Slipway Fires

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Slipway Fires
Razorlight-slipway-fires.jpg
Studio album by
Razorlight
Released3 November 2008
Studio Air Studios, Fish Factory Studios
Genre
Length38:46
Label Mercury/Vertigo
Producer Mike Crossey
Razorlight chronology
Razorlight
(2006)		Slipway Fires
(2008)		Olympus Sleeping
(2018)
Johnny Borrell chronology
Razorlight
(2006)		Slipway Fires
(2008)		 Borrell 1
(2013)

Slipway Fires is the third album by English indie rock band Razorlight. It was released on 3 November 2008.

Contents

The first single from the album, "Wire to Wire", was released on 26 September 2008. It was premiered by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 on 8 September 2008, [1] and peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart. [2]

The second single taken from the album was "Hostage of Love", released on 12 January 2009.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 52/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
DIY Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Drowned in Sound 4/10 [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]

Slipway Fires was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 52 based on 15 reviews. [3]

In a review for AllMusic, Andrew Leahey wrote: "Slipway Fires is Razorlight's most mainstream release to date, an album that downplays the band's garage-rock past for something akin to Snow Patrol's adult-approved pop. Enjoying Slipway Fires requires a suspension of disbelief, a conscious separation between the band's past and the (somewhat ludicrous) present." [4] Drowned in Sound described it as "a headachey throb of over-production and excessive sentiment" and "about as indie as Margaret Thatcher", [7] while the NME described them as "just a boringly competent indie band masquerading as, at best, Fleetwood Mac and, at worst, Whitesnake". [10]

Writing for The Austin Chronicle , Raoul Hernandez explained: "Razorlight's Slipway Fires manages a glow even in low light. 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." [5]

Track listing

Slipway Fires track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wire to Wire"Johnny Borrell3:05
2."Hostage of Love"
  • Borrell
  • Andy Burrows
3:44
3."You and the Rest"Borrell3:25
4."Tabloid Lover"Borrell2:58
5."North London Trash"Borrell3:28
6."60 Thompson"
  • Borrell
  • Burrows
2:37
7."Stinger"
  • Borrell
  • Burrows
4:17
8."Burberry Blue Eyes"
  • Borrell
  • Burrows
3:33
9."Blood for Wild Blood"Borrell3:10
10."Monster Boots"Borrell4:34
11."The House"Borrell3:55
International digital version bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Where the Frequencies Run Deep and Wild"3:07
iTunes bonus track [14]
No.TitleLength
12.""Wire to Wire" (BBC Live Lounge)2:54

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 94
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] 88
French Albums (SNEP) [19] 62
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] 4
Irish Albums (IRMA) [21] 8
Scottish Albums (OCC) [22] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 39
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 4
US Billboard 200 [25] 23
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [26] 23

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)Rank
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [27] 36

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