Too Much Information
by Maxïmo Park
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
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  1. Q Magazine
    Mar 18, 2014
    80
    Too Much Information is a brisk and accessible record. [Apr 2014, p.114]
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  2. The Guardian
    Jan 31, 2014
    80
    This record is closer to business as usual: leader Paul Smith's lyrics portray him as the bookish romantic stymied by constantly overthinking--but, this time, the sound has been subtly enhanced by electronics and actual beats.
  3. Alternative Press
    Feb 20, 2014
    70
    Too Much Information has just the right balance of depth, maturity and consistency to ensure success. [Mar 2014, p.93]
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  5. AllMusic
    Feb 4, 2014
    70
    Given its experimental beginnings, Too Much Information might not be the band's most immediate album, but it affords them more possibilities than they've had since their debut.
  6. Uncut
    Feb 3, 2014
    70
    Smith's lyrical flights of fancy come off somewhat top-heavy, but by and large such bookish pretentions feel like something to appreciate, not castigate. [Mar 2014, p.79]
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  7. The 405
    Feb 3, 2014
    70
    It's not the best music of its kind available, no. But for Maxïmo Park fans, this will succeed in becoming a vital notch in their canon, and for non-fans, it at least worth a spin or two.
  8. New Musical Express (NME)
    Feb 3, 2014
    70
    This fifth album resolutely refuses to tread water, instead coming on like a literary pop version of The Maccabees’ recent explorations in jittery psychedelia.
  9. Slant Magazine
    Feb 3, 2014
    70
    In the past, the absence of an edifyingly crowd-pleasing anthem like that from a Maximo Park album might have signaled a less-than-essential entry in the band's discography; in its place, however, resides a tonal consistency and musical flow not found since A Certain Trigger.
  10. Clash Music
    Jan 31, 2014
    70
    While this fifth album contains icier, rather Fever Ray inspired electronic soundscapes, frontman Paul Smith’s eccentric tales of nocturnal sports and deceased poets are mostly backed by the angular pop production fans of this band have come to expect.
  11. Drowned In Sound
    Jan 31, 2014
    70
    It's neither forward looking nor, overtly retro or especially of the moment--it just is, in the best sense.
  12. Pitchfork
    Jan 31, 2014
    61
    As a literary exercise, it’s convincing; as a listening one, it’s mixed.

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