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), and Tom English (drums), with founding members Archis Tiku (bass guitar) and Lukas Wooller (keyboard) retiring in 2014 and 2019 respectively. Maxïmo Park's discography consists of seven studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one EP, twenty-three singles and twenty-three music videos.[1]
| Maxïmo Park discography | |
|---|---|
 Maxïmo Park performing at Radio 1's Big Weekend in 2005. | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Singles | 27 |
| Music videos | 23 |
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 number 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 number 15 on 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 second 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 number 2 on the UK Albums Chart (as did 2021's Nature Always Wins). The album also received gold certification.[4]
The group released their third studio album, Quicken the Heart on 11 May 2009, and it debuted at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart. The record was their most successful in Switzerland and Germany to date. Two singles were released from the album; "The Kids Are Sick Again", which reached number 50 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Questing, Not Coasting", which failed to chart.
Their seventh album, Nature Always Wins was released in 2021.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUT [11] |
BEL (Fl) [12] |
FRA [13] |
GER [14] |
IRE [15] |
ITA [16] |
NL [17] |
SCO [18] |
SWI [19] | |||
| A Certain Trigger | 15 | 70 | — | 102 | 25 | 67 | — | —[A] | 45 | — | ||
| Our Earthly Pleasures | 2 | 50 | 88 | 165 | 14 | 52 | 69 | 42 | 5 | 34 |
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| Quicken the Heart |
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6 | 58 | 86 | 145 | 13 | — | — | 95 | 6 | 22 | |
| The National Health |
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13 | 62 | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 16 | 55 | |
| Too Much Information |
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7 | 49 | 141 | — | 24 | — | — | — | 22 | 88 | |
| Risk to Exist |
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11 | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | 12 | — | |
| Nature Always Wins |
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2 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | 1 | 76 | |
| Stream of Life |
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21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Sales [4] |
UK Indie [4] |
SCO [4] | ||||||||||
| Found on Film: BBC Live Sessions |
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— | — | — | ||||||||
| 10th Anniversary Live: London Roundhouse 17/11/15 |
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— | — | — | ||||||||
| 10th Anniversary Live: Manchester Albert Hall 18/11/15 |
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— | — | — | ||||||||
| As Long As We Keep Moving |
|
34 | 9 | 40 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Missing Songs |
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| iTunes Essentials |
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EPs
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| What is Truth and Lies... Garcia Marquez |
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| 12 |
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| Too Much Information EP |
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| Alternatives |
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| Live From The Coast |
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| By The Riverside |
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Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
UK Indie [24] |
AUS [25] |
BEL (Fl) [12] |
EU [26] |
GER [14] |
MEX Air. [27] |
POL [28] |
SCO [29] |
SWI Air [30] | ||||||
| "The Coast Is Always Changing" | 2004 | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Certain Trigger | |||
| "Apply Some Pressure" | 2005 | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | ||||
| "Graffiti" | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | |||||
| "Going Missing" | 20 | 3 | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | 20 | — | |||||
| "Apply Some Pressure" (re-issue) | 17 | 2 | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | 15 | — | |||||
| "I Want You to Stay" | 2006 | 21 | 1 | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | 18 | — | ||||
| "Our Velocity" | 2007 | 9 | 1 | 98 | — | 20 | 87 | — | — | 4 | — |
|
Our Earthly Pleasures | ||
| "Books from Boxes" | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | 75 | — | 40 | 9 | — | |||||
| "Girls Who Play Guitars" | 33 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | |||||
| "Karaoke Plays" | 133 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | |||||
| "The Kids Are Sick Again" | 2009 | 50 | 1 | — | — | 99 | 72 | 45 | — | 2 | — | Quicken the Heart | |||
| "Questing, Not Coasting" | —[B] | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | |||||
| "Hips and Lips"[32] | 2012 | 126 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The National Health | |||
| "The Undercurrents"[33] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "The National Health"[34] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Leave This Island""[35] | 2014 | —[C] | 36 | — | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | 96 | Too Much Information | |||
| "Random Regrets / On the Sly"[37] | —[D] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
| "Midnight on the Hill"[39] | —[E] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Too Much Information | ||||
| "Give, Get, Take"[41] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Risk to Exist" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Risk to Exist | |||
