Marks to Prove It

Marks to Prove It
Studio album by The Maccabees
Released	31 July 2015
Recorded	September 2013 - February 2015
Studio	Elephant Studios[1]
Genre	Indie rock Art rock
Length	41:17
Label	Fiction Communion
Producer	Hugo White The Maccabees , Laurie Latham[2]
The Maccabees chronology
Given to the Wild (2012) Marks to Prove It (2015)
Singles from Marks to Prove It
"Marks to Prove It" Released: 11 May 2015 "Something Like Happiness" Released: 1 June 2015 "Spit It Out" Released: 31 July 2015

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[3]
NME	8/10 [4]

Marks to Prove It is the fourth and final studio album released by the English band The Maccabees released on 31 July 2015 through Fiction Records.^[5] Upon release it reached No. 1 in the UK Album chart.^[6] In North America a digital version was made available through Communion Records with a physical release to follow at a later date.^[7]

The album was recorded in the band's studio in Elephant and Castle and pays tribute to the area, including the album cover being of the Michael Faraday Memorial that is near the studio.^[8]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank
NME	NME's Albums of the Year 2015	2015	9[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Marks to Prove It"	4:13
2.	"Kamakura"	3:59
3.	"Ribbon Road"	4:23
4.	"Spit It Out"	5:09
5.	"Silence"	3:19
6.	"River Song"	3:10
7.	"Slow Sun"	4:12
8.	"Something Like Happiness"	3:43
9.	"WW1 Portraits"	3:18
10.	"Pioneering Systems"	2:30
11.	"Dawn Chorus"	3:18

References

1. "The Maccabees reveal details of new album, Marks To Prove It". Gigwise. 18 May 2015.
2. "The Maccabees have new album Marks to Prove It coming this summer". Digital Spy. May 18, 2015.
3. Gibsone, Harriet (30 July 2015). "The Maccabees: Marks to Prove It review – muddles the brain like a hangover". theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media Ltd.
4. Mackay, Emily (20 July 2015). "NME Reviews - The Maccabees - "Marks To Prove It"". nme.com. Time Inc. (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
5. Donelson, Marcy. "Marks to Prove it - The Maccabbees". allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
6. Renshaw, David (7 August 2015). "The Maccabees beat Lianne La Havas to Number One in Album Chart race". nme.com. Time Inc. (UK) Ltd.
7. "The Maccabees Release MARKS TO PROVE IT Today". Retrieved 2015-08-15.
8. "The Maccabees: Why we love Elephant and Castle". BBC News. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
9. "NME'S Albums of the Year 2015". nme.com. Retrieved 2015-12-10.