• Record Label: Yep Roc
  • Release Date: Sep 26, 2025
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Uncut
    Sep 26, 2025
    80
    Based On The Best Seller is a high water mark. [Nov 2025, p.39]
  2. Mojo
    Sep 26, 2025
    80
    The humour enhances the band's vigour: loud and ragged, they sound like a band much younger than their years, although the high quality of songcraft is a giveaway of their veteran status. [Nov 2025, p.93]
  3. Sep 26, 2025
    80
    2025's Based on the Best Seller is Sloan's 14th album, and it has everything you could ask for from a pop-leaning rock band – killer tunes, plenty of swagger and spirit, guitar crunch for days, expert harmonies, a first rate rhythm section, and production that captures their many virtues with clean concision and no excess treacle.
  4. Oct 10, 2025
    75
    Compared to all other Sloan albums, Based on the Based Seller is right in line. Compared with everything else, it’s a 10.
  5. Oct 21, 2025
    70
    For Based on the Best Seller, even Scott’s tracks fit in pretty snugly. Catchy melodies and big guitars are the order of the day, with a side of Murph’s jauntier piano-driven songs to change things up.
  6. Sep 26, 2025
    70
    For the most part, Based on the Best Seller feels like a revitalized bunch of friends cutting loose and having a blast. The wheel hasn't been reinvented, but you get all the inside jokes because they're your friends — and you're just happy to have been invited along for the ride.

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