Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alternative Press
Drowned In Sound	8/10
The Guardian
The Independent
Kerrang!
NME
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The Spark is the fifth studio album by English rock band Enter Shikari, released on 22 September 2017 through Ambush Reality. It was recorded in Northamptonshire in early 2017.

Following world events in 2016, including Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, leadman Rou Reynolds announced on Twitter that he had been suffering from general anxiety disorder. He declared his frustration and newfound inspiration to write what he intended to be the band's most important work. The band got to work writing songs following the end of the Take to the Skies 10th Anniversary tour.

On 31 July 2017 the band released a music video for the first single "Live Outside". On 13 September 2017 the second single and the music video for "Rabble Rouser" was released.

The album was released on 22 September 2017 through Ambush Reality in the UK and PIAS Recordings internationally.

In November and December 2017 the band will support the release of the album with an arena tour of the UK and mainland Europe.

The Spark was met with positive reviews from critics. Metacritc gave the album an aggregated score of 74/100, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 9 reviews.

Francesca Gosling writing for The Irish Times gave The Spark a positive score of 8/10, summarising that "Those hoping for a return to the earlier sound may be disappointed, but Enter Shikari's unflinching desire to evolve with every release is something very exciting indeed." To add, independent record store 'Norman Records' in the UK rated the release 9 stars out of 10.

All lyrics written by Roughton "Rou" Reynolds; all music composed by Enter Shikari.

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