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Slipway Fires | 
| Artist: Razorlight
Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
Category: Music
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 49
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 38 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 602517858015
EAN: 0602517858015
ASIN: B001G93Z5Q
Release Date: November 3, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Wire To Wire - Carl Dalemo, Razorlight, Johnny Borrell, Andy Burrows, Bjorn Agren, Mike Crossey, Adrian Breakspear, Antonio Feora | | • | Hostage Of Love - Carl Dalemo, Razorlight, Johnny Borrell, Andy Burrows, Bjorn Agren, Jules Buckley, Ben Lee, Amy May, Ben Trigg, Chris Kelly, Mike Crossey, Nick Cervonaro, Adrian Breakspear | | • | You And The Rest | | • | Tabloid Lover | | • | North London Trash | | • | 60 Thompson - Carl Dalemo, Razorlight, Johnny Borrell, Andy Burrows, Bjorn Agren, Mike Crossey, Nick Cervonaro, Adrian Breakspear, Huse Monfaradi, Margo Mars | | • | Stinger | | • | Burberry Blue Eyes | | • | Blood For Wild Blood | | • | Monster Boots | | • | The House - Johnny Borrell, Razorlight, Mike Crossey, Adrian Breakspear, Antonio Feora | | • | Weblink - Razorlight |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Most bands ripen and transcend their earlier selves, eventually. But for Razorlight the onset of maturity has been particularly rapid. It’s like they got on the bus with their debut Up All Night, all tight jeans and scrappy attitude, winging a child’s fare and yet by the time they sat down they were in comfy slacks, pulling a financial supplement from their jacket pocket for light reading and asking the kids at the back to pipe down. Their eponymous second record unapologetically disposed of the fervour and sense of place of Up All Night, pursuing instead a universal sense of melody and more generic themes. It is this vein that they build on with Phase 3, aka Slipaway Fires, and having already engaged the mainstream, Johnny Borrell now makes a big play to be prompted alongside some of the greats. With the sentimental piano balladry of “Wire to Wire” and “The House” he positions himself between “Don’t Look Back in Anger” and Elton John. On “You & the Rest” and “60 Thompson” he goes after Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan respectively. The eye-openers are exaggerated cliché “Tabloid Lover” which is like The Who, Queen and Roxette forced into a space too small for them all and “Stinger”, arching soft rock ballad with a perm. It’s an ambitious project in advancing the Razorlight template and sometimes it probably pushes too far, but a glimmer remains throughout and Slipway Fires won’t be the record to halt their ascent. --James Berry
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Stop hating January 6, 2009
G. L. Williams (South West England)
I have read negative reviews for this purely based on the alleged arrogance of the band which is pathetic. This album in truth, has some great songs, some good songs and some poor songs. Razorlight have moved on musically and are new making a more relaxed sound which suits the vocals of the band. A good album and for me these are the stand out tracks: Wire to Wire, Hostage of Love, Go Thompson, Stinger and the epic Monster Boots.
Buy it and make up your mind but listen with an open mind and without and prejudice about the band. Who knows, you may like a few songs!
 THAT 'DIFFICULT' THIRD ALBUM January 4, 2009
Mr. Christopher J. Welch (Lincolnshire, UK)
Razorlight's second self titled long player gave the band a number 1 single - the modern classic and best single of 2006 'America' - and a massive shed load shifting album. The critics swooned and the public fell for Johnny Borrell and chums mix of powerpop, glitter and THAT voice.
The fact that the new record - Slipway Fires - has attracted some negative reviews and a wave of 'Borrell' backlash comes as little surprise. In all fairness, whilst the new material isn't as consistent and exciting as previous offerings, there are at least a handful of songs that should ensure that the band have another successful run in the charts and keep the masses happy in UK arena's and festivals come Summer 09.
Lead single 'Wire To Wire' is a seductive slow burner featuring a terrifc Borrell vocal, 'Burberry Blue Eyes' a Crowded House like pop rocker (with subtle harmonies and by far the record's best lyrics) & 'North London Trash' is an arch stomp that sounds suspiciously like Suede circa 95. The spritely 'Tabloid Lover' is catchy as hell but let down by some of JB's clunkiest cuplets whilst sedate closer 'The House' is actually all the better for it's stripped down arrangement and honest delivery.
The rest of the tracks often struggle to find a tune or flouder beneath the weight of over production and lack of identity. Borrell's vocals are uniformerly excellent but taken as a whole Slipway Fires pales against the bands first two releases. Still even Razorlight on cruise control put the majority of their indie rock peers in the shade.
 Painful garbage. December 20, 2008
Richard Green (E. Sussex, U.K.)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm SO disappointed with this album. How, after their last album, can Razorlight imagine people will be pleased with this? It lurches from whine to dirge with no redeeming feature. I don't know whether to scare the birds by hanging the CD from the apple tree or by playing it!!
Don't whatever you do buy it!
Not what i expected! December 9, 2008
trouser trout (swansea)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very disappointed with this one, not nearly enough upbeat songs theres not much variation in the songs they all sound alike, they need to go back to the studio with 'up all night' in mind and start over!
Good but not great December 4, 2008
Tom Barker (Notts UK)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I really like razorlight and am slightly dissapointed by this album. There are a few good songs like hostage of love and wire to wire but the rest is dissapointing.
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