Marks to Prove It

2015 studio album by The Maccabees

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
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	^[4]
NME	8/10 ^[5]
AllMusic	^[6]
Clash	^[7]
Drowned in Sound	^[8]

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.^[9] Upon release, it reached number one in the UK Album chart.^[10] In North America a digital version was made available through Communion Records with a physical release to follow at a later date.^[11]

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.^[12]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank
NME	NME's Albums of the Year 2015	2015	9^[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Maccabees.

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

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[14]

The Maccabees

Orlando Weeks – vocals (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), backing vocals (5), guitar (1, 9, 10), organ (2, 3), kazoo (6)
Felix White – guitar (all tracks), backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11), piano (3)
Hugo White – guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11), organ (1), piano (5, 10), vocals (5), backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 8, 9)
Rupert Jarvis – bass guitar (all tracks)
Sam Doyle - drums (all tracks), percussion (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11)

Technical

Felix White – production (all tracks)
Hugo White – production (all tracks)
Laurie Latham – production (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Orlando Weeks – production (all tracks)
Rupert Jarvis – production (all tracks)
Sam Doyle – production (all tracks)
Joe McCann - assistant recording engineer (1), assistant mixer (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
Sean Juilliard - assistant recording engineer (1), assistant mixer (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
Bob Ludwig - mastering engineer (all tracks)
Cenzo Townshend - mixer (all tracks)
Jag Jago - recording engineer (all tracks)
Tom Stanley - recording engineer (all tracks)
Iain Harvie - string arranger (3, 7, 10)

Additional musicians

Laurie Latham - percussion (1)
Polly Louise Mackey - backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Rebekah Raa - piano (2, 9), backing vocals (4, 6, 8, 11)
Fabiana Palladino - piano (4, 7)
Kenji Fenton - saxophone (6, 8, 9, 11)
Mike Davis - trumpet (6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
Sam White - backing vocals (8)
Stephanie Oyerinde - backing vocals (8)
Geraint Watkins - piano (8)
Paul Burton - trombone (8, 9, 11)

Artwork

David Busfield – cover photo
Go De Jong – design
Andy Goldsworthy – photography
James Caddick – photography
James Cronin – photography
Pooneh Ghana - portrait photography
Sam Doyle - portrait photography

References

^ "The Maccabees reveal details of new album, Marks To Prove It". Gigwise. 18 May 2015.
^ "The Maccabees have new album Marks to Prove It coming this summer". Digital Spy. 18 May 2015.
^ "Critic Reviews for Marks to Prove It at Metacritic". Metacritic.
^ 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.
^ Mackay, Emily (20 July 2015). "NME Reviews - The Maccabees - "Marks To Prove It"". nme.com. Time Inc. (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^ Donelson, Marcy (7 August 2015). "The Maccabees - Marks to Prove It". AllMusic.
^ O'Malley, Gareth (29 July 2015). "The Maccabees - Marks To Prove It". clashmusic.com.
^ Shipman, Chris (27 July 2015). "The Maccabees - Marks To Prove It". drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020.
^ Donelson, Marcy. "Marks to Prove it - The Maccabbees". allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
^ Renshaw, David (7 August 2015). "The Maccabees beat Lianne La Havas to Number One in Album Chart race". nme.com. Time Inc. (UK) Ltd.
^ "The Maccabees Release MARKS TO PROVE IT Today". Retrieved 15 August 2015.
^ "The Maccabees: Why we love Elephant and Castle". BBC News. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
^ "NME'S Albums of the Year 2015". nme.com. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
^ "Marks To Prove It". Tidal. Retrieved 2 March 2020.