Are You Satisfied?

Are You Satisfied?
Studio album by Slaves
Released May 29, 2015
Genre Punk rock
Length 37:37
Label Virgin EMI Records
Producer Jolyon Thomas
Singles from Are You Satisfied?
  1. "Hey"
    Released: August 18, 2014
  2. "The Hunter"
    Released: November 17, 2014
  3. "Feed The Mataray"
    Released: March 23, 2015
  4. "Cheer Up London"
    Released: June 1, 2015
  5. "Sockets"
    Released: September 4, 2015

Are You Satisfied? is the debut album of English punk duo Slaves. It was released on 1 June 2015.[1] It reached number 8 in its first week on the UK Albums Chart.[2] The album was nominated for the 2015 Mercury Music Prize.[3] The album received mixed reviews from critics upon release. Clash Music reviewed their debut album, calling it a "solid debut" and rating it seven out of ten,[4][5] however, Crack placed the album at number 1 in their list of the worst albums of 2015, and described the duo as "papier-mache punks with their mockney lip-flapping, fag-paper-thin-sentiment, derivative riffs, embarrassingly prescriptive pseudo-politics and sixth form poetry." [6] A deluxe edition was released on 13 November 2015 [7] which featured their single "Where's Your Car Debbie" and one of it's B-sides, 3 songs from their "Sugar Coated Bitter Truth" EP, 2 tracks from BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge and other new songs.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
NME8/10[9]
Clash7/10[10]
The Guardian[11]
Drowned in Sound4/10[12]
DIY[13]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "The Hunter"   3:00
2. "Cheer Up London"   2:33
3. "Sockets"   3:26
4. "Despair and Traffic"   2:18
5. "Do Something"   2:27
6. "Are You Satisfied?"   1:30
7. "Wow!!! 7AM"   3:42
8. "Hey"   2:25
9. "Live Like an Animal"   3:35
10. "Ninety Nine"   3:15
11. "She Wants Me Now"   2:31
12. "Feed the Mantaray"   2:54
13. "Sugar Coated Bitter Truth"   4:01
Total length:
 37:37

References

  1. ↑ "Interview: Slaves - "I Think It Has Quite An Instant Feel And Message"". Inveterate. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "SLAVES". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Mercury Prize 2015 shortlist". BBC. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  4. ↑ Geddes, Clarke (16 June 2015). "Reviews Slaves Are You Satisfied?". Clash Music.
  5. ↑ "Slaves". unrecorded.mu.
  6. ↑ http://crackmagazine.net/article/music/worst-albums-of-the-year-2015/
  7. ↑ "Are You Satisfied (Deluxe) on iTunes". iTunes. 13 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Reviews for Are You Satisfied? by Slaves". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  9. ↑ Cooper, Leonie (14 May 2015). "NME Reviews - Slaves - 'Are You Satisfied?'". NME. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  10. ↑ Geddes, Clarke (16 June 2015). "Slaves - Are You Satisfied?". Clash. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  11. ↑ Hann, Michael (28 May 2015). "Slaves: Are You Satisfied? review – Kentish punks lose their edge on record". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  12. ↑ Adcock, Lee (1 June 2015). "Album Review: Slaves - Are You Satisfied?". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  13. ↑ Jamieson, Sarah (1 June 2015). "Slaves - Are You Satisfied? review". DIY (magazine). Retrieved 2 May 2016.


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