--- product_id: 52411436 title: "Quicken the Heart" brand: "maxïmo park" price: "₨325" currency: SCR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sc/products/52411436-quicken-the-heart store_origin: SC region: Seychelles --- # Quicken the Heart **Brand:** maxïmo park **Price:** ₨325 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Quicken the Heart by maxïmo park - **How much does it cost?** ₨325 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sc](https://www.desertcart.sc/products/52411436-quicken-the-heart) ## Best For - maxïmo park enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted maxïmo park brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description Third studio album by the Mercury Prize nominated rock group. The album debuted at #6 on the UK Album Chart and features the single 'The Kids Are Sick Again'. .co.uk Sunderland’s slickest indie sons, Maximo Park--the approximate musical equivalent of slapping an entire tub of hair gel and Smiths t-shirt onto a mannequin and making him dance jerkily to XTC (in a good way)--return with a third album that largely confirms everything you thought you already knew about them and heads off suspicions that their consistency had to run out of steam at some point. So Quicken The Heart is not as bloodshot or hungry as their debut A Certain Trigger nor quite as nimble as its follow up, Our Earthly Pleasures, but it is tight, blunt and effective and lowers their centre of gravity to ensure success. So "The Penultimate Clinch", "Let’s Get Clinica" and "Overland, West Of Suez" swing and rumble with a touch more menace than usual, allowing muck under their fingernails, while the gasping build-up and swelling excitement of "The Kids Are Sick Again" and repetitive agile riffing of "Wraithlike" are immediately recognisable as Maximo Park but with a more assured footing than before--due in no small part to Nick Launay’s (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Talking Heads) brawny production work. Paul Smith’s inimitably enunciated, sharply-dressed lyrics also once again help the band hold its head proudly above the parapet, hoisting formulaic new wave workouts to a place where they have a real identity. --James Berry P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review Spearheaded by the fizzily infectious single Our Velocity, Maximo Park's last album, Our Earthly Pleasures, reached number two in the UK album charts. An impressive, surprising feat for five arch Gang Of Four fans, with one of the few Geordie-accented lead singers in pop history not surnamed Gascoigne or Nail. It appears that the band enjoyed their success: on this third record they stick so closely to their formula that they inevitably fall victim to the law of diminishing returns.As with Our Earthly Pleasures, the lead single is a brash, synth-studded beast of a tune, but because The Kids Are Sick Again lacks a killer chorus it plods where Our Velocity skipped. And on the bulk of these songs, the band fall back on the same clipped guitars, Wire-y basslines, new wave keyboards and juggernaut drumming they've been touting for five years.On the fierce opener, Wraithlike, the novelty is still exciting (and it will work brilliantly live, where the band truly come into their own) but on material like Joy Division retread The Penultimate Clinch or the stubbornly predictable A Cloud Of Mystery they sound like a band going through the motions. Like being repeatedly served pie and chips, these songs are solid enough fare, but hardly a balanced diet.Where the band do experiment a little, they're more interesting. Roller Disco Dreams is broodingly evocative, and its splicing of Cure-esque basslines and the rearing riff from The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army is brutishly effective. And despite its irksome title,'Let's Get Clinical is another welcome change in pace, with its plastic funk guitar, Human League spook synths and dramatic drum breakdowns.Quicken The Heart is by no means a bad record, and the band have probably built up enough of a fanbase and gig-generated good will to ensure they don't suffer the same commercial decline as North East rivals The Futureheads. But if they hope to end up as more than a minor indie footnote in pop history they're going to have to deliver something more exciting and surprising fourth time around. --Jaime Gill Find more music at the BBC This link will take you off in a new window See more ## Images ![Quicken the Heart - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71fL%2BcJgRgL.jpg) ![Quicken the Heart - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61L56Pm0qjL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ expanded edition in cardboard format *by J***Z on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2016* very good condition, in a cardboard format; CD+DVD set including original album "Quiquen the Heart", plus a DVD called "Monument" content a 2007 gig including band footage plus two booklets, one with polaroids shoots captured from members group, a second with shoots live concerts and texts ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good vinyl, great album *by J***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2019* Great album, some real classic maximo park songs on good quality vinyl. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Maximo Park Rock!! *by M***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 June 2014* Quicken the Heart is amazing. Maximo Park are incredible. Went to see them live recently and their energy to second to none. I never write reviews but am compelled to where they are concerned. All of their albums are brilliant - not least the new Too Much Information. I am unable to stop playing their music and have realised I may just be one of their biggest fans - a big thank you to may 17 year old son getting me in to them.. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sc/products/52411436-quicken-the-heart](https://www.desertcart.sc/products/52411436-quicken-the-heart) --- *Product available on Desertcart Seychelles* *Store origin: SC* *Last updated: 2026-05-26*