Given to the Wild

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Given to the Wild
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Studio album by
Released9 January 2012
Recorded Rockfield Studios, Monmouthshire
Genre
Length52:51
Label
Producer
  • The Maccabees
  • Tim Goldsworthy
  • Bruno Ellingham
  • Jag Jago
The Maccabees chronology
Wall of Arms
(2009)
Given to the Wild
(2012)
Marks to Prove It
(2015)
Singles from Given to the Wild
  1. "Pelican"
    Released: 30 December 2011
  2. "Feel to Follow"
    Released: 3 February 2012
  3. "Went Away"
    Released: 28 May 2012
  4. "Ayla"
    Released: 10 September 2012

Given to the Wild is the third studio album by English indie rock band The Maccabees. The album was first released in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2012, [1] where it debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart and number thirty-one on the Irish Albums Chart. The album has seen four single releases: "Pelican" (released on 30 December 2011), "Feel to Follow" (4 March 2012), "Went Away" (28 May 2012), and "Ayla" (10 September 2012).

Contents

Reception

Metacritic has calculated a Metascore of 69 out of 100 for the album, [2] based on 20 reviews, giving the album "generally favourable reviews". NME gave the album a 9/10. [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash (9/10) [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Drowned in Sound (7/10) [6]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg
NME (9/10)
The Fly (9/10)
The UpcomingStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Music ServiceStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pop 'stacheStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork (4.0/10) [10]

The album was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize.

Recording

The band worked on the 13-track album, their third, at Rockfield Studios with Tim Goldsworthy and Bruno Ellingham (LCD Soundsystem, Massive Attack) over late 2010 to 2011. They also worked on large parts of the record with producer Jag Jago at their rehearsal space in London's Elephant and Castle district before decamping to Suffolk to finish the record at Decoy Studios with Cenzo Townshend and Sean Julliard.

The band have said they took inspiration from "disparate musical peers" such as The Stone Roses, Kate Bush and David Bowie during the recording of the LP, which is the follow-up to 2009's Wall of Arms .

Speaking about the title of the album, singer Orlando Weeks told the NME: "'Given to the wild' is the first line on the album and was a title idea we had pretty early on. But it wasn't until we'd finished recording that we could come back to it and know that it suited, it just felt right." [11]

Singles

Other songs

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Maccabees.

No.TitleLength
1."Given to the Wild (Intro)"2:11
2."Child"4:31
3."Feel to Follow"3:29
4."Ayla"3:47
5."Glimmer"4:03
6."Forever I've Known"5:21
7."Heave"4:24
8."Pelican"3:44
9."Went Away"3:38
10."Go"4:12
11."Unknow (featuring Catherine Pockson)"5:07
12."Slowly One"4:17
13."Grew Up at Midnight"4:00
Total length:52:51

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [13]

The Maccabees

Chart performance

On 12 January 2012 Given to the Wild entered the Irish Albums Chart at number 31.

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [14] 92
Dutch Albums Chart [15] 57
Irish Albums Chart [16] 31
UK Albums Chart [17] 4

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