Quicken The Heart - Maximo Park
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61 out of 100

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6.9 out of 10

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  • Summary: The third album for the English indie rock quintet.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    You know everything is going to be OK within seconds of the surging, tidal riffs of ‘Wraithlike’, and what follows is simply a fine-tuning of what the Park have done before.
  2. Mojo
    60
    There are perky alt-pop nuggests aplenty here, so it's a shame the momentum can't be maintained. [Jun 2009, p.96]
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  3. No Ripcord
    60
    There’s an unshakeable feeling that they’re going through the motions a bit too frequently and that this represents a step backwards for a once fresh and exciting band. Unfortunately, it seems the curse of the third album may have struck again.
  4. Drowned In Sound
    60
    Quicken The Heart represents Maximo Park settling into a rut, albeit an intermittently attractive one.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. georgen
    9
    Pop melodies and catchy riffs ain't really that bad. You can sing along or just listen to the whole album with the same interest from start to end.… Expand
  2. JeffB
    3
    Very disappointing.

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