English Tapas

English Tapas is the ninth studio album by English post-punk duo Sleaford Mods.^[13] Recorded at Steve Mackey's West Heath Garage studios in London, it was released via Rough Trade Records on 3 March 2017.^[14] It debuted at number 12 on the UK Albums Chart.^[15]

English Tapas
Studio album by Sleaford Mods
Released	3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)
Studio	West Heath Garage
Genre	Post-punk rap-punk art punk electro-punk
Length	37:31
Label	Rough Trade Records
Producer	Sleaford Mods
Sleaford Mods chronology
Live At SO36 (2016) English Tapas (2017) Sleaford Mods (2018)
Sleaford Mods studio album chronology
Key Markets (2015) English Tapas (2017) Eton Alive (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.4/10[1]
Metacritic	81/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
The Independent	[5]
Mojo	[6]
NME	[7]
The Observer	[8]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[9]
Q	[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Uncut	8/10[12]

The songs on the album are mostly about contemporary life and politics in England following the 2016 EU referendum.

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank	Ref.
Rough Trade	Albums of the Year	2017	28	[16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn^[17]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Army Nights"	3:02
2.	"Just Like We Do"	2:54
3.	"Moptop"	2:38
4.	"Messy Anywhere"	3:12
5.	"Time Sands"	3:10
6.	"Snout"	2:44
7.	"Drayton Manored"	3:36
8.	"Carlton Touts"	2:52
9.	"Cuddly"	3:44
10.	"Dull"	2:41
11.	"B.H.S."	3:48
12.	"I Feel So Wrong"	3:10

Bonus 7" single and Japanese CD bonus track

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Big Trouble in Little Costa"	2:44

Personnel

Sleaford Mods

• Jason Williamson
• Andrew Fearn

Technical

• Matt Colton – mastering
• Simon Parfrement – photography
• Steve Lippert – illustrator, Photoshop

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18]	128
French Albums (SNEP)[19]	164
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20]	60
Irish Albums (IRMA)[21]	91
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22]	87
UK Albums (OCC)[23]	12