Given To The Wild
by The Maccabees

Album
Given To The Wild by The Maccabees
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-01-09
Overall rank: 3,494th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 171 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (66th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (601st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,494th)

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Given To The Wild is ranked as the best album by The Maccabees.

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Given To The Wild rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,494th | 2010s rank: 601st | 2012 rank: 66th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 171 votes)
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 !		07/12/2026 03:21 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,60670/100
 
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From BestEverAlbums 07/13/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5372): By gregthealien
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. (1986) 2. by (1967) 3. by (1986) 4. by by (1965) 6. by (1975) 7. by (1969) 8. by by (1966) 10. by (1973) 11. by (2004) 12. by (1967) 13. by (1965) 14. by (2010) 15. by (1969) 16. (1976) 17. by (1989) 18. (1971) 19. (1966) 20. by (1973)…”
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From neilgee 10/18/2025 21:42 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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From dihansse 06/08/2024 19:12 in My discoveries per year
“These are the two albums of 2012 I already listened to: First an album I already own: This album is better than I thought it was (it's only the second time I hear it completely since I put it in my 2012 year chart). It has a kind of wide open sound which is also the main feature of Arcade Fire…”
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From 12/10/2015 21:42 | #154306
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! (Edited)
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From 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!
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From 06/15/2013 13:20 | #78926
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
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80/100
From 05/24/2013 09:34 | #77001
Brilliant album that is even better played live.
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From 03/15/2013 19:52 | #68462 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
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