Ringleader has been given a total score of 75 on Metacritic (which provides a weighted average of the main reviews.) For comparison, Quarry received 70.

Mercury Prize nominated albums tend to get from the mid 70s upwards (Tunstall and the Kaiser Chiefs both got around 75) so this may be Morrissey’s first realistic chance of a Mercury nomination.

Ringleader is also now officially a Gold album in the UK (having shifted over 100,000 units) according to figures published in Music Week. This is more than most Moz albums although Quarry eventually went platinum (300,000).
Finally, for the first time since its release, Ringleader has actually gone up in the UK album charts albeit from a lowly 72 to a slightly less lowly 64.