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| Burn the Maps | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 17 September 2004 | |||
| Recorded | Black Box Studios, France; Electrical Audio, Chicago, Illinois; Joe's House | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 56:30 | |||
| Label | Plateau Records | |||
| The Frames chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The New York Times | (not rated)[2] |
| Pitchfork | (4.7/10)[3] |
| Billboard | [4] |
| The Austin Chronicle | [5] |
| Planet Sound | (7/10) |
| Stylus Magazine | B+[6] |
Burn The Maps is the fifth studio album by the Frames, released in Ireland on Plateau Records on 17 September 2004 and worldwide on Anti- Records on 8 February 2005.
This was their first studio album to go to #1 in the Irish Album Charts. The songs "Fake", "Finally" & "Sideways Down" became their highest charting hits, reaching 4, 6, and 10 respectively.
Track listing
[edit]- "Happy"
- "Finally"
- "Dream Awake"
- "A Caution to the Birds"
- "Trying"
- "Fake"
- "Sideways Down"
- "Underglass"
- "Ship Caught in the Bay"
- "Keepsake"
- "Suffer in Silence"
- "Locusts"
The song "Dream Awake" was featured in the NBC drama series Life at the end of series premiere and "Finally" is featured at the end of episode 11 of the first season, "Fill It Up".
Chart positions
[edit]| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] | 85 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[8] | 1 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] | 54 |
References
[edit]- ↑ Johnny Loftus (8 February 2005). "Burn the Maps - The Frames | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ Pareles, Jon (21 February 2005). "New CD's". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ Archived March 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "The Frames - Chart history". Billboard. 4 July 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ David Lynch (18 March 2005). "Review: The Frames - Music". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ Archived March 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – The Frames – Burn the Maps" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 39, 2004". GfK Chart-Track. IRMA. Archived from the original.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Frames – Burn the Maps" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
External links
[edit]- The Frames: Burn the Maps Archived 2008-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
