But persevere with this album and it will deliver in spades. I bought this on the day it came out, put in in my cd player and after 1 listen it came out to be replaced by our eartly pleasures. I didn't feel they had captured any of the sound, or quality of writing that their 2 previous albums, but I've kept with it and now I have to say it stands toe to toe with anyting they've ever produced. I think the style of music and lyricism means they will never be a band that you will instantly be hooked on everything written, but each and every song on this album is a cracker.

I've been a big fan of Maximo Park since their first album, so I was eager to hear this, their third release, the day it came out. Like both previous albums, Quicken The Heart is a lot deeper than you'd think on your first listen and quickly becomes infectious. Stand out tracks for me are the exhilirating The Kids Are Sick Again, the feverish Overland, West of Suez and the extremely poignant I Haven't Seen Her In Ages. Altogether, another intelligent and resonant album from one of the best british bands out there.

It takes a few listens for the songs to get in your head but after a listen or two your soon singing along as though youve heard it a million times!
Good tracks include the penultimate clinch, in another world and overland' west of suez. Give it a listn, dont give up you wont be sorry ppl