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| 1. Wire To Wire |
| 2. Hostage Of Love |
| 3. You And The Rest |
| 4. Tabloid Lover |
| 5. North London Trash |
| 6. 60 Thompson |
| 7. Stinger |
| 8. Burberry Blue Eyes |
| 9. Blood For Wild Blood |
| 10. Monster Boots |
| 11. The House |
| 12. Weblink |
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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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Artist: Razorlight
Manufacturer: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
Manufacturer: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is fairly decent return by Razorlight. Wire to wire is a great tune as are several others in this album. However some of the songs are a bit samey and there don't seem to be as many upbeat songs as there are in the two previous albums.
If you liked Razorlight's second album then this will probably appeal to you more than if you are a lover of the first like myself. To be honest Up All Night is still Razorlight's best work.
If you liked Razorlight's second album then this will probably appeal to you more than if you are a lover of the first like myself. To be honest Up All Night is still Razorlight's best work.
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The album starts off well with 'Wire to Wire' and then goes very rapidly downhill with 'Hostage of Love'; a song about Jesus in the first person. Oh dear. I actually have to skip this track because it's too cringe-worthy to listen to. David Brent could easily have written this.
The rest of the album ambles along, yet tries to be epic. This is the music of a band caught up in it's own arrogance, but who ran out of ideas for the third album.
It's certainly not a good album, but it's not all terrible either. Compared to 'Up All Night' Razorlight are a shadow of their former selves. What happened?
The rest of the album ambles along, yet tries to be epic. This is the music of a band caught up in it's own arrogance, but who ran out of ideas for the third album.
It's certainly not a good album, but it's not all terrible either. Compared to 'Up All Night' Razorlight are a shadow of their former selves. What happened?
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"Slipway Fires" (2008) is Razorlight's third (and, quite possibly, final) album, which for many does not live up the promise of the earlier releases of "Up All Night" (2004) and "Razorlight" (2006). Personally, I find the eleven tracks of the album pretty workman-like and solid enough to warrant repeated listening, the songs covering the standard UK indie-band range of love, life, consumerism and British class divides, with the odd bit of wry London humour thrown in for good measure. The band's original raw rock sound surfaces even less frequently on this album than on their second, favouring instead a lighter instrument touch most of the time -- strummed acoustic guitar, or electric piano sometimes providing sole backing -- and much of the album has an experimental (some might say "copy-cat") feel to it. Many listeners may also be put off by the way the album never feels to settle anywhere (stylistically speaking) for long, making it hard to get a handle on what it wants to be. Whether you find this quirky, or just plain bad, you'll probably have to settle for yourself. I rather like it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
WORST BAND EVER
Two words guaranteed to cause the onset of chronic nausea and mass wrenching.JOHNNY BORRELL.Man this guy is an experiment of a rock star gone badly wrong,an indie mutant,beyond... Read more
Published 10 months ago by mister joe
What A Borrels Up
This is a hideously bad album. No good songs, wailing and self-indulgent vocals and tone deaf tunes make this almost un-listenable. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2009 by Granty
Slipway Fires
This album was worth waiting for!Definately the best yet by Razorlight and possibly one of the best albums I own!
Published on 6 July 2009 by A. Seedell
Razorlights most mature album yet and it's great!
I'm sure that most of Razorlight fans will enjoy the Slipway Fires album alot but, some of the younger fans might find it to laid back or not rocky enough. Read more
Published on 27 May 2009 by Dragonlord
Thier Time Is Due!
This European rock quartet received high acclaim in the U.K. back in 2004 when their first album, "Up All Night" went triple platinum there. Read more
Published on 25 May 2009 by Martin A Hogan
Disappointing
Razorlight's second CD was the first CD I'd ever bought. I really enjoyed it, with no bad songs. Nothing brilliant, but overall pretty good. Read more
Published on 18 April 2009
Razorlight - Slipway Fires
Despite the overall negative press this album has received I think that there are some great, songs on this album. If you like Razorlight you will like this album!
Published on 23 Feb 2009 by Mr. Julian Jest
One of their best
Slipway Fires is amazing. One of their best. Try it, buy it, enjoy it. Just make sure the girlfriend leaves you in peace to listen to it without too many interruptions.
Published on 17 Feb 2009 by thesci-figuy
worth a listen
This was a pressie for my husband and he confirms it's not as good as their previous CD's. There was only one song that he heard on radio and liked off the CD but worth a listen if... Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2009 by James Walsh
Convinced !
I'm going to write more in German, which is my mother tongue, but I'm sure I can give this album at least 4 stars. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2009 by Karin Schmitt
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