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| Released | 24 July 2015 | |||
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| Label | Harbinger Sound | |||
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Key Markets is the eighth studio album by British post-punk duo Sleaford Mods. It was released on 24 July 2015, through Harbinger Sound. The tracks are critical of the UK government.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10 [1] |
| Metacritic | 81/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| The Independent | [6] |
| NME | 8/10 [7] |
| The Observer | [8] |
| Pitchfork | 7.5/10 [9] |
| Q | [10] |
| Record Collector | [11] |
| Uncut | 8/10 [12] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Key Markets received an average score of 81 based on twenty reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [2] It was one of the 19 records nominated for the IMPALA Album of the Year Award 2015. [13]
| Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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| The Guardian | The Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 29 [14] |
| NME | NME'S Albums of the Year 2015 | 2015 | 43 [15] |
| Rough Trade | Albums of the Year 2015 | 2015 | 29 [16] |
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] | 90 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] | 74 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [19] | 11 |
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