The Streets
The Streets is an English musical project led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner. The project was founded in the early 90s in Birmingham, while Skinner was still a teenager; however, no music would formally come out until the early 2000s. In the initial run of The Streets, the project released five studio albums: Original Pirate Material (2002), A Grand Don't Come for Free (2004), The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living (2006), Everything Is Borrowed (2008) and Computers and Blues (2011). The Streets also released a string of successful singles during this time, which reached the Top 40 on the UK Singles chart – including "Has It Come to This?", "Fit but You Know It", "Dry Your Eyes", "When You Wasn't Famous" and "Prangin' Out". After disbanding The Streets in 2011, Skinner pursued several other musical projects before ultimately reviving the moniker in 2017. A mixtape, None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive, was released in 2020. The Streets' sixth studio album, The Darker the Shadow the Brighter the Light, was released in September 2023.
How Critics See The Streets
Chorus pulls the clearest critic-consensus signals out of this discography: the highest-rated record, the tightest agreement, the sharpest split, and the best place to start.
A Grand Don't Come For Free
2004
Highest ChoruScore in this discography at 87/100 across 19 reviews.
The Streets's A Grand Don't Come For Free unfolds like a gritty, laugh-tinged short film of south-London life, an affecting narrative concept record that earned an 86.53/100 consen...
A Grand Don't Come For Free
2004
Best balance of score, review depth, and critic agreement for a first listen.
The Streets's A Grand Don't Come For Free unfolds like a gritty, laugh-tinged short film of south-London life, an affecting narrative concept record that earned an 86.53/100 consen...
