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| Released | 22 February 2019 | |||
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| Length | 38:44 | |||
| Label | Extreme Eating | |||
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Eton Alive is the tenth studio album by British post-punk duo Sleaford Mods. It was released on 22 February 2019 through Extreme Eating Records. [4]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10 [5] |
| Metacritic | 84/100 [6] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| The Guardian | [8] |
| The Independent | [9] |
| Mojo | [10] |
| NME | [11] |
| The Observer | [12] |
| Q | [13] |
| Record Collector | [14] |
| The Times | [15] |
| Uncut | 8/10 [16] |
At Metacritic,which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics,the album received an average score of 84,based on 16 reviews,indicating "universal acclaim". [6]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mojo | Top 75 Albums of 2019 | 65 | |
| MusicOMH | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 50 | |
| Uncut | Top 75 Albums of 2019 | 45 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Into the Payzone" | 2:17 |
| 2. | "Kebab Spider" | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Policy Cream" | 3:29 |
| 4. | "O.B.C.T." | 4:05 |
| 5. | "When You Come Up to Me" | 3:43 |
| 6. | "Top It Up" | 2:45 |
| 7. | "Flipside" | 2:40 |
| 8. | "Subtraction" | 3:16 |
| 9. | "Firewall" | 3:22 |
| 10. | "Big Burt" | 3:20 |
| 11. | "Discourse" | 3:21 |
| 12. | "Negative Script" | 2:46 |
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [20] | 191 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] | 58 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [22] | 6 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [23] | 9 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [24] | 1 |
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