It was premiered by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 on 8 September 2008,[1] and peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart.

[3] In a review for AllMusic, Andrew Leahey wrote: "Slipway Fires is Razorlight's most mainstream release to date, an album that downplays the band's garage-rock past for something akin to Snow Patrol's adult-approved pop.

Enjoying Slipway Fires requires a suspension of disbelief, a conscious separation between the band's past and the (somewhat ludicrous) present.

[10] Writing for The Austin Chronicle, Raoul Hernandez explained: "Razorlight's Slipway Fires manages a glow even in low light.

Between the two best tracks that bookend the UK quartet's third LP struggles an album slighter than the last, which was already thinner than the first.