Marks to Prove It

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]

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]

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