Eton Alive

Eton Alive is the tenth studio album by British post-punk duo Sleaford Mods. It was released on 22 February 2019 through Extreme Eating Records.^[4]

Eton Alive
Studio album by Sleaford Mods
Released	22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)
Recorded	2018
Studio	JT Soars, Nottingham
Genre	Post-punk electro-punk new wave
Length	38:44
Label	Extreme Eating
Sleaford Mods chronology
Sleaford Mods (2018) Eton Alive (2019) All That Glue (2020)
Sleaford Mods studio album chronology
English Tapas (2017) Eton Alive (2019) Spare Ribs (2021)
Singles from Eton Alive
"Kebab Spider" Released: 7 January 2019[1] "O.B.C.T." Released: 15 February 2019[2] "Discourse" Released: 10 May 2019[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.9/10[5]
Metacritic	84/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
The Guardian	[8]
The Independent	[9]
Mojo	[10]
NME	[11]
The Observer	[12]
Q	[13]
Record Collector	[14]
The Times	[15]
Uncut	8/10[16]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[6]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Mojo	Top 75 Albums of 2019	65	[17]
MusicOMH	Top 50 Albums of 2019	50	[18]
Uncut	Top 75 Albums of 2019	45	[19]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jason Williamson; all music is composed by Andrew Fearn.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Into the Payzone"	2:17
2.	"Kebab Spider"	3:40
3.	"Policy Cream"	3:29
4.	"O.B.C.T."	4:05
5.	"When You Come Up to Me"	3:43
6.	"Top It Up"	2:45
7.	"Flipside"	2:40
8.	"Subtraction"	3:16
9.	"Firewall"	3:22
10.	"Big Burt"	3:20
11.	"Discourse"	3:21
12.	"Negative Script"	2:46

Personnel

Sleaford Mods

• Jason Williamson
• Andrew Fearn

Technical

• Matt Colton – mastering
• Roger Sargent – photography
• Adam Stacey – graphics

Charts

Chart performance for Eton Alive

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20]	191
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21]	58
Scottish Albums (OCC)[22]	6
UK Albums (OCC)[23]	9
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[24]	1