Key Markets

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Key Markets
Key markets.jpg
Studio album by
Sleaford Mods
Released24 July 2015
Genre
Label Harbinger Sound
Sleaford Mods chronology
Tiswas
(2014)		Key Markets
(2015)		T.C.R.
(2016)
Sleaford Mods studio album chronology
Divide and Exit
(2014)		Key Markets
(2015)		 English Tapas
(2017)

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.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.4/10 [1]
Metacritic 81/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 8/10 [7]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 7.5/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRank
The Guardian The Best Albums of 20152015
29 [14]
NME NME'S Albums of the Year 20152015
43 [15]
Rough Trade Albums of the Year 20152015
29 [16]

Track listing

  1. "Live Tonight" - 3:12
  2. "No One's Bothered" - 2:52
  3. "Bronx in a Six" - 3:35
  4. "Silly Me" - 3:15
  5. "Cunt Make It Up" - 2:31
  6. "Face To Faces" - 3:23
  7. "Arabia" - 3:01
  8. "In Quiet Streets" - 4:16
  9. "Tarantula Deadly Cargo" - 3:21
  10. "Rupert Trousers" - 3:13
  11. "Giddy on the Ciggies" - 4:15
  12. "The Blob" - 2:33

Charts

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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