Quicken The Heart
by Maxïmo Park
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: May 12, 2009
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14

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  1. JeffB
    Jun 6, 2009
    3
    Very disappointing.

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. AllMusic
    60
    While Quicken the Heart isn't bad, its slide into the nondescript is certainly disappointing.
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  2. musicOMH.com
    60
    They will remain a formidable live proposition, but Maximo Park's third album has to go down as a disappointment--especially given the band's previous high standards.
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  3. NOW Magazine
    40
    Quicken The Heart, however, goes nowhere new and hardly bests its predecessor.
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