A Certain Trigger (studio album)
by Maxïmo Park

A Certain Trigger by Maxïmo Park
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-05-16
Overall rank: 3,580th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 80 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (69th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (611th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,580th)
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 80 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 24% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.

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From 04/19/2023 10:14
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
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
We all know where we were when Maxïmo Park entered our lives...
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