Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	52/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Drowned in Sound	(4/10) link
The Guardian	link
Metro	Link
NME	(4/10) link
Q	link
Rolling Stone	link
Slant Magazine	link
The Times	link
Uncut	link

Slipway Fires is the third album by English indie rock band Razorlight. The album was released on 3 November 2008.

The first single from the album, Wire to Wire, was released on 26 September 2008. It was premiered by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 on 8 September 2008, and peaked at number 5 in the UK Singles Chart.

The second single taken from the album was Hostage of Love released on 12 January 2009.

Overall critical response to Slipway Fires was generally negative. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 52, based on 15 reviews.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". Q were favourable however, commenting that "Slipway Fires requires more of your time and duly rewards it", as well as making it their album of the month.

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