UK Grim

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UK Grim
UK Grim by Sleaford Mods Album Artwork.jpg
Studio album by
Sleaford Mods
Released10 March 2023 (2023-03-10)
StudioJT Soar, Nottingham
Genre Electro-punk [1] [2]
Length48:21
Label Rough Trade
Producer Andrew Fearn
Sleaford Mods chronology
Spare Ribs
(2021)		UK Grim
(2023)		More UK Grim
(2023)

UK Grim is the twelfth studio album by English post-punk band Sleaford Mods. It was released on 10 March 2023 on the Rough Trade Records. [3] Production was handled by Andrew Fearn. It features guest appearances from Florence Shaw (Dry Cleaning) and Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction). [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10 [5]
Metacritic 81/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Clash 9/10 [8]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Gigwise Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [15]
Uncut 8/10 [16]

UK Grim was met with critical acclaim upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 81 based on fourteen reviews. [6] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.7 out of 10, based on fifteen reviews. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn.

UK Grim track listing
No.TitleLength
1."UK Grim"3:18
2."Dlwhy"3:29
3."Force 10 from Navarone" (featuring Florence Shaw)3:24
4."Tilldipper"2:21
5."On the Ground"3:32
6."Right Wing Beast"3:05
7."Smash Each Other Up"2:39
8."Don"4:07
9."So Trendy" (featuring Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro)3:45
10."I Claudius"3:05
11."Pit 2 Pit"3:23
12."Apart from You"3:56
13."Tory Kong"2:58
14."Rhythms of Class"5:12
Total length:48:21

Personnel

Sleaford Mods
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for UK Grim
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 64
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [18] 150
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 15
Scottish Albums (OCC) [20] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] 47
UK Albums (OCC) [22] 3

References

  1. ↑ Farrell, Margaret (13 March 2023). "Sleaford Mods: UK Grim Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Russell, Will (10 March 2023). "Album Review: Sleaford Mods, UK Grim". Hot Press . Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Sleaford Mods Announce New Album UK Grim, Share Title Track and 2023 Tour Dates". Yahoo Entertainment. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (9 March 2023). "Sleaford Mods return with sardonic and furious flights of fancy on UK Grim". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  5. 1 2 "UK Grim by Sleaford Mods reviews | Any Decent Music". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for UK Grim – Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  7. ↑ Phares, Heather. "UK Grim – Sleaford Mods: AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  8. ↑ Harrison, Emma (9 March 2023). "Sleaford Mods – UK GRIM". Clash . Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  9. ↑ England, Adam (10 March 2023). "Album Review: Sleaford Mods – UK GRIM". DIY . Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  10. ↑ Maplethorpe, Dale (13 March 2023). "Album Review: Sleaford Mods – UK GRIM". Gigwise . Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  11. ↑ Segal, Victoria (21 February 2023). "Filter Albums: Sleaford Mods – UK Grim". Mojo . No. 353 (April 2023). Peterborough, UK: H Bauer Publishing. p. 85. ISSN   1351-0193.
  12. ↑ Murphy, David (9 March 2023). "Sleaford Mods – UK Grim". musicOMH . Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  13. ↑ Trendell, Andrew (8 March 2023). "Sleaford Mods – 'UK Grim' review: their dumpster fire melodrama remains vital". NME . Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  14. ↑ Atkins, Jamie (9 February 2023). "New Albums: Attack Mode – Sleaford Mods: UK Grim". Record Collector . No. 542 (March 2023). London: Diamond Publishing Ltd. p. 112. ISSN   0261-250X.
  15. ↑ Aubrey, Elizabeth (10 March 2023). "Miley Cyrus is defiant, Van Morrison mines his youth – the week's best albums". The Telegraph . Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  16. ↑ Watts, Peter (9 February 2023). "New Albums: Sleaford Mods – UK Grim (Rough Trade)". Uncut . No. 311 (April 2023). Crawley, West Sussex, UK: NME Networks Media Ltd. p. 36. ISSN   1368-0722.
  17. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Sleaford Mods – UK Grim" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  18. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Sleaford Mods – UK Grim" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  19. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Sleaford Mods – Spare Ribs" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  20. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  21. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Sleaford Mods – UK Grim". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  22. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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