Slipway Fires

{{Music ratings

| MC = 52/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/slipway-fires/razorlight|title=Slipway Fires by Razorlight|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=10 April 2021}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/slipway-fires-mw0000810480|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Leahey|first=Andrew|accessdate=10 April 2021}}

| rev2 = The Austin Chronicle

| rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2009-03-20/756164/|title=The Austin Chronicle Review|work=The Austin Chronicle|last=Hernandez|first=Raoul|date=March 20, 2009|accessdate=April 10, 2021}}

| rev3 = DIY

| rev3score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/archive/razorlight-slipway-fires|title=DIY Magazine Review|work=DIY|last=White|first=Lee|date=11 November 2008 |accessdate=10 April 2021}}

| rev4 = Drowned in Sound

| rev4score = 4/10{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/13758/reviews/4135624-razorlight-slipway-fires|title=Drowned in Sound Review|website=Drowned in Sound|last=Lukowski|first=Andrzej|date=4 November 2008|accessdate=10 April 2021|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410093147/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/13758/reviews/4135624-razorlight-slipway-fires|url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/31/razorlight-review|title=The Guardian Review|work=The Guardian|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|date=31 October 2008|accessdate=10 April 2021}}

| rev6 = MusicOMH

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/razorlight-slipway-fires|title=MusicOMH Review|website=MusicOMH|last=Oliver|first=Nic|date=3 November 2008|accessdate=10 April 2021}}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-razorlight-9973-342515|title=NME Review|website=NME|date=31 October 2008|accessdate=10 April 2021}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/26360375/review/26415191/slipway_fires|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304174352/https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/26360375/review/26415191/slipway_fires|title=Rolling Stone Review|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Eddy|first=Chuck|date=3 March 2009|archive-date=4 March 2009|url-status=dead|accessdate=10 April 2021}}

| rev9 = Slant Magazine

| rev9score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1674|title=Slant Magazine Review|work=Slant Magazine|last=Cataldo|first=Jesse|date=9 March 2008|accessdate=10 April 2021}}

| rev10 = Sputnikmusic

| rev10score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/27843/Razorlight-Slipway-Fires/|title=Sputnikmusic Review|website=Sputnikmusic|date=7 November 2008|accessdate=10 April 2021}}

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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.

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." Drowned in Sound described it as "a headachey throb of over-production and excessive sentiment" and "about as indie as Margaret Thatcher", while the NME described them as "just a boringly competent indie band masquerading as, at best, Fleetwood Mac and, at worst, Whitesnake".

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."

{{Track listing

|headline=Slipway Fires track listing

|title1=Wire to Wire

|writer1=Johnny Borrell

|length1=3:05

|title2=Hostage of Love

|writer2={{hlist|Borrell|Andy Burrows}}

|length2=3:44

|title3=You and the Rest

|writer3=Borrell

|length3=3:25

|title4=Tabloid Lover

|writer4=Borrell

|length4=2:58

|title5=North London Trash

|writer5=Borrell

|length5=3:28

|title6=60 Thompson

|writer6={{hlist|Borrell|Burrows}}

|length6=2:37

|title7=Stinger

|writer7={{hlist|Borrell|Burrows}}

|length7=4:17

|title8=Burberry Blue Eyes

|writer8={{hlist|Borrell|Burrows}}

|length8=3:33

|title9=Blood for Wild Blood

|writer9=Borrell

|length9=3:10

|title10=Monster Boots

|writer10=Borrell

|length10=4:34

|title11=The House

|writer11=Borrell

|length11=3:55

}}

{{Track listing

|headline=International digital version bonus track

|title12=Where the Frequencies Run Deep and Wild

|length12=3:07

}}

{{Track listing

|headline=iTunes bonus track{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/slipway-fires/1443751554|title="Slipway Fires" von Razorlight auf Apple Music|date=January 2008 |publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=3 October 2016}}

|title12="Wire to Wire

|note12=BBC Live Lounge

|length12=2:54

}}

• Johnny Borrell - vocals and guitar
• Björn Ågren - guitar
• Carl Dalemo - bass
• Andy Burrows - drums
• Produced, engineered and mixed by Mike Crossey
• Engineered by Antonio and Nick Cervonaro
• Assistant engineer: Adrian Breakspear
• Recorded at The Fish Factory and Air Studios, London
• Mixed at The Engine Room (Miloco Studios), London
• Mastered by Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering
• Cover photography by Paul Rider, Johnny Photo and David Ellis
• Sleeve conceived by JB and Colly
• Art direction and design by Colly

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