Maxïmo Park

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Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park - Radio 1's One Big Weekend 2005.jpg
General information
Genre (s) Indie rock
founding 2003
Website http://www.maximopark.com/
Current occupation
Paul Smith
Duncan Lloyd
Archis Tiku
Paul Rafferty
Tom English
Lukas Wooller

Maxïmo Park [ mɑkˈsi: moʊ ˈpɑ: k ] is a British indie rock band . It was founded in 2003 in the northern English city of Newcastle .

Band history

Career start

The band's name is derived from the Máximo Gómez Park , a meeting place for exiled Cubans in Little Havana , Miami, Florida. The singer Paul Smith came as the last member to after the former girlfriend of drummer Tom English had seen him when he was in a bar with his instrumental band Me & the Twins , Wonders Stevie Superstition played.

Maxïmo Park released their first 7 "single on vinyl in March 2004 with two self-recorded songs ( Graffiti and Going Missing ). After a few appearances, Steve Beckett from Warp Records became aware of the group and signed them.

A certain trigger

After the debut single The Coast Is Always Changing , which appeared in 2004, the second single, Apply Some Pressure , was released in February 2005 and was instantly among the 20 best singles in the British charts . They were booked for the Rock-am-Ring Festival before their album was even released . Her debut album, A Certain Trigger , was also released in 2005 and received rave reviews from critics. Three more songs from the album were released as singles during the year. Apply Some Pressure was re-released in October 2005.

Our Earthly Pleasures

On March 30, 2007, the second album Our Earthly Pleasures was released . The first single from this album was Our Velocity and was released on March 16. Books from Boxes and Girls Who Play Guitars were later decoupled. Before that, Missing Songs , a collection of B-sides and demos, was released.

Quicken the heart

Paul Smith in the Live Music Hall Cologne

In spring 2009 Maxïmo Park came to Germany for a few club concerts and presented new songs from their next album for the first time. The third long player was released on May 8, 2009 under the name Quicken the Heart . The album was also released in a special edition with an accompanying concert DVD. In the first week Quicken the Heart reached number 13 on the German album charts. The first single The Kids Are Sick Again was released on May 1st and entered the German single charts at number 72.

As a result of the release, Maxïmo Park had their album Quicken the Heart remixed by artists from the region around their hometown Newcastle. The album called Quicken the Heart - Remixed was released on July 2, 2010 on the band's website as a free download.

The National Health

In February 2011, the band announced that they are currently working on new studio recordings. On June 8, 2012, the album The National Health was released.

Too Much Information

On November 18, 2013 the band announced the release of their fifth album Too Much Information and dated it on February 3, 2014, and January 31, 2014 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the same day the band released the first single of the new album called Brain Cells and offered it for free download on their website, on December 9, 2013 the video premiere of the second single Leave This Island followed , on January 23, 2014 the lyric video for the single Lydia, the Ink Will Never Dry . Furthermore, the band announced a tour that, besides Europe, also includes Asia and some festival appearances, such as Rock am Ring 2014 . The album reached seventh place in the UK album charts, the highest ranking after Quicken the Heart .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
2005 A certain trigger DE25 (4 weeks)
DE
AT70 (1 week)
AT
- UK15th
gold
gold

(22 weeks)UK
First published: May 16, 2005
Missing songs - - - -
First published: November 25, 2005
only as a demo
2007 Our Earthly Pleasures DE14 (11 weeks)
DE
AT50 (4 weeks)
AT
CH34 (4 weeks)
CH
UK2
gold
gold

(20 weeks)UK
First published: March 30, 2007
2009 Quicken the heart DE13 (5 weeks)
DE
AT58 (2 weeks)
AT
CH22 (2 weeks)
CH
UK6 (3 weeks)
UK
First published: May 8, 2009
2012 The National Health DE17 (3 weeks)
DE
AT62 (2 weeks)
AT
CH55 (1 week)
CH
UK13 (4 weeks)
UK
First published: June 8, 2012
2014 Too Much Information DE24 (3 weeks)
DE
AT49 (1 week)
AT
CH88 (1 week)
CH
UK7 (2 weeks)
UK
First published: January 31, 2014
2017 Risk to Exist DE58 (1 week)
DE
- - UK11 (1 week)
UK
First published: April 21, 2017

Remix albums

year title Remarks
2010 Quicken the Heart - Remixed First published: July 2nd, 2010
free download

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
2005 Apply Some Pressure
A Certain Trigger
- - - UK20 (2 weeks)
UK
First published: February 21, 2005
Graffiti
A Certain Trigger
- - - UK15 (4 weeks)
UK
First published: May 2nd, 2005
in two parts
Going Missing
A Certain Trigger
- - - UK20 (4 weeks)
UK
First published: June 18, 2005
in two parts
Apply Some Pressure
A Certain Trigger
- - - UK17 (4 weeks)
UK
First release: October 21, 2005
re-release
2006 I Want You to Stay
A Certain Trigger
- - - UK21 (3 weeks)
UK
First published: March 10, 2006
2007 Our Velocity
Our Earthly Pleasures
DE87 (1 week)
DE
- - UK9 (11 weeks)
UK
First published: March 16, 2007
Books from Boxes
Our Earthly Pleasures
DE75 (9 weeks)
DE
- - UK16 (3 weeks)
UK
First published: June 8, 2007
Girls Who Play Guitars
Our Earthly Pleasures
- - - UK33 (2 weeks)
UK
First published: November 30, 2007
2009 The Kids Are Sick Again
Quicken the Heart
DE72 (2 weeks)
DE
- - UK50 (1 week)
UK
First published: March 30, 2009

more publishments

  • 2004: The Coast Is Always Changing
  • 2008: Karaoke Plays
  • 2009: Wraithlike
  • 2009: Questing, Not Coasting
  • 2009: A Cloud of Mystery
  • 2012: Hips and Lips
  • 2012: Write This Down
  • 2012: The Undercurrents
  • 2012: The National Health
  • 2013: Brain Cells
  • 2014: Leave This Island
  • 2014: Midnight on the Hill
  • 2014: Give, Get, Take
  • 2017: Risk to Exist
  • 2017: What Did We Do to You to Deserve This?
  • 2017: Get High (No, I Don't)

Video albums

  • Found on Film (June 2, 2006)
  • Monument (May 2009)

Web links

Commons : Maxïmo Park  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

swell

  1. Maximo Park: Quicken The Heart - Remixed ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / maximopark.com
  2. Tonspion: Maximum promotion of young talent
  3. ^ Paul Smith: Studio Update. (No longer available online.) Maxïmo Park, February 7, 2011, archived from the original on January 13, 2016 ; accessed on February 10, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / maximopark.com
  4. https://twitter.com/maximopark/status/402414633333432320
  5. https://twitter.com/maximopark/status/402426366768840705
  6. https://twitter.com/maximopark/status/410019974271336448
  7. Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / maximopark.com
  8. http://www.rock-am-ring.com/spielplan
  9. a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
  10. Music Sales Awards: UK