borrell's vocals that press this album past mediocrity into embarrassing territory.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 16 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
DJC gave it an8:
I'm surprised how poorly this record was received they have made a very good album here. Sure, just as their last album was not war this is not the Joshua tree, but wire to wire is as soulful as tabloid lover is catchy (maybe a little cheesy but hey) it really boils down to a good record that is not getting the praise that it deserves.
Daan K. gave it a10:
The best album of Razorlight!
Joanna B gave it an8:
I think this CD is absolutely underrated. I think it's great and much better and musically more mature than their previous one. the more I listen to it the more I like it.
Ian b gave it a10:
a razorlight album is always going to get bad reviews no matter how good it is i think this is a brilliant album they've topped what they did on their last album a must have.
Joe D gave it a9:
Great album, totally doesnt deserve the slating it's getting by most reviewers, i love this album, razorlight try something new every album and once again it's a success.
The Sheez gave it a1:
Get every rock cliche in the world and you have Razorlight. A ridiculous talentless frontman robbing better artists iaeas and coming up with this tripe. Truly awful.
