Marks to Prove It

Marks to Prove It
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
Metacritic74/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian [4]
NME8/10 [5]
AllMusic [6]
Clash [7]
Drowned in Sound [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]

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]

  1. ^ "The Maccabees reveal details of new album, Marks To Prove It". Gigwise. 18 May 2015.
  2. ^ "The Maccabees have new album Marks to Prove It coming this summer". Digital Spy. 18 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Critic Reviews for Marks to Prove It at Metacritic". Metacritic.
  4. ^ Gibsone, Harriet (30 July 2015). "The Maccabees: Marks to Prove It review – muddles the brain like a hangover". theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media Ltd.
  5. ^ Mackay, Emily (20 July 2015). "NME Reviews - The Maccabees - "Marks To Prove It"". nme.com. Time Inc. (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  6. ^ Donelson, Marcy (7 August 2015). "The Maccabees - Marks to Prove It". AllMusic.
  7. ^ O'Malley, Gareth (29 July 2015). "The Maccabees - Marks To Prove It". clashmusic.com.
  8. ^ Shipman, Chris (27 July 2015). "The Maccabees - Marks To Prove It". drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020.
  9. ^ Donelson, Marcy. "Marks to Prove it - The Maccabbees". allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  10. ^ Renshaw, David (7 August 2015). "The Maccabees beat Lianne La Havas to Number One in Album Chart race". nme.com. Time Inc. (UK) Ltd.
  11. ^ "The Maccabees Release MARKS TO PROVE IT Today". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  12. ^ "The Maccabees: Why we love Elephant and Castle". BBC News. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

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