Given To The Wild
by The Maccabees
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Given To The Wild is ranked as the best album by The Maccabees.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 03:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,175 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/26/2026 05:25 | wdye326 | 53 | 97/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2025 10:15 | cicadelic | 13,415 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2025 17:33 | markl73 | 621 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2025 00:38 | Proto | 4,192 | 33/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 69.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.
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Bought this on the back of Pelican which is a class track, and almost not worth it despite that. Reminds me of the Beta Band but taking themselves too seriously which is not a good thing. It's alright to begin with but soon bores - not one I'm going to listen to too often, I'll just make sure Pelican is on my i-pod favourites!
Mophos 01/06/2014 13:03 | #100002
It all felt overdone at first, but I had to change my opinion after a few more listens. It's quite good in fact!
I bought this on the back of the release of Pelican. I thought it was very much like Razorlight and wasted my money buying it. Not keen at all too drab for my liking
Brilliant album that is even better played live.
meruizh 03/15/2013 19:52 | #68462 | TOP COMMENT
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Now this album, is underated. Common guys, this is a phenomenal album. It shows the mature form of The Maccabees, compared with their previous albums. As you can perceive many influences, it's definitely not a mono-tone album. Go, Pelican, Ayla, Feel to follow, Forever I've Known, Heave... a great album. A top 10 spot for sure.
While I like the early Radiohead and Coldplay sounds I don't think I'm going to come back to this one. It is a good album none the less and it definitely deserves to be in the top 50 of 2012.
alelsupreme 12/16/2012 00:35 | #57999
If i'm right, this was the first 2012 album added to the site.
paladisiac 11/27/2012 21:14 | #56070 | TOP COMMENT
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What do i make of the maccabees? It's been 15 years since radiohead's "ok computer" and 17 since "the bends" but their influence is still being felt, most likely through subsequent derivatives like coldplay and muse. In this case, there's a heavy flavor of radiohead-by-the-way-of-coldplay-or-starsailor going on here that initially keeps me from focusing on the songs of "given to the wild". Turning to the vocals, they can sometimes be downright wussy-frail like at the beginning of "feel to follow", but elsewhere the vocals are quite emotive and tugging in a coldplay-kinda way. Overall, these are good songs, but there is no stratosphere-piercing "high and dry" or "yellow" in here, only semblances of their ghosts, which still work well.
Just recently came across them.... how had I gone so long without hearing them??
I like Ayla
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