Maxïmo Park are an alternative rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Founded in the city in 2000, the band currently includes Paul Smith (lead vocals), Duncan Lloyd (guitar), and Tom English (drums), with founding members Archis Tiku (bass guitar) and Lukas Wooller (keyboard) retiring in 2014 and 2019 respectively. Maxïmo Park's discography consists of seven studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one EP, twenty-three singles and twenty-three music videos.

Maxïmo Park released their debut album, A Certain Trigger in May 2005 on Warp Records. The record was met with considerable critical acclaim, reached a respectable number 15 on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified Gold in the UK. Five different singles were released from the album, with the most successful being "Graffiti", which peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in May 2005. In January 2006, the group released a compilation album named Missing Songs, which consisted of nine B-sides from A Certain Trigger, as well as demo versions and remixes. The following year, the band released their second effort, Our Earthly Pleasures, which was produced by Gil Norton. The album was released on 2 April 2007 and was preceded by the first single from the record, "Our Velocity". The album was the band's most successful to date, achieving a peak position of number 2 on the UK Albums Chart (as did 2021's Nature Always Wins). The album also received gold certification.

The group released their third studio album, Quicken the Heart on 11 May 2009, and it debuted at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart. The record was their most successful in Switzerland and Germany to date. Two singles were released from the album; "The Kids Are Sick Again", which reached number 50 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Questing, Not Coasting", which failed to chart.

Their seventh album, Nature Always Wins was released in 2021.

Albums Studio albums

+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications UK AUT BEL (Fl) FRA GER IRE ITA NL SCOPeaks in Scotland: A Certain Trigger: Our Earthly Pleasures: Quicken the Heart: The National Health: Too Much Information: Risk to Exist: Nature Always Wins: Stream of Life: SWI A Certain Trigger Released: 16 May 2005 Label: Warp Formats: LP, CD 15 70 — 102 25 67 — — 45 — BPI: Gold Our Earthly Pleasures Released: 2 April 2007 Label: Warp Formats: LP, CD, CD/DVD, download 2 50 88 165 14 52 69 42 5 34 BPI: Gold Quicken the Heart Released: 11 May 2009 Label: Warp Formats: LP, CD, CD/DVD, download 6 58 86 145 13 — — 95 6 22 The National Health Released: 11 June 2012 Label: V2 Formats: LP, CD, download 13 62 — — 17 — — — 16 55 Too Much Information Released: 3 February 2014 Label: Daylighting Formats: LP, CD, download 7 49 141 — 24 — — — 22 88 Risk to Exist Released: 21 April 2017 Label: Daylighting, Cooking Vinyl Formats: LP, CD, download 11 — — — 58 — — — 12 — Nature Always Wins Released: 26 February 2021 Label: PIAS, Prolifica Formats: LP, CD, download 2 — — — 27 — — — 1 76 Stream of Life Released: 27 September 2024 Label: Lower Third Formats: LP, CD, download 21 — — — — — — — 5 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions UKSales UKIndie SCO Found on Film: BBC Live Sessions Released: 5 June 2006 Label: Warp Records Format: CD+DVD — — — 10th Anniversary Live: London Roundhouse 17/11/15 Released: 17 November 2015 Label: Concert Live Ltd Format: 2×CD — — — 10th Anniversary Live: Manchester Albert Hall 18/11/15 Released: 18 November 2015 Label: Concert Live Ltd Format: 2×CD — — — As Long As We Keep Moving Released: 1 March 2019 Label: Cooking Vinyl Format: LP, CD, CD+DVD, download 34 9 40 "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums + List of compilation albums Title Album details Missing Songs Released: 27 July 2005 Label: Warp Format: CD iTunes Essentials Released: 23 May 2011 Label: N/A Format: Digital download

EPs + List of EPs Title Album details What is Truth and Lies... Garcia Marquez Released: 2002 Label: (Self-released) Format: CDR 12 Released: 16 November 2009 Label: Warp Format: 12" Too Much Information EP Released: 3 February 2014 Label: Daylighting Format: CD included in the deluxe edition of Too Much Information Alternatives Released: 2 February 2018 Label: Daylighting Format: Digital download Live From The Coast Released: 13 May 2021 Label: Prolifica Format: Digital download (Live session at King Edward's Bay) By The Riverside Released: 1 July 2021 Label: Prolifica Format: Digital download (Live session at RiversideNCL venue)

