Maxïmo Park discography

Maxïmo Park discography
Maxïmo Park performing at Radio 1's Big Weekend in 2005.
Studio albums 6
Compilation albums 2
Music videos 23
Singles 23

Maxïmo Park are an alternative rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Founded in the city in 2000, the band currently includes Paul Smith (lead vocals), Duncan Lloyd (guitar), Archis Tiku (bass), Lukas Wooller (keyboard) and Tom English (drums). As of 2017, Maxïmo Park's discography consists of six studio albums, two compilation albums, twenty-three singles and twenty-three music videos.[1]

Maxïmo Park released their debut album, A Certain Trigger in May 2005 on Warp Records. The record was met with considerable critical acclaim,[2][3] reached a respectable #15 on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified Gold in the UK.[4] Five different singles were released from the album, with the most successful being "Graffiti", which peaked at #15 in the UK Singles Chart in May 2005.[4] In January 2006, the group released a compilation album named Missing Songs, which consisted of nine B-sides from A Certain Trigger, as well as demo versions and remixes. The following year, the band released their sophomore effort, Our Earthly Pleasures, which was produced by Gil Norton. The album was released on 2 April 2007 and was preceded by the first single from the record, "Our Velocity". The album was the band's most successful to date, achieving a peak position of #2 in the UK Albums Chart. The album also received gold certification.[4]

The group released their third studio album, Quicken the Heart on 11 May 2009. The record was their most successful in Switzerland and Germany to date. In the UK, the album debuted at #6 in the Albums Chart. Two singles were released from the album; "The Kids Are Sick Again", which reached #50 in the Singles Chart, and "Questing, Not Coasting" which failed to chart.

Studio albums

Year Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[4]		 AUT
[5]		 BEL (Fl)
[6]		 FRA
[7]		 GER
[8]		 IRE
[9]		 NL
[10]		 SCO
[11]		 SWI
[12]
2005 A Certain Trigger
  • Released: 16 May 2005
  • Label: Warp
  • Formats: LP, CD
 15 70 — 102 25 67 — 45 —
2007 Our Earthly Pleasures
  • Released: 2 April 2007
  • Label: Warp
  • Formats: LP, CD, CD/DVD, download
 2 50 88 165 14 52 42 5 34
  • UK: Gold
2009 Quicken the Heart
  • Released: 11 May 2009
  • Label: Warp
  • Formats: LP, CD, CD/DVD, download
 6 58 86 145 13 — 95 6 22
2012 The National Health
  • Released: 11 June 2012
  • Label: V2
  • Formats: LP, CD, download
 13 62 — — 17 — — 16 55
2014 Too Much Information
  • Released: 3 February 2014
  • Label: Daylighting
  • Formats: LP, CD, download
 7 49 141 — 24 — — 22 88
2017 Risk to Exist
  • Released: 21 April 2017
  • Label: Daylighting, Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: LP, CD, download
 11 — — — 58 — — 12 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year Details
2006 Missing Songs
  • Released: 9 January 2006
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: CD
2011 iTunes Essentials

EPs

Year Details
2009 12
  • Released: 16 November 2009
  • Label: Warp
  • Format: 12"

Singles

Year Title Chart peak positions Album
UK
[4]		 UK
Indie
[13]		 BEL (Fl)
[6]		 EU
[14]		 GER
[15]		 MEX
Air.
[16]		 SCO
[17]
2004 "The Coast Is Always Changing" 121 — — — — — — A Certain Trigger
2005 "Apply Some Pressure" 20 2 — — — — 26
"Graffiti" 15 — — — — — —
"Going Missing" 20 3 — — — — —
"Apply Some Pressure" (re-issue) 17 2 — — — — 15
2006 "I Want You to Stay" 21 1 — — — — 18
2007 "Our Velocity" 9 1 — 20 87 — 4 Our Earthly Pleasures
"Books from Boxes" 16 2 — — 75 — 9
"Girls Who Play Guitars" 33 2 — — — — 11
"Karaoke Plays" 113 4 — — — — 39
2009 "Wraithlike" — — — — — — — Quicken the Heart
"The Kids Are Sick Again" 50 1 — — 72 45 2
"Questing, Not Coasting" — 47 — — — — 33
2012 "Hips and Lips" 126 — — — — — — The National Health
"Write This Down" — — — — — — —
"The Undercurrents" — — — — — — —
"The National Health" — — — — — — —
2014 "Leave This Island" — 36 68 — — — — Too Much Information
"Midnight on the Hill" — — — — — — —
"Give, Get, Take" — — — — — — —
2017 "Risk to Exist" — — — — — — — Risk to Exist
"What Did We Do to You to Deserve This?" — — — — — — —
"Get High (No I Don't)" — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Music videos

Year Title Director(s)
2004 "The Coast Is Always Changing" Mat Fleming, Christo Wallers & Clive Tonge
January 2005 "Apply Some Pressure" (Version 1) Jaron Albertin
March 2005 "Graffiti" Lynn Fox
June 2005 "Going Missing" Chris Cairns
September 2005 "Apply Some Pressure" (Version 2) Diamond Dogs
January 2006 "I Want You to Stay" Ramon Bloomberg
February 2007 "Our Velocity" Nima Nourizadeh
May 2007 "Books from Boxes" Daniel Wolfe
July 2007 "Girls Who Play Guitars" Leslie Ali
October 2007 "Karaoke Plays" Amy Neil
April 2009 "The Kids Are Sick Again"
May 2009 "Questing, Not Coasting"
May 2012 "Hips and Lips"
May 2012 "Write This Down"
June 2012 "The National Health"
September 2012 "The Undercurrents"
November 2013 "Brain Cells" Matt Stokes
February 2014 "Leave This Island" Matt Stokes
May 2014 "Midnight on the Hill" The Marshall Darlings
October 2014 "Give, Get, Take" Matt Stokes
January 2017 "Risk to Exist" Steve Gullick
March 2017 "What Did We Do to You to Deserve This?" James&James
March 2017 "Get High (No, I Don't)" James&James

