Too Much Information is the fifth studio album by English indie rock band Maxïmo Park. It was released on 3 February 2014 through Daylighting in the UK and Vertigo elsewhere in Europe. The track "Brain Cells" was released to radio stations as a promotional single in late 2013, followed by physical releases of singles "Leave This Island" and "Midnight On The Hill". "Give, Get, Take" was eventually released as a digital single at the end of 2014.
The bulk of the album was recorded under the supervision of guitarist Duncan Lloyd at the band's own studio in Newcastle towards the end of 2013, but recording initially started at the studio of Peter and David Brewis of Field Music. In an interview frontman Paul Smith described what the brothers brought to some of the tracks they worked on for the record:
Dave kind of took the reins in terms of engineering. He would say "what sort of sound do you want" we said "yeah maybe a round bass sound". Peter Brewis played a bit of marimba on a couple of the songs. So they added a bit of their musical knowledge to the whole thing.[2]
The album also included production contributions from Dave Okumu from The Invisible and was mixed by Nicolas Vernhes who previously worked with Deerhunter on Monomania. B-sides from the album campaign include "A Vague Implication" (from "Leave This Island") and "When I'm Alone" (from "Midnight On The Hill").
An earlier, stripped-down version of "Is It True?" featured as a B-side to the single "Hips And Lips" from The National Health. During the album campaign for Too Much Information, a double A-side single, "Random Regrets / On The Sly", was released on 7-inch vinyl for Record Store Day 2014, consisting of two offcuts from the recording sessions for The National Health and Too Much Information respectively. An interesting feature of this release is that all copies pressed accidentally had the labels pressed onto the wrong sides of the record because of a factory error.[3]
Too Much Information received positive reviews from critics upon release.[4] At Alternative Press, Tim Karan rated the album three-and-a-half out of five stars, noting that "Although past Maxïmo Park records certainly exhibited diversity, they often sacrificed cohesion in the process; however, Too Much Information has just the right balance of depth, maturity and consistency to ensure success."[5] The NME gave the album 7/10, praising the band's success against "anti-guitar gunfire".[9]
^"Give, Get, Take - Single by Maxïmo Park on Apple Music". iTunes. December 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
^Shearn, Matthew. . Figure8 Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^"Maxïmo Park - Random Regrets / On the Sly". Discogs. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
^ ab"Too Much Information by Maxïmo Park". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
^ abZaleski, Annie (2014). "Maxïmo Park – Too Much Information". Alternative Press. March 2014 (308). Alternative Press Magazine, Inc.: 93. ISSN 1065-1667. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
^NME.COM (31 January 2014). "Maximo Park - 'Too Much Information' - NME.COM". NME. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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Too Much Information is the fifth studio album by English indie rock band Maximo Park It was released on 3 February 2014 through Daylighting in the UK and Vertigo elsewhere in Europe The track Brain Cells was released to radio stations as a promotional single in late 2013 followed by physical releases of singles Leave This Island and Midnight On The Hill Give Get Take was eventually released as a digital single at the end of 2014 Too Much InformationStudio album by Maximo ParkReleased3 February 2014RecordedWinter 2012 Summer 2013 in Newcastle Sunderland and LondonGenreIndie rockpost punk revivalLength35 31LabelDaylightingVertigoProducerField MusicMaximo ParkDave OkumuMaximo Park chronologyThe National Health 2012 Too Much Information 2014 Risk to Exist 2017 Singles from Too Much Information Leave This Island Released 27 January 2014 Midnight On The Hill Released 12 May 2014 Give Get Take Released 1 December 2014 1 Contents 1 Album information 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Deluxe edition Covers EP 5 Personnel 6 ReferencesAlbum information editThe bulk of the album was recorded under the supervision of guitarist Duncan Lloyd at the band s own studio in Newcastle towards the end of 2013 but recording initially started at the studio of Peter and David Brewis of Field Music In an interview frontman Paul Smith described what the brothers brought to some of the tracks they worked on for the record Dave kind of took the reins in terms of engineering He would say what sort of sound do you want we said yeah maybe a round bass sound Peter Brewis played a bit of marimba on a couple of the songs So they added a bit of their musical knowledge to the whole thing 2 The album also included production contributions from Dave Okumu from The Invisible and was mixed by Nicolas Vernhes who previously worked with Deerhunter on Monomania B sides from the album campaign include A Vague Implication from Leave This Island and When I m Alone from Midnight On The Hill An earlier stripped down version of Is It True featured as a B side to the single Hips And Lips from The National Health During the album campaign for Too Much Information a double A side single Random Regrets On The Sly was released on 7 inch vinyl for Record Store Day 2014 consisting of two offcuts from the recording sessions for The National Health and Too Much Information respectively An interesting feature of this release is that all copies pressed accidentally had the labels pressed onto the wrong sides of the record because of a factory error 3 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic62 100 4 Review scoresSourceRatingAlternative Press nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Altsounds51 6 Slant Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 NME nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 Pitchfork6 1 10Too Much Information received positive reviews from critics upon release 4 At Alternative Press Tim Karan rated the album three and a half out of five stars noting that Although past Maximo Park records certainly exhibited diversity they often sacrificed cohesion in the process however Too Much Information has just the right balance of depth maturity and consistency to ensure success 5 The NME gave the album 7 10 praising the band s success against anti guitar gunfire 9 Track listing editAll lyrics by Paul Smith all music by Duncan Lloyd except where noted No TitleWriter s Length1 Give Get Take 3 202 Brain Cells 3 083 Leave This Island Lukas Wooller4 004 Lydia The Ink Will Never Dry 3 025 My Bloody Mind 3 426 Is It True Archis Tiku Wooller Lloyd3 457 Drinking Martinis 3 318 I Recognise the Light 2 159 Midnight on the Hill 4 0510 Her Name Was Audre 2 0011 Where We re Going Lloyd Smith2 43Total length 35 31 German bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Length12 Out Of Harm s Way Wooller3 10Japanese bonus tracksNo TitleLength12 M O R In Dylan s Bar 2 4113 Give Get Take Lukas Wooller s Brute Acid Remix 5 47Deluxe edition Covers EP edit Middlesbrough Man based on Edinburgh Man originally by The Fall 4 00 I ll Be Here in the Morning originally by Townes Van Zandt 3 02 Lover Lover Lover originally by Leonard Cohen 3 29 Northern Sky originally by Nick Drake 3 43 Final Day originally by Young Marble Giants 2 00 Fade Into You originally by Mazzy Star 4 34 On The Sly iTunes only bonus track 3 25Personnel editMaximo ParkTom English drums percussion Duncan Lloyd electric guitar backing vocals bass guitar keyboards Paul Smith lead vocals Archis Tiku bass guitar Lukas Wooller keyboardsReferences edit Give Get Take Single by Maximo Park on Apple Music iTunes December 2014 Retrieved 1 October 2016 Shearn Matthew It s a bit like a detective story Paul Smith of Maximo Park Interviewed Figure8 Magazine Archived from the original on 22 February 2014 Retrieved 13 February 2014 Maximo Park Random Regrets On the Sly Discogs Retrieved 20 January 2017 a b Too Much Information by Maximo Park Metacritic Retrieved 1 October 2016 a b Zaleski Annie 2014 Maximo Park Too Much Information Alternative Press March 2014 308 Alternative Press Magazine Inc 93 ISSN 1065 1667 Retrieved 31 January 2014 Altsounds review Slant review Slant Magazine 3 February 2014 NME review NME 31 January 2014 NME COM 31 January 2014 Maximo Park Too Much Information NME COM NME Retrieved 1 October 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Too Much Information album amp oldid 1099733262, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
