Take Control
by Slaves (UK)
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Slaves (UK) bestography
Take Control is ranked 4th best out of 4 albums by Soft Play on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Soft Play is Are You Satisfied? which is ranked number 14288 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 81.
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Take Control track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Take Control rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 95 Music Albums of 2016 | 46/95 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Davy | Top 71 Music Albums of 2016 | 65/71 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Wasinski | Top 75 Music Albums of 2016 | 72/75 | 0 |
| 2024 |  DeusExMackia | The Best Punk-ish Albums from Britain & Ireland's Nu-New Wave | 26/38 | - |
| 2021 | pago82 | Top 90 Music Albums of 2016 | 82/90 | 1 |
| 2019 | WayneMC | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2016 | New Noise | New Noise 2016 en 85 disques | 59/85 | 2 |
| 2016 | New Music Express | NME Albums Of The Year 2016 | 38/50 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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Take Control ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/26/2024 16:22 | LosWochos | 47,500 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2024 14:39 | cicadelic | 13,493 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2022 11:21 | Davy | 1,442 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2022 08:44 | cazorla19 | 931 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2021 07:07 | MegoEvilBear | 2,145 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 71.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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DeusExMackia 07/29/2018 13:52 | #218929
It's easy to dismiss Slaves as nothing more than middle class wanna-be punks wanting to kick up a fuss about problems that don't even really affect them. But that's the view of dismissive, ignorant folk who won't get the appeal of Take Control.
The band's second outing is more fleshed out, more diverse and more aggressive than previous works, and delivers one of the most appealing assesment of the state of Britain of recent times. It's far from nuanced in its message, taking the "state the bleeding obvious" route as opposed to something more subtle, but then again, this isn't supposed to be complicated music.
What Take Control is meant to be is a shout-along overdrive fest for the disparate youth of the UK, a middle finger to those who find Slaves' music to be a bit too loud and rough for their liking. And save for its few off tracks, it's a properly, properly good record.
Not everyone's going to like it, but then again, that's half the point of the damn album in the first place. Having listened to it on the day of released, seen it played live and continued to play it in the years since, it's safe to say it's solidified it's place as an essential record of 2016 and one of the best ventures into punk in years.
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