A Certain Trigger
by Maxïmo Park

A Certain Trigger by Maxïmo Park
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-05-16
Overall rank: 3,617th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 83 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (69th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (616th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,617th)

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A Certain Trigger is ranked as the best album by Maxïmo Park.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 3,617th | 2000s rank: 616th | 2005 rank: 69th
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2026LittleM1971Top 93 Music Albums of 200511/934
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 20057/1005
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200559/1002
2026cicadelicTop 94 Music Albums of 200531/943
2026gregthealienTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s48/10011
2026PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 200532/1003
2026Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 200538/501
2026 videoheadcleanervideoheadcleaner's 301-40063/100 -
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 401-50072/100 -
2026jonny5244Upcoming Album Club Picks 170/100 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s78/1005
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s73/1006
2025jonny5244Top 52 Music Albums of 200515/524
2025 bojolpif71Top 100 Music Albums of 200587/1001
2025ThuramThugoodTop 100 Greatest Music Albums86/10015
2025 dihansseTop 86 Music Albums of 200559/862
2025ThuramThugoodTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s19/10016
2025 paladisiactop albums, #1501-1600*29/79 -
2025juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 200578/1001
2025 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s48/10011
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 89
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 407
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 83 votes)
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60/100
 
03/26/2026 02:49 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,38765/100
 
75/100
 
12/07/2025 15:53 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47280/100
 
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11/01/2025 09:10 Juneof44  Ratings distribution  2,59069/100
 
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08/29/2025 05:27 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,12433/100
 
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08/25/2025 11:20 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,19064/100

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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.

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80/100
From 04/19/2023 10:14 | #296201
Very good album. Many cute songs and also danceable stuff. Like the overall style of the band and I wish they would still make records that good.
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From 01/06/2013 13:35 | #60331
Fantastic debut album. Highlight for me is 'Acrobat' though this is full of great storming indie tracks.
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From 02/13/2012 16:45 | #36836
We all know where we were when Maxïmo Park entered our lives...
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