| "What Did We Do to You to Deserve This?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Get High (No I Don't)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "North By North East"[42][F] | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Child of the Flatlands"[43] | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nature Always Wins | |||
| "Baby, Sleep"[44] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "I Don't Know What I'm Doing"[45] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Great Art"[46] | 2022 | —[G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
| "Versionen Von Dir"[48] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Merging Into You"[49] (featuring Du Blonde) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Favourite Songs"[50] | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Stream Of Life | |||
| "Your Own Worst Enemy"[51] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "The End Can Be As Good As The Start"[52] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Quiz Show Clue"[23] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
edit| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Wraithlike" | 2009 | Quicken the Heart |
| "Write This Down" | 2012 | The National Health |
| "Brain Cells"[53] | 2014 | Too Much Information |
Music videos
edit| 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" | Luke Bellis |
| 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 |
| May 2017 | "What Equals Love?" | Deborah Bower |
Live films
edit| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Found on Film ('Live at Brixton Academy' and 'Live at Newcastle Academy' segments)
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| 2009 | Monument (15 December 2007 show at Newcastle Arena, inter-cut with band interviews)
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| 2019 | As Long As We Keep Moving (Live studio session film)
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Compilation and soundtrack appearances
editA 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:
- "Just Dance" (Lady Gaga cover)
- "Miss Independent" (Ne-Yo cover)
- "Was There Anything I Could Do?" (The Go-Betweens cover)
- "Diamonds and Pearls" (Prince cover)
- "Shiver" (Natalie Imbruglia cover)
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.
Notes
edit- ^ A Certain Trigger did not enter the Dutch Album Top 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Dutch Alternative Albums chart.[20]
- ^ "Questing, Not Coasting" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 24 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[31]
- ^ "Leave This Island" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 7 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[36]
- ^ "Random Regrets/On The Sly" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 68 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[38]
- ^ "Midnight on the Hill" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 25 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[40]
- ^ "North By North East" was recorded for The Great Exhibition of the North
- ^ "Great Art" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[47]
References
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- ^ Peaks in Scotland:
- A Certain Trigger: "2007-04-08 Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- 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.
- Nature Always Wins: "2021-03-05 Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
- Stream of Life: "2024-10-04 Top 100 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
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- ^ 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.
- "Graffiti": "Top 50 Independent Singles Archive – 2005 September 11". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- "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.
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- For "Our Velocity": "Chart History: Euro Digital Tracks". Billboard. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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- ^ "Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Polish Singles Chart |". Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Peaks in Scotland:
- "Apply Some Pressure": "2005 02 27 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Graffiti": "2005 02 27 Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- "Going Missing": "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 Company.
- "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.
- ^ "Schweizer Airplay Charts 03/2014 - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 19 July 2009 - 25 July 2009". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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- ^ "The Undercurrents by Maxïmo Park on Apple Music". Retrieved 2 May 2022 – via Apple Music (GB).
- ^ "The National Health by Maxïmo Park on Apple Music". Retrieved 2 May 2022 – via Apple Music (GB).
- ^ "Leave This Island by Maxïmo Park on Apple Music". Retrieved 2 May 2022 – via Apple Music (GB).
- ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 16 February 2014 - 22 February 2014". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Maximo Park - Random Regrets / On The Sly / Daylighting from Piccadilly Records". Piccadilly Records. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 20 April 2014 - 26 April 2014". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Midnight on the Hill by Maxïmo Park on Apple Music". Retrieved 2 May 2022 – via Apple Music (GB).
- ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 15 June 2014 - 21 June 2014". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Give, Get, Take by Maxïmo Park on Apple Music". Retrieved 2 May 2022 – via Apple Music (GB).
- ^ "North By North East - Single by Maxïmo Park on Apple Music". Retrieved 2 May 2022 – via Apple Music (GB).
- ^ "Child of the Flatlands - Single by Maxïmo Park on Apple Music". Retrieved 2 November 2020 – via Apple Music.
- ^ "Baby, Sleep by Maxïmo Park on Apple Music". Retrieved 2 November 2020 – via Apple Music.
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