The Official Body is the third studio album by British post-punk band Shopping.

The Official Body was met with generally positive reviews.

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 15 reviews.

[7] Tom Hull gave it an A-minus and said that the "songs are tight, clean, [and] have a rhythm and tone similar to that of such classic post-punk bands as Wire, Gang of Four, and Joy Division.

[16] All music is composed by ShoppingThe following individuals were credited with the album's production and artwork.