Our Earthly Pleasures - Maximo Park
User Score
7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28

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  1. BenJ
    May 9, 2007
    4
    Unfortunately, a very poor follow up to a good debut. The second half lacks decent songs.
  2. MarkJ.
    May 23, 2007
    2
    Shockingly bad. The only good song on there is the one thye released. What happened
  3. JamieP.
    May 21, 2007
    3
    Embarrassingly awkward lyrics make this unlistenable for me. I tried skipping Books From Boxes (this song is dire in the extreme), but I just kept coming across tracks that made me want to hurt someone. Such a shame, because A Certain Trigger was a lovely album, full of great licks and angular phrasing. I think they tried to amplify that, and it just comes out as horrific pop with shite lyrics that don't scan.… Expand

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Metascore
67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. Uncut
    80
    Repeated listens--it's a grower--reveal a number of meatier, surprisingly hard-rocking songs. [May 2007, p.99]
  2. Paste Magazine
    60
    Simplicity is king, as a relentlessly jaunty onslaught of jangle-pop hurtles ever onwards. [May 2007, p.96]
  3. cokemachineglow
    42
    [Producer] Gil Norton... [has] an enviable track record, but he’s not doing Maxïmo Park any favours with this soft soak finish.
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