DVDs

As of 2009, Maxïmo Park have released two DVDs, which have included mostly live recordings and documentaries about the band. On 5 June 2006, the group released their first DVD, Found on Film. The feature included footage from two live shows by the band, as well as a documentary about the band, and five music videos from A Certain Trigger. The DVD was also packaged with a bonus BBC Sessions CD which contained tracks from the album, along with some previously unreleased songs.[18] The band's performance on 15 December 2007 at Newcastle Metro Arena was recorded live and released as a bonus DVD with the deluxe version of their third album, Quicken the Heart.

Compilation and soundtrack appearances

A number of Maxïmo Park's songs have been included on compilation discs. Their song "Wasteland" appeared on the War Child album Help!: A Day in the Life in 2005. An acoustic version of their song "Going Missing" was featured on the CD Radio 1's Live Lounge, and their cover of The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" was featured in its sequel Radio 1's Live Lounge 2. A cover of Justin Timberlake's "Like I Love You", with a slightly altered, satirical ending referring of Paul growing up in Billingham listening to records, featured on a compilation celebrating BBC Radio 1's 40th Anniversary.[1] An instrumental version of one of the song "Going Missing" appeared as in the film Stranger than Fiction.

The band has also recorded covers of:

The band's songs have also been featured on numerous video games. Their song "Apply Some Pressure" has appeared on the games Burnout Revenge, SSX on Tour and SingStar Rocks!, whilst "Apply Some Pressure", "Books from Boxes", "The Coast Is Always Changing", "Girls Who Play Guitars", "Going Missing", "Graffiti" and "I Want You to Stay" are all downloadable tracks for SingStar on the PlayStation 3. "Our Velocity" appeared on the demo for Project Gotham Racing 4 and the song "The Unshockable" features on the soundtrack to the game FIFA 08. Their song "Girls Who Play Guitars" is a downloadable track for Rock Band.

References

  1. 1 2 "Maxïmo Park Discography". Discogs. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  2. ↑ Phares, Heather. "A Certain Trigger". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  3. ↑ Ubl, Sam (2005-05-16). "Album Reviews: Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "UK Chartlog: M – My Vitriol". zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Austrian album positions". austriancharts.com. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  6. 1 2 "Flanders album positions". ultratop.be. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  7. ↑ "French album positions". lescharts.com. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  8. ↑ "German album positions". musicline.de. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  9. ↑ "Irish album positions". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  10. ↑ "Dutch album positions". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  11. ↑ Peaks in Scotland:
    • A Certain Trigger: "2007-04-08 Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
    • Our Earthly Pleasures: "2007-04-08 Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
    • Quicken the Heart: "2009-05-23 Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
    • The National Health: "2012-06-17 Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
    • Too Much Information: "2014-02-09 Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
    • Risk to Exist: "2017-04-28 Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
  12. ↑ "Swiss album positions". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  13. ↑ Peak positions for singles on the UK Indie Chart:
    • "Apply Some Pressure": "Top 50 Independent Singles Archive – 2005 February 27". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
    • "Going Missing": "Top 50 Independent Singles Archive – 2005 September 11". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
    • "Apply Some Pressure" (re-issue): "Top 50 Independent Singles Archive – 2005 Ocrtober 30". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
    • "I Want You to Stay": "Top 50 Independent Singles Archive – 2006 February 26". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
    • "Our Velocity": "Top 50 Independent Singles Archive – 2007 March 25". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
    • "Books From Boxes": "Top 50 Independent Singles Archive – 2007 June 17". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
    • "Girls Who Play Guitar": "Top 50 Independent Singles Archive – 2007 August 26". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
    • "Karaoke Plays": "Top 50 Independent Singles Archive – 2007 December 09". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
    • "The Kids Are Sick Again": "Top 50 Independent Singles Archive – 2009 May 10". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
    • "Questing, Not Coasting": "Top 50 Independent Singles Archive – 2009 July 19". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
    • "Leave This Island": "Top 50 Independent Singles Archive – 2014 February 09". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Billboard.biz". billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  15. ↑ "German single positions". musicline.de. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  16. ↑ "Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard.biz.
  17. ↑ Peaks in Scotland:
    • "Apply Some Pressure": "2005 02 27 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
    • "Apply Some Pressure" re-issue: "2005 10 30 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Compan.
    • "I Want You to Stay": "2006 02 26 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
    • "Our Velocity": "2007 03 25 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
    • "Books from Boxes": "2007 06 17 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
    • "Girls Who Play Guitars": "2007 08 26 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
    • "Karaoke Plays": "2007 12 09 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
    • "The Kids Are Sick Again": "2009 05 10 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
    • "Questing, Not Coasting": "2009 07 26 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. }
  18. ↑ "Found on Film". Maxïmo Park official website. 5 June 2006. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
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