Marks to Prove It

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Marks to Prove It
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Studio album by
Released31 July 2015
RecordedSeptember 2013 - February 2015
StudioElephant Studios [1]
Genre
Length41:17
Label
Producer
The Maccabees chronology
Given to the Wild
(2012)
Marks to Prove It
(2015)
Singles from Marks to Prove It
  1. "Marks to Prove It"
    Released: 11 May 2015
  2. "Something Like Happiness"
    Released: 1 June 2015
  3. "Spit It Out"
    Released: 31 July 2015
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 8/10 [5]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Clash Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Drowned in Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Marks to Prove It is the fourth and final studio album released by the English band The Maccabees released on 31 July 2015 through Fiction Records. [9] Upon release, it reached number one in the UK Album chart. [10] In North America a digital version was made available through Communion Records with a physical release to follow at a later date. [11]

Contents

The album was recorded in the band's studio in Elephant and Castle and pays tribute to the area, including the album cover being of the Michael Faraday Memorial that is near the studio. [12]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRank
NME NME's Albums of the Year 20152015
9 [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Maccabees.

No.TitleLength
1."Marks to Prove It"4:13
2."Kamakura"3:59
3."Ribbon Road"4:23
4."Spit It Out"5:09
5."Silence"3:19
6."River Song"3:10
7."Slow Sun"4:12
8."Something Like Happiness"3:43
9."WW1 Portraits"3:18
10."Pioneering Systems"2:30
11."Dawn Chorus"3:18

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [14]

The Maccabees

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