Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(57/100)
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Dotmusic	(9/10)
Drowned In Sound	(3/10)
The Guardian
Mojo
NME	(7/10)
Pitchfork Media	(4.5/10)
Q
Rolling Stone
RTÉ

2004–2005 in England at

Language. Sex. Violence. Other? is the fifth studio album by alternative rock band Stereophonics. Produced by Kelly Jones and Jim Lowe, it was released on 14 March 2005 (22 March 2005 in the U.S.) on V2 Records. After the band's two previous albums, which contained much more acoustic music and an overall mellower sound, the band brought back the harder and more abrasive alternative rock and indie rock sound they were known for and songs such as "Doorman" and "Brother" are some of the band's most aggressive songs.

Jones began writing the album while Stereophonics were on their You Gotta Go There to Come Back tour and recording sessions began in July 2004. It received positive reviews in the British music press, compared to their previous albums. The album reached number one in the UK, selling over 100,000 copies in its first week of release. It was the 37th biggest selling album of 2005 in the UK with over 500,000 copies sold. It debuted at thirty-five on the U.S. Billboard Heatseekers chart.

The first single, "Dakota", was released on 28 February 2005. It became Stereophonics' biggest hit in the UK, reaching number one in the sales chart, and also topping the download chart, where it remained in the top ten for eleven weeks. The single received positive reviews, James Masterton calling it the single of the year.

"The album started the same way as every other album really. I do most of my writing on the road, on tour and then I just do a series of demos and see which ones work."

The song "Deadhead" was previously released as a demo version under a different track name on the "Madame Helga" CD single as "Royal Flush". This is the second time to date the band have released a full finished version of a demo track from a CD single of a previous album campaign, in which "Nice to Be Out" from "Pick a Part That's New" was released two years later in 2001 on Just Enough Education to Perform.

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