Send Away the Tigers accolades from critics: The record was also re-evaluated by Drowned in Sound in 2008, with Ben Patashnik describing "Send Away the Tigers" as "far better than anyone had any right to hope for, it sees the Manics embracing their stadium status by writing a collection of dynamic, catchy rock songs that seemed tailor-made for summer festivals. It blows the previous two albums out of the water, not simply because they sound like they’re having fun again, but because they’re not trying to ignore their past." Send Away the Tigers Send Away the Tigers is the eighth studio album by Welsh
Send Away the Tigers and called "Send Away the Tigers" a "brilliant pop record." Among less positive commentaries, "The Guardian" and "The Observer" both awarded the album three stars, with the latter describing "Send Away the Tigers" as a "pedestrian retread of former glories." Alex Denney went further in a negative review for Drowned in Sound, describing the album as a "bloated swansong" that was "embarrassing" in parts, with the band "going through the motions". AllMusic disagreed, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine describing its relatively short and concise length as a "welcome progression from a band that only a couple of albums back seemed stuck