Singles

+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK UKIndiePeak positions for singles on the UK Indie Chart: "Apply Some Pressure": "Graffiti": "Going Missing": "Apply Some Pressure" (re-issue): "I Want You to Stay": "Our Velocity": "Books From Boxes": "Girls Who Play Guitar": "Karaoke Plays": "The Kids Are Sick Again": "Questing, Not Coasting": "Leave This Island": AUS BEL (Fl) EU For "Our Velocity": For "Going Missing", "Apply Some Pressure", "I Want You To Stay", & "The Kids Are Sick Again": GER MEXAir. POL SCOPeaks in Scotland: "Apply Some Pressure": "Graffiti": "Going Missing": "Apply Some Pressure" re-issue: "I Want You to Stay": "Our Velocity": "Books from Boxes": "Girls Who Play Guitars": "Karaoke Plays": "The Kids Are Sick Again": "Questing, Not Coasting": SWIAir "The Coast Is Always Changing" 2004 121 — — — — — — — — — A Certain Trigger "Apply Some Pressure" 2005 20 2 — — — — — — 26 — BPI: Silver "Graffiti" 15 2 — — — — — — 16 — "Going Missing" 20 3 — — 40 — — — 20 — "Apply Some Pressure" (re-issue) 17 2 — — 34 — — — 15 — "I Want You to Stay" 2006 21 1 — — 42 — — — 18 — "Our Velocity" 2007 9 1 98 — 20 87 — — 4 — BPI: Silver Our Earthly Pleasures "Books from Boxes" 16 2 — — — 75 — 40 9 — "Girls Who Play Guitars" 33 2 — — — — — — 11 — "Karaoke Plays" 133 4 — — — — — — 39 — "The Kids Are Sick Again" 2009 50 1 — — 99 72 45 — 2 — Quicken the Heart "Questing, Not Coasting" — 47 — — — — — — 33 — "Hips and Lips" 2012 126 — — — — — — — — — The National Health "The Undercurrents" — — — — — — — — — — "The National Health" — — — — — — — — — — "Leave This Island"" 2014 — 36 — 68 — — — — — 96 Too Much Information "Random Regrets / On the Sly" — — — — — — — — — — "Midnight on the Hill" — — — — — — — — — — Too Much Information "Give, Get, Take" — — — — — — — — — — "Risk to Exist" 2017 — — — — — — — — — — Risk to Exist "What Did We Do to You to Deserve This?" — — — — — — — — — — "Get High (No I Don't)" — — — — — — — — — — "North By North East" 2018 — — — — — — — — — — "Child of the Flatlands" 2020 — — — — — — — — — — Nature Always Wins "Baby, Sleep" — — — — — — — — — — "I Don't Know What I'm Doing" — — — — — — — — — — "Great Art" 2022 — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="3" "Versionen Von Dir" — — — — — — — — — — "Merging Into You"(featuring Du Blonde) — — — — — — — — — — "Favourite Songs" 2024 — — — — — — — — — — Stream Of Life "Your Own Worst Enemy" — — — — — — — — — — "The End Can Be As Good As The Start" — — — — — — — — — — "Quiz Show Clue" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Promotional singles Title Year Album "Wraithlike" 2009 Quicken the Heart "Write This Down" 2012 The National Health "Brain Cells" 2014 Too Much Information

Music videos Year Title Director(s) 2004 "The Coast Is Always Changing" Mat Fleming, Christo Wallers & Clive Tonge January 2005 "Apply Some Pressure" (Version 1) Jaron Albertin March 2005 "Graffiti" Lynn Fox June 2005 "Going Missing" Chris Cairns September 2005 "Apply Some Pressure" (Version 2) Diamond Dogs January 2006 "I Want You to Stay" Ramon Bloomberg February 2007 "Our Velocity" Nima Nourizadeh May 2007 "Books from Boxes" Daniel Wolfe July 2007 "Girls Who Play Guitars" Leslie Ali October 2007 "Karaoke Plays" Amy Neil April 2009 "The Kids Are Sick Again" May 2009 "Questing, Not Coasting" May 2012 "Hips and Lips" Luke Bellis May 2012 "Write This Down" June 2012 "The National Health" September 2012 "The Undercurrents" November 2013 "Brain Cells" Matt Stokes February 2014 "Leave This Island" Matt Stokes May 2014 "Midnight on the Hill" The Marshall Darlings October 2014 "Give, Get, Take" Matt Stokes January 2017 "Risk to Exist" Steve Gullick March 2017 "What Did We Do to You to Deserve This?" James&James March 2017 "Get High (No, I Don't)" James&James May 2017 "What Equals Love?" Deborah Bower

Live films Year Details 2006 Found on Film ('Live at Brixton Academy' and 'Live at Newcastle Academy' segments) Released: 5 June 2006 Label: Warp Records Format: CD+DVD 2009 Monument (15 December 2007 show at Newcastle Arena, inter-cut with band interviews) Released: 11 May 2009 Label: Warp Records Format: DVD included in the special edition of Quicken The Heart 2019 As Long As We Keep Moving (Live studio session film) Released: 1 March 2019 Label: Cooking Vinyl Format: CD+DVD, download

Compilation and soundtrack appearances A number of Maxïmo Park's songs have been included on compilation discs. Their song "Wasteland" appeared on the War Child album Help!: A Day in the Life in 2005. An acoustic version of their song "Going Missing" was featured on the CD Radio 1's Live Lounge, and their cover of The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" was featured in its sequel Radio 1's Live Lounge 2. A cover of Justin Timberlake and Clipse's "Like I Love You", with a slightly altered, satirical ending referring of Paul growing up in Billingham listening to records, featured on a compilation celebrating BBC Radio 1's 40th Anniversary. An instrumental version of one of the song "Going Missing" appeared as in the film Stranger than Fiction.

The band has also recorded covers of: "Just Dance" (Lady Gaga cover) "Miss Independent" (Ne-Yo cover) "Was There Anything I Could Do?" (The Go-Betweens cover) "Diamonds and Pearls" (Prince cover) "Shiver" (Natalie Imbruglia cover)

The band's songs have also been featured on numerous video games. Their song "Apply Some Pressure" has appeared on the games Burnout Revenge, SSX on Tour and SingStar Rocks!, whilst "Apply Some Pressure", "Books from Boxes", "The Coast Is Always Changing", "Girls Who Play Guitars", "Going Missing", "Graffiti" and "I Want You to Stay" are all downloadable tracks for SingStar on the PlayStation 3. "Our Velocity" appeared on the demo for Project Gotham Racing 4 and the song "The Unshockable" features on the soundtrack to the game FIFA 08. Their song "Girls Who Play Guitars" is a downloadable track for Rock Band.

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