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Though Maximo Park has enough electricity to light Manhattan, there's a faint but inescapable whiff of calculation about them.
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Q MagazineA band clearly in awe of Jarvis Cocker's lyrics and the sound of spiky guitars. [Jul 2005, p.119]
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Rolling StonePaul Smith's vocals are full of New Wave artifice, but he's also more earnest than many of his post-punk peers. [25 Aug 2005, p.100]
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But even at its toe-tapping best, this quintet from Newcastle can’t convey a sense of passion.
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As formulaic and boring a rock album as you’re likely to hear in 2005.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 35 out of 37
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Mixed: 2 out of 37
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Negative: 0 out of 37
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GabrielPJul 30, 2005
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AnnieJul 19, 2005
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Sep 14, 2022Maximo Park's "A Certain Trigger" is definitely one of the best indie rock albums of the 2000s.