Eton Alive
by Sleaford Mods
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 24
  3. Negative: 3 out of 24
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  1. lovezero
    Mar 30, 2019
    10
    An album that grows on you with each listening. it's a sheer punk at heart in spite of its rap appearance.
  2. TurkeyBoi
    Mar 2, 2019
    9
    This is my favourite Sleaford Mods record. The production is more dynamic and experimental than ever, Jason Williamson is at his prime, album of the year for me.

    FAV TRACKS: KEBAB SPIDER, POLICY CREAM, O.B.C.T, FLIPSIDE, SUBTRACTION, FIREWALL, BIG BURT, DISCOURSE, NEGATIVE SCRIPT

    LEAST FAV TRACKS: INTO THE PAYZONE, WHEN YOU COME UP TO ME
  3. WellDun01
    Oct 25, 2020
    9
    Not a skibbable song. Once you get used to the voice, you get right into it. Really funny, every song is different from the last, no lulls, and the production is phenominal. So much different to anything else around.

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Under The Radar
    Mar 20, 2019
    70
    Certainly this is a vast step forward for Sleaford Mods, musically, tonally, and in terms of performance and the perfection of the biting couplet, but they appear to remain steadfast in their long-held belief that, as Williamson states on "Subtraction," "the only change I like is in my pocket."
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  2. PopMatters
    Mar 15, 2019
    90
    Brexit (let us look forward to the day when we no longer have to speak of this blight) may be this album's context and its backdrop but what we might be getting here is ultimately a form of contemporary elegiac lyricism rather than full-fledged social polemic. Perhaps that is a more useful and rewarding reference and access point for this remarkable piece of work.
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  3. The Wire
    Mar 7, 2019
    80
    Eton Alive is but another visceral and impetuous take on a grim political reality. [Mar 2019, p.58]
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