Maxïmo Park discography

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 guitar), Lukas Wooller (keyboard) and Tom English (drums). As of 2017, Maxïmo Park's discography consists of six 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 albums6
Live albums4
Compilation albums2
Music videos23
EPs3
Singles23

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 #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 number 2 on 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, 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.

Studio albums
Year Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[4]		 AUT
[5]		 BEL (Fl)
[6]		 FRA
[7]		 GER
[8]		 IRE
[9]		 ITA
[10]		 NL
[11]		 SCO
[12]		 SWI
[13]
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 69 42 5 34
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.

Live albums
Year Details
2006 Found on Film (BBC Radio live sessions CD)
  • Released: 5 June 2006
  • Label: Warp Records
  • Format: CD+DVD
2015 10th Anniversary Live:
London Roundhouse 17/11/15
  • Released: 17 November 2015
  • Label: Concert Live Ltd
  • Format: 2×CD
2015 10th Anniversary Live 2015:
Manchester Albert Hall 18/11/15
  • Released: 18 November 2015
  • Label: Concert Live Ltd
  • Format: 2×CD
2019 As Long As We Keep Moving (Live studio session soundtrack)
  • Released: 1 March 2019
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Format: LP, CD, CD+DVD, download

Live films
Year Details
2006 Found on Film ('Live at Brixton Academy' and 'Live at Newcastle Academy' segments)
  • Released: 5 June 2006
  • Label: Warp Records
  • Format: CD+DVD
2009 Monument (15 December 2007 show at Newcastle Arena, inter-cut with band interviews)
  • Released: 11 May 2009
  • Label: Warp Records
  • Format: DVD included in the special edition of Quicken The Heart
2019 As Long As We Keep Moving (Live studio session film)
  • Released: 1 March 2019
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Format: CD+DVD, download

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"
2014 Too Much Information EP
  • Released: 3 February 2014
  • Label: Daylighting
  • Format: CD included in the deluxe edition of Too Much Information
2018 Alternatives

Singles
List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[4]		 UK
Indie
[15]		 BEL (Fl)
[6]		 EU
[16]		 GER
[8]		 MEX
Air.
[17]		 SCO
[18]
"The Coast Is Always Changing" 2004 121—————— A Certain Trigger
"Apply Some Pressure" 2005 202————26
"Graffiti" 15——————
"Going Missing" 203—————
"Apply Some Pressure" (re-issue) 172————15
"I Want You to Stay" 2006 211————18
"Our Velocity" 2007 91—2087—4 Our Earthly Pleasures
"Books from Boxes" 162——75—9
"Girls Who Play Guitars" 332————11
"Karaoke Plays" 1334————39
"The Kids Are Sick Again" 2009 501——72452 Quicken the Heart
"Questing, Not Coasting" —[upper-alpha 1]47————33
"Hips and Lips" 2012 126—————— The National Health
"Write This Down" ———————
"The Undercurrents" ———————
"The National Health" ———————
"Leave This Island" 2014 —[upper-alpha 2]3668———— Too Much Information
"Random Regrets / On the Sly"[21] —[upper-alpha 3]—————— Non-album single
"Midnight on the Hill" —[upper-alpha 4]—————— Too Much Information
"Give, Get, Take" ———————
"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"[upper-alpha 5] 2018 ——————— Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Promotional singles
Title Year Album
"Wraithlike" 2009 Quicken the Heart
"Brain Cells"[24] 2014 Too Much Information

Notes
  1. "Questing, Not Coasting" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 24 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[19]
  2. "Leave This Island" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 7 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[20]
  3. "Random Regrets/On The Sly" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 68 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[22]
  4. "Midnight on the Hill" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 25 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[23]
  5. "North By North East" was recorded for The Great Exhibition of the North

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" 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

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. "Maxïmo Park Discography". Discogs. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  2. Phares, Heather. "A Certain Trigger". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. Ubl, Sam (16 May 2005). "Album Reviews: Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  4. "UK Chartlog: M – My Vitriol". zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  5. "Austrian album positions". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  6. "Flanders album positions". ultratop.be. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  7. "French album positions". lescharts.com. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  8. "Discographie Maxïmo Park". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  9. "Irish album positions". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  10. "italiancharts.com - Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures". Italian-charts.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  11. "Dutch album positions". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  12. Peaks in Scotland:
  13. "Swiss album positions". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  14. "British certifications – Maxïmo Park". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 June 2020. Type Maxïmo Park in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  15. Peak positions for singles on the UK Indie Chart:
  16. "Chart History: Euro Digital Tracks". Billboard. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  17. "Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  18. Peaks in Scotland:
  19. "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 19 July 2009 - 25 July 2009". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  20. "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 16 February 2014 - 22 February 2014". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  21. "Maximo Park - Random Regrets / On The Sly / Daylighting from Piccadilly Records". Piccadilly Records. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  22. "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 20 April 2014 - 26 April 2014". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  23. "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 15 June 2014 - 21 June 2014". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  24. "Brain Cells - Single by Maxïmo Park on iTunes". Apple Music (US). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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