Twenty-five years in, and a first: with You Got This the Welshmen score the first number one of their history on the UK charts. The press follows suit: 76/100, with a triple 8/10 (Metal Hammer, Kerrang!, Record Collector). Kerrang! finally hears a record capturing the band’s live « energy, attitude and a relentless, celebratory sense of fun »; Louder calls it « one of the year’s most instantaneous, joyous, technicolour listens ».
The consensus: Benji Webbe and co widen the spectrum again — ska on « Broke », dub on « Glass », reggaeton on « Big Em Up » — without dropping the founding ragga-metal. Classic Rock (7/10) sums it up: a « punky reggae party ». Record Collector confirms an « upward trajectory » nobody saw coming this deep into their career.
Reservations exist: Distorted Sound (7/10) finds it « enjoyable » but « not groundbreaking », and the public (60/100 on AOTY) balks at the openly embraced pop dosage — the hard-metal crowd checks out when the metal recedes. No matter: the UK’s most efficient party band just won its commercial and critical bet at the same time.